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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/C7ZFTLSR7MNXMQTQGNI67LP3VMA5OGK5/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "C7ZFTLSR7MNXMQTQGNI67LP3VMA5OGK5", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/C7ZFTLSR7MNXMQTQGNI67LP3VMA5OGK5/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[ans] ANS-133 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2007-05-13T00:06:45Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-133\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* 2007 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting - Call for paper\n* LVB Trackers Boards Available at AMSAT Booth in Dayton\n* Eagle 70cm Receiver Progress\n* AMSAT Does Well at Smithsonian Space Day Event\n* Project OSCAR is Included in New Smithsonian Book\n* ARISS Status - 07 May 2007\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-133.01\n2007 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting - Call for papers\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 133.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 13, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-133.01\n\nThis is the first call for papers for the 2007 AMSAT Space Symposium and\nAnnual Meeting to be held October 25-28, 2007 in Pittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\n\nProposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations\nare invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite program.\nAn emphasis for this year is an educational outreach to middle and high \nSchool students. In particular, papers on the following topics are\nsolicited:\n\n + Students & Education \n + ARISS \n + AO-51 \n + P3E \n + Eagle \n + Other satellite-related topics.\n\nWe request a one-page abstract by June 1, 2007. Camera ready copy on\npaper or in electronic form will be due by September 1, 2007 for\ninclusion in the printed symposium proceedings.\n\nAbstracts and papers should be sent to: \nDaniel Schultz N8FGV by e-mail to: [email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT 2007 Symposium Committee for the above\ninformation]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-133.02\nLVB Trackers Boards Available at AMSAT Booth in Dayton\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 133.02\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 13, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-133.02\n\nHoward Long, G6LVB has graciously provided his LVB Tracker (Rotor\nController) Boards for AMSAT to offer at Dayton this year. Kevin,\nWA6FWF, has compiled a parts list for the US suppliers: JAMECO,\nMOUSER & DIGIKEY. These are the bare boards.\n\nThese boards go between your computer using a serial or USB connector\nand the Yaesu 5400/5500 rotor controller box. The most common tracking\nsoft-ware can then control your rotors to track the satellites. It takes\nabout an evening to build and test the boards. The LCD display is a\nnice feature that shows the current position of the rotors. The boards\nwill allow you to program the PIC processor onboard, and Howard's\nsoftware checks for a stalled rotor.\n\nAlso included is a CD with all of the LVB documentation from Howard and\nthe parts list from Kevin with the package.\n\nPlan on attending the Thursday night Pizza and Suds party at Marion's.\n \nThe AMSAT Forum Friday 11-2 has an outstanding list of speakers and\ntopics of interest to all AMSAT members:\n\n + Moderator: Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary\n\n + Rick Hambly, W2GPS, President, AMSAT-NA \"Summary of AMSAT-NA\n Activities in 2007\"\n\n + Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, AMSAT-DL President and Bob McGwier, N4HY,\n AMSAT-NA VP - Engineering, \"Phase 3-Express: An UpMay 13\"\n\n + Jim Sanford, WB4GCS, EAGLE Project Manager \"Eagle Status UpMay 13\"\n\n + Andrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA VP-Operations and Gould Smith,\n WA4SXM, AO-51 Command Station, \"AMSAT-NA Satellite Operations and\n AO-51 UpMay 13\"\n\n + Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Director-Human Space Flight, \"ARISS\n and Future SuitSat Missions\"\n\nVisit the outdoor satellite demonstration area to observe and make\nsatellite contacts.\n \nWe will have a large number of new items at the AMSAT booth, as well as\ninformation and a chance to meet and talk with AMSAT Officers and BOD\nmembers.\n \nThe \"Under the Wings\" Banquet will be held in the Air Force Museum. \nTicket reservations can be made online at the AMSAT Store, follow the\nlink from the front page of the amsat.org web site.\n\nReserved tickets will be available for pickup at the AMSAT booth\n(#444-448) all day Friday, and at the Museum. Reserved tickets can only\nbe purchased until end of business Monday, May 14, 2007 We must give the\nmuseum a final count on Tuesday morning.\n\nThere will be no ticket sales at either the AMSAT or TAPR booth Friday,\nthis is different than past years.\n\nGet online and make your reservations now for a great meal, great\nambiance and great kinship.\n\nDon't be left out of THE Friday night event. See the AMSAT web site for\nadditional information.\n \nSee you at Dayton May 18-20, 2007.\n\n[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-133.03\nEagle 70cm Receiver Progress\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 133.03\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 13, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-133.03\n\nJim Sanford, WB4GCS the Eagle Project Manager announced this week that\nthe first prototype of the Eagle satellite 70cm receiver became\noperational this week. Juan Rivera, WA6HTP and team moved from\ntroubleshooting to testing mode. Come by the AMSAT Booths at Dayton and\nsee the operational 70cm receiver. Be sure and check out all the\ndesign, peer review, troubleshooting testing and operational areas of\nthe U-Band Receiver on EaglePedia to see what it takes to produce a\npiece of the Eagle satellite. Congratulations to the U-Band Receiver\nteam.\n\n[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-133.04\nAMSAT Does Well at Smithsonian Space Day Event\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 133.04\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 13, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-133.04\n\nAMSAT and ARISS enjoyed a successful day at the Smithsonian Museum's\nSpace Day held at the National Air and Space Museum Saturday, May 5.\n\nA one-half scale model of the Eagle satellite can be seen in these\nphotos: http://n4hy.smugmug.com/gallery/2819832#150794625\n\nBob, N4HY, AMSAT Director and VP Engineering, vistited the event and\nwrote, \"The crowd was large, enthusiastic, and [with all the young\npeople present it shows] that interest in space is NOT limited to \npeople who are old enough to remember who Neil Armstrong is. They are\nnot exclusively American. They are `every man` or `every person`\". \n\nAn ARISS contact was scheduled with Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, and twelve\nchildren asked her one question each. The audio was fed into the\nEchoLink servers and received 14 connections from 7 countries, including\n2 repeater nodes.\n\nIn describing his photos at ... \nhttp://n4hy.smugmug.com/gallery/2819832#150818569\n... Bob says, \"The young man in this photo had a great time talking to\nSunny Williams (as did the others in the photos) and the T Shirt you see\nhim wearing while standing with his beaming family was his winning\ndesign in the T shirt contest. The parents were jumping up and down\nclapping, crying their eyes out, and in general, just beside themselves\nwith emotion watching their kids talk to Sunny. I understand why Rick\ncan't even begin telling the story without breaking up.\" \n\nThe event included astronaut appearances, hands-on activities, and model\nrocket building. Local robotics teams demonstrated their projects with a\nrobot petting zoo. Visitors were also able to view the Orion Crew\nExploration Vehicle. Space Day draws approximately 10,000 visitors to\nthe Air and Space Museum annually.\n\nCongratulations and thanks go out to Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and the entire\nARISS, SAREX and AMSAT teams for this super event!\n\n[ANS thanks Bob, N4HY for above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-133.05\nProject OSCAR is Included in New Smithsonian Book\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 133.05\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 13, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-133.05\n\nPerry Klein, W3PK noted this week that a new book by Martin Collins,\n\"After Sputnik - 50 Years of the Space Age\", mentions Project OSCAR. It\nwas published by Smithsonian books. \n\nDr. Collins is a curator in the Space History section of the National\nAir and Space Museum and has been AMSAT's main contact in getting\namateur satellite artifacts on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center and the\nMuseum of American History.\n\n[ANS thanks Perry, W3PK for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-133.06\nARISS Status - 07 May 2007\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 133.06\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 13, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-133.06\n\n1. Successful ARISS Contact in Italy\n\nOn Saturday, May 5, Liceo Scientifico Statale “Lorenzo Respighi” in\nPiacenza, Italy experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation (ARISS) contact. Astronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, answered 11\nquestions posed to her by eleven students, as an audience of\napproximately 150 looked on. An ARISS mentor set up live streaming audio\non the AMSAT Italia website. Five newspapers and the television stations\nTelelibertà, Teleducato, Telecolor and RAI covered the event. This is\nthe first school in Italy with an amateur radio station, callsign\nIZ4JSC, which was established for education, instruction and training. \n\n\n2. German School Contact Successful\n\nStudents from Erweiterte Realschule Weiskirchen in Weiskirchen,\nSaarland, Germany participated in an Amateur Radio on the International\nSpace Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, May 5. Eighteen students\nposed one question each to Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, as 50 people\ngathered around the group to listen in. Two newspapers, “Saarbrücker\nZeitung” and “Hochwald Rundschau,” covered the event.\n\n\n3. Santa Rosa Junior College Contact Successful\n\nSanta Rosa Junior College located in Santa Rosa, California, held its\nannual open house, “Day Under the Oaks,” on Sunday, May 6.\nDemonstrations were provided to the public including computer model\nbuilding, planetarium shows and tours of the ARISS W6SRJ telebridge\nstation. In addition, a robotics competition was held. An Amateur Radio\non the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was also scheduled as\none of the activities during this event. Ten students spoke with\nastronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB. They were able to ask 14 questions\nbefore the ISS went over the horizon. There were several hundred people\nin attendance. As part of the “Day Under the Oaks” event, ARISS mentors\nhanded out information packets to over 40 teachers. A north San\nFrancisco newspaper, the Press Democrat, covered this very successful\nevent. \n\n\n4. Upcoming School Contacts\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has\nbeen scheduled for Barrhaven Public School in Ottawa, Ontario on\nTuesday, May 15 at 15:27 UTC. The school is forming a space club which\nis open to first through fifth graders. Through this club, students will\nlearn about the Space Station via the internet and guest speakers. They\nwill track the ISS and plot its course. They will learn how to speak on\nthe radio and work on related art projects such as posters, banners and\nmurals. A contest will be held to create a mission patch which will be\nused on T shirts for the children. The media will be notified of the\nevent. The audio for this event will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101\n377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers. \n\nKenneth J. Carberry Intermediate School located in Emmett, Idaho has\nbeen scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) contact on Wednesday, May 16 at 18:52 UTC. Students will\nresearch and create a Space Program timeline. They will research ISS\nastronauts and the countries involved with the Space Station, and\ndetermine the research being carried out onboard. They will also design\nposters to announce the upcoming event.\n\n\n5. Astronaut Training Status\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) review\nsession has been scheduled for astronaut Greg Chamitoff, KD5PKZ, on\nTuesday, May 15. Chamitoff is scheduled to be a flight engineer on\nExpedition 18, flying to the ISS on STS-127 in 2008.\n\n\n6. ARRL Article on ARISS School Contacts\n\nOn May 4, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran a web story on the\nlast four Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\ncontacts, entitled “Youngsters in Europe, US Get Front-Row Seats to\nSpace via Ham Radio.” See:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/05/04/101/?nc=1\n\n\n7. ARRL Makes Donation to Columbus Project\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran a story covering the donation\nmade to the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station – Europe\nfor its Columbus antennas. See: http://www.arrl.org/?artid=7423\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, \nThis week's ANS Editor,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }