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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-300 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-300\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* FUNCube Data Warehouse Ready for Demo\n* Satellite contact between Cuba and UK\n* New Satellite Segment in IARU Region 2 Bandplan\n* Astronaut Rick Mastracchio KC5ZTE to Geocache the ISS\n* FUNCube SDR Radio Telescope\n* NASA CubeSat Space Missions\n* ARISS Team Recognized by NW Indiana Society of Innovators\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n* All Things Symposium, a Chronology\n* AMSAT BoD Meet in Houston October 31 and November 1\n* 2013 AMSAT Symposium Presentations\n* Symposium Banquet - 30 Years of Amateur Radio In Human Space Flight\n* AMSAT Symposium Sunday Battleship Texas Tour\n* AMSAT Symposium Monday NASA JSC Tour Monday 8:00 am - 2:30 pm CST\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-300.01\nANS-300 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDATE October 27, 2013\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-300.01\n\n\nFUNCube Data Warehouse Ready for Demo\n\nAMSAT-UK & AMSAT-NL are pleased to announce a new version of the\nFUNcube Data Warehouse which will collect, collate, deduplicate and\ndisplay data from FUNcube Dashboards running on user PCs (see section\nat end).\n\nThe URL is: https://warehouse.funcube.org.uk\n\nThe intention of the warehouse is to allow access to all the data\nreceived for the duration of the mission rather than from just one or\na series of passes. This will enable educators and others to download\nmission telemetry for off-line analysis as part of our STEM outreach\ngoal.\n\nThe warehouse will store information for the following\nsatellites/devices:\n\n- FUNcube Flight Model\n- UKube-1 - FUNcube module\n- FUNcube Engineering Model (which will be used for some\n  demonstrations)\n- FUNcube Software Test Stack (which is still be used for\n  development but may become another demonstration model later)\n\nPlease note, that we are still adding functionality and that some\nfeatures may not be enabled but it will give a flavour of what will\nbe there.\n\nThe warehouse DOES allow registration for upload of data from the\nFUNcube Dashboard (see below) and we would like feedback on the\nprocess. You can register now as a user of the Warehouse and then,\nlater, apply the settings, that you will be emailed to you, to the\nDashboard software when it is available.\n\nThere is a new forum at: http://forum.funcube.org.uk, whose purpose\nis to provide support for FUNcube satellite users. Registration on\nthis forum is separate from the warehouse registration.\n\nFUNcube Dashboard\n\nA Windows PC application has been developed which will allow FUNcube\nDongle (either model) users and those with other, SSB compatible, 2\nmetre radios to receive and display satellite telemetry in real time\nand upload the data to the  FUNcube Data Warehouse. If using the\nFUNcube Dongle, the software will perform  doppler tracking on the\nreceived signal.\n\nAs well as real-time processing, the software can replay binary, IQ\nand sound files captured on earlier passes.\n\nThe Dashboard software is undergoing final testing and will be made\navailable in about two weeks time.\n\nWe are looking forward to a late November launch. News updates can\nbe found here:\n\nhttp://funcube.org.uk/\n\n[ANS thanks Dave Johnson, G4DPZ on behalf of AMSAT-UK / AMSAT-NL for\nthe above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite contact between Cuba and UK\n\nHector, CO6CBF, reported on the AMSAT-BB October 20, \"I am pleased\nto report that yesterday I had my first contact on satellites with UK.\n\n\"Peter, G4DOL (IO80so) and I (EL92sd) completed a contact\nsuccessfully on FO-29. It is the result of a long history which began\nsix months ago.\n\n\"We tried several times but Peter never could hear below a degree\ntoward my location. I have the same problem in my home station and I\nusually go to specific spots to try these kinds of contacts. So, I\nsuggested him assemble a portable station to operate from a better\nspot. He did so and his first smoke test was on October 15th, we\nalmost completed a contact but Peter could not hear my report; I\ncouldn't reach a good spot due to the rain. Yesterday, I went to a\nvery tall building, I got access to the building `s top and operated\nfrom there. Actually, it is a very good spot, it allowed me a great\nhorizon visibility toward Europe; I was able to work FO-29 until -1.5\ndegrees.\n\n\"We had a very narrow window but there was enough time to exchange\nreports, grids and greetings. Our maximum elevation was 1.1 degrees.\nI believe it is the first contact between UK and Cuba on FO-29! It is\na 7286 km contact, a new grid and new country for us!\n\n\"Please, note that our success was on the 2301z pass, it was very\nlate in the night for Peter. He had to load his car with antennas,\nradio, a battery and drive five miles from his home looking for a\ngood spot in the windy and dark coast. He was running 50W into a 10\nelements yagi and was using 19 elements yagi for the downlink; He\nmounted both antennas on a big tripod and had to manage with a \"heavy\nweigh\". Needless to say that Peter did the difficult part and a very\ngood job!\n\n\"I was running a FT-817nd, a 50W homebrew power amplifier and ELK\nantenna. Everything was supplied by a 12V 7A Gel battery. I was\noperating Half-Duplex but we ran the frequency calculations based on\nthe great feature implemented on SatPC32 V12.8b. So, it was very easy\nto find each other in the pass band. It was my 8th transatlantic\ncontact with Europe on FO-29!\n\n\"Right Now, FO-29 has a big footprint. Please, if you are into the\nfootprint and want to try a long distance contact, just drop me an\nemail. I will try until complete a contact with you. Unfortunately,\nCubans cannot operate on AO-7B; FO-29 is our only chance for DX\ncontacts.\n\n\"Thanks very much to Peter for this exciting contact!\"\n\n[ANS thanks Hector, CO6CBF for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew Satellite Segment in IARU Region 2 Bandplan\n\nFollowing the IARU Region 2 (the Americas) meeting in September at\nCancun, Mexico, the new Region 2 bandplans for all allocations from\n137 kHz to 250 GHz have now been published.\n\nThere is a new allocation for the Amateur-Satellite Service from\n144.000-144.025 MHz\n\nThere is also a reference to NSS – Near Space Stations in the\ndefinitions section. This is believed to be the first mention of High\nAltitude Balloons in any amateur radio band plan document. It says\n\nNSS – Near Space Stations:\nEquipment located in temporary Near Space Stations (such as those\ncarried by High Altitude Balloons) can transmit carefully on any\nfrequency; exceptions are the segments with “exclusive” usage where\n“NSS” are not applied. NSS must follow the BW and mode restrictions\nof the segment and observe carefully the usual occupation of the band\non the related region to avoid harmful interference. For longer\nmissions and NSS crossing international and regional boundaries,\nextra care must be observed in harmonization of different allocations.\n\nSee the new IARU Region 2 bandplans at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS300-IARU-Region-2-bandplans\n\nRead the IARU Region 1 paper Increased Amateur Satellite Service 144\nMHz Usage\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS300-IARU-Region-1-paper\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor M5AKA and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAstronaut Rick Mastracchio KC5ZTE to Geocache the ISS\n\nIt’s the Travel Bug® that’s taking the global Geocaching community\non a rocket ride to space.  Whether you’re in Mexico or France,\nAustralia or Korea you’re primed to join the geocaching community in\ncelebrating the spirit of exploration. There are more than 800\nGeocaching in Space events scheduled around the world. Those who\nattend Event Caches on either November 6 or November 7 earn the\nGeocaching in Space souvenir.\n\nJoin the adventure and watch the launch live as Astronaut Rick\nMastracchio packs the Travel Bug along on his 6 month mission aboard\nthe International Space Station. He’ll use the Travel Bug as a tool\nto teach students back on earth about geography and science.\nGeocaching HQ is offering a limited edition Geocaching in Space\nMission Patch. Geocaching will donate proceeds from the patch to\nDonorschoose.org for use in funding projects that use geocaching as\nan educational tool.\n\nGeocaching in Space Event Owners: Be on the lookout for an email\nfrom Geocaching HQ later this week. We’ll serve up details on how to\nwatch the launch live, how to connect with the 800+ events around the\nworld and how to celebrate afterwards (hint: geocaching).\nFor more information on this event visit http://tinyurl.com/ANS300-\nGeocacheSapceEvent\n\nWhile aboard the ISS Mastracchio is expected to recover a travel bug\nhidden by Richard Garriott W5KWQ on 10/14/2008.\nVisit http://tinyurl.com/ANS300-Geocach for more information on this\ngeocache.\n\n[ANS thanks Geocaching.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNCube SDR Radio Telescope\n\nDr David Morgan has released a new paper 'Further Developments of an\nSDR Radio Telescope' using the FunCube Dongle Pro+ and SpectrumLab\n\n\"Further Developments of an SDR Radio Telescope\" details the\nequipment configuration and software involved in setting to work a\nsmall 3m diameter amateur radio telescope using the FunCube Dongle\nPro+ software defined radio receiver.\n\nIt demonstrates how Spectrum Lab can provide digital filtering to\nobserve up to 20 individual sub-bands to help overcome interference\nissues.  David also provides details of gain and noise stability\nmeasurements for the FUNcube Dongle and observations of emissions\nfrom the quiet Sun and the Cygnus arm of the Milky Way.\n\nThis paper adds to the work that David has undertaken in the past\nand is interesting reading for anyone wanting to experiment with SDR\nsolutions for amateur radio astronomy.\n\nPaul Hyde G4CSD\nBAA RAG Coordinator\n\nDownload the paper from\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS300-SDRTelescope\n\nBAA RAG website\nhttp://www.britastro.org/radio/\n\nJoin the BAA RAG Yahoo Group at\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/baa-rag\n\nFUNcube Pro Plus Yahoo Group\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/funcube/funcube-dongle-sdr/\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA CubeSat Space Missions\n\nNASA is now accepting proposals for the CubeSat Launch Initiative.\nProposals must be submitted electronically by 4:30 p.m. EST Nov. 26,\n2013.\n\n>From the submissions, NASA will select the best proposals by Feb. 7,\n2014. Developers whose proposals are selected may have the opportunity\nto see their creations launched as an auxiliary payload on a mission\nbetween 2014 and 2017. NASA will not provide funding for the\ndevelopment of the small satellites and selection does not guarantee a\nlaunch opportunity.\n\nCubeSats are a class of cube-shaped research spacecraft called\nnanosatellites. They are approximately 4 inches long, have a volume of\nabout 1 quart and weigh less than 3 pounds.\n\nCubeSat investigations should be consistent with NASA's strategic plan\nand educational vision and goals. The research should address specific\naspects of science, exploration, technology development, education or\noperations.\n\n>From the first four rounds of the NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative, 89\npayloads from 25 U.S. states made the short list for launch\nopportunities in 2011 through 2016. Of the selected CubeSats, 12\nsatellites have already launched. Twenty-one Cubesats are scheduled\nfor launch later this year.\n\nFor additional information on NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative\nprogram, visit\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/home/CubeSats_initiative.html.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS Team Recognized by NW Indiana Society of Innovators\n\nThe ARISS team who supported and conducted the May 8, 2013\nInternational Space Station school contact with participants at The\nGary Literacy Coalition, Inc, Gary, Indiana have been recognized by\nthe Northwest Indiana Society of Innovators with induction into their\n2013-14 Class of Fellows. This recognition describes these\ntrailblazers as among the most innovative \"thinkers and doers\" in\nNorthwest Indiana.\n\nThe Gary Literacy Coalition, Inc. serves as the primary literacy\ncollaborative in the City of Gary and neighboring communities. GLC\nsupports, promotes, enhances, and coordinates the accessibility of\nliteracy opportunities, thus making Gary \"A Reading City.\"\n\nGLC has maintained a close partnership with the Gary Community School\nCorporation (GCSC). The GLC/GCSC partnership allows the operation of\nthe \"Learning Partner\" Mentoring Project. This mentoring initiative is\na motivational endeavor offering an arm of support to 4th, 5th and 6th\ngrade students enrolled in the GCSC gender academies; Dr. Bernard C.\nWatson Academy for Boys and Frankie Woods-McCullough Academy for\nGirls.\n\nThe GCSC is an urban public school district challenged to expand and\nenhance educational experiences for the approximately 10,000 students\nthat it serves. A large percentage of these students reside in\nsingle-parent homes and/or low-income families. A collaboration of\nstudents from Lew Wallace STEM Academy, Bernard C. Watson Academy for\nBoys, Frankie Woods McCullough Academy for Girls and NU-Tech Academy\nwill be program participants. These students ranged in grade levels 4\nthrough 12.\n\nA photo of the citation is posted at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/facebook-ARISS-Award (facebook.com)\n\nThe Northwest Indiana Times newspaper article can be viewed at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/NWTimes-ARISS (nwitimes.com)\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL Illinois Section Manager Tom Ciciora, KA9QPN; ARISS,\nand the Northwest Indiana Times for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Comprensivo Camaiore 3\nCamaiore and Astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP using callsign IRØISS.\nThe contact began 2013-10-19 15:54 UTC and lasted about nine and a\nhalf minutes. Contact was direct and telebridged via IQ5VR. ARISS\nMentor was IKØWGF.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Istituto Comprensivo\nMarzocchino Di Seravezza, Italy and Astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP\nusing callsign IRØISS. The contact began 2013-10-19 15:54 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. direct and telebridged via\nIQ5VR. ARISS Mentor was IKØWGF.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between IPSSEOA, Castellana Grotte\nand Liceo Classico e Linguistico  C. Sylos, Bitonto, Italy and\nAstronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP using callsign IRØISS. The contact\nbegan Wed 2013-10-23 12:43:08 UTC and lasted about nine and a half\nminutes. Contact was direct via IZ7RTN. ARISS Mentor was IKØWGF.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Liceo Classico e Linguistico\nC. Sylos, Bitonto Bari, Italy and Astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP\nusing callsign IRØISS. The contact began Wed. 2013-10-23 12:43 and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via IZ7RTN\nARISS Mentor was IKØWGF.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nKopernik Observatory & Science Center  (KOSC), Vestal, NY, direct\nvia K2ZRO Contact is a go for: Wed 2013-10-30 16:32:51 UTC\n\nWallingford STEM Academy/Town of Wallingford, Wallingford, CT,\ndirect via K1SEZ Contact is a go for: Thu 2013-10-31 15:45:11 UTC\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+ VE's requested for Symposium Testing\nAt this year's AMSAT symposium, one of our foreign visitors will be\ntaking his FCC amateur radio license exams.  If you are an ARRL or\nW5YI VE and would like to support this effort of international\ngoodwill, please contact W5PFG at arrl dot net.  Clayton will be\ncoordinating the session to be held either Friday morning before the\nSymposium kick-off or Saturday morning before breakfast.\nSource, Clayton W5PFG\n\n+ See Bdale Garbee's KB0G talking about AMSAT's Fox-1 CubeSat at\nlast year's ARRL and TAPR DCC. It was recorded by HamRadioNow on\nSeptember 21, 2012, but somehow was overlooked it when they produced\nthe rest of the talks. It was produce October 23, 2013 as Episode\n105 AMSAT Fox-1 CubeSat (The Missing Episode from the 2012 DCC)\nhttp://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN_Episode_0105.html\nSource HamRadioNow\n\n+ View an animated assembly of the International Space Station\nhttp://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm\nSource Kenneth N5VHO\n\n+ SSTV Handbook\nMartin Bruchanov, OK2MNM, has written a Free e-book for ham radio\noperators and radio listeners interested in special communication\nmodes for image transmission – SSTV, radio facsimile (WEFAX) and\ndigital SSTV (HamDRM).\nYou can download the entire book or view on line...\nhttp://www.sstv-handbook.com/\nSource Southgate ARN\n\n+ FUNcube-1 is presently at Yasny and is being prepared for launch.\nAll the latest news can be seen at www.funcube.org.uk and the latest\npost includes a link to the launch blog from our launch service\nproviders.\nSource Graham G3VZV\n\n+ The tiny PocketQube satellite WREN, just 5x5x5 cm and weighing 250\ngrams, aims to transmit amateur radio Slow Scan TV (SSTV) pictures\nusing the Martin-1 format.\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/24/wren-a-ham-radio-sstv-pocketqube/\nSource Trevor M5AKA and AMSAT-UK\n\n[ANS thanks the Sources listed for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAll Things Symposium, a Chronology\n\n+ Please visit http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1555 for the most\ncurrent information.\n\nPlease visit http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1555 for the most\ncurrent information.\n\nThursday 31 October.\n\n08:00-12:00 AMSAT BOD Meeting (Pasadena).\n12:00-13:00 AMSAT BOD Lunch Break (Spirits Private Dining Room)\n13:00-18:45 AMSAT BOD Meeting (Pasadena).\n18:45-19:45 AMSAT BOD Dinner Break (Spirits Private Dining Room)\n19:45-21:00 AMSAT BOD Meeting (Pasadena).\n19:00-21:00 Symposium Registration (Outside Corpus Christi/South\nPadre)\n\nFriday 1 November\n\nOngoing VUCC/WAS Card Checking, Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director\nContests and Awards, will be at the symposium Friday, Saturday and\nSunday (Sunday is the trip to the USS Texas so not much time) and\navailable to check cards for VUCC satellite or WAS satellite.\n\nMorning\n08:00-17:15 Symposium Registration (Outside Corpus Christi/South\nPadre)\n08:00-12:00 AMSAT BOD Meeting (Pasadena).\n09:00-12:00 Display Area Open (Port Lavaca)\n\nAfternoon\n13:00 13:15 Symposium Opening Remarks and Introductions, President's\nWelcome (Corpus Christi/SouthPadre)\n13:10-17:20 Presentation of papers (Corpus Christi/SouthPadre)\n13:10-17:30 Display Area Open (Port Lavaca)\n\nEvening\n17:20-19:30 Informal Dinner on your own\n19:30-21:00 AMSAT Reception (Bluez) Cash Bar Available\n\nSaturday November 2, 2013\n\nOngoing VUCC/WAS Card Checking,\n\nMorning\n07:30-12:00 Symposium Registration\n08:00-12:00 Display Area Open (Port Lavaca)\n08:00 08:10 Opening remarks (Corpus Christi/SouthPadre)\n08:00-11:50 More Symposium papers (Corpus Christi/SouthPadre)\n\nAfternoon\n11:50-13:00 Lunch break\n13:00-15:30 More presentations (Corpus Christi/SouthPadre)\n13:00-15:45 Display Area (Port Lavaca)\n15:30-15:45 Break/Setup for Annual Meeting\n15:45-17:15 AMSAT Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony (Corpus\nChristi/SouthPadre)\nEcholink Simulcast\nConnect to the *AMSAT* conference server, node number 101377\nNote the * before and after AMSAT are part of the Node name and are\nimportant.\n\n\nSaturday Evening\n18:00-19:00 Attitude Adjustment (Pasadena)\n18:00-22:00 Cash Bar\n19:00 -21:00 Banquet and Keynote Presentation (Pasadena)\nPresentation:  \"30th Anniversary of Amateur Radio and Human Space\nFlight\" Multi-Media Presentation plus Panel Moderated by AMSAT VP-\nSpace Flight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO (Including Owen Garriott, W5LFL)\n21:00-22:00 Door prize drawing (Pasadena)\n\nSunday November 3, 2013 (Note: Change from CDT to CST-\"Fall back 1\nhour\")\n\nOngoing VUCC/WAS Card Checking, Do it before the tour.\n\nMorning\n07:30-09:00 Area Coordinators Meeting and breakfast. (Pt. Aransas)\n(Breakfast only for those with reservations/All interested are\ninvited to join the discussion)\n08:45-09:45 IARU Satellite Advisor Forum (Port Lavaca)\n09:45 Gather for transportation to Special Sunday tour\n10:00 Leave for special tour of the Battleship Texas (BB-35)\n10:30 Arrive USS Texas\n11:00 Begin Tour\n\nAfternoon\n14:00 End Battleship Tour/ Group 1 departs for Restaurant/Group 2\nfor hotel/airport (Group 2 arrive hotel at 1430 after airport drop-off)\n14:15 Group 1 arrives restaurant\n15:45 Group 1 departs restaurant/split group for airport or hotel\n16:00 Group 1 returns to Hotel from tour or arrives at airport\n\n19:00 Informal gather for dinner (Those who are staying for the\n      Monday JSC tour) TBD place.\n\nMonday November 4, 2013\n\nMorning\n07:45 Gather for the Special JSC Tour\n08:00 Special tour of JSC & Lunch (Neutral Buoyancy Lab, Building 30\nMission Control, Building 9 ISS Mockup, JSC Amateur Radio Club\nStation W5RRR)\n\nAfternoon\n12:00 Lunch at Space Center, Houston\n14:15 Dropoff at Airport\n14:30 Bus returns to hotel\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Board of Directors Meet in Houston October 31 and November 1\n\nThe AMSAT Board of Directors will meet October 31 and November 1\nprior to the AMSAT Symposium in Houston, Texas. The meeting will be\nheld at the Houston Marriott South at Hobby Airport.\n\nThe meetings will begin Thursday October 31, 8am through about 9pm,\nand then resume Friday Novemeber 1, 8am through 12 noon. The meeting\nwill be open to the general membership to the maximum extent possible.\n\nThe Board will meet in the Pasadena Room\n\nCurrent Agenda\nThursday, October 30th (All times are CDT)\n\nOpening Issues\n08:00  Welcome and Facilities        Barry Baines, WD4ASW\n08:05  Agenda review                 Barry Baines, WD4ASW\n\nElection of Officers                 Barry Baines, WD4ASW\n08:10  President, Executive Vice President, Vice-President\nOperations, Vice-President Engineering, VP of User Services,\nSecretary, Treasurer, and Manager\n08:20  President's Report for 2013   Barry Baines, WD4ASW\n08:40  Secretary:                    Alan Biddle, WA4SCA\n      -Approval of prior minutes\n      -Report for 2013\n08:50  Treasurer's Report for 2013   Keith Baker, KB1SF\n-Accept the 2012 Review\n-Appoint a review firm for 2014\n-Report on Overall Finances\n09:30  Regulatory Issues              Barry Baines, WD4ASW\n-ITAR\n10:00 \"15 minute\" coffee break\n10:15  Manager's Report for 2013     Martha Saragovitz\n10:30  Operations Team Report        Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA\n-IARU Region 1 Proposal\n10:50  AMSAT Lab Update/Storage      Lou McFadin, W5DID\n11:05  User Services Team Report\n      -AMSAT Journal                 Joanne Maenpaa, K9JKM\n      -AMSAT News Service            Joanne Maenpaa for Lee, KU4OS\n      -Weekly Satellite Report       Barry Baines, WD4ASW\n      -Field Operations              Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK\n      -Dayton Hamvention             Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for Steve\n                                     Belter, N9IP\n12:00  Lunch Break (1 hour)          Martha Saragovitz\n\nTactical - Executive Team Reports (Continued)\n\n13:00  Education Outreach                 E.Mike McCardel, KC8YLD\n13:20  ARRL 2014 Centennial Convention    Barry Baines, WD4ASW\n13:35  ARISS-US                           Frank Bauer, KA3HDO\n14:15  ARISS International Report         David Taylor, W8AAS\n14:30  HamTV on ISS                       Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, Lou\n                                          McFadin, W5DID\n15:00  \"15 minute\" coffee break\n15:15  AMSAT Symposium Planning           Barry Baines, WD4ASW\n15:30  AMSAT Logo                         Alan Biddle, WA4SCA\n15:40  AMSAT Store                        Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, Joe\n                                          Fitzgerald, KM1P\n16:00  AMSAT's Website                    Alan Biddle, WA4SCA\n       & Electronic Services              Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P\n16:45  \"15 minute\" coffee break\n\nAMSAT Engineering and Discussion Topics\n\n17:00  Project Fox Engineering            Tony Monteiro, AA2TX\n18:45  Break for Dinner-Room TBD          Martha Saragovitz\n\nFinance and Budget\n(CLOSED SESSION)\n\n19:45  AMSAT's Financial Trends           Keith Baker, KB1SF\n-Performance Review\n\nOpen Session\n\n20:15   Initial 2014 Budget (First Cut)   Keith Baker, KB1SF\n21:00   Adjourn for the day\n\nFriday, November 1st\n\nCLOSED SESSIONS\nBOD Members and Invited Guests ONLY -\n\n08:00  Employee Evaluation/Compensation Review Barry Baines, WD4ASW\n09:15  Future Launch Opportunities             Frank Bauer, KA3HDO\n\nOPEN SESSIONS\n\n09:45  IARU Satellite Coordination  Hans Van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV\n10:50  \"10 minute\" coffee break\n\nAdditional Items\n\n11:00  Finalize Budget               Keith Baker, KB1SF\n11:45  Atta-boys and Girls           Tom Clark, K3IO\n12:00  Adjourn-Lunch for Board Members and Senior Officers\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2013 AMSAT Symposium Presentations (Corpus Christi/SouthPadre rooms)\n\nFriday, 1 November 2013 (All times are CDT)\n\n1:00 PM Introduction and Welcome\n1:10-1:35 PM \"AMSAT Education and You\" E. Michael McCardel, KC8YLD\n1:35-2:05 PM \"Upcoming Amateur Radio Cubesats: The Flood has\n              Arrived\" Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO\n2:05-2:25 PM \"W5PFG/P: Observations from a Roving Operator\" Clayton\n             Coleman, W5PFG\n2:25-2:45 PM  \"Operating on Satellites from Cruise Ships-Lessons\n              Learned\" Allen Mattis, N5AFV\n2:45-3:05 PM  \"If JFK Was A Ham\" Nick Pugh, K5QXJ\n3:05-3:20 PM Break\n3:20-3:40 PM \"The Montgomery College Satellite Radio Rotator\n               Project\" David Bern, W2LNX\n3:40-4:05 PM \"AMSAT's Internet Presence\" Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P\n4:05-4:30 PM \"Overcrowding of the Two Metre Satellite Band\" Hans van\n              de Groenendall, ZS6AKV\n4:30-4:55 PM \"Using Amateur Radio Satellites in Education\" Rafael\n              Haag, PY23FF\n4:55-5:20 PM \"WRAPS Portable Satellite Antenna Rotor\" Mark Spencer,\n              WA8SME\n\nSaturday, 2 November 2013\n\n8:00 AM Introduction and Welcome\n8:15-8:40 AM   \"Cubesats in HEO-A Challenging Mission for AMSAT\"\n                Daniel Schultz, N8FGV\n8:40-9:30 AM  \"Fox Satellite Program Overview\" Tony Monteiro, AA2TX\n9:30-10:00 AM \"Coding and Modulation Design for AMSAT Fox-1\", Phil\n               Karn, KA9Q\n10:00-10:15 AM  Break\n10:15-10:35 AM \"Virginia Tech Cubesat Camera for Fox-1\" Zach Leffke,\n                KJ4QLP\n10:35-10:55 AM \"The Fox-1 IHU and Telemetry Simulator or Making Good\n                Use of Cheap Evaluation Boards\" Burns Fisher, W2BFJ\n10:55-11:20 AM \"Fox Experiments: Attitude Determination\" Mark\n                Spencer, WA8SME\n11:20-11:50 AM \"Distributed Ground Station Network Receive Node\n                Design\" Zach Leffke, KJ4QLP\n11:50-1:00 PM  Lunch\n1:00-1:20 PM \"SA AMSAT Turns to Innovation for its Cubesat\" Hans van\n              de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV\n1:20-1:45 PM \"FUNcube Dongle and SDR-Radio Console for Schools\n              Support\" Hector L. Martinez, CO6CBF\n1:45-2:05 PM \"Fox Experiments-Exploring the Fox-2 Maximum Power\n              Point Tracking System\" Mark Spencer, WA8SME\n2:05-2:25 PM \"A Brief Overview of the ARISS Program\" Dave Jordan,\n              AA4KN\n2:25-2:45 PM \"Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS)-Interesting Times\"\n              Dave Taylor, W8AAS\n2:45-3:30 PM \"Amateur Radio on Human Spaceflight Missions-30 Years\"\n              Frank Bauer, KA3HDO\n3:30-3:45 Break\n3:45-5:15 PM AMSAT Annual Meeting broadcast over Echolink AMSAT\n             Server and AMSAT Recognition.\n\nTo hear the Echolink transmission, connect to the *AMSAT* conference\nserver, node number 101377.\nNote that the * before and after AMSAT are important.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSymposium Banquet - 30 Years of Amateur Radio In Human Space Flight\n\nIn addition to good food and company, the banquet always features an\ninteresting speaker on a topic related to the space program.  A\nspecial highlight of this year's Symposium is the celebration of the\n30th anniversary of amateur radio involvement in human space flight\nand the evolution of amateur radio into a successful program on board\nthe International Space Station. ARISS (Amateur Radio on the ISS) is\nan international program that supports educational outreach as well\nas provides an opportunity for informal contacts between\nastronauts/cosmonauts and amateur radio operators around the world.\nThe recent delivery of \"Ham TV\" equipment to the Columbus module by\nthe European Space Agency is a reflection of the continued support\nthat amateur radio holds for communicating with students.\n\nAstronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL on STS-9 in November 1983 was the\nfirst astronaut to utilize amateur radio to communicate with\npersonnel on the ground, allowing the general public to speak with US\nastronauts from space, outside the communication channels of NASA's\nMission Control.  In recognition of the 30th anniversary of this\nhistoric event, a multi-media panel featuring Owen and other key\nindividuals who initiated this amazing program will take place on\nSaturday evening as part of the banquet, moderated by AMSAT VP-Human\nSpace Flight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO.  The presentation includes not only\nremarks by Owen and others in response to Frank's questions, but\nvideo highlights of amateur radio participation in STS-9 and other\nShuttle flights will be shown.  Having such a celebration take place\nin Houston makes it more special as it allows us to have non-AMSAT\npersonnel involved with placing amateur radio on the Shuttle and ISS\nparticipate in our special program.\n\nDinner Menu\n\nSalad with choice of dressing\nChicken or beef sirloin entree\nMashed potatoes\nSeasonal vegetables\nDesert\nIce tea or coffee\n\nA cash bar will be available 6-10pm CDT for beer, wine, and mixed\ndrinks\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Symposium Sunday Battleship Texas Tour\n\nTour of Battleship Texas, Sunday 11 am - 2 pm CST\n\nThe Battleship Texas BB-35 is the only surviving Navy warship that\nserved in both World Wars.  It is currently opened to the public\nwhile undergoing extensive restoration to ready her for the 100th\nanniversary of her commissioning in 2014.  A special tour has been\narranged for AMSAT Symposium participants.  The tour will be\nconducted in small groups by experienced docents and will include\nareas of the ship included on general public tours, as well as areas\nnot generally open to the public.  The tour will also feature special\nemphasis on the radio room and if restoration activity permits, the\ntransmitter room which contains the original transmitter equipment\nand has never been open to the public.  Transportation will be by\norganized carpool provided by a combination of those participants\nwith rental cars, and local hams from the Clear Lake Amateur Radio\nClub (CLARC) and the Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club\n(JSCARC).  A late lunch is planned at a popular local restaurant on\nthe return trip to the Marriott for those who wish to participate.\nSymposium participants with rental cars who plan to attend this tour\nare requested to contact Lou McFadin if you are willing to be part of\nthe carpool.\n\nTour itinerary: (all Times are CST)\n\n09:45 Gather for transportation to Special Sunday tour\n10:00 Leave for special tour of the Battleship Texas (BB-35)\n10:30 Arrive USS Texas\n11:00 Begin Tour\n14:00 End Battleship Tour/ Group 1 departs for Restaurant/Group 2 for\nhotel/airport (Group 2 arrive hotel at 1430 after airport drop-off)\n14:15 Group 1 arrives restaurant\n15:45 Group 1 departs restaurant/split group for airport or hotel\n16:00 Group 1 returns to Hotel from tour or arrives at airport\n\nParticipants needing to return to the Marriott or Hobby Airport\nimmediately after the tour is concluded at 2 PM will be accommodated\n(arranged with a driver volunteer) or they may bring their own\nprivate vehicles.\n\nSorry, registration for this event has closed.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAt Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Symposium Monday NASA JSC Tour Monday 8:00 am - 2:30 pm CST\n\nA special tour of JSC has been arranged for AMSAT Symposium\nparticipants.  The tour will include the Sonny Carter Neutral\nBuoyancy Lab and the Building 9 Training facility containing high\nfidelity full scale mockups of the International Space Station\nmodules as well as the Soyuz spacecraft.  The ISS tour will include\nspecial emphasis of the amateur radio stations on the ISS.  The tour\nwill also include the Building 30 historic mission control room as\nwell as the current International Space Station control room.  After\ndeparting the JSC campus, a short tour of the JSCARC station, W5RRR\nwill be conducted by members of the JSCARC.  Participants will then\nhave the opportunity to eat lunch at Space Center Houston and visit\nthe official souvenir shop before the bus returns to the Marriott and\nHouston Hobby airport.  Please register for the tour early since\ncharter bus seating capacity is limited.  Participants planning to\nbring their personal or rental vehicles to leave the tour early to\ncatch return flights should notify Lou McFadin via email at\[email protected].\n\nTour itinerary: (All Times are CST)\n\n07:45 Gather for the Special JSC Tour\n8:00 am    Bus departs Marriott South Hobby Airport\n8:30 am    Arrive at JSC visitor control for JSC tour\n11:15 am   Depart JSC for JSCARC Station W5RRR\n11:20 am   Arrive at JSCARC Station W5RRR\n11:40 am   Depart JSCARC Station W5RRR for Space Center Houston\n11:50 am   Arrive at Space Center Houston (Lunch and souvenir shop)\n1:45 pm    Depart Space Center Houston for Houston Hobby Airport\n2:15 pm    Arrive at Houston Hobby Airport\n2:30 pm    Arrive at Marriott South Hobby Airport\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\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\n",
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