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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/A5N4JHVD26JW5JUXNZOA5XXSDP7E3F6G/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "CANVAiQ-4m6SRUScCHDxWC2FEuk0R3ADkQuE+snTj_TYoa0ZZ0A@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "A5N4JHVD26JW5JUXNZOA5XXSDP7E3F6G", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/A5N4JHVD26JW5JUXNZOA5XXSDP7E3F6G/", "sender": { "address": "plaws0 (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Peter Laws", "subject": "[ans] ANS-140 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2018-05-20T00:17:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-140\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and\ninformation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur\nSatellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in\nSpace including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of\nAmateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing,\nbuilding, launching and communicating through analog and digital\nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio\nin Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: [email protected].\n\n\n*****************************************************************************************\n* AMSAT @ HAMVENTION May 18-20 - Booth (1007-1010 & 1107-1110) *\n*****************************************************************************************\n\nIn this edition:\n\n\n* AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2018\n* Ready for Phase 5?\n* CAMSAT amateur radio transponder satellites to launch this year\n* Call for Nominations - AMSAT Board of Directors\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-140.01\nANS-140 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 140.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nMay 20, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-140.01\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2018\n\nAt deadline, Hamvention 2018 was nearly over. If you are attending,\nand have somehow put it off, the AMSAT booth (1007-1010 & 1107-1110)\nwill be open until noon local time on Sunday. Well-dressed satellite\noperators can still pick up the latest AMSAT fashions for 2018 as well\nas other AM-swag. The 2018 update of Gould Smith’s book, Getting\nStarted With Amateur Satellites will be available as well.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWork the AMSAT Hamvention Demo Station!\n\nHamvention 2018 is almost over, but there is still time to work\nW3ZM/8, the AMSAT Club Station. Listen for the station on passes from\n1200-1600 UTC Sunday, May 21st. Hamvention is located in the six\ncharacter gridsquare EM89aq and if you are attending, the demo station\nis outside Building 1. As a reward for working the AMSAT demo\nstation, individuals working us will receive a digital certificate\nupon request. Please email [email protected] with your QSO details to\nreceive a certificate.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nReady for Phase 5?\n\nPhase 3 was the term coined for AMSAT's first high-earth orbit\nsatellites back in the late 1970s[1], Phases 1 and 2 being the prior\n\"bleepsats\" and early transponder based LEO satellites (the very\nsuccessful AO-6, AO-7, and AO-8 among them). Later, Phase 4 was\ncoined to indicate satellites in geosynchronous orbits and Phase 5 to\ndenote missions that would leave Earth's orbit. While AMSAT-NA\ndoesn't currently have any Phase 5 missions planned, industrious\nstudents at China's Harbin Institute of Technology not only have a\nLunar mission planned, but it is expected to launch on May 20 at 21:30\nUTC!\n\nAmbitious is a good description of the mission: not one, but two\n47-kg microsats are expected to end up in an \"HLO\" -- a highly\nelliptical Lunar orbit -- and will be carrying amateur radio payloads.\nFor more details and links to further information including a\nLinux-based \"live CD\" for using these satellites, see AMSAT-UK's news\narticle here:\n\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2018/05/19/dslwp-satellites-lunar-orbit/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n[1] - AMSAT Newsletter, Vol VII, #2, June 1975, p3 - see\nhttp://www.ka9q.net/AMSAT-Newsletter-1975.pdf\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCAMSAT amateur radio transponder satellites to launch this year\n\nCAMSAT has released details of three new amateur radio satellites,\nCAS-5A, CAS-5B and CAS-6, that are hoped to launch in September 2018.\nTwo of the satellites CAS-5A and CAS-6 will carry transponders.\n\nCAS-5A a 6U CubeSat which will include the following capabilities:\n\n• HF/HF – H/T Mode Linear Transponder\n• HF/UHF – H/U Mode Linear Transponder\n• HF – CW Telemetry Beacon\n• VHF/UHF – V/U Mode Linear Transponder\n• VHF/UHF – V/U Mode FM Transponder\n• UHF – CW Telemetry Beacon\n• UHF – AX.25 4.8k/9.6k Baud GMSK Telemetry.\n\nThe transponders will have 30-kHz bandwidths except the H/U unit which\nwill be 15 kHz wide. Planning a launch in September 2018 from the\nJiuquan Satellite Launch Center into a 539 × 533 km, 97.5 degree\norbit. Details:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=619\n\nCAS-5B, a femto-satellite architecture (90 x 80 x 50 mm, 500 g mass)\nwith a proposed UHF CW beacon and to be deployed from CAS-5A when in\nspace. Details:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=620\n\nCAS-6 a 50 kg micro satellite (490 x 499 x 430 mm). It will include:\n\n• VHF CW Telemetry Beacon\n• U/V Mode 20 kHz Linear Transponder\n• AX.25 4.8k baud GMSK telemetry downlink\n• Deployable Antennas\n• Solar Panels, Lithium ion battery and power controller\n• Integrated Housekeeping Unit\n• Three-axis stabilization system\n• Atmospheric Wind detector\n• S-band TT&C system (non-amateur radio band)\n• X-band Data link system (non-amateur radio band)\n\nPlanning a sea launch from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle\nTechnology in September 2018 into a 579 x 579 km, 45 degree orbit.\nDetails: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=622\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCall for Nominations - AMSAT Board of Directors\n\nIt's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of\nDirectors election. Three directors' terms expire this year: those of\nTom Clark, K3IO; Mark Hammond, N8MH; and Bruce Paige, KK5DO. In\naddition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one-year terms.\n\nA valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current\nindividual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for\nDirector. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and\ncall, and the nominating individuals' names, calls and individual\nsignatures should be mailed to:\n\nAMSAT-NA\n10605 CONCORD ST STE 304\nKENSINGTON MD 20895-2526\n\nIn addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which\nis the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone may be made by\nelectronic means. These include e-mail, fax, or electronic image of a\npetition. Electronic petitions should be sent to [email protected] or\nfaxed to +1-301-822-4371.\n\nNo matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive at the AMSAT-NA\noffice no later than June 15th. If the nomination is a traditional\nwritten nomination, no other action is required. If electronic means\nare used, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at\nthe AMSAT-NA office within 7 days following the close of nominations\non June 15th.\n\nELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE\nNOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS News\n\nHamvention and ARISS Work Together\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station team (ARISS) is\nhappy to announce that Hamvention and ARISS are working together again\nthis year. Hamvention's 2018 theme is, \"Amateur Radio ... Serving the\nCommunity.\" ARISS serves communities by inspiring great numbers of\nyouth to explore STEM and Amateur Radio.\n\nARISS is kicking off its 2018 fund-raising campaign at Hamvention to\nraise money for the expensive space-rated parts needed to finish\nbuilding the required multiple units of the custom-built Multi-Voltage\nPower Supply, and to help defray some costs of continuing ARISS\noperations. The power supply is part of the next-gen ARISS\nInteroperable Radio System to replace the intermittent, aging ISS\namateur radio station.\n\nARISS Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said, \"Having Hamvention partner with\nARISS really puts our 2018 funding campaign into gear.\"\n\nHamvention's support began with a post on the convention's front web\npage. The posting discussed teaming up with ARISS, and announcing a\nspecial ARISS prize drawing at the convention, and the need for hams\nto contribute to ARISS right now by going to\nhttp://www.ariss.org/donate.html, to\nhttps://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen, or stopping at the ARISS Hamvention\nbooth on Sunday morning.\n\nThe double boost to ARISS by Hamvention is the featuring of the ARISS\nChallenge Coin at a special drawing just minutes before the\nconvention's big prize drawings on the final day. Thousands of people\nwill hear about the ARISS Challenge Coin and how ARISS inspires\nstudents to engage in STEM studies and radio technology.\n\n2018 Hamvention Prize Committee Chairman Bill Serra, N8NRT, wrote, \"We\nare happy to be able to make the ARISS Challenge Coin a very special\npart of Sunday's prize awards.\"\n\nARISS donated two of its handsome coins positioned side by side in a\nbeautiful display, showing off each of the coin's sides. This ARISS\nChallenge Coin is the premium received by donors who give $100 or more\nto ARISS.\n\nThe ARISS team will welcome convention goers at the ARISS booth in\nBuilding 1 through the weekend to donate and see a mock-up of the\nMulti-Voltage Power Supply that ARISS will launch in the future. A\nraffle is being held at the booth to win a coin - the owner of the\nticket pulled does not have to be present to win. For those unable to\nmake the trip to Xenia, readers can donate any amount by going to\nhttp://www.ariss.org/donate.html\n\nARISS thanked everyone on the Hamvention staff whose personal efforts\nare aiding ARISS in its fund-raising and publicity goals.\n\nRosalie White, K1STO, ARISS-US Delegate for ARRL, added: \"We are so\npleased and proud to know that Hamvention believes in the ARISS team\nand its goals of piquing the interest of young people and communities\nin a quite unique 'wow way' for STEM and Amateur Radio.\"\n\nAbout ARISS\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a\ncooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the\nspace agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In\nthe United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the\nCenter for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and the\nNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary\ngoal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,\nengineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled\ncontacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and\nstudents in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of\nexperienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with\nlarge audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during\nthese radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities\nlearn about space, space technologies and amateur radio.\n\nFor more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.\n\nTo receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS & David AA4KN for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\n+ The AMSAT-NA Office will be closed through Monday, May 21st. The\noffice will reopen on Tuesday, May 22nd\n\n+ AMSAT HQ, @amsat, tweeted some images of the latest \"Am-swag\" at\nhttps://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/997443139760771073\n\n+ Jeff, KE9V, @ke9v, tweeted some images of AMSAT activities at\nHamvention here: https://twitter.com/ke9v/status/997528369087631360\n\n+ Burt, FJ8OJ, @fj8oj, has a list of upcoming satellite operations\nhere: https://sat.fg8oj.com/calendar.php (his website has other\ninformation of interest to AMSAT members as well)\n\n+ SpaceDaily.com published an article on May 15 which gives nice\nmention to AMSAT, RadFxSat/Fox-1B: \"What Happens After Launch: Two\nNASA Educational CubeSats\" - http://tinyurl.com/AMSAT-RadFX-Fox1B\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceDaily.com for this item]\n\n+ Get on the Satellites for Field Day! Field Day is right around the corner!\n\nPosted on the AMSAT website with the ARRL’s permission is an article\nentitled “Get on the Satellites for ARRL Field Day” written by Sean\nKutzko, KX9X, and published in the June 2018 issue of QST. Read it at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/get-on-the-satellites-for-field-day/.\n\nAs a reminder, AMSAT runs a Field Day event concurrently with ARRL\nField Day. For more information, please see\nhttps://www.amsat.org/field-day/.\n\n [ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information.]\n\n+ EL58: Wyatt, AC0RA, and Clayton, W5PFG, will be activating EL58 on\nSatellite (FM and linear as W5PFG) between 0000 UTC May 26 and 1700\nUTC May 27. In addition to satellite, the team will be active on 6-m\nSSB and digital modes (FT8, MSK144) with a 5-el Yagi at 10 m height\nand with 1 kW of power (as AC0RA). Because they will operate from the\nland portion of the grid, QSOs will count for Louisiana (WAS),\nPlaquemines Parish (for County Hunters), and IOTA NA-168. Skeds for\nQSOs >6000 km from the grid are available by contacting\[email protected].\n\n [ANS thanks Wyatt, AC0RA, & Clayton, W5PFG for the above information.]\n\n+ EL60: 6E5RM/XF3 Cozumel Island Special Event. Members of the\nRadioclub Cancun will be active as 6E5RM/XR3 celebrating the 2018\nRally Maya Mexico on May 23rd and 24th. In addition to 6 m and HF\noperations, satellite operations are planned. Cozumel Island is IOTA\nNA-090. QSL via XE3N.\n\n [ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin & dxnews.com for this information]\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 additional\nbenefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the\nstudent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\nContact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership\ninformation.\n\n\n73,\n\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nPeter Laws, N5UWY\[email protected]\n", "attachments": [] }