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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/D7LDIW7DAOAMD34JAAAKO2GHWZLBHWRV/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "CAPFr_U=vNck+W-fQ_Crf5mQddOssKd526QNAkgY+JztpsnhAZw@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "D7LDIW7DAOAMD34JAAAKO2GHWZLBHWRV", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/D7LDIW7DAOAMD34JAAAKO2GHWZLBHWRV/", "sender": { "address": "ki7unj (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "f58ccbb5b72e45929dff11e19efa4b84", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/f58ccbb5b72e45929dff11e19efa4b84/emails/" }, "sender_name": "KI7UNJ Tucker", "subject": "[ans] ANS-068 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2020-03-08T00:00:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-068\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-\nmation service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS\npublishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on\nthe activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who\nshare an active interest in designing, building, launching and commun-\nicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\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\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Welcome Back XW-2D\n* PSAT3 Launch CANCELED\n* AMSAT Academy to be Held Prior to Dayton Hamvention\n* The 23cm Satellite Band is Under Scrutiny in Europe\n* Replacing the International Space Station?\n* FO-29 Operational Schedule\n* ARISS News\n* AMSAT Will be at ScienceCity in Tucson, March 14-15\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Satellite Shorts from All Over\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-068.01\nANS-068 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 068.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE 2020 Mar 08\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-068.01\n\nWelcome Back XW-2D\n\nXW-2D has come back from its apparent issues and is back in action.\nNo official report for the satellite owner, but reports from operators all\nover the world have shown the satellite is back in operation:\n\nFrequency:\nUPLINK LSB 435.210 MHz to 435.230 MHZ\nDOWNLINK USB 145.860 MHz to 145.880 MHZ\n\nMake sure to post your reception reports for all satellites at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/status/\n\n[ANS thanks Hasan Schiers, N0AN, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nPSAT3 Launch CANCELED\n\nFour days from Shipping PSAT3 to Kodiak for launch, the launch has been\ncanceled.\n\nThe launch was part of the DARPA LAUNCH CHALLENGE:\nhttps://darpalaunchchallenge.org/index.html\n\nThe challenge (and $10m prize) was for any launch provider to deliver\na rocket with only 30 days notice of what payloads they would have and\nwhere they would launch from. And then to do it again only 30 days\nlater. We were on the second launch.\n\nBut on 2 March the third attempt by the launch provider was scrubbed at\nT-9 minutes and was not resolved until the launch window (and DARPA\nchallenge deadline) had passed. Therefore the CHALLENGE is over, there\nwas no winner, and we lost the launch.\n\nSo, if anyone hears of a rocket that needs a CUBESAT PPOD backup\nreplacement, we have one: http://aprs.org/psat3.html\n\n[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\nAMSAT Academy to be Held Prior to Dayton Hamvention\n\nCome join us the day before Hamvention, for AMSAT® Academy – a unique\nopportunity to learn all about amateur radio in space and working FM,\nlinear transponder, and digital satellites currently in orbit.\n\nAMSAT® Academy will be held Thursday, May 14, 2020, from 9:00am to\n5:00pm, at the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) Clubhouse, loc-\nated at 6619 Bellefontaine Rd, Dayton, Ohio.\n\nThe $85 registration fee includes:\n\n• Full day of instruction, designed for both beginners and advanced\n amateur radio satellite operators, and taught by some of the most\n accomplished AMSAT operators.\n• Digital copy of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites, 2020 Edi-\n tion ($15 value)\n• One-Year, AMSAT® Basic Membership ($44 value)\n• Pizza Buffet Lunch\n• Invitation to the Thursday night AMSAT® get together at Ticket Pub\n and Eatery in Fairborn.\n\nRegistration closes May 8, 2020. No sign ups at the door. No refunds,\nno cancellations.\n\nRegistrations may be purchased on the AMSAT store at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/product/2020-amsat-academy-registration/\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, Vice President - User Services for\nthe above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe 23cm Satellite Band is Under Scrutiny in Europe\n\nThe International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1 committee is al-\nready actively participating in the regulatory work taking place in\nthe European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administra-\ntions (CEPT) to consider coexistence between the secondary amateur and\namateur satellite services and the primary radio navigation satellite\nservice, in the 1.2 GHz band. The principal issue is Europe's Galileo\nsystem of global navigation satellites.\n\nThe Galileo services are delivered in a number of bands and one occu-\npies the 1260-1300 MHz band. The Galileo team has witnessed interfer-\nence from amateur TV transmissions which resulted in station shut down\nand has experienced interference from high power EME operations too.\n\nWork is at an early stage and the IARU will continue to try tp mini-\nmise the impact on amateur operations however it is likely that some\nchanges will be necessary to the way we use the band.\n\nThe topic is closely related to the agenda of the next World Radio-\ncommunication Conference coming up in 2013 (WRC-23) at which represen-\ntatives of the United Nations countries who are members of the Inter-\nnational Telecommunication Union will agree on coordinated radio regu-\nlations.\n\nFor more information, see https://tinyurl.com/tcrdm4j\n\n[ANS thanks Jacques Verleijen, ON4AVJ, and the IARU Region 1 Newsletter\nfor the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nReplacing the International Space Station?\n\nAboard the International Space Station (ISS), humanity has managed to\nmaintain an uninterrupted foothold in low Earth orbit for just shy of\n20 years. But as the saying goes, what goes up must eventually come\ndown. The ISS is at too low of an altitude to remain in orbit indef-\ninitely, and core modules of the structure are already operating years\nbeyond their original design lifetimes. As difficult a decision as it\nmight be for the countries involved, in the not too distant future the\n$150 billion orbiting outpost will have to be abandoned.\n\nNaturally there’s some debate as to how far off that day is. NASA of-\nficially plans to support the Station until at least 2024, and an ex-\ntension to 2028 or 2030 is considered very likely. However, one commer-\ncial partner is betting on a longer-term future. Axiom has been select-\ned by NASA to develop a new habitable module for the U.S. side of the\nStation by 2024.\n\nWhile the agreement technically only covers a single module, Axiom\nhasn’t been shy about their plans going forward. Once that first module\nis installed and operational, they plan on getting NASA approval to\nlaunch several new modules branching off of it. Ultimately, they hope\nthat their “wing” of the ISS can be detached and become its own inde-\npendent commercial station by the end of the decade.\n\nRead the full article at https://bit.ly/39tsc6V\n\n[ANS thanks Hackaday for the above information]\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront.\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\nFO-29 Operational Schedule\n\nThe operation of Fuji 3 (FO-29) has been unstable, but the\ntransmitter will be turned on in the next pass. Since the date and\ntime are in UTC, add 9 hours to convert to Japan time.\n\nThe operation is until the UVC (lower limit voltage control)\noperates.\n\n[Scheduled time to turn on the analog transmitter of Fuji 3 (UTC)]\n\nMarch 8 04:30- 06:15- 14:40\nMarch 14 04:15- 06:00- 14:25\nMarch 15 03:25- 05:10- 15:15\nMarch 21 03:10- 04:55- 15:00\nMarch 22 04:00- 05:45- 14:05\nMarch 28 03:45- 05:30- 13:50\nMarch 29 04:35- 06:20- 14:40\n\nBecause of data acquisition, besides this operation plan, the\ntransmitter may be turned on for a short time.\n\n[ANS thanks JARL for the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS News\n\nAn International Space Station (ISS) school contact with an Australian\nschool on 13 March will be audible in USA! The ISS will be over North\nAmerica at the time, and the Australians will link to it by land line\n\"Telebridge\" via a U.S. amateur radio station.\n\nThe contact will be with the Australian Air League - South Australia\nWing, Parafield, South Australia, but via Telebridge Station K6DUE in\nGreenbelt, Maryland, USA. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to\nbe NA1SS and the scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan, KI5AAA.\n\nThe contact is scheduled at 08:56 UTC with downlink signals from ISS\nheard above Maryland and nearby areas on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM.\n\n[ANS thanks Rudy Parisio, IW2BSF, and Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, of the\nARISS Operation Team, for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\n and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\nAMSAT Will be at ScienceCity in Tucson, March 14-15\n\nAMSAT will be supporting the University of Arizona's K7UAZ radio club\nduring the ScienceCity science fair on 14-15 March 2020 (a Saturday and\nSunday). ScienceCity will be on the University of Arizona campus in\nTucson, Arizona. This science fair is supported by several\norganizations at the university, and runs in conjunction with the\nTucson Festival of Books that will also take place that weekend. More\ninformation about ScienceCity is available at:\nhttp://sciencecity.arizona.edu/\n\nInformation about the K7UAZ radio club is available at:\nhttp://k7uaz.com/\n\nThe K7UAZ radio club will have a booth in the \"Science of Everyday\nLife\" area at ScienceCity. This booth will showcase different facets\nof amateur radio, including amateur satellites. WD9EWK, and possibly\nother call signs, should be heard during demonstrations of satellite\noperating taking place at ScienceCity. If you hear us, please call\nand be a part of the demonstrations. The University of Arizona campus\nis in grid DM42, in Arizona's Pima County. QSLing will be determined\nby the call sign used for QSOs. WD9EWK will upload to Logbook of the\nWorld, and will be happy to send QSL cards on request (please e-mail\nPatrick the QSO details - no card or SASE is required to get a card).\nK7UAZ will confirm QSOs by QSL card, following instructions posted on\nQRZ.com.\n\nDuring the weekend, the @WD9EWK Twitter account will be used to post\nupdates from ScienceCity. If you do not use Twitter, you can view these\nupdates in a web browser without having a Twitter account at:\nhttp://twitter.com/WD9EWK\n\n[ANS thanks Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, AMSAT Board Member, for the\n above information]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating\nthrough amateur satellites, and host information tables at club\nmeetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.\n\nCurrent schedule:\n\nMarch 14-15, 2020, Science City on University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ\n (see above)\nMarch 21, 2020, Midwinter Madness Hamfest, Buffalo, MN\nMarch 21, 2020, Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club Hamfest, Scottsdale, AZ\nMarch 28, 2020, Tucson Spring Hamfest, Tucson, AZ\nMarch 29, 2020, Vienna Wireless Winterfest, Annandale, VA\nMay 2, 2020, Cochise Amateur Radio Assoc. Hamfest, Sierra Vista, AZ\nMay 8-9, 2020 Prescott Hamfest, Prescott, AZ\nMay 15-17, Hamvention, Xenia, OH\nJune 12-13, 2020, Ham-Con, Plano, TX\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP-User Services for the\nabove information.]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur\n radio package, including two-way communication capability, to\n be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.\n\n Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\n- Shorts\nMar 14-15 DN26/36 KC7JPC Linears (and possibly FM)\n\n- K7U ROVE March 7-8, 2020\nCasey KI7UNJ and Kel KI7UXT will be operating as K7U from CN93,\nCN94, DN03, DN04 a CN92. Details are posted on QRZ\nhttps://www.qrz.com/db/k7u Updates from the road on their individual\nTwitter feeds: https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ and\n https://twitter.com/KI7UXT\n\n- Big Bend National Park (DL88) March 16-17, 2020\nRon AD0DX, Doug N6UA, and Josh W3ARD will operate from Big Bend\nNational Park to put grid DL88 on the air. Details will be added\nhere, as they come available, but you are more than welcome to keep\nan eye on their individual Twitter feeds: https://twitter.com/ad0dx,\n https://twitter.com/dtabor, and https://twitter.com/W3ARDstroke5\n\n- #NevadaMayhem part 1: Central Nevada (DM19) March 21, 2020\nDavid, AD7DB, will venture deep into Central Nevada to specifically\nactivate grid DM19 on Saturday March 21. This is actually down a\nide road from \"The Loneliest Road in America.\" Hardly any hams even\nlive in that grid. It's for sure that few ever activate it. On the\nway there, Friday March 20, he will try to also activate some or all\nof: DM06, DM16, DM07, DM08, DM17 and DM18. Going home Sunday,\nMarch 22, he will try to visit them again. This will be on FM\nsatellites only. Internet and cell coverage may be very poor up there\nbut for updates check Twitter: https:/twitter.com/ad7db\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP-User Services for the\nabove information.]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has completed frequency\n coordination HSU-SAT1, a 1U CubeSat to be released from the ISS\n sometime in the coming year. The satellite will include capability of\n a camera image dowlinked by Slow Scan Television (SSTV). The camera\n will take a photograph of the Earth at image pixel size 320x240. The\n photograph taken will then be converted into analog SSTV signal, and\n sent by FM-SSTV downlink on 437.280 MHz. This be part of the\n satellite's main mission, test of a three-axis attitude control\n system. More info at shorturl.at/dizP0 and shorturl.at/puNW7\n (ANS thanks IARU and AMSAT-UK for the above information)\n\n+ The Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) reports that a number of ama-\n teur radio events planned for March have been cancelled as a result\n of coronavirus warnings. JARL, in line with government policy, has\n requested that all events scheduled for the next two weeks be can-\n celed or postponed for the time being. Also, Dayton Hamvention offi-\n cials say they are closely following the coronavirus (COVID-19) sit-\n uation. Show organizers will post updates as the May 15 – 17 event\n nears, but they’re optimistic that coronavirus will not be an issue.\n (ANS thanks Southgate ARC and ARRL for the above information)\n\n+ SpaceX-20, a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International\n Space Station launched at 0449 GMT Saturday from Cape Canaveral’s\n Complex 40 launch pad. The mission carrying, as a primary payload,\n the Interoperable Radio System (IORS). The IORS is the foundational\n element of the ARISS next-generation radio system on ISS. If all\n goes according to plan, the Dragon cargo capsule will dock with the\n space station on Monday, 9 March.\n (ANS thanks SpaceflightNow for the above information)\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 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nCasey Tucker, KI7UNJ\nki7unj at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }