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    "subject": "[ans]  ANS-009  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2011-01-09T05:22:17Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-009\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The\nRadio 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* OSCAR SKN Best Fist Nominations Are Due\n* AO-51 Power Management Update\n* SO-67 Repeater to Resume Operations\n* ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Update\n* Satellite Meeting in South Africa\n* OSCAR-11 REPORT   31 December 2010\n* Satellite Presentation at Murray State University, KY\n* ARISS School Contacts Resume for 2011\n* AMSAT-UK's John Heaton, G1YYH Silent Key\n* Vietnam CubeSat to Launch in 2011\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.01\nOSCAR SKN Best Fist Nominations Are Due\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 9, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-009.01\n\nRay, W2RS thanks all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night\non OSCAR 2011. Please remember to nominate someone you worked for\n'Best Fist.' Your nominee need not have the best fist of those you\nheard, just of those you worked.  Nominations should be sent to\[email protected]. A list of those nominated will be published in ANS\nin early February, and in a forthcoming issue of The AMSAT Journal.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.02\nAO-51 Power Management Update\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.02\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 9, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-009.02\n\nMark Hammond, N8MH notes that AO-51's power management feature has\nbeen operational now that this satellite is entering eclipses and\nits batteries cannot maintain full power when the solar panels are\nnot being illuminated.\n\nMark noted, \"The good news is that eclipses are pretty short right\nnow and are occurring at early local time in the Northern Hemisphere.\nSo many aren't even awake yet. Looking longer term--by early March 2011\nwe will have a period of full sun again, that lasts a couple of months.\nThen we are back into eclipses for a long, long--and we'll have ecli-\npses that will get up to 30 minutes in length! If that's over your QTH,\nthat means you can't work AO-51 potentially for a whole pass. Final\noperating details remain to be determined to see exactly what the orbit\nand eclipses will look like at that time.\"\n\nMark has posted a file at: http://tinyurl.com/2358a3x (amsat.org)\ncaptured during the January 4 solar eclipse. You can see the normal\neclipses of AO-51 every 100 mins (just over 14 times each day). Now,\nlook right in the middle--see what is a double dip? That a normal\neclipse AND an extra one from the partial solar eclipse.\n\nThe AO-51 Command Team requests that users continue to post their\nobservations of AO-51's operating condition on the Live OSCAR Satel-\nlite Status Page: http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php.\n\nKeep up to date with the latest Command Team and Operations Group\nAO-51 News at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php\n\n[ANS thanks Mark, N8MH, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.03\nSO-67 Repeater to Resume Operations\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.03\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 9, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-009.03\n\nWith the troublesome controller reprogrammed it is hoped that Sumbandila will\nresume its repeater schedule next week.\n\nFour passes over South Africa during the evening of 8 January will be scheduled\nas a test.  Please report your observations at David Carr's live OSCAR status\npage: http://oscar.dcarr.org/\n\nThe weekly schedule will be published at http://amsatsa.org.za/ once\nfull operations resume.\n\n[ANS thanks Johann, ZR1CBC, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.04\nARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Update\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.04\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 9, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-009.04\n\nThe ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V team has faced a number of challenges since the\ntwo amateur radio experiments were crated and shipped to NASA Johnson Center\nin early October.\n\nHowever, Gould Smith, AMSAT's ARISSat-1 project manager recently told ANS\nthat, \"We are very pleased to report that the flight unit and backup arrived\nin Moscow on December 8th, 2010 and were delivered to RSC-Energia in Moscow\non December 29th, 2010.  We now understand that the Russian team is working\non testing and integrating the Kursk Experiment and Silver-Zinc battery into\nthe flight unit during their Russian Orthodox Christmas holidays.\"\nGould went on to note that the flight unit is still scheduled to fly to the\nBaikonur Cosmodrome on January 11th, 2011 where it will be attached to\nProgress vehicle 41P. The Progress vehicle is scheduled to launch up to the\nISS at the end of January.\n\nOnce ARISSat-1 is on board the ISS, crew members will re-attach the handles,\ninstall the battery, replace the dummy loads with the real antennas and\nperform a quick power-on test. The Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) to deploy\nthe satellite is still scheduled for the end of February 2011.\n\nNeedless to say, the ARISSat-1 team is excited about all the effort being\nmade by RSC-Energia to complete integration, and remains cautiously\noptimistic that all will continue to go according to schedule.\n\n[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.05\nSatellite Meeting in South Africa\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.05\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 9, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-009.05\n\nEddie Leighton, ZS6BNS, will be anchoring a meeting on satellites\non Saturday 15 January beginning at 10AM at South Africa's National\nAmateur Radio Centre.\n\nLearn more about operating amateur radio satellites, how to build\na simple satellite antenna, how to track and all the ins and outs\nof this fascinating part of Amateur Radio.\n\nFind out how you can get involved in the SA AMSAT CubeSat project.\n\nThe NARC is situated at Sender Technology Park, Octave Road, Radiokop,\nRoodepoort.\n\n[ANS thanks the SouthGateARC News Site for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.06\nOSCAR-11 REPORT   31 December 2010\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.06\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 9, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-009.06\n\nAt the present time OSCAR-11 (AKA UO-11 or UoSAT-2) is now in a\nvery stable and predictable mode of operation. Between the period\nof November 30 to December 31, 2010 the satellite has been heard\nfrom December 10-20 and again is on since December 31. It is ex-\npected to switch-off on January 10, 2011 under control of its inter-\nnal timer.\n\nExcellent signals have been reported from stations located around\nthe world, and good copy obtained from decoded telemetry frames.\nThe satellite is now transmitting during eclipses, although signals\nare weaker at those times. This indicates that there is still some\ncapacity remaining in the battery.\n\nThe on-board clock is now very stable. It gained seven seconds\nduring December.\n\nThe VHF beacon frequency is 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM  ASCII Telemetry\n\nReception reports have been received from Horatio CX8AF, John\nKB2HSH, Francisco PY9FP and Mike DK3WN. Many thanks for those\nand to everyone who posted reports on the satellite status\nwebsite.\n\nIf you hear UO-11 please post the information on the Live OSCAR\nSatellite Status Page: http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php. Reports\naround the expected times of switch-on and switch-off are of\nspecial interest.\n\nAt the present time, while OSCAR-11 is operating in a predictable\nway Clive, G3CWV no longer needs direct reports or files by e-mail.\nVisit Clive's UO-11 web page http://www.g3cwv.co.uk/oscar11.htm\nfor links to a full UO-11 status report, a short audio clip to help\nyou identify the satellite and a file of the last telemetry received.\nThe website also contains an archive of news & telemetry data which\nis updated from time to time, and details about using a sound card or\nhardware demodulators for data capture. There is also software for\ncapturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry.\n\n[ANS thanks Clive, G3CWV, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.07\nSatellite Presentation at Murray State University, KY\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.07\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 9, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-009.07\n\nAMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his\n\"Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT\" session at the February 1,\n2011 meeting of the Murray State University Amateur Radio Club. ALL\nare welcome to attend.\n\n\"MSUARC has been serving their region for fifty years,\" writes Clint.\n\"I am really looking forward to meeting the group!\"\n\n(Wait a sec - isn't Clint in California? What is he doing in\nKentucky? Too many frequent flier miles?)\n\nClint's out in Southern California - but has prepared a custom slide show\nfor MSUARC, which will be displayed as Skype handles the session's\naudio. \"I'd much rather be there in person - but this arrangement has\nworked quite successfully in the past. We'll have a great time!\"\n\nClint has full information on his web page:\nhttp://www.work-sat.com\n\n[ANS thanks Clint, K6LCS, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.08\nARISS School Contacts Resume for 2011\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.08\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 9, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-009.08\n\nARISS Operations Team Mentor Charlie Sufana, AJ9N noted that the\nschool contact schedule is being resumed following the recent crew\nchange on board the International Space Station. The Expedition 26\ncrew current on orbit includes Dmitry Kondratyev, Catherine G.\nColeman, KC5ZTH and Paolo Nespoli, IZØJPA.\n\nThe first school contact occurred on Saturday, January 8 with the Uni-\nversità degli studi di Bari \"Cittadella Mediterranea della  Scienza\",\nBari, Ba, Italy, direct via IZ7EVR.\n\nAdditional school contacts continue with this planned schedule:\n\nWednesday January 12 08:08:20 UTC\nTsutsujigaoka  Minami Elementary School in Akishima City (Tokyo),\nJapan, direct via  8J1TME\n\nWednesday January 12 10:54:52 UTC\nIstituto Comprensivo Marco Polo-Viani Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado,\nViareggio, Lucca, Italy, and Istituto Suore Mantellate, Viareggio,\nLucca, Italy direct via IZ5PVC. Simulcast on:\nhttp://www.versiliawebtv.it/streaming/reteversilia.html\n\nSaturday January 15 09:02:16 UTC\nIstituto Comprensivo Via Toscana 2 Civitavecchia, Roma, Italy,\ndirect via IKØWGF. Simulcast on:\nhttp://www.livestream.com/AMSAT_Italia\n\nThe Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 565.\n\nARISS has posted a frequency chart for packet, voice, and cross band\nrepeater modes showing Doppler correction at:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_\ncorrection.rtf (careful with the line wrap).\n\nFinally, astronauts Michael Fossum, KF5AQG, and Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW, are\nscheduled for ARISS prebrief sessions this month. \nBoth are scheduled to fly with\nExpedition 28 in June 2011.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS Mentor Charlie, AJ9N, and Carol, KB3LKI, for the above\ninformation]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.09\nAMSAT-UK's John Heaton, G1YYH Silent Key\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.09\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 9, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-009.09\n\nAMSAT-UK Hon Sec Jim G3WGM wrote, \"It is with a heavy heart that I\nhave to report the death of AMSAT-UK committee member John Heaton,\nG1YYH. He died in hospital in Manchester UK on Christmas Eve, having\nbeen admitted two weeks earlier. He had not been well for several\nmonths prior to his death.\"\n\n\"John was the AMSAT-UK Webmaster for many years, and a regular attender\nat the annual AMSAT-UK Colloquium. He always gave his time and consid-\nerable expertise very generously. He will be terribly missed by his\nfriends and colleagues. He was a real gentleman.\"\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Jim, G3WGM, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.10\nVietnam CubeSat to Launch in 2011\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.10\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 9, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-009.10\n\nSatellite news carried on the SouthGateARC news site reported that\na Vietnamese Amateur Radio CubeSat, F-1, is slated for launch towards\nthe end of next year.\n\nThe F-1 CubeSat will carry 2 independent transceivers (Yaesu VX-3R &\nMHX L400) using amateur radio 145 and 437MHz bands. The transmission\nspeed will be 1200bps and higher using FM AFSK & GMSK modulation,\nAX.25, KISS protocol. It will carry a low resolution C328 camera with\n640x480 resolution.\n\nThe IARU satellite frequency coordination committee have agreed a down-\nlink frequency of 437.485MHz and it is hoped to launch in the 4th\nquarter of 2011.\n\nVietnam F-1 CubeSat on Facebook\nhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116436068290\n\nF-1 on IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination pages\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/\nfinished_detail.php?serialnum=150\n\n[ANS thanks the SouthGateARC News site 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,\nThis week's ANS Editor, wishing everyone a happy new year,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n\n",
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