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    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/CQFQXRFOE62G6XAWVF6UFLOX6KF7JZMD/",
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    "sender_name": "Lee McLamb",
    "subject": "[ans]  ANS-358  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2006-12-24T13:14:59Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-358\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, \nThe Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a \nworldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in \ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital \nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n* Multiple Amateur Satellites Deployed From Shuttle\n* GO-32 PBBS Operational\n* GeneSat-1 Continues Operations\n* ARISS Status - 18 December 2006\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-358.01\nMultiple Amateur Satellites Deployed From Shuttle\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 358.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 24, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-358.01\n\nANDE, RAFT and NMARS were deployed from the Space Shuttle on 21 December 2006.\n\nRAFT and NMARS have a very high spin rate.  NMARS is spinning at at least\n60 RPM and RAFT at maybe half that.   This will make getting a complete 1 \nsecond packet difficult due to fading on linear antennas.\n\nThe Naval Research Laboratory science mission of ANDE is to measure the \ndensity of the upper atmosphere by precise tracking of the orbit decay by the \nMaui Laser Ranging Tracking Station. The Comm system provides important \ntelemetry on the attitude and temperature of the spacecraft. RAFT carries a \n216.98 MHz receiver/transmitter to demonstrate self-location techniques when \nit flies through the Space Surveillance Network radar fence across the \nsouthern USA. When this experiment is activated, users will hear a 1 second \nping when it flies through the fence.\n\nANDE and RAFT also carry packet radio communications systems and join with \nother US Naval Academy APRS digipeating satellites such as PCSAT-1 and \nPCSAT2. ANDE and RAFT will respond to the path alias of APRSAT and ARISS. \nThis is so that users do not have to reconfigure their path between \nsatellites or between their ISS groundstation. The following frequencies are \nused by these two spacecraft:\n  *  ANDE Side A: 145.825 Digipeater up/downlink 1200 baud packet\n  *  ANDE Side B: 145.825 downlink (backup to side A only)\n  *  RAFT System: 145.825 Digipeater up/downlink 1200 baud packet\n  *  RAFT PSK-31: 28.120 HF PSK-31 uplink -downlink on 145.825\n\nMuch more information about these satellites is available on the ANDE, RAFT, \nNMARS, & FCAL Operations web site.\nhttp://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/ande-raft-ops.html\n\n[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-358.02\nGO-32 PBBS Operational\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 358.02\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 24, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-358.02\n\nTechsat1b/GO-32 PBBS services had been suspended due to a special test and to \nmaintainance needs on 25 November 2006. With the maintainance and testing now \ncomplete, GO-32 returned to operations on Thursday morning 21 December 2006.\n\n[ANS thanks Roni, 4Z7DFC, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-358.03\nGeneSat-1 Continues Operations\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 358.03\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 24, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-358.03\n\nThe GeneSat-1 mission is proceeding very well.  Biology data shows definite \ngrowth.  Payload temperature control is doing a good job of holding the \nmedian payload temperature close to 34 deg C (the latest data shows median \npayload temp of 33.42). The 2.4 GHz communications link is functional and \nsupporting the required level of procedural execution by the ops team. So far \nnearly all commanding has been done in the very early morning hours, over \ntime the Ops Team will also be interested in assessing how time-varying (and \nmost likely directional) 2.4 GHz noise affects the command link (e.g. how 2.4 \nGHz wireless noise increases during normal working hours)\n\nThe 70cm beacon downlink is excellent although the frequency has shifted down \nto about 437.0645 MHz.  So far over 7100 beacon packets have been submitted \nby Amateurs world-wide.\n\nThe GeneSat team is also happy to report the winner of the GeneSat First \nContact Prize for the amateur radio community: Ralph Wallio, WØRPK.  Ralph \nsuccessfully decoded 5 beacon packets at approximately 13:44:28 UTC on 16 \nDecember 2006, which was about 85 minutes after GeneSat deployed from the \nPPOD.  Ralph is located in Iowa.\n\nAdditional information about the GeneSat-1's on-going mission is availble at\nhttp://www.genesat1.org/\n\n[ANS thanks GeneSat1 Operations for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-358.04\nARISS Status - 18 December 2006\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 358.04\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 24, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-358.04\n\n1. Swedish School Contact Successful\n\nOn Sunday, December 17, students attending Thunmanskolan in Knivsta, Sweden \nspoke with Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang, KE5CGR/SA0AFS, on board the \nISS via the telebridge station VK4KHZ in Australia.  Fuglesang was able to \nanswer 13 questions posed to him by thirteen students. Audio was fed to the \nEcholink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers and to IRLP Discovery \nReflector 9010. Fifty connections from 12 countries were made to Echolink, \nincluding 5 simplex and 3 repeater nodes. Eight stations connected to IRLP \nfrom Canada, U.S.A, and Sweden; 25 listened to the audio as it was streamed \non the Discovery website. The audio was also webcast courtesy of Verizon \nConferencing.\n\n\n2. Upcoming School Contact\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact is planned \nfor the Kashiwabara Community Center in Sayama, Japan on Wednesday, December \n27, at 12:22 UTC. Kashiwabara Community Center will plan and support this \nchildren’s event with the two area schools: Kashiwabara Elementary school and \nKashiwabara Junior High school.  The children will be taught about the ISS, \nspace and amateur radio, and will take a field trip to visit the Japanese \nAerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Members of JAXA will also be invited to \nthe event.\n\n\n3. Training Status\n\nOn Thursday, December 14, astronaut Tim Kopra and future space participant \nCharles Simonyi took and passed their amateur radio license exams. In \naddition, Simonyi received training on the Kenwood radio and Amateur Radio on \nthe ISS school operations. \n\n\n4. ARRL QST Articles on ARISS\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran several stories covering Amateur \nRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) related activities in the \nJanuary issue of QST.  A bullet item in the monthly list of touted Amateur \nRadio accomplishments described the discussion about SuitSat-2 by the ARISS \nTeam at the ARISS Annual Meeting in San Francisco (page 12).\n \nA letter to the editor was run from a person who upon learning about ARISS, \ndecided he wanted to become a ham radio operator in order to talk to \nastronauts.  He succeeded in studying for and passing his ham radio exams, \nand was very lucky (and excited!) to speak with Bill McArthur.  His letter \nwas written to thank Bill for his time spent doing outreach to the public \nwhile chatting via ham radio (p. 24).\n \nA story was run about AMSAT’s Annual Symposium describing McArthur’s excellent \ntalk at the symposium banquet.  The story included his photo (p. 75).\n\n\n5. Thomas Reiter Active on Voice\n\nOn Monday, December 11, Thomas Reiter was active on the Amateur Radio on the \nInternational Space Station (ARISS) radio. Reiter made several contacts with \nstations in Norway, the Netherlands and the U.K.\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 President's \nClub. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project \nFunds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are \navailable from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73 & Happy Holidays, \nThis week's ANS Editor,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n",
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