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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-144 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-144\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* CAMSAT announces mid-July launch with six U/V transponders\n* 2015 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice\n* AMSAT 2015 Field Day Announcement - June 27-28\n* Beijing may launch amateur satellites in July\n* Radio Amateur Sworn In as New NASA Deputy Administrator\n* AMSAT News Lit up on the Web, Forums, and Social Media\n* PSK31 and APRS CubeSat Status Update\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-144\nANS-144 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 144\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nMay 24, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-144\n\n\nCAMSAT announces mid-July launch with six U/V transponders\n\nAlan Kung, BA1DU (CAMSAT CEO) recently sent AMSAT-NA the following\npress release:\n\nCAMSAT orchestrated CAS-3 amateur satellite system is now nearing\ncompletion, six Chinese amateur satellites will be launched in mid-\nJuly,it includes different weight category satellites, consists of a\n20 kg, three 10 kg and two 1 kg satellites. All six satellites are\nequipped with substantially the same amateur radio payloads, a U/V\nmode linear transponder, a CW telemetry beacon and an AX.25\n19.2k/9.6k baud GMSK telemetry downlink are attached in each of the\nsix satellites, each set of amateur radio equipments has the same\ntechnical characteristics, but operates on different frequencies of\n70cm band uplink and 2m band downlink.\n\nDuring the years, CAMSAT works closely with DFH Satellite Co. Ltd to\ncomplete the project, which is Chinese government aerospace\ncontractor and provided most of the support for this project. All the\nsatellites are currently conducting final testing and inspection,\nhere are the technical details:\n\nCAS-3A:\n\n– Micro-satellite architecture\n– Dimensions: 400Lx400Wx400H mm\n– Mass: 20kg\n– Stabilization: three-axis stabilization system with its +Y surface\n  facing the earth\n– Antenna: Deployable antenna, one 1/4? monopole VHF antenna with\n  max.0dBi gain is located at +Z side and one 1/4? monopole UHF\n  antenna with max.0dBi gain is located at –Z side, close to the each\n  edge of satellite body\n– Uplink: 70cm band\n– Downlink: 2m band\n– Amateur radio payloads:\nCallsign: BJ1SB\nCW Telemetry Beacon: 50mW, 22wpm\nU/V Mode Linear Transponder: 100mW, 20kHz bandwidth, spectrum\nInverting\nAX.25 telemetry: 100mW, 19.2k/9.6k baud GMSK\n\nCAS-3B, CAS-3C and CAS-3D:\n\n– Micro-satellite architecture\n– Dimensions: 250Lx250Wx250H mm\n– Mass: 9kg\n– Stabilization: three-axis stabilization system with its +Y surface\n  facing the earth\n– Antenna: Deployable antenna, one 1/4? monopole VHF antenna with\n  max.0dBi gain is located at +Z side and one 1/4? monopole UHF\n  antenna with max.0dBi gain is located at –Z side, close to the each\n  edge of satellite body\n– Uplink: 70cm band\n– Downlink: 2m band\n– Amateur radio payloads:\nCallsign: BJ1SC ( for CAS-3B), BJ1SD ( for CAS-3C), BJ1SE (for CAS-3D\nCW Telemetry Beacon: 50mW, 22wpm\nU/V Mode Linear Transponder: 100mW, 20kHz bandwidth, spectrum\nInverting AX.25 telemetry: 100mW, 19.2k/9.6k baud GMSK\n\nCAS-3E and CAS-3F:\n\n– Cube-satellite architecture\n– Dimensions: 110Lx110Wx110H mm\n– Mass: 1.5kg\n– Stabilization: Spinning stabilization using permanent magnet torquer\n– Antenna: Deployable antenna, one 1/4? monopole VHF antenna with\n  max.0dBi gain is located at +Z side and one 1/4? monopole UHF\n  antenna with max.0dBi gain is located at –Z side, close to the each\n  edge of satellite body\n– Uplink: 70cm band\n– Downlink: 2m band\n– Amateur radio payloads:\nCallsign: BJ1SF ( for CAS-3E), BJ1SG ( for CAS-3F)\nCW Telemetry Beacon: 50mW, 22wpm\nU/V Mode Linear Transponder: 100mW, 20kHz bandwidth, spectrum\nInverting\nAX.25 telemetry: 100mW, 9.6k baud GMSK\n\nThis launch will use an brand new Chinese launch vehicle named as\nLong March – 6 (LM-6 or CZ-6) at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center of\nChina, CAS-3A will operate at about 450 km height sun-synchronous\norbit, the other satellites will operate at about 530 km height sun-\nsynchronous orbit.\n\nThe launch will carry total of 20 satellites, there are other three\nsatellites named as CAS-3G, CAS-3H and CAS-3I involved in amateur\nradio from other agencies of China will share the same launch, CAMSAT\nwas assisting Chinese government administration to coordinate and\nallocate their frequencies, more details will be announced later.\n\n[ANS thanks Alan Kung, BA1DU and CAMSAT for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2015 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice\n\nIt is time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of\nDirectors election. Four director's terms expire this year: Barry\nBaines, WD4ASW, Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, Mark Hammond, N8MH, and Jerry\nBuxton, N0JY. In addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for\none year terms.\n\nA valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five\ncurrent individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA\nmember for Director. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's\nname and call, and the nominating individual's names, calls and\nindividual signatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord\nSt, #304 Kensington, 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\nby electronic means. These include e-mail, Fax, or electronic image\nof a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to\[email protected] or Faxed to\n(301)822-4371.\n\nNo matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than\nJune 15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional\nwritten nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than\nthis, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST\nbe received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days\nfollowing the close of\nnominations on June 15th.\nELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE\nNOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS.\n\nAlan Biddle\nWA4SCA\nAMSAT-NA  Corporate Secretary\n\n[ANS thanks Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary for\nthe above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT 2015 Field Day Announcement - June 27-28\n\nIt's that time of year again: Field Day! Each year the American\nRadio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as a \"picnic, a campout,\npractice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN!\"\n\nThe event takes place during a 24-hour period on the fourth weekend\nof June. For 2015, the event takes place during a 27-hour period from\n1800 UTC on Saturday June 27, through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 28,\nThose who set up prior to 1800 UTC on June 27 can operate only 24\nhours.\n\nThe Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own\nversion of Field Day for operation via the amateur satellites, held\nconcurrently with the ARRL event.\n\nIf you are considering ONLY the FM voice satellite SO-50 for your\nAMSAT Field Day focus - don't - unless you are simply hoping to make\none contact for the ARRL rules bonus points. The congestion on FM LEO\nsatellites was so intense in prior years that we must continue to\nlimit their use to one-QSO-per-FM-satellite. This includes the\nInternational Space Station. You will be allowed one QSO if the ISS\nis operating voice.\n\nYou will also be allowed one digital QSO with the ISS or any other\ndigital, non-store-and-forward, packet satellite (if operational).\nMany good contacts can be made on the linear transponder satellites\nincluding AO-73, FO-29, and AO-7. During Field Day the transponders\ncome alive like 20 meters on a weekend. The transponders on these\nsatellites will support multiple simultaneous SSB or CW contacts.\n\nThe 2015 AMSAT Field Day event is open to all Amateur Radio\noperators. Amateurs are to use the exchange as specified in ARRL\nrules for Field Day. The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of\nall amateur satellites, both analog and digital.\n\nAMSAT Field Day information is also posted on the web at:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=216\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director of Contests and\nAwards, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBeijing may launch amateur satellites in July\n\nMineo Wakita JE9PEL reports on his website that Beijing may launch\nsatellites carrying amateur radio payloads in July 2015. It is\nunderstood the launch would be on a CZ-6 rocket from the Taiyuan\nSatellite Launch Center.\n\nXW-2 (CAS-2) and LilacSat-2 will be carrying amateur radio payloads\nbut at the time of writing it is not clear if Tiantuo-3 and ZDPS-2\nmay also have amateur radio payloads.\n\nAdditionally it is reported elsewhere there may be up to 20?\nCubeSats on the launch.\n\nCAS-2A1 satellite: 270x270x250mm\n2m CW telemetry beacon 100 mW\n2m AX.25 digital telemetry beacon 500 mW\n2m FM voice beacon 500 mW\nU/V mode Linear transponder 50 kHz 500 mW\nL/S mode Linear transponder 200 kHz 320 mW\nU/V mode APRS repeater\n\nCAS-2A2 satellite:\n70cm CW telemetry beacon 100 mW\n70cm AX.25 digital telemetry beacon 500 mW\n13cm CW telemetry beacon 200 mW\n3cm CW telemetry beacon 200 mW\nV/U mode Linear transponder 500 mW\n\nLilacSat-2 – Harbin Institute of Technology\nApprox. 11 kg 20x20x20 cm\nUplink: 145.825, 145.875 MHz\nDownlink: 437.200 MHz beacon 437.225 MHz FM/APRS\n\nTiantuo-3 (TT-3) – Small satellite from China’s National University\nof Defense Technology\n\nZDPS-2 – Nano-satellite mission of the Microsat Research Center\nZhejiang University\n\nSource Mineo Wakita JE9PEL\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/lilacsat.htm\n\n[ANS thanks Mineo Wakita JE9PEL and AMSAT-UK for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRadio Amateur Sworn In as New NASA Deputy Administrator\n\nMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Dava Newman,\nKB1HIK, has been sworn in as the deputy administrator of NASA.\nPresident Barack Obama appointed Newman last October, and the US\nSenate confirmed her appointment on April 27. The swearing-in took\nplace on May 15 in her MIT office in Cambridge. Newman is Apollo\nProfessor of Astronautics and Engineering Systems and the director\nof the Technology and Policy Program at MIT. She started her\nofficial duties as NASA's new deputy administrator on May 18 at the\nagency's headquarters in Washington, DC.\n\n\"I'm very excited to be at NASA,\" said Newman. \"I'm looking forward\nto being a part of the agency's work to expand humanity's reach into\nspace, advance our journey to Mars and strengthen America's\nleadership here at home.\"\n\nNASA Administrator Charles Bolden, ex-KE4IQB, said he's long admired\nNewman. \"Her talents and skills as an educator and technological\ninnovator will bring a new energy to our NASA leadership team, and\nI'm ecstatic to have her on board,\" he said.\n\nNewman had been on the MIT faculty since 1993. Her research has\nincluded modeling human performance in low and microgravity\nconditions, examining the dynamics and control of astronaut motion,\nand the development of assisted walking devices for the physically\nhandicapped. Possibly her most prominent project has been the\ndevelopment of the BioSuit, a skintight spacesuit that would give\nastronauts unprecedented comfort and freedom in exploration of\nplanetary surfaces and extra-vehicular activity.\n\nAn avid sailor, Newman has circumnavigated the globe.\n\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL via Space Bulletin 008  ARLS008 for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT News Lit up on the Web, Forums, and Social Media\n\nVP of User Services JaoAnne Maenpaa K9JKM noted \"Our e-mail lists\nrelayed the Fox-1 news from Dayton. Those lists have remained quiet\nwhile the web and social media were lit up with AMSAT's news from\nDayton.\"\n\nAMSAT-NA Facebook has 1,789 members. AMSAT's Twitter has 6,770\nfollowers.\n\nOne of the biggest repeater systems in the Chicago area relays news\nfeeds on their facebook page from the internet:\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/suhfars?fref=nf which points to the QRZ.com\nposts:\n\nhttp://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?480200-Fox-1-news-from-Dayton\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS144-QRZ-Report\n\nSouthgate ARC news:\n\nhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/may/fox_1_news_from_dayton.htm\nhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/may/fox_1_operating_guide.htm\n\nAmateur Radio Newsline Facebook group is referring readers to:\nANS-135 Fox-1 News From Dayton which is a replay of the ANS bulletins\n\nAMSAT-UK and ARRL published the ARRL news item about AMSAT:\n\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2015/05/15/fox-1-launch-sept-geo-5-10-ghz/\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS144-Hamvention\n\nJoAnne reports two links of video from the AMSAT Forum:\n\nFirst, the presentation by AMSAT president Barry Baines WD4ASW to\nopen the forum...\nhttp://www.ustream.tv/recorded/62340146\n\nSecond, a portion of Tom Clark's K3IO Forum presentation at:\nhttp://www.ustream.tv/recorded/62343338\n\nHams in Space posted a copy of their Dayton forum slides including\nmention of AMSAT at:\n\nhttp://hamsinspace.com/resource/Sat_Radio_7_07_Dayton.pdf\n\n\n[ANS thanks JoAnne K9JKM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPSK31 and APRS CubeSat Status Update\n\nMartin G8JNJ reports receiving the PSAT PSK31 FM downlink on the\nonline SUWS WebSDR located at Farnham near London. At 22:30 GMT on\nMay 21, 2015 Bob Bruninga WB4APR posted the following update on the\nAMSAT Bulletin Board about the three USNA CubeSats PSAT, BRICSAT and\nUSS Langley along with a guide on how to use the PSK31 transponder.\n\nWe now have heard 4 of 5 transmitters from our 3 spacecraft all\nstill in a close cluster:\n* PSAT packet is OK but WOD not working (no digipeating for users yet)\n* PSAT PSK31 downlink is ok [remember, it is FM!]\n* BRICSAT telemetry has been heard but is cycling OFF due to low power\n* BRICSAT PSK31 downlink (also FM) has also been heard barely (when\n  ON)\n* USS Langley not heard\n\nPSAT CPU shows the 4 day-fail-safe backup reset circuit is not\ncounting down, so we have lost this (1 of 3) fail safe backup RESET\ncapabilities. Bad line of code already found.  But cannot change it.\n\nPSAT is not properly reporting WOD data and S#… STATUS packets are\nbeing bundled until 255 byte packet length is reached and then it all\ncomes down at once.  Noone has captured any of these long packets.\nPlease try with PASSALL ON so that you can receive partial packets.\n\nAwaiting permission from BRNO University to authorize HF user\nuplinks on PSAT PSK31.\n\nBRICSAT PSK31 transponder is on identical frequencies as PSAT’s.\nYou can tell them apart because one has PSK Telemetry on 315 Hz and\nthe other is on 365 Hz.  Both on the UHF FM downlink 435.350 MHz\n\nWe’d LOVE to hear from USS Langley, and we’d love to capture one of\nthose long WOD packets from PSAT.  Our ground station is only getting\na few packets compared to some submissions from others.  Keep it up.\n\nSUMMARY:\n\n145.825 1.5U  cubesat – PSAT 1200 baud AX.25\n435.350 same cubesat – PSAT PSK31 FM – Brno University transponder\n\n437.975 1.5U  cubesat – BRICsat 9600 baud\n435.350 same cubesat – BRICsat PSK31 FM – Brno University transponder\n\n437.975 3.0U  cubesat – USS Langley  9600 bd\n\nULTRASat3\n1 99993U          15140.67013889  .00040043  00000-0  10235-2 0 00009\n2 99993 055.0004 339.9238 0251027 182.3314 074.3075 15.12517086000014\n\nReceiving the PSAT PSK31 FM downlink\n\nReceiving the PSAT (and BRICsat) 435.350 MHz FM downlink is as\nsimple as placing  your PSK31 laptop microphone next to the speaker\non your FM satellite UHF receiver and just watching the waterfall.\n\nWhat you see is exactly what everyone else sees (its FM).  There is\nno Doppler added to the tones due to your station’s position relative\nto the satellite.  But you DO have to retune your FM radio at least 3\ntimes during the pass (+5 kHz, 0, -5 kHz) to stay in the FM passband.\n[Note: UK users should remember to selected the wide FM (5 kHz\ndeviation/25 kHz channel spacing) setting on their rigs]\n\nUser uplinks, however, will shift in the waterfall according to each\nuser’s position relative to the satellite.  The shift can be as low\nas 1 Hz per second to as high as 6 Hz per second.  This is because\nthe uplink is on 10 meters where the Doppler rate is only 1/15th of\nwhat it would be on UHF.\n\nThe TELEMETRY channel at 315 Hz (PSAT) or 375 Hz (BRICsat) is FIXED\nwith no Doppler since it is generated onboard into the FM downlink\n\nWHAT TO DO:\n\n1) We will need PSK31 authors to open the PSK31 frequency tracking\nto accommodate more than 1 Hz per second Doppler tracking.  Current\nimplementations can do 1 Hz/s but completely fail at 3 Hz/s.  2 Hz/s\nmight work a little…\n\n2) Until then, ANY uplink user that is in line with a direct\noverhead pass will have minimum Doppler at the start and end of his\npass (1 Hz/sec) when the satellite is going right at him and directly\naway from him.  (Though it will be MAX (6 Hz/sec) when it passes over\nher/his station).\n\n3) Just turn on MULTI CHANNEL window and let the PSK31 decode\neveryone.The ones with the least Doppler at any instant may be\ndecoded for a while!\n\nUSERS can transmit later when BRNO University says it has completed\nits tests.  Brno provided the transponders for use in the PSAT and\nBRICsat satellites.\n\nSo start preparing your station to TX PSK31 on 10 meters SSB and to\nreceive the audio from an FM UHF rig on 435.350 +/- 5 kHz steps of\nDoppler.\n\nDOWNLINK Limitations:  The UHF downlink signal is only 300 mW and so\na UHF beam is needed on the downlink.\n\nUPLINK RESTRICTIONS:  *NOTHING MORE THAN* a Vertical 1/4 wave or\nDipole is authorized on the 10m uplink  and no more than 25 Watts\n(for now).\n\nRemember a 1/4 wave vertical is the ideal antenna because it\nmaximizes the signal at lower angles and tapers the signal as the\nsatellite gets closer. This keeps  user uplinks about the same during\na pass.  Strong stations just drive down the AGC and ruin it for\neveryone.\n\nUse minimum power!!  Remember, this is crossband FULL DUPLEX so  you\ncan see yourself in the downlink just like everyone else can see you.\nAct accordingly.  And of course DO NOT TRANSMIT if you cannot see the\nwaterfall  … Duh!\n\nEnjoy!\nBob, WB4APR\n\nListen to satellite signals in the 145 and 435-438 MHz bands from\nanywhere in the world using the online SUWS WebSDR located near\nLondon. Further details at http://amsat-uk.org/2014/08/15/suws-websdr-\nmoves-to-new-site/\n\n[ANS thanks Bob WB4APR and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nIt is unlikely that there will be any contacts with the Columbus\nmodule station until after a crew change.\n>From  5-11-2015 through 7-26-2015, there will be no US Operational\nSegment (USOS) hams on board ISS.  So any schools contacts during\nthis period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia  team.\n\nWatch\nhttp://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html\nfor information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ The AMSAT Office is closed from Friday, May 22nd through\n  Monday, May 25th. Martha will be back in the office on Tuesday,\n  May 26th.\n  [ANS thanks the Martha for the above information]\n\n+ These are the launch provided elements for PPOD 3 deployment that\n  included PSAT:\n\nULTRASat3\n\n1 99993U          15140.67013889  .00040043  00000-0  10235-2 0 00009\n2 99993 055.0004 339.9238 0251027 182.3314 074.3075 15.12517086000014\n\n  The PSAT predictions are now available on the AMSAT web site using\n  the keps Bob Bruninga provided for ULTRASat3\n\n  [ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR and Joe KM1P for the above information]\n\n+ Tentative satellite pass plan for VP2MKV operation:\n  We will attempt to be on the first two FO-29 ascending node passes\n  June 11 through 20. If time allows we may be on the third ascending\n  node those days. Those passes happen in late morning to mid\n  afternoon Montserrat time. On those passes we will look first for\n  South America when the satellite is south of us, then North America,\n  then Europe during the short mutual window. If there are 2 meter\n  or 6 meter terrestrial openings during the VHF contest June 13 and\n  14 we will not be on satellite at those times.\n\n  [ANS thanks Jim WD0E for the above information]\n\n+ The annual SA AMSAT Space Symposium will be held on 20 June at the\n  Innovation Hub in Pretoria.  Book your seat now to take advantage\n  of the early bird registration fee. Details and booking form is on\n  www.amsatsa.org.za\n\n [ANS thanks SA AMSAT for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n/EX\n\nAMSAT User Services and the Editors of the AMSAT New Service pass on\nour condolences to ANS Weekly Co-Editor Joe Spier K6WAO and his\nfamily on the death of Joe's mother this week.\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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