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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/AF27S7CDFEW44COQRCCV67Z2FS5MOJQJ/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "AF27S7CDFEW44COQRCCV67Z2FS5MOJQJ", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/AF27S7CDFEW44COQRCCV67Z2FS5MOJQJ/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[ans] ANS-059 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2016-02-28T01:56:48Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-059\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* eBay Donations for AMSAT\n* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n* Satellite DXCC Nearly 20 Years in the Making\n* 2016 AMSAT Field Day\n* Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems to Support Atlas V CubeSat Rideshare \nInitiative\n* UK and Malta University Satellite Collaboration\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-059.01\nANS-059 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 059.01\n From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.\nFebruary 28, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-059.01\n\neBay Donations for AMSAT\n\nAre you an eBay seller? One item, ten items, or a full-time business you\ncan donate a percentage of your winning bid to AMSAT. To do so, do not\nlist your item with the basic listing tool, select advanced tools. eBay\nwill give you a warning message that it is for large volume sellers,\nhowever this is where the eBay for Charity tool is found.\n\nYou can 'select another nonprofit you love' and search for either AMSAT\nor Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. Choose the percentage amount of\nthe sale you would like to donate to AMSAT and boom. When your item\nsells and the winning bidder pays, eBay will deduct the percentage from\nyour take and forward it to AMSAT.\n\nSometimes we are getting rid of our old equipment, sometimes selling\nsomething new. In any case, won't you consider giving a piece of the pie\nto a new satellite and choose AMSAT for your eBay for Charity.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nGesamtschule Leverkusen Schlebusch, Leverkusen, Germany, direct via DLØIL\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI\nContact is a go for: Mon 2016-02-29 12:05:58 UTC 78 deg\n\nNational Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York,\ntelebridge VK5ZAI\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN\nContact is a go for: Tue 2016-03-01 16:45:18 UTC 53 deg\n\nPowys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, direct via GB4PCS\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI\nContact is a go for: Sat 2016-03-05 10:55:19 UTC 59 deg\n\n************************************************************************\n\nThe next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open.\nThe window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts\nbetween 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30.\n\nCheck out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website\nhttp://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details.\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite DXCC Nearly 20 Years in the Making\n\nIt took nearly 20 years, but AMSAT Vice President of Operations Drew\nGlasbrenner, KO4MA, finally qualified for Satellite DXCC. Glasbrenner \nsubmitted\nthe requisite number of QSLs for checking at the Orlando HamCation February\n12-14, and ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, \nverified\nKO4MA’s achievement.\n\n“It's been a long process getting to satellite DXCC,” said Glasbrenner, \nwho got\ninto satellite operating around 1993, and was only on RS-12 (Mode K) for \na long\ntime. “This was the Russian satellite payload that used 15 meters up, and 10\nmeters down,” he explained.\n\nHis activity stagnated for a long time during and after his college \nyears, but\nin 1999 he got involved in working the LEO satellites, such as UO-14 and \nAO-27,\n“then FO-20 and FO-29 for a little more distance, and then on the \nperigee passes\nof AO-10, when it was still semi-usable,” he added.\n\n“When AO-40 was launched into a high-Earth orbit, I dove into Mode U/S with\ngusto,” Glasbrenner recounted. During the 3 years that AO-40 was active, he\nspent many late nights and early mornings looking for the next new one.\n“Eventually I was using a 3 foot solid dish with preamp and \ndownconverter for\nthe Mode S downlink, and this is when some of my most exciting contacts \ncame.”\n\nHighlights included working VU2MKP at a few degrees of elevation to the \neast,\nright after the satellite came up, and working KH2GR in the other direction,\n“while the satellite was off-pointing and the spin fades were \nhorrendous, and\ntiming each call during peaks.”\n\nWhen AO-40 went silent, Glasbrenner said he was about a dozen short of \nDXCC, and\nhe realized that he’d have to be proactive to finish up with just LEO\nsatellites. Many of his new ones came from operators who went the extra \nmile to\noperate from places like the Caribbean and Greenland.\n\n“The absence of operational HEO satellites makes satellite DXCC nearly\nimpossible for newer operators,” he said, “but I'm confident that continued\nmembership and support of AMSAT by any operator interested in satellites \nwill\nresult in the successful return to high orbit by one of the several\nopportunities currently being pursued by the organization. Strike while \nthe iron\nis hot!”\n\nBernhard Dobler, DJ5MN, has been at the top of the DXCC-Satellite standings\nsince 2000, and has 274 entities confirmed.\n\n{ANS thanks ARRL and Drew, KO4MA, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2016 AMSAT Field Day\n\nIt's that time of year again; summer and Field Day! Each year the American\nRadio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as a “picnic, a campout, \npractice\nfor emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN!” The event \ntakes\nplace during a 24-hour period on the fourth weekend of June. For 2016 \nthe event\ntakes place during a 27-hour period from 1800 UTC on Saturday June 25, 2016\nthrough 2100 UTC on Sunday June 26, 2016. Those who set up prior to 1800 \nUTC on\nJune 25 can operate only 24 hours. The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n(AMSAT) promotes its own version of Field Day for operation via the amateur\nsatellites, held concurrently with the ARRL event.\n\nWith the loss of AO-51, VO-52 and SO-67 this year it is going to be as\nchallenging as last year. A few new satellites are up there to take some \nof the\nload. If you are considering ONLY the FM voice satellites like SO-50 for \nyour\nAMSAT Field Day focus. Don't, unless you are simply hoping to make one \ncontact\nfor the ARRL rules bonus points. The congestion on FM LEO satellites is \nalways\nso intense that we must continue to limit their use to \none-QSO-per-FM-satellite.\nThis includes the International Space Station. You will be allowed one \nQSO if\nthe ISS is operating Voice. You will also be allowed one digital QSO \nwith the\nISS or any other digital, non-store-and-forward, packet satellite (if\noperational).\n\nIt was suggested during past field days that a control station be allowed to\ncoordinate contacts on the FM satellites. There is nothing in the rules that\nwould prohibit this. This is nothing more than a single station working \nmultiple\nQSO’s. If a station were to act as a control station and give QSO’s to every\nother field day station, the control station would still only be allowed \nto turn\nin one QSO per FM satellite while the other station would be able to \nsubmit one\nQSO.\n\nThe format for the message exchange on the ISS or other digital packet \nsatellite\nis an unproto packet to the other station (3-way exchange required) with \nall the\nsame information as normally exchanged for ARRL Field Day,\ne.g.:\nW6NWG de KK5DO 2A STX\nKK5DO de W6NWG QSL 5A SDG\nW6NWG de KK5DO QSL\n\nIf you have worked the satellites on Field Day in recent years, you may have\nnoticed a lot of good contacts can be made on some of the \nless-populated, low-\nearth-orbit satellites like FO-29, AO-7, or AO-73. During Field Day the\ntransponders come alive like 20 meters on a weekend. The good news is \nthat the\ntransponders on these satellites will support multiple simultaneous \ncontacts.\nThe bad news is that you can't use FM, just low duty-cycle modes like \nSSB and\nCW.\n\nTHE 2016 AMSAT FIELD DAY RULES\n\nThe AMSAT Field Day 2016 event is open to all Amateur Radio operators. \nAmateurs\nare to use the exchange as specified in ARRL rules for Field Day. The AMSAT\ncompetition is to encourage the use of all amateur satellites, both \nanalog and\ndigital. Note that no points will be credited for any contacts beyond \nthe ONE\nallowed via each single-channel FM satellite. Operators are encouraged \nnot to\nmake any extra contacts via theses satellites (Ex: SO-50). CW contacts and\ndigital contacts are worth three points as outlined below.\n\n1. Analog Transponders\n\nARRL rules apply, except:\n\n- Each phone, CW, and digital segment ON EACH SATELLITE TRANSPONDER is\nconsidered to be a separate band.\n\n- CW and digital (RTTY, PSK-31, etc.) contacts count THREE points each.\n\n- Stations are limited to one (1) completed QSO on any single channel FM\nsatellite. If a satellite has multiple modes such as V/u and L/s modes both\nturned on, one contact each is allowed. If the PBBS is on - see Pacsats \nbelow,\nISS (1 phone and 1 digital), Contacts with the ISS crew will count for one\ncontact if they are active. PCSat (I, II, etc.) (1 digital),\n\n- The use of more than one transmitter at the same time on a single \nsatellite\ntransponder is prohibited.\n\n2. Digital Transponders\n\nFor the Pacsats (GO-32, etc.) or ‘Store and Forward’ hamsats, each \nsatellite is\nconsidered a separate band. Do not post \"CQ\" messages. Simply upload ONE\ngreeting message to each satellite and download as many greeting messages as\npossible from each satellite. The subject of the uploaded file should \nbe posted\nas Field Day Greetings, addressed to ALL. The purpose of this portion \nof the\ncompetition is to demonstrate digital satellite communications to other \nField\nDay participants and observers. Do not reply to the Field Day Greetings\naddressed to ALL.\n\nThe following uploads and downloads count as three-point digital contacts.\n\n(a) Upload of a satellite Field Day Greetings file (one per satellite).\n(b) Download of Satellite Field Day Greetings files posted by other \nstations.\nDownloads of non-Field Day files or messages not addressed to ALL are \nnot to be\ncounted for the event. Save DIR listings and message files for later \n\"proof of\ncontact.\"\n\nPlease note AMSAT uploaded messages do not count for QSO points under \nthe ARRL\nrules.\n\nSatellite digipeat QSO's and APRS short-message contacts are worth three \npoints\neach, but must be complete verified two-way exchanges. Remember, only one\ndigipeat contact is allowed for the ISS and other satellites in this mode.\n\nThe use of terrestrial gateway stations or internet gateways (i.e. EchoLink,\nIRLP, etc.) to uplink/downlink is not allowed.\nSample Satellite Field Day Greetings File:\n\nGreetings from W5MSQ Field Day Satellite station near Katy, Texas, \nEL-29, with\n20 participants, operating class 2A, in the AMSAT-Houston group with the \nHouston\nAmateur Television Society and the Houston QRP club. All the best and 73!\n\nNote that the message stated the call, name of the group, operating \nclass, where\nthey were located (the grid square would be helpful) and how many \noperators were\nin attendance.\n\n3. Operating Class\n\nStations operating portable and using emergency power (as per ARRL Field Day\nrules) are in a separate operating class from those at home connected to\ncommercial power. On the report form simply check off Emergency or \nCommercial\nfor the Power Source and be sure to specify your ARRL operating class \n(2A, 1C,\netc.).\n\nAND FINALLY...\n\nThe Satellite Summary Sheet should be used for submission of the AMSAT \nField Day\ncompetition and be received by KK5DO (email or postal mail) by 11:59 \nP.M. CDT,\nMonday, July 11, 2016. The preferred method for submitting your log is \nvia e-\nmail to [email protected] or [email protected].\n\nYou may also use the postal service but give plenty of time for your \nresults to\narrive by the submission date. Add photographs or other interesting \ninformation\nthat can be used in an article for the Journal.\n\nYou will receive an email back (within one or two days) from me when I \nreceive\nyour email submission. If you do not receive a confirmation message, \nthen I have\nnot received your submission. Try sending it again or send it to my \nother email\naddress.\n\nIf mailing your submission, the address is:\n\nBruce Paige, KK5DO\nDirector of Awards and Contests\nPO Box 310\nAlief, TX 77411-0310.\n\nCertificates will be awarded to the first-place emergency power/portable \nstation\nat the AMSAT General Meeting and Space Symposium in the fall of 2016.\nCertificates will also be awarded to the second and third place\nportable/emergency operation in addition to the first-place home station \nrunning\non emergency power. A station submitting high, award-winning scores will be\nrequested to send in dupe sheets for analog contacts and message \nlistings for\ndigital downloads.\n\nYou may have multiple rig difficulties, antenna failures, computer glitches,\ngenerator disasters, tropical storms, and there may even be satellite \nproblems,\nbut the goal is to test your ability to operate in an emergency \nsituation. Try\ndifferent gear. Demonstrate satellite operations to hams that don't \neven know\nthe HAMSATS exist. Test your equipment. Avoid making more than ONE \ncontact via\nthe FM-only voice HAMSATS or the ISS, and enjoy the event!\n\nComplete copies of the rules and recommended submission form can be \nfound on the\nAMSAT web site.\n\n2016 PDF Field Day Rules\nhttp://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016fd.pdf\n\n\n2016 MS-Word Field Day Rules\nhttp://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016fd.docx\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTyvak Nanosatellite Systems to support Atlas V CubeSat Rideshare initiative\n\nTyvak is responsible for identifying, obtaining, and integrating CubeSat\ncustomers on the ULA Atlas V launch vehicle system.\n\nTyvak Nanosatellite Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding \n(MOU) with\nUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) to serve as the primary Auxiliary Payload \nCustomer\non CubeSat Rideshare Initiative efforts through Dec. 31, 2019.\n\nULA's CubeSat Rideshare Initiative enables rideshare opportunities on \nits Atlas\nV launch vehicle and aims to tap into a growing market of small \nsatellites with\napplications in education, scientific research, U.S. Government and \ncommercial\nbusiness. CubeSats are miniaturized satellites originally designed for \nuse in\nconjunction with university educational projects and quickly becoming a\ndependable tool for advance missions. CubeSats are made of one or more \nunits,\ncalled U's, measuring 10cm x 10cm x 10cm with a mass of 1.33 kilograms.\n\nUnder this MOU, Tyvak will provide low-cost access to space for both \ncommercial\nand U.S. Government CubeSat customers, as well as no-cost access to \nspace for\nScience, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) CubeSat customers for\nrideshares on ULA's Atlas V launch vehicles.\n\nTyvak is responsible for identifying, obtaining, and integrating CubeSat\ncustomers on the ULA Atlas V launch vehicle system. In addition, as part \nof the\nagreement with ULA, Tyvak will provide for no cost up to three STEM CubeSat\nslots for each Atlas V 24U capacity launch opportunity for educational\ncustomers.\n\n\"Tyvak is thrilled to have been selected for this opportunity with a \nworld-class\nlaunch Provider like ULA,\" said Tyvak President and Chief Executive Officer\nAnthony Previte. \"This MOU brings key opportunities to Tyvak and to the \nentire\nnanosatellite community.\"\n\n\"As America's ride to space, ULA is transforming rideshares so that \ncustomers\nwill now have predictable manifest slots for their payloads,\" said Tory \nBruno,\nULA president and CEO. \"We are driving innovations like this program \nwhich will\nmake space more affordable and accessible for all manner and size of payload\ncustomers.\"\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceDaily for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUK and Malta University Satellite Collaboration\n\nThe UK’s University of Birmingham, the University of Malta, the Malta \nAmateur\nRadio League (MARL) and the Italian Astrodynamics company, GAUSS Srl are\ncollaborating on a project to send a PocketQube satellite with an \namateur radio\npayload into space.\n\nThe Times of Malta newspaper reports:\n\nThe 5x5x5 cm device, referred to as a PocketQube pico-satellite, will be\nlaunched in 2018 into a sun-synchronous low earth orbit (LEO) and will \nbe used\nto validate on-board equipment that will study the properties the Earth’s\nionosphere.\n\nThis project will pave the way for a swarm of eight such satellites that \nwill\nspread over a large geographical area and hence gain better coverage of\nchangeable ionospheric conditions which affect radio communications.\n\nThe collaboration has brought together two Maltese post graduate engineering\nstudents – Darren Cachia in Malta and Jonathan Osairiis Camilleri (Ozzy), a\nPh.D. student at the University of Birmingham – who have joined efforts \nand are\ndeveloping the satellite platform and the scientific payload respectively.\n\nThe mission is expected to last about 18 months and will relay \ninformation back\nto Earth that will be accessible to anyone owning a simple ham radio set.\nInformation will be made available in due course to allow schools and \ninterested\nindividuals to participate using inexpensive equipment.\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n", "attachments": [] }