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    "subject": "[ans]    ANS-309  AMSAT Weeky Bulletins",
    "date": "2006-11-05T00:28:33Z",
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    "content": "\nAMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-309\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North\nAmerica, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the\nactivities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an\nactive interest in designing, building, launching and communicating\nthrough analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n* ARISS Contingency Network Activated\n* OSCAR-11 REPORT\n* AMSAT Donation Opportunity for Federal Employees\n* SK - Reihard Richter, DJ1KM\n* Satellite DX Opportunities\n* National Science Foundation Plans Webcast of Mercury Transit\n* ARISS Status - 30 October 2006\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-309.01\nARISS Contingency Network Activated\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 309.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 5, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-309.01\n\n\nOctober 30, 2006\n\n\nOn Thursday, October 26, NASA Johnson Space Center asked that the ARISS\nOps Team enable its ISS Ham Contingency Network and go into standby mode\nas a resource for NASA. ARISS volunteers immediately swung into action.\n\nRussian Flight Controllers were experiencing difficulties completing the\ndocking of a Russian Progress cargo vehicle.  Its antenna would not\nretract properly as it neared the ISS.  It is a requirement for the\nantenna to be retracted before the last step of the physical docking is\nexecuted to avoid a collision between the antenna and the docking port.\n  The ISS was put into a free-drifting mode, which aids the crew with\ndocking maneuvers.  Free-drifting results in the ISS solar arrays not\nbeing pointed directly toward the sun.  This causes decreased power\ngeneration for the ISS, and the crew is required to slow down or shut\ndown some ISS systems to conserve power.\n\nDuring free-drift mode, a loss of TDRSS (Tracking and Data Relay\nSatellite System) coverage can occur; TDRSS is the system that handles\ncommunications between astronauts and Mission Control (MCC) in Houston.\n  The ARISS Team was asked to ready its ISS Ham Contingency Network so\nthat MCC could feel secure in having solid communication coverage while\ntheir staff took care of the docking issue.\n\nThe docking problem was solved, and the ARISS contingency network wasn't\nused by NASA for actual communications.  NASA's request and the ensuing\nham activity served as a great drill for the ARISS Team.  MCC (Houston)\nwas impressed with how quickly the ARISS Team had its system up and\nrunning.  The MCC staff's concern about the possible TDRSS problem was\nlessened, knowing of the hams' ability to act as a back-up resource in\nthe case that it is ever needed.\n\nKenneth Ransom, N5VHO, generated a procedure for the ISS crew on the\noperations of the ARISS contingency network. The fact that the ARISS\nTeam was asked to be on standby was known by anyone listening to the\nNASA communications channel. MCC Houston transmitted a message to the\ncrew that information would be uplinked about the ham network and the\nprocedure for it if they needed to invoke it.\n\nIt was the first time in the six-year history of ARISS that NASA had\nasked the hams to bring up the contingency network. Within 15 minutes of\nreceiving the call from NASA, ARISS Ops Team member Kenneth Ransom,\nN5VHO, reported the ARISS Ops Team ready to communicate.  ARISS Team\nmember Tony Hutchinson, VK5ZAI, of Australia, was awakened at 2 AM, and\ngot on-line to make a blind call up to the crew, although they did not\nneed to answer at that point.\n\nWithin the 3.5 hours from the time the initial phone call came, until\nthe team got word to shut down, Tony Hutchison, VK5ZAI, was as his mike,\nand these additional stations were on standby to cover later passes:\nGerald Klatzko, ZS6BTD, in South Africa; Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, at the\nBelgian ON4ISS station; Dick Flagg, AH6NM, and Nancy Rochelau, WH6PN, at\nSacred Hearts Academy in Honolulu, Hawaii; and Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and\nMark Steiner, K3MS, at the Goddard Space Flight Center ham station,\nWA3NAN.  The ARISS teamwork was very effective; its members learned a\ngreat deal, and they impressed NASA with how quickly the system was\nbrought up.\n\n\n\n\n[ANS thanks Rosalie, K1STO,\nARISS Secretary-Treasurer for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-309.02\nOSCAR-11 REPORT\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 309.02\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 5, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-309.02\n\n                     31 October 2006\n\nOSCAR-11 is back!  It was first heard by Peter ZL3TC, at 06:23 UTC on\nOctober 18. It had been silent since August 26.\n\nDuring the period 28 September to 30 October, the satellite was heard\nfrom 18 to 28 October. Good signals have been heard on most passes, often\nvery strong.\n\nFurther deterioration of the time/date stamp has occurred.  Here is a\nframe of telemetry captured on 27 October at 08:43:51 UTC.\n\nUOSAT-2           060=601033448\n\n000000010001020002030003040004050005060006070007080008090009\n100001110000120003130002140005150004160007170006180009190008\n20000221000322000023000124000625000726000427000528000A29000B\n30000331000232000133000034000735000636000537000438000B39000A\n40000441000542000643000744000045000146000247000348000C49000D\n50000551000452000753000654000155000056000357000258000D59000C\n60800E615FC1620105633305644402651E0C662AC467000168000E69000F\n\nThe date/time stamp is the block of characters following 'UOSAT-2' having\nthe format YYMMDDWHHMMSS (Year, month, day, day of week, hours, minutes,\nseconds).\n\nThe month, shown as '0=' in the date stamp is now in all telemetry\nframes. When the satellite was heard in August the month, had stuck at\n07 and the day had incremented to 60. During the ten day reception\nperiod in October, the day had correctly incremented from 51 to 60.\nWhile the satellite was silent, it appears likely that the day may have\nincremented to 99 and then reset to zero.  It will be interesting verify\nthis theory on future passes.\n\nDuring the last ten days of beacon transmission the time stamp\nincremented accurately, and no gain or loss was detected ( within one or\ntwo seconds).  However, on one occasion, the most significant digit of\nthe hours failed to change from zero to one, although it didn't  cause a\npermanent error.\n\nIf the satellite continues to operate normally, the beacon should switch\nON around 07 November. If nothing is heard, it may be worth listening\nten days later, ie. around 17 November.\n\n\nI am indebted  Peter ZL3TC, Bob G4VRC, Paul KB5M, and Doug KA2UPW/5 for\ntheir reports and for monitoring the satellite. Peter listened for the\nsatellite daily, often during several passes, while it was silent.  Many\nthanks.\n\nThe status of the satellite, when last heard, was that all the analogue\ntelemetry channels, 0 to 59 are zero, ie they have failed. The status\nchannels 60 to 67 were still working. The spacecraft computer and active\nattitude control system have switched OFF, ie. the satellite' attitude\nis controlled only by the passive gravity boom gradient, and the\nsatellite is free to spin at any speed. When telemetry was last received\nit showed that one of the solar arrays had failed, and there was a large\nunexplained current drain on the main 14 volt bus. After 22 years in\norbit the battery has undergone around 100,000 partial charge/discharge\ncycles, and observations suggest that it cannot power the satellite\nduring eclipses, or sometimes during periods of poor solar attitude.\n\nThe watchdog timer now operates on a 20 day cycle. The ON/OFF times have\ntended to be very consistent. The average of many observations show this\nto be 20.7 days, ie. 10.3 days ON followed by 10.4 days OFF. However,\npoor solar attitude may result may result in a low 14 volt line supply,\nwhich may cause the beacon to switch OFF prematurely, and reset the\nwatchdog timer cycle. When this occurs, the beacon is OFF for 20.7 days.\n\nThe Beacon frequencies are -\n\nVHF 145.826 MHz.  AFSK FM  ASCII Telemetry\n\nUHF 435.025 MHz.  OFF\n\nS-band 2401.5 MHz. OFF\n\nListeners to OSCAR-11 may be interested in visiting my website. If you\nneed to know what OSCAR-11 should sound like, there is a short audio\nclip for you to hear. The website contains an archive of news &\ntelemetry data. It also contains details about using a soundcard or\nhardware demodulators for data capture.  There is software for capturing\ndata, and decoding ASCII telemetry.  The URL is\nwww.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/\n\n\n[ANS thanks Clive, G3CWV, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-309.03\nAMSAT Donation Opportunity for Federal Employees\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 309.03\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 5, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-309.03\n\nAgain this year AMSAT is a member of the Combined Federal Campaign\n(CFC). The mission of the CFC is to promote and support philanthropy\nthrough a program that is employee focused, cost-efficient, and\neffective in providing all federal employees the opportunity to\nimprove the quality of life for all. As the world's largest and most\nsuccessful annual workplace giving campaign, each year, more than 300\nCFC campaigns throughout the country and internationally help to raise\nmillions of dollars for eligible non-profit organizations.\n\nGunther Meisse, AMSAT treasurer has announced that any Federal\nemployee can make a contribution to your Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation when they complete their pledge for 2006.\n\nAMSAT is listed as Agency Number CFC 2944.\n\nYour contribution directly supports AMSAT's educational outreach and\nsatellite construction projects including work on AMSAT-Eagle. Pledges\nmay be made by Federal civilian, postal and military donors during the\ncampaign season.\n\nThe campaign runs from September 1st to December 15th, 2006.\n\nTo learn more about CFC visit the CFC website at:\nhttp://www.opm.gov/cfc/\n\nThe 2005 Annual Report, Audit and tax filings are now posted on the\nAMSAT website at:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/AboutAmsat/documents/finance.php\n\n[ANS thanks Gunther W8GSM, AMSAT Treasurer for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-309.04\nSK - Reihard Richter, DJ1KM\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 309.04\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 5, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-309.04\n\n\nAMSAT has received the sad news that Reinhard Richter, DJ1KM passed away\non October 27, 2006.  Reinhard was very active on satellites, worked on\nthe AMSAT-DL website, and had managed the AO-40 schedule. His family can\nbe reached via: Inge Richter and family, Lohfeldweg 40, 30459 Hannover,\nGermany.\n\n[ANS thanks Inge Richter for the above information]\n\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-309.05\nSatellite DX Opportunities\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 309.05\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 5, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-309.05\n\nLA/W5ACM will be active on board a cruise ship in the Caribbean Sea\nstarting on October 30, 2006. Ports of call include Jamaica, Grand\nCayman and Cozumel.  NO operation will be attemped from land, but\nmany grids will be made available while at sea.\n\nTarget satellites include SO-50 and AO-51. Due to the difficulty of\nSSB up/FM down ops via AO-51, better results are expected via SO-50.\nWe will give it our best shot! QSL to Andy's W5ACM home call.\n\nOther satellite ops on this cruise include WB5RMA, WA5TWT, WA5WOD and\nWD5BDX.\n\nBob, K0NR will be active as PJ4/K0NR from Bonaire (IOTA SA-006) from\nOct 28 to Nov 9th, SSB and PSK31 on 30M through 6M. Also active on FM\nOSCAR satellites (Grid FK52). QSL to K0NR home call.\n\nNader has ended his ST2NH operation from Sudan and returned home to\nSaudi Arabia where he plans to be active again from El Rijadh as HZ1NH\non the satellites.  During his three weeks in Sudan he reported working\n23 countries and made 105 QSOs with different stations mostly in Europe\nusing AO-7, FO-29, AO-51 and AO-52.\n\n[ANS thanks Andy, W5ACM; Bob, K0NR, and Domenico, I8CVS for the above\n  information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-309.06\nNational Science Foundation Plans Webcast of Mercury Transit\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 309.06\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 5, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-309.06\n\nThe National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory and\nthe Exploratorium are joining forces to present a live view of an\nunusual celestial event: the transit of planet Mercury across the face\nof the Sun, as seen from Earth.\n\nThis five-hour transit occurs on Wednesday, November 8, 2006, beginning\nat 19:12 UTC and ending at 00:10 UTC.\n\nThe coverage from Kitt Peak, broadcast on the Web by a mobile multimedia\nteam from the Exploratorium, will include a live image of the transit as\nseen through a white-light filter on a Meade 16-inch telescope operated\nby the national observatory for public outreach, plus live voiceover\ncommentary at the top of every hour and interviews with astronomers on\nKitt Peak.\n\nFor more information and to watch the event live, go to:\nhttp://www.exploratorium.edu/transit\n\n[ANS thanks the National Science Foundation for the above information]\n\n\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-309.07\nARISS Status\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 309.07\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 5, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-309.07\n\n\n1.\tFlanders Contact Cancelled\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact\nwhich was scheduled with students attending the Flanders Science\nFestival on Friday, October 27 was cancelled due to issues associated\nwith the docking of Progress 23P. The team is working to reschedule the\ncontact with the students as soon as possible, although a specific date,\ntime and location have not yet been determined.\n\n2.\tExpedition 13 Crew Debrief Status\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station U.S. team has\ncompiled questions for the crew debrief with Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ.  The\ndebriefing session is tentatively scheduled for November 9 with a new\ntime of 3:45 pm ET.\n\n3.\tARRL Article on ARISS International Team Meeting\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran a web story covering the\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International\nTeam Meeting held in San Francisco on October 8 – 10. See:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/10/25/2/?nc=1\n\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors\nto AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73, This week's ANS Editor,\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nnb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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