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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-224 AMSAT News Service Weekly News Bulletin",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-224\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 dot 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* Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. \"Bill\" Tynan, \n  W3XO, SK\n* Indonesian Amateurs Using IO-86 for Earthquake Ecomm\n* BIRDS-2 Transmit Plans Announced\n* SiriusSat-1/SiriusSat-2 Decoding Tips\n* AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers\n* Call for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC\n* SSO-A Mission to Set Record for Number of Satellites Launched\n* NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on \n  Commercial Spacecraft\n* AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due \n  September 15, 2018\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-224.01\nANS-224 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 224.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nAugust 12, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-224.01\n\n\nCharter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. \"Bill\" Tynan, \nW3XO, SK\n\nIt is with great sadness that AMSAT reports one of its founding\ndirectors and charter members, William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, passed\naway peacefully at his home on Tierra Linda Ranch in Kerrville Texas,\non August 7, 2018.  He was 91.\n\nBill was born October 12, 1926 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County,\nMinnesota.  But, throughout his adult, life, he left an indelible\nmark on Amateur Radio with a long list of \"firsts\" since becoming\nlicensed as W3KMV in early 1946. Indeed, Bill was in the forefront of\nAmateur Radio's growth and importance in many ways. His singularly\ndistinctive accomplishments to our Amateur Radio Service were, quite\nliterally, \"out of this world.\"\n\nHis active Amateur Radio interest really began in the mid-30s when\nhe was a young boy. During the Second World War, and after obtaining\na Restricted Radio Telephone Permit, he operated in the War Emergency\nRadio Service (WERS), donating his time to the effort to the citizens\nof Montgomery County, Maryland and, later, to the District of\nColumbia by operating WERS systems on 2 1/2 meter VHF (then called\nUHF).  Of course, this occurred during a time when all Amateur Radio\nactivity had been suspended for the duration of the War.\n\nHis wartime activity would later spark his interest in the\nfrequencies above 30 MHz, and he became an active VHF/UHF enthusiast\nalmost since obtaining his first Ham ticket.  However, it was his\nwork in helping others exploit the VHF/UHF spectrum that best\ncharacterized Bill's numerous accomplishments and contributions to\nAmateur Radio.\n\nFor example, in early 1969, Bill attended the charter meeting in\nWashington, DC to investigate the feasibility of carrying on the work\nof Project OSCAR, a group of West Coast Hams that had built and\nlaunched the very first satellites carrying Amateur Radio.  The\nmeeting later led to the establishment of today's Radio Amateur\nSatellite Corporation (AMSAT). Bill was elected to the first Board of\nDirectors of the new organization, and was later named Vice President\nfor Operations.\n\nBill performed yeoman service in this position during the OSCAR 6\nera, principally because that particular satellite had a nasty habit\nof unexpectedly changing operating modes \"on its own\".  Bill's superb\nefforts coordinated the work of dozens of worldwide command stations\nto keep OSCAR 6 (then the only OSCAR satellite in orbit) up and\nrunning for the world's Amateur Radio Operators to use.  His\noutstanding work allowed critical Amateur Radio propagation and other\nexperiments, as well as other, more routine communications, to\ncontinue virtually unabated.  His singular efforts extended use of a\ncritical, space-based experimental Amateur Radio resource that\notherwise would have been given up for lost.\n\nLater, Bill's strong reputation for getting things done, and his\nexpertise as a leading expert in the VHF/UHF arena, led to a request\nfrom the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that he assume duties as\nContributing Editor for QST Magazine's \"World above 50 MHz\" column. \nUnder his superb guidance, and during the next 18 years, Bill kept\nthe column both fresh and alive, while providing Hams worldwide with\na powerful forum to advocate and nurture such new Amateur Radio\ntechnologies as long-haul VHF/UHF, moonbounce, DX and contest work,\nas well as emerging meteor scatter and satellite communications.\n\nHowever, while Bill Tynan's first love was VHF and UHF work, his\nheart and soul were always with AMSAT.  Not surprisingly, it is with\nAMSAT that Bill's positive impacts on Ham Radio were destined to\nbecome some of his longest lasting contributions to our Service.\n\nFor example, since his earliest days in AMSAT, Bill was intrigued\nwith the possibility of Hams on the ground being able to talk to Hams\nin space.  Later, in the mid-1970's, he actively explored the idea of\nAmateur Radio operation from aboard the Skylab space station while\nOwen Garriott, W5LFL, was to be a part of that crew.  Unfortunately,\nNASA did not approve this proposal, stating that it was too late to\nmodify the station to provide for an antenna.\n\nHowever, later, as the Shuttle program was beginning (and on behalf\nof AMSAT) Bill authored the very first draft proposal to allow\nAmateur Radio operation from the Space Shuttle.  His idea was soon\npicked up by the ARRL, and it resulted in a formal, joint AMSAT/ARRL\nproposal to NASA to allow this activity.  Needless to say, Bill's\nsuperb vision led directly to Owen Garriott's historic first use of\nHam Radio from space during the STS-9 mission, thus marking the birth\nof the (then) very popular SAREX program.\n\nIn 1986, Bill was again elected to the AMSAT Board of Directors,\nand, in 1991, just as the Phase 3D project (which later became AMSAT-\nOSCAR 40 on orbit) was beginning to gain momentum, Bill assumed\nduties as President of the organization at a most critical period in\nits history.  As with his previous callings, Bill wasted no time in\nmaking his lasting mark on the organization.  As one of his first\nefforts, he was instrumental in pulling a team of over two hundred\nvolunteer people from 13 different countries together with the common\ngoal of building and launching the largest, most complex, and most\nexpensive Amateur Radio satellite ever attempted.  When he finally\nstepped down from his post as AMSAT President in late 1998, his\nrepeated, annual re-election to this high post made his one of the\nlongest running terms as President in the organization's history.\n\nIn addition to his solid accomplishments in furthering Amateur\nRadio, Bill remained a very active Radio Amateur.  He was a life\nmember of the ARRL, a life member of AMSAT (membership number 10),\nand was an active member of the Central States VHF Society, also\nserving on its Board of Directors. He was its President in 1992 and\nput on the organization's annual conference that year.  Bill was also\na member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association, the Radio Club\nof America, the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers\n(IEEE) as well as the National Space Society.  Locally, he was the\nProgram Chairman of the Hill Country Amateur Radio Club at his home\non the Terra Linda Ranch in Kerrville, Texas and also served on the\nranch's Cable TV advisory committee.\n\nDuring his lifetime, Bill also received several prestigious awards,\nincluding \"The Ham of Year\" in 1996 from the Dayton Amateur Radio\nAssociation (DARA) and in 2012, the Barry Goldwater Amateur Radio\nAward from the Radio Club of America.\n\nBill is survived by his wife of 51 years, the former Mattie LeNoir\nof Kilgore Texas, along with numerous cousins, brothers and sisters-\nin-law. No services will be held.  However, his ashes will be\nscattered in two locations, the cemetery in Elgin, Texas where his\nwife will be interred and the cemetery in Hagersville, Ontario,\nCanada which is his mother's birthplace, and where his parents are\nburied.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be\nmade in his name to the charity of your choice.\n\nStatement of AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, on the passing of\nBill Tynan, W3XO:\n\nI can only second the many comments and condolences that are coming\nin from around the world on the passing of Bill Tynan, W3XO. From the\nmany remembrances of Bill's past accomplishments, it is clear that\nAMSAT and amateur radio has lost a dear friend.\n\nFriend is an important way to honor Bill. Bill was a friend to\nAMSAT, a friend to ARISS, a friend to the ARRL, a friend to amateur\nradio, a friend to his community, and lifelong friend to his dear\nwife, Mattie. Bill's friendship extended to me when I became AMSAT\nPresident. After hearing me present on some subject, I received a\nthree page treatise from Bill on the proper use of the pronoun \"me.\"\nHis keen ear had picked up on my error, and the improvement came in a\npaper titled \"What's the Matter with Me?\"\n\nBill had a way of looking at issues from a different perspective.\nLast October's Board of Directors meeting was in the middle of a\n\"heated\" discussion on the verbiage of a proposal, when Bill walked\nin and sat down. After another 15 minutes of discussion, further\ndiscussion on the proposal was tabled until the following day. Bill's\ncomment after listening to all this was \"Wow, sounds just like the\nboard meetings we use to have 40 years ago!\"\n\nRecently, Bill asked to step down as the AMSAT OSCAR Number\nAdministrator. Bill has been granting applicants who qualify OSCAR\nnumbers for over two decades, since the late-1990s. Even Bill could\nnot remember the first number he issued, but he believed it was\neither TO-31 or SO-35. In any case, Bill had issued at least 57 OSCAR\nnumbers. This is over 60%, or very close to two-thirds, of all the\nOSCAR numbers currently issued at this time.\n\nBill liked to keep busy with his passion for amateur radio, whether\nthis was working in the foreground or background. Only a few weeks\nago, Bill proposed to AMSAT the use of FT-8 as a digital mode on a\nfuture satellite. My friend, Bill Tynan, W3XO, was always thinking\nahead.\nAd astra.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nIndonesian Amateurs Using IO-86 for Earthquake Ecomm\n\nAs Radio Amateurs in Indonesia respond for the second time to an\nEarthquake in the Lombok area, please take care to avoid causing QRM\nto their activities on 7.110MHz and emergency activities on satellite\nIO-86.\n\nThe second powerful earthquake in the area killed at least 98 people\nand seriously injured more than 200 others. The electricity supply in\nthe area is disrupted and the ORARI of West Nusa Tenggara Region led\nby YB9KA and YB9GV have taken action to cover areas with no cellular\ncoverage including taking battery supplies to affected repeaters. At\nthe moment four repeaters are operating in the disaster area with\nORARI HQ asking their Bali Island Region (the closest area) to\nprovide further repeater support for use by emergency communications\nin Lombok.\n\nORARI HQ has also issued an official request to the nearest region,\nto help with both logistics and personnel to Lombok, and designating\na National Frequency for the Lombok Earthquake at 7.110 MHz for HF,\nVHF on 145.500 MHz Simplex and 147.000 MHz Duplex, and also to\nactivate ORARI Satellite LAPAN IO-86 to assist with communication.\n\nThe Central Java Region of the Indonesian Search And Rescue Council\nhas sent a group of rescuers and vehicles, led by YB2QC the\nOperation and Technical Head of ORARI, to join the National Rescue\nOperation in Lombok and ORARI. Jakarta is also arranging the delivery\nof logistical assistance to Lombok.\n\n(ANS thanks the IARU Region 1 and Dani, YB2TJV for the\nabove information.)\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nBIRDS-2 Transmit Plans Announced\n\nJAXA's three BIRDS-2 satellites, BHUTAN-1, MAYA-1 and UiTMSat-1 are\nscheduled for deployment from the ISS on August 10, 2018.\n\nAll three CubeSats of BIRDS-2 project will be operating with same\nuplink and downlink frequency. Each CubeSat will transmit a CW\nbeacon at 437.375 MHz. Telemetry and mission downlink will use the\nsame frequency but only upon a successful uplink command. Each\nCubeSat also has an APRS digipeater on 145.825 MHz. \n\nSince the CubeSats will be released at the same time from the ISS, \nthere is a possibility that the beacons from three CubeSats will \ninterfere with each other, making it difficult to decode. To avoid \nthat, one of the measures adopted by the team is as described below.\n\nThe CubeSats will be released together, which means they will turn\non almost at the same time. Once turned on, one of the first things\nthey do is start transmission of beacon to indicate it is alive. \nBut the CubeSats are programmed in such a way that each of them waits \nfor a different amount of time before the beacon starts. The first \nsatellite coming out will be BHUTAN-1 and will be the first to start \ntransmission.  It will then of beacon and it will remain silent long \nenough to let other two satellites finish their beacon transmissions. \nThe initial beacon signal period is set as 115 sec (30 sec \ntransmission and 85 sec silent time). This is a temporary schedule \nfor the initial operation phase.\n\nThe satellites, their ID's and call signs are as follows:\n\nSatellite\tCountry\t\tID\t\tCall Sign\nBHUTAN-1\tBhutan\t\tBIRD-BT\tJG6YKL\nMAYA-1\tPhilippines\tBIRD-PH\tJG6YKM\nUiTMSat-1\tMalaysia\tBIRD-MY\tJG6YKN\n\n(ANS thanks the Joint Global Multi-Nation BIRDS Project for the\nabove information.)\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSiriusSat-1/SiriusSat-2 Decoding Tips\n\nThe Sputnix site has some information for radio amateurs concerning\nthe SiriusSat-1/SiriusSat-2 satellites scheduled for release from the\nISS on 15 August 2018.  The following is Tod, AD0I's translation of \npart of the following Russian language URLs:\n\nhttp://sputnix.ru/ru/nashi-sputniki/siriussat-1\nhttp://sputnix.ru/ru/nashi-sputniki/siriussat-2\n\nInformation for Radio Amateurs\n\nWe invite all radio amateurs to take part in reception of our\nsignals.  We have prepared a decoder program which will allow you to\ndecode practically all types of data which will be transmitted from\nthe satellites, in the first place the beacons, and also a connection\nto the central telemetry database db.satnogs.org and the transmission\nof received packets to us and all radio amateurs (this option can be\nturned off).\n\nThe satellites will work on these frequencies with the following\ncall signs:\n\nSiriusSat-1 Call sign RS13S Frequency 435.570 MHz\nSiriusSat-2 Call sign RS14S Frequency 435.670 MHz\n\nGMSK 4800 modulation will be used, AX.25 G3RUH standard protocol.\n\nSPUTNIX Telemetry Viewer can be used with standard amateur radio\nsoftware typically used for satellite reception, for example, with\nthe combination of Orbitron/SDRSharp and with UZ7HO's SoundModem.\n\nTelemetry Viewer is connected with the help of AGWPE or KISS TCP\ninterfaces.  User settings are accessible in the file\nresources/config.xml.\n\nDownload SPUTNIX Telemetry Viewer (Russian, 10.2 MB): \nhttps://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-Telemetry-Viewer-Rus\n\nDownload SPUTNIX Telemetry Viewer (English, 10.2 MB): \nhttps://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-Telemetry-Viewwer-En\n\nDownload I/Q test recording (27.1 MB): \nhttps://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-IQ-Test-Recording\n\nDownload audio test recording (2.5 MB): \nhttps://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-Audio-Test-Recording\n\n[ANS thanks Tod, AL0I for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers\n\nAMSAT has issued the second call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA \nAnnual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held at the US Space and \nRocket Center in Huntsville, AL on the weekend of November 2-4. \nProposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster \npresentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur \nsatellite community. Prospects should send a tentative title of their \npresentation as soon as possible. The final copy must be submitted \nby October 15th for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts \nand papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat.org\n\n[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCall for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC, \nAlbuquerque, New Mexico\nSeptember 14-16, 2018\n\nThe ARRL and TAPR DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs\nto meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques. \nPresenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas\nand learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories,\nexperimental results, and practical applications.\n \nAll digital topics are covered at the DCC including digital voice,\ndata & video, SDR, DSP, precise timing, spread spectrum, networking\ntechnologies and mesh networking.\n\nTechnical papers are being solicited for presentation at the ARRL\nand TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) and printed in the\nannual Conference Proceedings published by the ARRL.  Presentation \nat the conference is not required for publication although authors \nwho attend receive priority for a scheduling a presentation during \nthe technical forums.\n \nIf you would like to present a technical topic at the DCC and not\nsubmit a technical paper email the topic of your presentation to the\nTAPR Office at: taproffice at tapr dot org \n\nSubmission of technical papers for publication should be submitted\nASAP to Maty Weinberg, ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 or\nvia the Internet to maty at arrl dot org\n\nMore details about technical papers and guidelines for paper\nsubmissions are available at: \nhttp://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers\n\n[ANS thanks Mark Thompson for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSSO-A Mission to Set Record for Number of Satellites Launched\n\nSpaceflight announced details behind its SSO-A mission, the largest \nsingle rideshare mission from a US-based launch vehicle to date. \nFox-1 Cliff will be among the satellites aboard this launch.\n\nSpaceflight has contracted with more than 70 spacecraft from \napproximately 35 different organizations, to launch from a SpaceX \nFalcon 9 later this year. The mission, named SSO-A: SmallSat Express\nrepresents the company's purchase of an entire Falcon 9 to \naccommodate the growing number of domestic, international, \ngovernment and commercial customers seeking affordable rideshare \noptions to launch their spacecraft into orbit.\n\nSSO-A, which signifies the company's first dedicated rideshare\nmission to a Sun-Synchronous Low Earth Orbit, is slated to launch\nfrom Vandenberg Air Force Base. It includes 15 microsats and 56\ncubesats from commercial and government entities, of which more than\n30 are from international organizations from 18 countries including\nUnited States, Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Finland, South Korea,\nSpain, Switzerland, UK, Germany, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Thailand,\nPoland, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and India.\n\nPlanet is sending two SkySat small sats, the primary spacecraft on\nthe launch, along with several Dove cubesats. They are also\nsponsoring the launch of two cubesats: one from Georgia Institute of\nTechnology and one from University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for\nAtmospheric and Space Physics.\n\nAmong the spacecraft onboard, 23 are from universities, 19 are\nimaging satellites, 23 are technology demonstrations, two are art\nexhibits, and one is from a high school. Seventy-five percent are\ncommercial spacecraft.\n\nA few notable customers include University of North Carolina-\nWilmington, NovaWurks, Ghalam, Helios Wire / Sirion Global, King\nMongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Astrocast,\nHoneywell Aerospace, HawkEye 360, Nevada Museum of Art, Fleet Space\nTechnologies, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,\nAudacy, Capella Space Corporation, University of Colorado Boulder\nLaboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, and many others.\n\nWith the majority of the spacecraft being integrated in\nSpaceflight's Auburn, WA facility, the stack is one of the most\ncomplex and intricate endeavors the company has undertaken. The\nsmallsats will be integrated with a variety of dispensers and\navionics to an upper free flyer and lower free flyer.\n[ANS thanks Spaceflight for the above information]\n \n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nNASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on \nCommercial Spacecraft\n\nNASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who\nwill fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the\nInternational Space Station - an endeavor that will return astronaut\nlaunches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle's\nretirement in 2011.\n\n\"Today, our country's dreams of greater achievements in space are\nwithin our grasp,\" said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. \"This\naccomplished group of American astronauts, flying on new spacecraft\ndeveloped by our commercial partners Boeing and SpaceX, will launch a\nnew era of human spaceflight. Today's announcement advances our great\nAmerican vision and strengthens the nation's leadership in space.\"\n\nThe agency assigned nine astronauts to crew the first test flight\nand mission of both Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew\nDragon. NASA has worked closely with the companies throughout design,\ndevelopment and testing to ensure the systems meet NASA's safety and\nperformance requirements. \n\n\"The men and women we assign to these first flights are at the\nforefront of this exciting new time for human spaceflight,\" said Mark\nGeyer, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. \"It will\nbe thrilling to see our astronauts lift off from American soil, and\nwe can't wait to see them aboard the International Space Station.\" \nAdditional crew members will be assigned by NASA's international\npartners at a later date.\n\nNASA's continuous presence on the space station for almost 18 years\nhas enabled technology demonstrations and research in biology and\nbiotechnology, Earth and space science, human health, physical\nsciences. This research has led to dramatic improvements in\ntechnology, infrastructure and medicine, and thousands of spinoff\ntechnologies that have improved quality of life here on Earth. \n\nThe new spaceflight capability provided by Boeing and SpaceX will\nallow NASA to maintain a crew of seven astronauts on the space\nstation, thereby maximizing scientific research that leads to\nbreakthroughs and also aids in understanding and mitigating the\nchallenges of long-duration spaceflight.  \n\nNASA's Commercial Crew Program is facilitating the development of a\nU.S. commercial crew space transportation capability with the goal of\nachieving safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the\nInternational Space Station and low-Earth orbit. The public-private\npartnerships fostered by the program will stimulate growth in a\nrobust commercial space industry and spark life-changing innovations\nfor future generations.\n\nFurther information at https://tinyurl.com/nasa-commercial-crew.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due \nSeptember 15, 2018\n\nCorrected ballots were mailed and members should have received them. \nThe new ballots, labeled \"CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018\" are  printed \non yellow-colored cardstock.\n\nUsing the Yellow Ballots, please vote for no more than three of the\n2018 candidates:\n\nTom Clark, K3IO\nMark Hammond, N8MH\nScott Harvey, KA7FVV\nBruce Paige, KK5DO\nPeter Portanova, W2JV\n\nCandidate biographies can be viewed at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/bios2018/\n\nThe Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving\nthe highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate\nmembers chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received.\n\nBallots must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018\nin order to be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent\nvia air mail. If you have not received your ballot package in a\nreasonable time for your location, please contact the AMSAT office.\nCompleted ballots should be returned as promptly as possible, and\nthose from outside North America preferably by air mail.\n  \n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations as of 8/8/2018\n\nIceland (HP84, HP94, and HP95) - August 9-14, 2018\nGareth, G0MFR, will be in Iceland 9-14 August, activating grids\nHP94/95/84 and looking for NA QSOs on FM Sats.\n\nRocky Mountain High - August 10-14, 2018\nChris, K7TAB is heading from his home QTH (DM43) to DN70 on\nAugust 10th. Possible activations of DM55/56/57/58/48/38 on Aug 10-11\non the way,  This will be a combined SOTA and AMSAT trip.  Chris has\nan empty dance card, so stay tuned to his Twitter account, publicly\nviewable at https://twitter.com/K7TABravo for further announcements.\n\nBonneville Salt Flats, UT (DN30) - August 10-17, 2018\nR.J., WY7AA, is heading to Speedweek at the Bonneville Salt\nFlats in Utah.  Enroute and while there, he also plans to activate\nDN51, DN41, DN40, and DN20).  Specific pass announcements will be\nposted to Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/WY7AA\n\nOcean City, MD (FM28) - August 11-14, 2018\nBrennan, N4QX, will be activating FM28, while visiting Ocean\nCity, MD.  This will be holiday-style and FM only.  Pass\nannouncements will be posted to his Twitter page, publicly viewable\nat https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice\n\nVancouver Island/Olympia National Park (CO60, CO70, CN79) - \nAugust 12-13, 2018\nRon, AD0DX, will be in the Vancouver / Vancouver Island area and\nat Olympia National Park.  He will make a special trip to CO60 on\nSunday Aug 12th evening and in Campbell River, BC for 24 hours over\nAug 12 and 13 so there should be lots of opportunities for CO70 and\nCO79.  More information is available on AD0DX's QRZ page, to include\nplanned grid activation for his return trip home.  Updates will be\nposted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx\n\nNew England Grids (FN01, FN10, FN11, and FN21) - August 11-15, 2018\nCharlie, N3CRT is heading out on a family vacation, and he]s\nbringing his satellite gear.  Plan is  8/11 FN21 and FN11, 8/12-13\nFN11 and FN01, 8/14 FN11, 8/15 FN10.  FM sats only.  Pass\nannouncements will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at\nhttps://twitter.com/charlieray\n\nMaine (FN44, FN53, and FN55) - August 12-18, 2018\nAdam, K0FFY, will be visiting the State of Maine, August 12-18. \nConsiderate enough to bring along his satellite gear, Adam expects to\nactivate FN44, FN53, and FN 55. Updates will be posted on Twitter,\npublicly viewable at https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio\n\nLancaster, PA (FN10) - August 15-16, 2018\nBrennan, N4QX, will be visiting Lancaster, PA.  While there, he\nwill activate FN10, holiday-style, FM only.  Updates will be posted\non Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice\n\nOn the Way to Kansas (EM19, EM39, and EM49) - August 15-16, 2018\nJoe, KE9AJ, will be activating will be stopping in a few grids\non his way to Kansas.  Look for him in EM19 on August 15th, and EM39\nand EM49 on August 16th.  This will be an FM only trip.  Pass\nannouncements will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at\nhttps://twitter.com/KE9AJ\n\nRoad to Huntsville, Alabama (EM53, EM54, EM55, EM63, EM64, EM65) -\nAugust 16-19, 2018\nRobert, KE4AL, will be heading to the Huntsville Hamfest August\n16th.  Enroute, he will activate EM53/EM63, EM54/EM55, and EM64/EM65\ngridlines.  August 17th, Robert will be operating from the U.S. Space\n& Rocket Center (EM64) and scouting out the venue for the 36th Annual\nAMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, which will be held\nNovember 2-4, 2018.  In addition, Robert will be providing AMSAT\ndemonstrations at the Huntsville Hamfest (EM64), August 18-19. \nSpecific passes will be announced on Twitter, publicly viewable at\nhttps://twitter.com/KE4ALabama\n\nGeneva Switzerland - August 20-22, 2018\nBrennan, N4QX, will be visiting Geneva Switzerland August 19-29,\noperating under the call HB9/N4QX.  This will be a holiday style, FM\nonly trip.  Specific pass and grid activations will be posted on his\nTwitter page, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice\n\nSanta Rosa Island (CM93 and CM94) - August 20-22, 2018\nRon, AD0DX, using the call sign W6R, will be operating from\nSanta Rosa Island in the Channel Islands August 20-22 to activate\ngrid square CM93, with a few passes from the CM93/CM94 grid line. \nRon will be mainly active on the FM satellites AO-91, AO-92 and SO-\n50.  Just learning to operate on the linear birds, he hopes to be\nactive on FO-29, CAS-4A and CAS-4B.  More information is available on\nAD0DX's QRZ page, with updates while on the island will be posted on\nTwitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx\n\nMinnesota (EN27) - August 25-31, 2018\nKirk, N0KK, will be in EN27, with possible road trips to EN16/17 and\nEN36, August 10th and 11th.  Kirk Will attempt as many FM passes as\npossible on AO-91/92, SO-50.  Specific pass announcements will be\nposted to Twitter, publicly viewable at \nhttps://twitter.com/radiozerokk\n\nLawrence, KS (EM28, EM29) - August 26-28, 2018\nGreg, N4KGL, will be in activating the EM28/EM29 gridline, while\nin Lawrence Kansas. More specific plans are forthcoming.\n\nKansas QSO Party (DM97) - August 26\nRon, AD0X will be participating in the Kansas QSO Party from DM97. \nUpdates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at\nhttps://twitter.com/ad0dx\n\nPlease submit additions or corrections to ke4al at yahoo dot com.\n\n[ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS News\n\n+ Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-08-07 18:00 UTC\n\nNagoya Technical High School, Nagoya, Japan, direct via JA2YNI.\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS.\nThe scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU.\nContact is a go for: Mon 2018-08-13 09:23:09 UTC 82 deg.\n\nMatthes-Enderlein-Gymnasium Zwönitz, Zwönitz, Germany and \nHohenstaufen-Gymnasium Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany, \ndirect via DLØMEG and DLØXK.\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS.\nThe scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO.\nContact is a go for: Mon 2018-08-13 13:48:27 UTC 56 deg.\n\nDLR_School_Lab Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, direct via DN2DLR.\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS.\nThe scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO.\nContact is a go for: Tue 2018-08-14 12:56:59 UTC 76 deg.\n\nARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above\ncontacts.  ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. \nFeel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat dot org \nor aj9n at aol dot com.\n\n[ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]\n\n\n+ ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored\nover 100 schools:  \n\nFrancesco IKØWGF with 132\nSatoshi 7M3TJZ with 130\nGaston ON4WF with 123\nSergey RV3DR with 106\n\n[ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n \nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Rocket Fever\" in Downey CA, 18 August 2018\nAMSAT will be part of a larger effort representing amateur radio at\n\"Rocket Fever\", an event at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in\nDowney, California. This event will take place on Saturday, 18 August\n2018. More information about the event is available at:\n\nhttp://columbiaspacescience.org/news-events/event/rocket-fever-4/\n\nThe Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach and the Downey Amateur\nRadio Club will be the local radio clubs spearheading the amateur\nradio booth at the event:\n\nhttp://aralb.org/ (ARALB)\nhttp://darcarc.wordpress.com/ (Downey ARC)\n\nDuring the day, there will be demonstrations using different\nsatellites from the grounds of the Columbia center. Most likely,\nWD9EWK will be the call sign used for these demonstrations. If you\nhear the demonstrations on the air, please feel free to call and join\nin. The Columbia center is in grid DM03, Los Angeles County. If\nWD9EWK is used for the satellite demonstrations, I will upload the\nQSOs to Logbook of the World after the event, and QSL cards will be\navailable on request (no QSL card or SASE is needed; just e-mail me\nwith QSO details).\n\nDuring this event, I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to post\nupdates and pictures. Even if you don't use Twitter, these posts are\navailable to anyone using a web browser at:\nhttp://twitter.com/WD9EWK\n\n+ While many are preparing for the first Phase 4 amateur payload in\na geostationary satellite, the first Phase 5 amateur payload is\nalready operational in an elliptical orbit around the Moon. The last\ntransmissions from LongJiang 2 were on 2018-08-05 from\n00:30 to 02:30 UTC and from 07:30 to 09:30 UTC on 435.400 MHz and\n436.400 MHz.\n\nVarious experiments are being carried out with GMSK and JT4G\ndownlink signals. Stations with 'normal' amateur equipment can\nreceive the downlinks quite well. Downlink signals have even been\nreceived with no more than an Arrow antenna, no preamp.\n\nDK5LA was the first to have his signals relayed through LongJiang 2\non 2018-07-15. On August 4, the first picture of an onboard camera was\ndownlinked with SSDV. Other experiments will follow later. Why not \ngive LongJiang 2 a try?\n\n[ANS thanks Nico, PA0DLO for the above information.]\n\n+ The South Indian Ocian has many active satellite operators\nin the region, mainly from Mauritius (3B8), Reunion (FR), South\nAfrica (ZS) as well as from Madagascar 5R8 sometimes. In spite many\ncountries reachable particularly on FO-29 they report not hearing \nmuch traffic except for regular QSO's with Thailand thanks to \nKob, E21EJC.\n\nActive operators reachable around the Indian Ocean (West Africa, \nMiddle-East, Asia and Oceania) may not be looking that way as they \nare not expecting any traffic and also due to time difference.\n\nStations in the South Indian Ocean area would like to QSO with others \nin that part of the globe. \"Look for us on the birds!\"\n\n[ANS thanks Jean Marc, 3B8DU for the above information.]\n\n+ The AMSAT-UK payload for the ESEO satellite was delivered to Italy\nlast week. The mode LV transponder and the antennas will be\nintegrated into the satellite over the next few weeks.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and David Bowman, G0MRF for the above\ninformation.]\n\n+ There will be an AMSAT village at EMFcamp. The Electromagnetic \nField event takes place at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire \nAug 31-Sept 2. Electromagnetic Field (EMF) is a non-profit UK \ncamping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in \nmaking things: hackers, geeks, scientists, engineers, artists, and \ncrafters.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]\n\n+ The FCC has issued call sign WJ2XLT to LeoLabs for satellite and \nspace debris tracking from Menlo Park CA at 2.9-3 GHz with a \ntransmission power of 2,500,000 W. The licensee requested that \ndetails be withheld from the public for 10 years.\n\n[ANS thanks Experimental Radio Service for the above information.]\n\n+ Chinese state missile maker CASIC and its commercial space \nsubsidiary Expace is preparing to launch its Kuaizhou-1A (Y8) solid \nrocket before the end of September, carrying the Centispace-1-1S \ntest satellite into 700 km SSO.\n\nThis mission will be additional to the approximately 35 being \nplanned by main space contractor CASC for 2018.This means that \ntogether with CASC, emerging players like Expace, Landspace and \npotentially OneSpace, there could be around 40 Chinese launches \nin 2018.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Andrew Jones for the above information.]\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 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nFrank Karnauskas, N1UW\nn1uw at amsat dot org\n\n\n",
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