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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/BRLZ4ST76C66FGXV2SAMPT66FR7AONJ6/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAM5+sovw+k5jBRAdrLFaLMOH-uR8Q1+rt59CC+O_YqY=HSNc+Q@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "BRLZ4ST76C66FGXV2SAMPT66FR7AONJ6", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/BRLZ4ST76C66FGXV2SAMPT66FR7AONJ6/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "mccardelm (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "E.Mike McCardel", "subject": "[ans] ANS-308 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2018-11-03T23:47:56Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-308\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* AMSAT Announces Senior Leadership Positions for 2018\n* Recordings and Videos From AMSAT-NA 2018 Symposium\n* News From AMSAT South Africa\n* Polish Students’ Satellite - PW-Sat2\n* ARISS Receives Yasme Foundation Grant\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News\n* Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-308.01\nANS-308 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 308.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nNovember 4, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-308.01\n\n\n\nAMSAT Announces Senior Leadership Positions for 2018\n\nThe 2018 AMSAT Board of Director's Meeting was held November 1-2,\n2018 at the US Space and Rocket Center Marriott Hotel in Huntsville,\nAlabama. The following positions were announced during the meeting.\n\nAMSAT Senior Leadership Team\n----------------------------\nPresident Joe Spier, K6WAO\nExecutive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM\nSecretary Clayton Coleman, W5PFG\nTreasurer Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF\nManager Martha Saragovitz\nVP Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nVP Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY\nVP Educational Relations Alan Johnston, KU2Y\nVP for Human Spaceflight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO\nVP Marketing Open\nVP User Services Open\n\nOther Appointments announced by the President include:\n------------------------------------------------------\nAMSAT Ambassador Coordinator Clayton Coleman, W5PFG\nAMSAT IARU Representative Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nHamvention Operations Manager Phil Smith, W1EME\nAMSAT Journal Editor Joe Kornowski, KB6IGK\nANS Senior Editor EMike McCardel, AA8EM\nARISS International Delegates Dave Taylor, W8AAS\n Chet Latawiec, VE3CFK\nIT Team Leader Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P\nAMSAT Store Bruce Paige, KK5DO\nWeb Content Manager Open\n\nAMSAT Board of Directors\n------------------------\nJoe Spier, K6WAO\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM\nClayton Coleman, W5PFG\nTom Clark, K3IO\nJerry Buxton. N0JY\nBruce Paige, KK5DO\nMark Hammond, N8MH\nPeter Portanova, W2JV (First Alternate)\nScott Harvey, KA7FVV (Second Alternate)\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Board of Directors for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRecordings and Videos From AMSAT-NA 2018 Symposium\n\nA recording of the livestream of the 2018 William A. Tynan W3XO\nMemorial Space Symposium, in Huntsville, AL is available at:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATNA/\n\nVideo of WB8ELK high altitude balloon launch from the Symposium\ncan be found at:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/paul.stoetzer/videos/10113653475736994/\n\nDrew Glasbrenner KO4MA has posted his video of the Symposium ARISS\ncontact at:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/glasbrenner/videos/10155564640766750/\n\nPatrick Stoddard WD9EWK has posted a raw audio recording of the same\nISS flyover, but from Arizona which can be found at:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS308-ISS-Stoddard\n\n[ANS thanks JoAnne K9JKM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNews From AMSAT South Africa\n\nAN SDR CUBESAT ON THE CARDS\n\nAMSAT SA has announced that parallel to its analogue Kletskous\nCubeSat, the group is working on a digital project featuring a\nSoftware defined transponder. Called AfriCUBE, the CubeSat will use\nthe same space frame as KLETSKOUS. Anton Janovsky is current building\na prototype transponder. AMSATSA is inviting persons interested in\nbecoming part of the development team to send their details to\[email protected].\n\nMeanwhile the development and final construction of the AMSAT SA\nKLETSKOUS is plagued by electronic component obsolescence. This\nforces unwanted design changes to be made to ensure that when the\ntime comes to construct the final launch unit, the main components\nare still available. The KLETSKOUS team decided to freeze the design\nof KLETSKOUS and purchase a quantity of devices to proactively\nmitigate future obsolescence. This decision will also speed up the\nprocess of putting a final satellite on the table. \"Every time we\nchange designs to mitigate for the discontinued components, it is\nlike starting the design afresh, often creating new problems that\nhave to be solved\", Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP said. \"By freezing the\ndesign, in other words making a final decision on the main\nspecialised devices to be used, we will be able to speed up the\nprocess of putting a flight ready unit on the table.\" KLETSKOUS is\nnot a textbook design. Most of the sub-components that will make up\nKLETS KOUS are designed and being built by the volunteer team. \"We do\nnot have the finances to go out and purchase sub-units and simply\nwire them up,\" Hannes said.\n\nAMSAT SA is holding its 2019 Space Symposium on Saturday 16 March\n2019 in Gauteng. The theme of the conference is \"Space Science with\nAmateur Radio.\" Paper proposals are invited. Send your synopsis to\[email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPolish Students’ Satellite - PW-Sat2\n\nPolish satellite - PW-Sat2 is scheduled as soon as early as 19th\nNovember 2018 launch of 4. . It’s primary mission is a technological\ntests of sail-based deorbit system. The PW-Sat2 is one of the\npayloads in\nSpaceFlight SSO-A The SmallSat Express mission aboard SpaceX’s Falcon\n9 rocket. Please be advised that planned launch date may change since\nit’s quite common for orbital rockets launches - be prepared and\nfollow our socials!\n\nRadio link\n\nThe satellite is equipped with full duplex communication module\nTRxVU Rev. B from Innovative Solutions in Space BV. It operates in\namateur bands UHF (downlink) and VHF (uplink). Antenna module\nconsists of two dipole antenna (for uplink/downlink) with linear\npolarisation. Downlink power equals to 27 dBm (0.5 W). Downlink\nsignal utilizes BPSK modulation, data scrambling according to G3RUH\nand AX.25 protocol. By default, the satellite transmits its downlink\nsignal at 1200 bps, however it might be changed on request by the\nOPERation team (via uplink telecommand) up to 9600 bps. Currently set\nbitrate will be published on PW-Sat2’s Twitter profile, however\ndetermination of actual bitrate should be fairly easy by looking at\nsignal spectrum.\n\nWhat data will be transmitted?\n\nEvery 60 seconds the satellite transmits a beacon frame full of\ntelemetric data. 229-bytes long payload of the beacon frame contains\nthe most important information about satellite’s state - among others\n- temperatures of main subsystems, battery voltage, solar power, on-\nboard computer mission time and experiments state. Other data, such\nas historical telemetry, experiments data, photos from cameras will\nbe send on request from PW-Sat2’s OPERation team. There is one\nexception from this rule - deorbit sail experiment will transmit its\nresults on-line (since after sail deployment random tumbling is\nexpected to occur resulting in signal loses and solar energy\ndecrease). Downlink signal of PW-Sat2 will be opened for everyone to\nreceive, decode and interpret data!\n\nHAM radio tools to receive PW-Sat2\n\nHAM radio community plays important role in almost every cubesat\nmission - receiving and sharing acquired signal with satellites’\nowners. Our team has prepared set of tools helping in receiving and\ndemodulation of PW-Sat2 radio signal and upload to cloud-based\nservice afterwards. We believe that data shared to us by community\nwill have big impact on our mission.\n\nPrepared desktop application is available on Linux and Windows\nplatforms (however Ubuntu Linux is the main supported OS). It allows\nfor signal reception utilizing software defined radio receivers\n(SDR): RTL-SDR, FUNcube Dongle Pro+, ADALM-Pluto SDR as well as\n“traditional” analogue radio receivers with single sideband\ndemodulator (SSB) via computer’s line-in. Acquired signal from radio\nreceiver is demodulated and deframed. Correctly received frames are\nclassified by means of their type and uploaded to cloud-based\napplication (radio.pw-sat.pl) prepared thanks to co-operation with\nSoftwareMill company. The cloud-based application allows for frames\ncollection, sharing and telemetry decoding (for beacon frames,\nlabeled as “telemetry frame”). There are available additional\nfeatures like charts presenting the most important telemetry data.\n\nHow to start receiving?\n\nDetailed information are available in our Wiki -\nhttps://github.com/PW-Sat2/HAMRadio/wiki. A good starting point is to\ntake a look at “Quick start guide”. The wiki pages will be updated as\nnew information (e.g. about orbit, TLE data) will be available.\n\nWe encourage to try the software (desktop and cloud parts) right\nnow! In case of any problems - don’t hesitate to mail us (by an e-\nmail, Messenger, in comment etc.), create an issue on GitHub\n(https://github.com/PW-Sat2/HAMRadio/issues) or simply ask in this\nthread!\n\nMission status information\n\nUp to date information about mission status will be published on our\nTwitter profile - don’t miss anything, follow us now!\n\nContests\n\nTo encourage you to listen to PW-Sat2 and honour your contribution\nwe would like to issue QSL cards for every HAM radio who will send us\n(to radio.pw-sat.pl) at least one correct PW-Sat2 frame.\n\nAdditionally we’ve prepared contest in three categories:\n* the first received and uploaded frame,\n* the last received and uploaded frame,\n* the most received and uploaded frames.\n\nShortly after mission we will reveal the winners and honour with\npacks of PW-Sat2-related gadgets!\nFor more about contests see (https://pw-sat.pl/en/ham-contest/).\n\n[ANS thanks MGUMIELA via QRZ.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS Receives Yasme Foundation Grant\n\nThe Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation announces that it has\nmade a significant grant to ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International\nSpace Station, <www.ariss.org>) in support of the Critical\nInfrastructure Fund.\n\nYasme has supported this important upgrade to the ISS amateur\nstation since the effort began and challenges other organizations and\nindividuals to support it, as well. As of late 2018, ARISS is the\nonly non-commercial entity being considered for NASA’s Deep Space\nGateway program, indicating the importance with which the space\nprogram views amateur radio. Putting and keeping amateur radio in\nspace is a significant expense and needs the support of the entire\namateur community.\n\n* * * * *\n\nThe Yasme Excellence Award is presented to individuals and groups\nwho, through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication,\nhave made a significant contribution to amateur radio. The\ncontribution may be in recognition of technical, operating or\norganizational achievement, as all three are necessary for amateur\nradio to grow and prosper. The Yasme Excellence Award is in the form\nof a cash grant and an individually- engraved crystal globe.\n\nThe Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation is pleased to\nannounce the latest recipients of the Yasme Excellence Award:\nBrian Machesney, K1LI, and Michelle Guenard — in recognition of\ntheir extraordinary efforts on behalf of Commonwealth of Dominica\ncommunities in the wake of the 2017 hurricane season. Their efforts\nincluded fund-raising, delivery of communications supplies, on-site\nsupport, and application of amateur radio technologies to support the\nrelief efforts which continue today.\n\nFred Kleber, K9VV/KP2 — in recognition of Fred’s leadership and\ntechnical skills that support the Virgin Island’s emergency\ncommunications capabilities. Fred has been a key player long before\nhurricanes Irma and Maria devasted the islands. He is hard at work\ntoday re-building and extending the interisland communication systems\neven after his own station suffered extensive damage.\n\nZorro Miyazawa, JH1AJT — for his extensive promotion of amateur\nradio in developing counties. Governments and telecommunications\nadministrators in Bangladesh (S2), Bhutan (A5), Cambodia (XU),\nEritrea (E3), and Myanmar (XZ) have benefited from Zorro’s patient\nand skillful efforts, supporting his own government and his fellow\namateurs in Japan and around the world.\n\nStu Phillips, K6TU — for contributions to amateur radio through his\nPropagation and DX Strategy website, www.k6tu.net. In particular, his\ninnovative tools, free for amateur use, enhance the use of the High\nFrequency Terrain Analysis (HFTA) program developed by Dean Straw,\nN6BV, another Excellence Award recipient in 2012.\n\nRandy Wright, W6CUA — in recognition of his long service to the\nYasme Foundation as our Awards Manager. His steady efforts and\nexacting attention to detail and customer service are greatly\nappreciated.\n\n* * * * *\n\nThe Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to\nsupport scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio,\nincluding DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction\nand promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. For\nadditional information about The Yasme Foundation, visit our website\nat <www.yasme.org>.\n\nWard Silver, N0AX\nPresident The Yasme Foundation\n\nBoard of Directors:\nWard Silver, N0AX, President and Director\nKen Claerbout, K4ZW, Vice-President, Secretary and Director\nRusty Epps, W6OAT, Treasurer and Director\nHans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Director\nMartti Laine, OH2BH, Director\nFred Laun, K3ZO, Director\nRobert Vallio, W6RGG, Director\nMarty Woll, N6VI, Director\n\n[ANS thanks OPDX for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nSuper Road Trip (EMxx, DMxx, DNxx, ENxx) – November 8-11, 2018\n\nWyatt, AC0RA, has a special event call sign W5Q, and he’s heading\nout on the road. The primary focus will be on 6m MSK144 and will\nalso work satellites as time allows. Planned grid stops include\nEM08/18, EM07, EM06/16, EM05, DM94/95, DM84/85, DM86/96, DM77,\nDM87/97, DM88/98, DM89/99, DN80/90, DN91, and EN00. Wyatt will be\nusing WSJTX v1.9.1 for MSK144 and will also use Contest Mode. Check\nthe W5Q QRZ page for more information and follow him on Twitter @\nhttps://twitter.com/WyattAC0RA\n\nSouth Texas Grid Expedition (EL06, EL07, EL08, EL15, EL16, EL17,\nEL18) – November 11-15, 2018\n\nGlenn, AA5PK, will be travelling through South Texas, November 11th-\n15th. Barring unforeseen circumstances, he will activate EL06, EL07,\nEL08, EL15, EL16, EL17 and EL15. Glenn will be on both FM and linear\nsatellites and will post specific pass announcements on Twitter,\nhttps://twitter.com/AA5PK. He will also be position beaconing on\nAPRS as AA5PK-9.\n\nBermuda (DXCC NA-005) – November 12-14, 2018\n\nTom, N2YTF, will be operating as N2YTF/VP9/P from Bermuda, NA-005\nvacation style Nov. 12, 13, 14; all FM passes (and perhaps a few\ntransponder birds). Tom will also be working HF QRP portable from\nthe beach. Tom is looking for a 2m ssb tropo path to some US super\nstation(s). If interested, contact him directly.\n\nKey West, FL (EL94) – November 27 – December 1, 2018\n\nTanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West, Florida from\nNovember 27th to December 1 , 2018. While there, he will work as many\nFM passes as he can (holiday style). Keep an eye on his Twitter feed\nfor pass announcements, https://twitter.com/twjones85\n\nRMS Queen Mary (DM03) – December 15, 2018\n\nPatrick , WD9EWK, will be part of a day of satellite operating from\na deck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in southern\nCalifornia, on Saturday 15 December 2018. Operations will be\nportable, almost like a Field Day, and should include FM, SSB, and\npossibly packet. All operations from the Queen Mary will be as W6RO,\nthe call sign for the wireless room on the\nship operated by the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach.\nDepending on staffing in the W6RO wireless room, there may also be HF\nactivity during the satellite operation.\nQSLing for the W6RO satellite activation will be handled per the\nprocedure on W6RO’s QRZ page: http://www.qrz.com/db/W6RO\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) yahoo.com\nUpdated October 25, 2018\n\n[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n******************************************************************\n* AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign *\n* to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades *\n* on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to *\n* continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. *\n* *\n* $13,700 raised *\n* * *\n* For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit *\n* *\n* https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 *\n******************************************************************\n\nSuccessful ARISS contacts completed since October 18, 2018\n\n+ 2018-10-22 13:05 UTC between Astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor\n KG5TMT using ISS callsign NA1SS and Ashford School, Ashford,\n Connecticut, USA. Contact was direct] via KZ1M. ARISS Mentors\n were Steve W1HQL and Ryan W4NTR.\n\n+ 2018-10-23 09:14 UTC between Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using\n ISS callsign DPØISS and Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-\n Scharmbeck, Osterholz – Scharmbeck, Germany. Contact was direct via\n DN3HB. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ.\n\n+ 2018-10-23 09:14 UTC between Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO\n using ISS callsign DPØISS and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany.\n Contact was direct via DN5ABG. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ.\n\n+ 2018-10-24 08:22 UT between Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using\n ISS callsign DPØISS and Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Gymnasium\n Dresden/DLR_School_Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Contact was\n direct via DLØTSD. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ\n\n+ 2018-10-24 08:22 UT between Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using\n ISS callsign DPØISS and Liborius-Gymnasium Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau,\n Germany. Contact was direct via DKØLG. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ\n\n+ 2018-10-24 17:48 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT using\n ISS callsign NA1SS and Delcastle Technical High School, Wilmington,\n Delaware. USA. Contact was direct via K2CCW. ARISS Mentor was Keith\n W5IU\n\n+ 2018-10-31 14:56:40 UTC between Astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor\n KG5TMT using ISS callsign NA1SS and Tallmadge Community Learning\n Center, Lancaster, Ohio, USA. Contact was direct via K8QIK. ARISS\n Mentors were Gordon KD8COJ and John K4SQC.\n\n+ 2018-11-02 14:50:19 UTC between Astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor\n KG5TMT using ISS callsign NA1SS and Pathfinder Regional Vocational\n Technical High School, Palmer, MA, USA. Contact was direct via\n KB1MDS. ARISS mentors were Steve W1HQL & Ryan W4NTR.\n\n\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-11-02 17:00 UTC\n\nBishop O’Connell High School, Arlington, VA, telebridge via W6SRJ\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT\nContact is a go for: Thu 2018-11-08 15:56:28 UTC\n\nWant your school to experience an ARISS contact?\nThe proposal window opens October 1, 2018 and the proposal deadline\nis November 30, 2018.\n\nFor proposal guidelines and forms and more details, visit:\nhttp://www.ariss.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-us.html\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nShorts From All Over\n\n+ Ham radio satellites on 5 Euro coin\n The Bank of Lithuania (Lietuvos bankas) has released a commemorative\n gold 5 Euro coin featuring the amateur radio satellites\n LituanicaSAT-1 (LO-78) and LitSAT-1.\n\n The two CubeSats were launched to the International Space Station\n (ISS) on January 9, 2014 and deployed from the ISS on February 28.\n LituanicaSAT-1 carried a FM transponder and a camera while LitSat-1\n had a linear (SSB/CW) transponder developed by by William Leijenaar\n PE1RAH.\n\n The face of the gold coin features the Lithuanian coat of arms\n (Vytis) as a star constellation with LituanicaSAT-1 and LitSAT-1 on\n the reverse.\n\n Watch A gold coin of 5 euros for technology education:\n https://youtu.be/-R6Q-quon2Y\n\n Numista catalogue entry\n https://en.numista.com/catalogue/piec\n\n [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n+ Soyuz rocket: 'Faulty sensor' led to launch failure\n \"Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday it hopes to\n resume manned missions with a three-person launch to the ISS on 3\n December.\"\n https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46055960\n\n [ANS thanks The BBC for the above information]\n\n+ FCC Satellite Related Filings\n\n For easier navigation of US FCC Satellite related filings Luke\n Rehmann has built an RSS feed of the FCC’s ELS and IBFS systems.\n\n The FCC Experimental Licensing System provides companies with\n temporary authorization to conduct temporary experimental wireless\n communication lab-testing, space launch/recovery communication, and\n other short-duration wireless communication needs\n https://fcc.report/ELS/\n\n The International Bureau administers international\n telecommunications and satellite programs and policies, including\n licensing and regulatory functions. The bureau also promotes pro-\n competitive policies abroad, coordinates global spectrum activities\n and advocates U.S. interests in international communications and\n competition\n https://fcc.report/IBFS/\n\n [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n+ Slade Stevens 2E0SQB announced via Twitter, \"I’m happy\n to announce that I am the new editor for #oscarnews I\n look forward to working with the current editors until\n they retire at the end of the year.\n\n [ANS thanks Slade 2E0SQB for the above information.]\n\n+ The following satellites have been added to AMSAT's Keplerian\n elements distribution:\n\n CubeBel 1 - NORAD CAT ID 43666\n Ten-Koh - NORAD CAT ID 43677\n\n Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for the detailed doppler\n identification of these two satellites.\n\n [ANS thanks Ray WA5QGD for the above information]\n\n+ New sample edition of NZART Break-In magazine\n\n New Zealand's national amateur radio society, NZART, has made the\n Jan/Feb 2018 edition of their magazine Break-In available as a free\n PDF\n\n Yes an old edition but well worth the read!\n\n The magazine features the popular columns Digital Modes by\n Murray Greenman ZL1BPU and Satellite Orbits by Alan Cresswell ZL2BX.\n On pages 28-30 there is an interview with FT8 developer\n Joe Taylor K1JT.\n\n Download from\n http://www.nzart.org.nz/assets/breakin/sample/BreakIn-JanFeb-2018.pdf\n\n [ANS thanks VK1WIA News for the above information]\n\n+ Recordings and Videos From AMSAT-NA 2018 Symposium\n\n Pass Recorder is a small application that records audio from\n satellite passes based on tracking data it receives from the\n commonly used SatPC32 application, pass recorder will sit in the\n background waiting for a pass to be above 0 degrees and record the\n audio to a wav file which you can use for logging purposes or just\n for storing passes to listen to later for enjoyment.\n\n Pass Recorder is provided free of charge with a donation request if\n you would like to support the author.\n\n Information can be found at https://www.2m0sql.com/pass-recorder/\n\n [ANS thanks Peter 2M0QSL 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, AA8EM\naa8em at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }