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    "sender_name": "Lee McLamb",
    "subject": "[ans] ANS-356  AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2013-12-22T02:26:11Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-356\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* Saudisat 1C, SO-50, Eleven Years in Orbit\n* NASA Space Life Sciences Training Program Applications Open\n* ISS Cooling Pump Repair Delays Cubesat Missions\n* Delfi-N3XT Update\n* AMSAT SKN on OSCAR 2014 in Memory of W2LV\n* Satellite Shorts\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-356.01\nANS-356 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 356.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 22, 2013\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-356.01\n\n\nSaudisat 1C, SO-50, Eleven Years in Orbit\n\nNow known as SO-50, Saudisat 1C is a Saudi Arabian picosatellite that\nwas launched by a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur at 17:00 UT on December 20,\n2002. SO-50 features a \"Mode J\" FM amateur repeater operating on a 2M\nuplink and a 440 downlink.\n\n\"Most hams already own the necessary equipment to work SO-50,\" reports\nlong time AMSAT Area Coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS.\n\n\"It is preferable to work SO-50 in true, full-duplex mode - so you \ncan hear the\ndownlink as you transmit. This means - for most - using a second radio or\nthe Kenwood TH-D72A and its true full-duplex capability.\n\nSO-50's repeater is available to amateurs worldwide, and it uses a 67.0 Hertz\nPL tone on the uplink. SO-50 also has a 10 minute timer that must be armed\nbefore use. If you know the satellite is there - but there is nothing heard -\nyou may need to shoot it a PL tone of 74.4 to turn it ON!\n\nThe repeater consists of a miniature VHF receiver with sensitivity of -124dBm,\nwith an IF bandwidth of 15 KHz. The receive antenna is a 1/4 wave vertical\nmounted in the top corner of the spacecraft. Its UHF transmitter is a mere 250\nmW, and downlink antenna is a 1/4 wave mounted in the bottom corner of the\nspacecraft and canted at 45 degrees inward.\n\n\"Hams just with Technician licenses can work the satellite,\" Clint continues.\n\"We are talking about weak signals from 500 miles away - so improving \nboth your\nTX and RX antennas is critical for success on this satellite.\"\n\n\"Do not forget to accommodate for the Doppler phenomenon on the 440 receive\nside.\"\n\n\n[ANS thanks Clint, K6LCS, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA Space Life Sciences Training Program Applications Open\n\nThe Space Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP) provides undergraduate\nstudents entering their junior or senior years with professional experience\nin space life science disciplines. This challenging ten-week summer program\nis held at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. The\nprimary goal of the program is to train the next generation of scientists\nand engineers, enabling NASA to meet future research and development\nchallenges in the space life sciences.\n\nFor more information, visit: http://spacebiosciences.arc.nasa.gov/slstp\n\nThe SLSTP is an equal opportunity program. Admission is by competitive\napplication process. U.S. Citizen undergraduate students who maintain a 3.2\nor higher grade point average are invited to apply. Past student\nparticipants were selected for their merit, passion for space and desire to\nstudy space life science.\n\nApplications for the SLSTP will be submitted through NASA's One Stop\nShopping Initiative (OSSI) website. Prospective applicants must pre-register\nfor a student account and create an interest profile on the OSSI student\nlogin page. Links to the OSSI website are included on the SLSTP page\n(above).\n\nAlthough the application period for summer 2014 student internships closes\non March 15, 2014, offers for positions may be made as early as Feb. 2,\n2014. Students are encouraged to submit their applications early. Details\nabout the 2014 SLSTP internship opportunities will be posted on the SLSTP\nwebsite in December.\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Ames Research Center for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nISS Cooling Pump Repair Delays Cubesat Missions\n\n\nThe ARRL reports Expedition 38 Astronauts Mike Hopkins, KF5LJG, and Rick\nMastracchio, KC5ZTE, will leave the confines of the International Space Station\n(ISS) December 21, 23, and 25 to repair a faulty cooling system pump.\n\nThe malfunction has already caused the postponement of one Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) school contact. It's unclear if the ISS\nproblem will affect additional ARISS school contacts.\n\n\nPlanet Labs CubeSat Constellation\n\nAlso postponed is the shipment of four amateur radio 1U CubeSats \nLituanicaSAT-1,\nLitSat-1, ArduSat-2, UAPSat-1, the 915 MHz CubeSat SkyCube and 28 CubeSats (3U)\nfrom the company Planet Labs. The CubeSats were to have been sent to the ISS on\nan Orbital Sciences Antares-120 rocket on December 18 but this launch will not\nnow take place until January.\n\nLituanicaSAT-1 with amateur radio FM transponder to deploy from ISS\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/04/12/lituanicasat-1/\n\nLitSat-1 amateur radio frequencies announced\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/09/11/litsat-1-amateur-radio-frequencies-announced/\n\nArduSat Open Source Ham Radio CubeSats\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/08/09/ardusat-open-source-ham-radio-cubesats/\n\nUAPSat-1 http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=210\n\nSkyCube to use 915 MHz CubeSat Ground Station Network\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2012/08/25/skycube-to-use-915-mhz-cubesat-ground-station-\nnetwork/\n\nIn the United States and a number of other countries 915 MHz is an \nAmateur Radio\nallocation. In the UK the regulator Ofcom plan to make 915-921 MHz license\nexempt http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/short-range-devices/\n\n[ANS thanks ARRLL and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDelfi-N3XT Update\n\nDelfi Nanosatellite Program Manager, Jasper Bouwmeester PC4JB, provides this\nupdate on the Delfi-n3Xt amateur radio satellite which was launched November 21\nand carries a 435/145 MHz linear transponder.\n\nDear radio amateurs,\n\nToday, December 19, we have switched from the ISIS transmitter (ITRX) to the\nPrimary Transmitter (PTRX). This radio seems to have a significantly stronger\nsignal, so it should be easier to receive telemetry. The frequency is a bit\nhigher, 145.930 MHz so you will have to retune. I hope this will help some of\nthe radio amateurs who had trouble in decoding Delfi-n3Xt.\n\nWe have also put the S-band transmitter (STX) back in beacon mode on 2405.000\nMHz. As the onboard patch antenna is however pointing in arbitrary \ndirection, it\nis a matter of luck if it is pointed towards a ground station. In about 10% of\nthe passes it should in theory be possible to receive the signal with a >2.5m\ndish, but I have to admit that it is only going to be fun to try to receive the\nsignal for those people who like to be the first and have the proper equipment.\n\nUnfortunately we have not yet been able to make a new update of the \nDUDe client.\nThe first issue we want to tackle for the new version is the frequency freeze.\nAfter a while, DUDe seems to lock itself at an edge of the band. Currently this\nmeans, that DUDe needs to be restarted before a pass. As temporary solution in\ncase you want to track the satellite automatically, you may use an auto-mouse\nclicker to close and re-open DUDe. But I hope we will be able to fix this issue\nearly next year.\n\nFinally, I would like to state that you may replay your SDR recordings a few\ntimes to increase packet decoding as our server can handle more load. Our\nstatistics page however currently does not exclude doubles from a single radio\namateur, so please keep in mind that the packet counts for the \ncompetition (more\ndetails early next year) will eventually be corrected for this. It will take a\nwhile though before we upgrade the statistics to exclude doubles from a single\nradio amateur. We are very happy if we receive more telemetry packets, but\nplease don't exaggerate the amount of replays as there is not much more to be\ngained after a few attempts.\n\nHave a nice holidays and a prosperous 2014!\n\n73,\nJasper, PC4JB\n\nTelemetry reception\nhttp://www.delfispace.nl/operations/delfi-n3xt-telemetry-reception\n\nDelfi-n3Xt http://www.delfispace.nl/operations/radio-amateurs\n\nDnepr Yasny launch http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/dnepr-november-2013/\n\n[ANS thanks Jasper, PC4JB, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n  AMSAT SKN on OSCAR 2014 in Memory of W2LV\t\t\t\n\nYou are cordially invited to participate in Straight Key Night on OSCAR 2014,\nsponsored by AMSAT for all radio amateurs throughout the world.\n\nOperate CW through any amateur satellite from 0001 through 2400 UTC \non 1 January\n2014, using a manual, non-electronic key.  Note that bugs are now allowed, as\nthey are in similar ARRL and SKCC events.\n\nThere is no need to send in a log, but please nominate someone you worked for\nBest Fist.  Your nominee need not have the best fist of those you \nheard, just of\nthose you worked.  Send your nomination to [email protected]..  A list of those\nnominated will be published in early February.\n\nThis year's event is being held in memory of Robert Morris (1902-1997), W2LV.\nBob's amateur and professional career in radio literally spanned the era from\nspark to satellite.  One of the first to work across the Atlantic in 1923, he\nalso received Satellite DXCC No. 2 in 1979.  Bob was featured in the PBS-TV\ndocumentary, \"Empire of the Air.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts\n\n+ LITHUANIA, LY.  Vilmantas, LY3BY is QRV as LY2013SAT until December\n   24 to commemorate the first Lithuanian nano-satellite\n   LituanicaSAT-1.  QSL via LY3BY. (ARLD050 DX news)\n\n+ Tochigi Science Lion Project was successful.\n   15 students asked their question to Koichi. Koichi answered all equations.\n   2 or 3 answers were very weak signal.\n   280 people where in the audience including media representatives from TV,\n   Radio and Newspapers (ARISS)\n\n+ Roland PY4ZBZ reports that the CAPE-2 amateur radio CubeSat responded to a\n   \"Send Text to Speech\" command with \"Hello P Y 4 Z B Z\" in the voice of Darth\n   Vader. Listen to the recording at \nhttp://tinyurl.com/PY4ZBZ-Cape-2-Darth-Vader\n\n[ANS thanks Everyone for the above information]\n\n\n/EX\n\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n",
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