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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-011\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* Dayton to Host 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium Oct 16-18\n* Space Station Crew Available for Interviews Live from Orbiting\n  Laboratory\n* NASA History Program Office Summer and Fall 2015 Internships\n* Dariusz Dabek, SP9TTX Earns 6th 73 on 73 Award\n* Next US ARISS Contact Proposal Window opens February 15\n* FUNcube-2 on UKube-1 - Jan 2015 update\n* SHIN-EN2 Designated as Fuji Oscar 82\n* FOX Challenge Coins Still Available\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-011.01\nANS-011 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 011.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE January 11, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-011.01\n\n\nDayton to Host 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium Oct 16-18\n\nMark Your Calendars !!\n\nAMSAT NA announces that the 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held\non Friday through Sunday, Oct 16, 17, 18, 2015 in Dayton, Ohio.\n\nLocation will be at the Crowne Plaza , 33 East 5th Street, in\nDowntown, Dayton.\nThe Crown Plaza is a 3.5 star Hotel which has been recently renovated.\n\nSome of the perks include\n+ Free parking for attendees (with validation from the hotel).\n+ Free transportation to and from the airport and within 5 miles of\n  hotel for side trips.\n+ Several restaurants are in close proximity and within walking\n  distance.\n+ Several alternate activities and attractions are in the Dayton area.\nAir Force Museum\nMendelsons\nR&L,\nHistorical Carillon Park\nAmerica's Packard Museum\nLocal PBS Station, Think TV\n+ If you are staying longer in the Dayton area, there are several\n  other points of interest close by.\n\n2015 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting\n\nThe annual AMSAT Space Symposium features:\n\n+ Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations\n+ Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite\n  World\n+ Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members\n+ Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers\n+ AMSAT-NA Annual General Membership Meeting\n+ Annual Banquet, Keynote Speaker and Door Prizes !!\n\nSeveral members from The Dayton Amateur Radio Assn as well as many\nother local clubs will be participating in helping with this event.\n\nAdditional information about the 2015 AMSAT Symposium will be posted\non the AMSAT web site, www.amsat.org, as it becomes available.\n\n[ANS thanks Steve Coy K8UD and the AMSAT Office for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSpace Station Crew Available for Interviews Live from Orbiting\nLaboratory\n\nCrew members of Expedition 42, currently aboard the International\nSpace Station, are available for live interviews with media and\nsocial media during their mission aboard the orbital laboratory.\n\nSpace station commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry\nVirts of NASA and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Samantha\nCristoforetti are on board the station along with their three Russian\ncrewmates, performing scientific research, demonstrating technology\nand maintaining the complex.\n\nInterviews will be offered in windows of 10 minutes. Interview\nopportunities will be evaluated based on media audience size, and\nrelevance to current station activities and individual astronauts\naboard the space station. All three crewmembers may not be available\nfor every interview.\n\nInterested media should contact Rob Navias at NASA's Johnson Space\nCenter in Houston at [email protected] and provide a two-hour\nwindow of availability between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. EST, Monday through\nFriday.\n\nThe crew also is available for interactive, social media events that\nhave the potential to reach significant audiences. All social media\nplatforms will be considered, but interviewers must meet the same\nrequirements as traditional media. No direct web connection to the\nspace station is available for conducting social media interviews.\n\nTo schedule a live social media interview, media should contact\nMegan Sumner at [email protected], and provide a two-hour\nwindow of availability.\n\nActual dates and times for each interview will be provided to\napproved media approximately two weeks before the interview date and\nare subject to change or cancellation based on operational activity\naboard the station.\n\nTelevision clients will use NASA Television Media Channel 103 to\nconduct the interviews. Print, radio and internet media must conduct\nthe interviews using a land-line telephone connection and have an\nadditional telephone connection of any type for coordination. All\ninterviews will be broadcast live on NASA TV. Further technical\ninformation will be provided to all media upon interview approval.\n\nThe International Space Station is a convergence of science,\ntechnology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies\nand makes research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The space\nstation has had continuous human occupation since November 2000. In\nthat time, it has received more than 200 visitors and a variety of\ninternational and commercial spacecraft. The space station remains\nthe springboard to NASA's next great leap in human space exploration.\n\nSatellite tuning information is available at:\nhttp://go.nasa.gov/1pOWUhR\n\nFor information about the International Space Station, visit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/station\n\nSource NASA Media Advisory M15-005:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS011-ISSinterviews\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA History Program Office Summer and Fall 2015 Internships\n\nThe NASA History Program Office is seeking undergraduate and\ngraduate students for summer and fall 2015 internships. The History\nProgram Office maintains archival materials to answer research\nquestions from NASA personnel, journalists, scholars, students at all\nlevels and others from around the world. The division also edits and\npublishes several books and monographs each year. It maintains a\nlarge number of websites on NASA history.\n\nStudents of all majors are welcome to apply. While detailed prior\nknowledge of the aeronautics and space fields is not necessary, a\nkeen interest and some basic familiarity with these topics are\nneeded. Strong research, writing and editing skills are essential.\nExperience with social media is a plus.\n\nIntern projects are flexible. Typical projects include handling a\nvariety of information requests, writing posts for the NASA history\nTwitter and Facebook pages, editing historical manuscripts, doing\nresearch and writing biographical sketches, and identifying and\ncaptioning photos.\n\nApplications for summer 2015 internships are due Feb. 1, 2015. Fall\n2015 internship applications are due June 1, 2015.\n\nFor more information, visit http://history.nasa.gov/interncall.htm.\n\nIf you have questions about this opportunity, please contact Bill\nBarry at\nbill dot barry at nasa.gov.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message for Jan. 8, 2015 for the\n above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDariusz Dabek, SP9TTX Earns 6th 73 on 73 Award\n\nCongratulations to Dariusz Dabek, SP9TTX, for becoming the\nsixth recipient of the 73 on 73 Award. He submitted a list of 78\nstations worked via AO-73 between September 1, 2014 and January 3,\n2015.\n\nReviewing the recent log submissions for the award, it appears that\nthe full time transponder activation over the holiday season\nattracted several new users to the satellite.\n\nPaul Stoetzer N8HM is sponsoring the award for contacts made via the\nAO-73 (FUNcube-1) amateur radio satellite.\n\n1. Work 73 unique stations on AO-73.\n2. Contacts must be made on or after September 1, 2014.\n3. There are no geographic restrictions on your operating location.\n\nThere will be no cost for this award (donations to AMSAT-UK and\nAMSAT-NA's Fox program are encouraged though).\n\nNo QSL cards are required. When you complete the requirements, email\nyour log extract including the callsign of each station worked, time\nGMT, and date to [email protected] as well as the address where you'd\nlike the award certificate sent.\n\nFor more information on the award see\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award/\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer N8HM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNext US ARISS Contact Proposal Window opens February 15\n\nThe next call for proposals for US entities to host an ARISS contact\nis  coming up in February, 2015.\n\nCall for Proposals\n\nProposal Window February  15 - April 15, 2015\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station  (ARISS)\nProgram is seeking formal and informal education institutions and\norganizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur\nRadio  contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates\nthat the contact  would be held between January 1, 2016 and June 30,\n2016. Crew scheduling and ISS  orbits will determine the exact\ncontact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS\nis looking for organizations that will draw large numbers  of\nparticipants and integrate the contact into a well-developed\neducation plan.\nThe deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2015.\n\nThe  Opportunity\n\nCrew members aboard the International Space Station will\nparticipate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts\nare  approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students and\neducators to interact  with the astronauts through a question-and-\nanswer session. An ARISS contact  is a voice-only communication\nopportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts  and cosmonauts\naboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS\ncontacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn\nfirsthand from  astronauts what it is like to live and work in space\nand to learn about space  research conducted on the ISS. Students\nalso will have an opportunity to learn  about satellite\ncommunication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because  of\nthe nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling\nactivities  aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate\nflexibility to accommodate  changes in contact dates and times.\nAmateur Radio organizations around the  world, NASA, and space\nagencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this\neducational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational\nsupport to  enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and\nstudents around the  world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program\nis managed by AMSAT (Radio  Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL\n(American Radio Relay League) in  partnership with NASA.\n\nMore Information\n\nInterested parties can find more  information about the program at\nwww.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS. More  details on expectations,\naudience, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and  dates and times\nof Information Sessions are available at\nhttp://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact\n\nPlease direct any questions to  [email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube-2 on UKube-1 - Jan 2015 update\n\nLimited testing of the FUNcube-2 435/145 MHz linear transponder on\nthe UKube-1 spacecraft has been undertaken during the recent holiday\nperiod.\n\nThis testing has shown that the transponder is able to work\neffectively and that it is capable of a similar performance to the\ntransponder already operating on FUNcube-1.\n\nAMSAT-UK and the FUNcube team have now submitted a detailed report\non the testing to the UK Space Agency, who are the owners and prime\noperators of the UKube-1 spacecraft. It is expected that a meeting\nwill be held with them late January or early February to plan\npossible future testing and operations.\n\nReception of UKube-1 FUNcube-2 Beacon\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS011-FuncubeBeacon\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSHIN-EN2 Designated as Fuji Oscar 82\n\nWilliam A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, OSCAR Number Administrator has\nconfered on SHIN-EN2 the designation Fuji OSCAR-82 or FO-82.\n\nIn reply to Seiji Fukushima's, JH6RTO, request for an OSCAR number,\nBill said, \"I along with all in AMSAT-NA and the world's Amateur\nRadio satellite community congratulate you and all involved with Fuji\nOSCAR-82 and trust that it will fulfill all of its mission\nobjectives. FO-82 joins an illustrious line of Fuji spacecraft built\nand launched by Japan.\"\n\nShin-En2 is a 17 kg satellite measuring 490×490×475 mm built by\nstudents at Kagoshima University in Japan which will carry a 145 to\n435 MHz linear transponder into a deep space orbit.\n\nThe aims of the mission are:\n* To establish communication technologies with a long range as far\n  as moon.\n* To establish a new technology of the ultra-light-weight satellite.\n  Proposing a WSJT 29dBm UHF downlink and a 29dBm 20 kHz linear\n  transponder and a CW beacon all on UHF with a VHF uplink for the\n  transponder\n\nThe orbit will be quite different from the previous satellites. Shin-\nEn2 will have an elliptic orbit around the Sun and travel to a deep\nspace orbit between Venus and Mars. Its inclination will be almost\nzero, which means Shin-En2 will stay in the Earth's equatorial plane.\n\nThe distance from the Sun will be between 0.7 and 1.3 AU. An\nAstronomical Unit (AU) is 149,597,871 km.\n\nShin-En2 IARU coordinated frequencies:\n* 437.505 MHz CW beacon\n* 437.385 MHz WSJT telemetry\n* Inverting SSB/CW transponder\n- 145.940-145.960 MHz uplink LSB\n- 435.280-435.260 MHz downlink USB\n\nShin-En2 launched in the 4th quarter of 2014 with another amateur\nradio satellite, ARTSAT2:DESPATCH, on a H-IIA rocket with the\nasteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 as the main payload.\n\nKagoshima University satellite development team\nhttp://tinyurl.com/Kagoshima-Satellite\n\nShin-En2 English Website\nhttp://www.eee.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/~fuku-lab/sinen,english.html\n\nARTSAT2:DESPATCH - Art and Ham Radio in Deep Space\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/03/art-and-ham-radio-in-deep-space/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA and AMSAT-UK for the above Information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFOX Challenge Coins Still Available\n\nIt's a new year, and hopefully we have all recovered from the\nholidays. Here at AMSAT Fox fundraising HQ, we are busy packing up\nthe new batch of coins that came in over the holidays, to ship to our\ngenerous donors. This year will see the launches of Fox-1A and -1C,\nboth carrying university experiments and VHF/UHF ham radio repeaters.\nHelp us keep ham radio in space with your donation and sharing our\nFundRazr link via social media.\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?p=3275\n\nThe Fox program is designed to provide a platform for university\nexperiments in space, as well as provide FM repeater capability for\nradio amateurs worldwide. Fox-1A and 1C are set to launch in 2015,\nand Fox-1B (also known as RadFXSat) is awaiting NASA ELANA launch\nassignment. Further information on the Fox project can be found at\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=1113.\n\n[ANS thanks Drew KO4MA for the above Information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSuccessful ARISS Contacts with three Italian schools\n\nContacts with 3 Italian schools Friday January 9, 2015 were\nsuccessful.  The events included students at Scuola Santa Teresa del\nBambin Gesù, Roma, Italy, direct  via IKØUSO, students at Istituto\nSalesiano Villa Sora, Frascati, Italy, direct via IWØCZC,  and\nstudents at Scuola Pontificia Pio IX, Roma, Italy, via telebridge\nwith IK1SLD. The contact was with Samantha Cristoforetti using the\ncallsign IRØISS the contact began 10:14:09 UTC, which is 11:14:09\nCEWT.\n\nThe downlink was audible in Europe on 145.800MHz FM.\n\nImages of event taken at Scuola Pontificia Pio IX, Roma:\nhttps://www.flickr.com/gp/82104276@N02/xvhd78/\n\nAudio of both contacts established per direct/telebridge today:\nhttp://www.amsat.it/audio/ARISS_January092015_1011UTC.mp3\nhttp://www.amsat.it/audio/ARISS_January092015_1145UTC.mp3\n\nSchools represented:\n\nScuola Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù\nThe school \"Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù\" is a catholic primary\nschool in Rome, established to answer to the needs and demands for\nCatholic education by the local population. The school belongs to the\nCongregation of Missionary Carmelitane Sisters of Saint Therese of\nJesus Child. The school is open to families that take care of the\nreligious education and formation of their children. Preparation for\nthe ISS radio contact has been underway for a long time, including\neducational projects on different scientific topics to support the\nspecial event.\n\nIstituto Salesiano Villa Sora\nVilla Sora is located on the side of the ancient Roman boulevard\n(now Via Tuscolana) in an area known as Tusculanus ager, which is\nfull of sumptuous villas, including those of Cicero, Lucullus and\nSulpicius Galba. This villa was built as a country house in the same\ngrounds of Lucullus` villa in the mid-16th century and it was\noriginally known as 'Torricella'.  The earliest documentation of its\nhistory dates back to 1546, when the Chapel of Sancta Sanctorum of\nRome owned the villa. The land currently measures over 6 acres and\nincludes, in addition to the house and the school, a large park with\nseveral building lots.\n\nThe school of Villa Sora has a notable historical tradition.  Since\n1925, it has a primary school and a liceo classico.  The liceo\nscientifico was founded in 1966 and in 1986 its admission was opened\nto girls.  In 1989, the middle school was created, and finally, in\n2011, a new liceo economico sociale was founded. The middle school\nnow has 200 students divided in three classes. The liceo classico has\n180 students, the liceo scientifico 280 and the liceo economico\nsociale 80, for a total of 740 students.\n\nThe space conversation was conducted in Italian. The following 20\nquestions were answered by Samantha Cristoforetti as well as\ngreetings and wishes before LOS. This was amazing as Samantha\nresponded very exhaustively and with many details.\n\nTranslation:\n\n1. The time of the re-entry into the atmosphere seems to be less\n   evolved. There are studies underway to modify or change this stage?\n2. How long does it take to arrive on the international space station?\n3. What is the equipment of the astronaut during extra vehicular\n   activity?\n4. What kind of material is made the surface that covers the lower\n   part of the spacecraft re-entry?\n5. How many km / h you travel to reach the international space\n   station?\n6. The extra vehicular activities that you will do will umbilical or\n   free? What goals and how they will be held?\n7. How does the deceleration during re-entry?\n8. The control of the flight on the Soyuz is automatic or are you a\n   pilot?\n9. How does the return to the international space station after an\n   extra vehicular activity?\n10. After take-off part of the missile is dispersed in space?\n11. Which angle is formed between the trajectory of the spacecraft\n    and the Earth's surface during re-entry? What are the risks an\n    angle of re-entry is not correct?\n12. Samantha, you are the first Italian woman to do extra vehicular\n    activity. What are your feelings and what your concerns about it?\n13. What happens to take off when passing through the Earth's\n    atmosphere?\n14. During the return to earth, how much gravitational force suffer\n    the astronauts?\n15. There is the possibility of accidents during extra vehicular\n    activity?\n16. When it takes off there is a lot of turbulence?\n17. Why do astronauts after the mission should go in quarantine?\n    What happens at the neurological level?\n18. How do you prepare for extra vehicular activity? What is the\n    training and simulations?\n19. It was more exciting to enter into the international space\n    station or the time of takeoff?\n20. How do you manage to fit into a specific point on the earth,\n    without risk to human life and the environment?\n\nARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering\nthe participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA,\nCNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from\nparticipating countries.\n\nARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the\nexcitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers\nonboard the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and\ncommunities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS\ncan energize youngsters' interest in science, technology and learning.\n\n[ANS thanks Gaston ON4WF and Francesco IK0WGF, ARISS for the above\n information]\n\nARISS News\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nRichmond Heights Middle School,  Miami, FL, anticipates a direct\ncontact via W1HQL, scheduled for Thursday 2015-01-15 16:09:40 UTC.\nBecause this is a reschedule due to the delay of the SpaceX resupply\nmission timing depends on the the school confirming availability. As\nof press time, ARISS was still awaiting word of the confirmation. The\ndownlink should be audible across the SE USA. The contact will be\nheld in English and is scheduled to be with Samantha Cristoforetti\nIZØUDF using the callsign NA1SS.\n\nRICHMOND HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL\nRichmond Heights Middle School opened its doors in 1963 in the\nRichmond Heights community in southwest Miami, Florida.   The now 50\nyear old school, is located in a historic African American Community.\nAn army captain by the name of Frank C. Martin believed it to be a\nwise investment as well as the right thing to do to establish a\nhousing development in which Black veterans of WWII could purchase\ntheir own home.  There are currently 636 students and a teaching\nstaff of 41 faculty members.  Along with its exemplary athletics\nprogram, full time gifted program, and Cambridge program, Richmond\nHeights Middle School offers a Zoology Magnet program to the students\nof Miami Dade County Public Schools.  This is an extremely unique\nmagnet program that is one of only three in the nation.  The zoology\nmagnet is a result of a partnership with Zoo Miami, the Zoological\nSociety of Florida and Richmond Heights Middle School.  It has been\nin existence since 1988.  Students have the unique opportunity to\nvisit the zoo to study the animals within their exhibits while\nengaging in STEM fields of study.\n\nBIOTECH @ RICHMOND HEIGHTS 9-12 HIGH SCHOOL\nBioTECH @ Richmond Heights 9-12 High School is the only Conservation\nBiology public magnet high school is the United States and boasts\nthree campuses: our educational center at Richmond Campus, our\nResearch Station at Zoo Miami, and our Botanical Outpost at Fairchild\nTropical Botanic Garden.  BioTECH provides students with a\nchallenging and advanced level math and science curriculum focused on\nConservation Biology that exposes them to rigorous STEM coursework as\nwell as research opportunities with practicing scientists in state-of-\nthe-art laboratories.  In classes taken on-site at Zoo Miami,\nstudents study the human impact on biological diversity, making\nBioTECH the only school in the country to offer a full research and\nteaching facility within zoo grounds.  Research experiences are\noffered in collaboration with the local zoo and the local research\nand botanic garden.  BioTECH is currently home to 130 students that\ntravel within the boundaries of a 467 square mile area to attend this\nunique school.  The school opened its doors in August 2014 with a\ntotal of 8 faculty members, 7 support staff members, and an arsenal\nof practicing scientists and conservation educators from Fairchild\nTropical Botanic Garden, Zoo Miami, Zoological Society of Florida,\nEverglades National Park, The Dumond Conservancy, and Biscayne\nNational Park.\n\nThe following is the list of the anticipated questions:\n\n1.  How would astronauts combat disease, say an accidental infection\n    by a Salmonella culture, given the increased virulence of\n    microbes in space?\n2.  What kind of work is the crew doing in support of the future\n    missions to Mars?\n3.  We have a 3D printer in our school.  What are the future\n    implications of having a 3D printer on-board?  What types of\n    prints will you create?\n4.  Does experiencing a sunrise/sunset every 90 minutes change your\n    sleep/wake cycles?\n5.  Do you feel physical exhaustion in space at the end of your work\n    day? How long is your work day?\n6.  Without gravity, how do plants, such as Arabidopsis, determine\n    orientation germination?  Geotropism what do roots do? Do plants\n    on the ISS grow in all different directions?\n7.  Do you feel stressed on the space station?  How do you cope with\n    stress on a space station and does it have more or less of an\n    effect on your immune system in space?  Measure muscle\n    conditioning?\n8.  How are astronaut diets altered to accommodate the changes to\n    the digestive system in microgravity?\n9.  All work and no play can be boring.  What do you do for fun up\n    in space?\n10. How do you keep from feeling trapped in the space station?\n11. What role did your education play in becoming an astronaut?\n12. Which teacher influenced you the most in your life and why?\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ CQ To Combine Jan/Feb 2015 Issues\n\n(Hicksville, NY, January 9, 2015) -- CQ magazine today announced\nthat it will be publishing a combined January/February 2015 issue and\nwill be ceasing publication of its \"CQ Plus\" digital edition\nsupplement as of the March 2015 issue. Both moves are intended to\nhelp restore the magazine's normal schedule for its print edition and\nto strengthen its foundations moving forward as it enters its eighth\ndecade of publication, said Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA. \"These\ndecisions were not made lightly,\" he added, \"but in recognition of\nthe realities of the publishing industry. It's a tough time to be in\nthe magazine business, and we appreciate the patience and loyalty of\nboth our readers and our advertisers.\"\n\nCQ will continue to publish both print and digital editions, but the\ndigital edition will no longer contain the 50-60 additional pages\neach month that constituted \"CQ Plus.\" Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU,\nnoted that he hopes to include some former CQ Plus content within the\npages of CQ, but says ham radio will remain the magazine's primary\nfocus, as it has been for the past seven decades. CQ is marking its\n70th anniversary of publication as of its January/February issue.\n\nAs a consequence of the changes, CQ Plus Editor Richard Fisher,\nKI6SN, will be leaving the CQ staff after serving for many years as a\ncolumnist for, and then as editor of, Popular Communications,\nWorldRadio Online and CQ Plus. He was also CQ magazine's Emergency\nCommunications Editor. \"We will miss Richard's many contributions to\nCQ's products,\" noted Moseson, \"and thank him for his many years of\nservice to our readers.\"\n\nSubscribers to both the print and digital editions of CQ will have\ntheir subscriptions extended by one month due to the combined\nJanuary/February issue.\n\nCQ <www.cq-amateur-radio.com> is the world's leading independent\namateur radio magazine, serving the amateur radio community worldwide\nsince 1945. It is published in three languages (English, Spanish and\nPortuguese) and in both print and digital formats.\n\n[ANS thanks Rich Moseson, W2VU, CQ Magazine 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, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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