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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-105 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-105\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* Martlesham Microwave Roundtable on BATC Video Stream (April 15)\n* Satellite tracking software for Mac\n* Delft University of Technology Delfi-PQ PocketQube Receives IARU\n   Coordination\n* What is a Lilac Doing in Space?\n* AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2018 Call for Speakers\n* Intercosmos - 40th year of international human flights - SSTV Award\n* AMSAT Plans Hamvention Rollout for 2018 \"Getting Started\"\n   Satellite Book\n* AMSAT Rover Award Certificate\n* MiniTiouner-Express Receiver Assembly for ISS HamTV 2.395 GHz\n   Downlink\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-105.01\nANS-105 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 105.01\n From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nApril 15, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-105.01\n\n\nHere is a news item which is more timely released sooner than\nthe weekend news cycle ... some of their topics and techniques\nseem applicable to future satellites ... microwave construction,\nSDR, GNUradio ...\n\nAMSAT-UK relayed that the UKGHZ Martlesham Microwave Roundtable\nSunday [April 15] talks  will be streamed live on BATCOnline:\nhttps://beta.batc.org.uk/live/mmrt\n\nThe Sunday programe will streamed live. The times are\napparently British Summer Time which I believe is UTC+1\nthis time of year.\n\nTheir programe includes:\n09:00 Doors Open\n09:50 Welcome and Opening\n10:00 UK Microwave Group AGM, Trophy Presentations\n10:45 Refreshments & Judging of the Construction Contest\n11:00 An introduction to SDRs and GNU Radio - Heather Lomond M0HMO\n11:45 Aircraft Scatter using Airscout - John Quarmby G3XDY\n12:30 Lunch Break\n13:30 ATV on 5.6, 10 and 24GHz - Dave Crump G8GKQ\n14:15 The Wednesday Digifest - John Worsnop G4BAO\n15:00 Refreshments\n15:15 UKuG Contest Forum - John Quarmby G3XDY\n16:00 Close\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite tracking software for Mac\n\nDog Park Software is pleased to announce that MacDoppler Version\n2.28 has been released.\n\nWhat's New in this release ?\n* TS-790A/E driver rewritten (TU IU1KBH).\n* Added Country names to 2D map.\n* Added Natural Earth III maps.\n* Added 2D/3D map snap shots.\n* VFO steppers improved. (manual page 11)\n* Delete Mode or Satellite from Modes editor.\n* 2D Track List check box persistence fixed.\n* 2D Draw performance improved.\n\nMacDoppler is used around the world by Amateur Radio operators,\nsatellite spotters, educators and commercial customers from CBS News\nto the International Space Station Amateur Radio Hardware Management\nprogram, Delta Telemetry Tracking and Control at Integrated Defence\nSystems, Florida State University and the CalPoly CubeSat Project.\n\nMacDoppler will provide any level of station automation you need\nfrom assisted Doppler Tuning and Antenna Pointing right on up to\nfully automated Satellite Gateway operation.\n\nMacDoppler features:\n* Full 2D and 3D OpenGL projection model of earth.\n* Track List sorted in real-time order of next pass.\n* Full predictive dead spot crossing so that a pass is never\n   interrupted by the beam heading passing a dead spot.\n* Speech advisory of next satellite Rise and Maximum Elevation.\n* Horizon Window shows elevation of upcoming passes on a time line.\n* Tuning Dial Tracking allows you to tune the downlink from your\n   radio's front panel while MacDoppler automatically adjusts the\n   uplink.\n\nMacDoppler must be registered for some features to work and to work\nbeyond the 15 minute time limit.\n\nThis is a free upgrade for all MacDoppler Registered users and can\nbe downloaded from: http://dogparksoftware.com/MacDoppler.html\n\n[ANS thanks Dog Park Software via Southgate ARN for the above\n  information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDelft University of Technology Delfi-PQ PocketQube Receives IARU\nCoordination\n\nDelfi-PQ is an educational PocketQube mission designed by the MSc\nand BSc students at the Delft University of Technology in the\nNetherlands. The design of this spacecraft has been carried out as\npart of their curricula to acquire experience on the field. Students\nare involved on all the mission phases and they will also participate\nin operations.\n\nThe second goal of this mission is technology demonstration, being\nthis spacecraft one of the smallest ever launched belonging to the\nPocketQube class with a size of 50x50x192 mm. It contains all the\nrequired systems to operate in space.\n\nIt is one of the first PocketQubes to be launched and it is the\ncornerstone for a series of PocketQubes from TU Delft with the aim\nto iteratively advance the platform to enable ambitious scientific\nobjectives with networks of PocketQubes in the future.\n\nDelfi-PQ mainly focusses to demonstrate a reliable core system\n(comprising a power system, a communication system, an attitude\ncontrol system and an on-board computer). Furthermore, it will\nhost a few small-scale experiments which can be used for technology\nresearch.\n\nThese experiments are related to future propulsion, more advanced\nattitude control, navigation, thermal analysis and control. The\norbital life time of Delfi-PQ is currently foreseen to be very short\n(only up to 150 days due to the low orbit of deployment). This will\nensure the spacecraft cannot contribute to the space debris problem\nand also it will occupy its assigned frequency band for a very short\ntime, preventing spectrum pollution.\n\nThe demonstration of the core spacecraft and its experiments is\nexpected to take all the mission time, till deployment. The communi-\ncation system, in particular, will be tested and the support of\namateurs will also be important.\n\nAX.25 will be used worldwide to deliver telemetry. The protocol was\nselected due to the widespread community around the world that make\nalready use of such a standard. A mode using advanced communication\nprotocol, using forward error correction, will be tested upon command\n(and so receivable over Europe). This new protocol is decoded by the\nprovided decoding software. The decoding software will enable radio\namateurs to help estimating the performance of the receiver in\ndifferent conditions with statistics transmitted back to a central\nserver\n\nIn order to provide a return favor to the radio amateur community\nfor the use of the frequency bands, this mission will publish all the\ninstructions for satellite reception and telemetry decoding. A\ndecoding application will also be provided to radio-amateurs around\nthe world before launch to allow easy decoding with standard\nhardware. This application will also be used to submit the received\nframes to a central repository. The contribution from radio amateurs\nin receiving the data will greatly enhance the mission.\n\nTo make it more exciting to participating radio amateurs, several\nchallenges will be organized. Examples of challenges are thereception\nof the first and the last frame. In particular, the first received\nframe will be important for the team to assess the status of health\nof the spacecraft. The submitter will receive a prize for it.\n\nSince the satellite will be deployed to only 350 km and the foreseen\noperational lifetime is equal to the orbital life time, it will be\nvery interesting to monitor its deorbiting process. Next to this,\nthe number of received frames and the global distribution will also\nlead to the definition of several challenges. All challenges will\nhave some small prize and achievement certificate associated with\nit.\n\nA UHF downlink on 436.650 MHz has been coordinated by the IARU. The\ntransmission protocol will be GMSK at up to 19k2 bps. Planned for a\nlaunch on a Vector rocket from Kodiak Alaska in August 2018 with\nother PocketQubes.\n\nMore information available on: http://delfispace.nl\nThe IARU coordination announcement can be accessed at:\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=605\n\n[ANS thanks the IARU and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nWhat is a Lilac Doing in Space?\n\nStudent Built LilacSat-1's Success with an Amateur Radio\n\nMission LilacSat-1 accomplished, according to the reports from the\nstudents at the Harbin Institute of Technology.\n\nThe student built LilacSat-1 carries an amateur radio 145/436 MHz FM\nto Codec2-BPSK digital voice transponder, APRS Digipeater and camera.\n\nThe satellite was developed at the Harbin Institute of Technology\nand is part of the QB50 mission which aims to study the lower\nthermosphere. It was deployed from the International Space Station at\n0835 GMT on Thursday, May 25, 2017.\n\nShortly after deployment LilacSat-1 took a picture of the solar\npanels on the ISS. The image was downloaded by the students on\n436.510 MHz +/- 10 kHz Doppler Shift using 9600 bps BPSK.\n\nThe FM to Codec2-BPSK transponder was activated late afternoon GMT\non Thursday, May 25:\n\nFM Uplink 145.985 MHz with 67 Hz CTCSS (PL Tone)\nCodec2 9600 bps BPSK Downlink 436.510 MHz\n\n\nThe first contact using the Codec2 transponder took place on May 31\nbetween Mike Rupprecht DK3WN and John Grant GI7UGV\nhttp://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=79889\n\nLilacSat-1 radio information is at\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS105-LilacSatRadioInfo\n\nAdam Whitney K0FFY has documented how to receive the LilacSat-1\nCodec2 Digital Voice transponder using the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ SDR\nhttp://adamwhitney.net/working-lilacsat-1/\n\nM6SIG live CD for LilacSat 1 and 2\nhttp://chertseyradioclThe main payload is an ion and neutral\nparticle mass spectrometer (INMS) developed by the University of\nLondon (UCL) to measure the mass and distribution of charged and\nneutral atoms.\n\nLilacSat-1 signal received by JA0CAW\n\nIn preparation for the deployment HIT students installed new VHF and\nUHF antennas for the ground station.\n\nHarbin Institute of Technology Amateur Radio Club BY2HIT\nhttp://www.by2hit.net/\nhttp://weibo.com/by2hit/\nhttp://www.qsl.net/by2hit/\nhttps://www.qrz.com/db/BY2HIT\n\nLilacSat-1 page (use Google translator)\nhttp://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/?page_id=143\n\nQB50 LilacSat-1 information https://upload.qb50.eu/detail/CN02/\n\nIARU information\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=343\n\nKeplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) 'Keps' for new satellites\nlaunched in past 30 days\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS105-LiliacSatTLE\n\nLilacsat 1 and 2 decoder now available on Experimental Raspberry Pi\n(3) image with GNU radio / gr-lilacsat\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS105-LiliacSatDecoder\n\nLilacSat-1 Codec2 downlink by Daniel Estévez EA4GPZ / M0HXM\nhttp://destevez.net/2016/10/lilacsat-1-codec-2-downlink/\n\nUpdated LilacSat-1 Live CD from M6SIG latest link at\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS105-LilacSatLiveCD\n\n[ANS thanks Jill Durfee and Satnews for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-UK Colloquium 2018 Call for Speakers\n\nThis is a call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK International Space\nColloquium 2018 which, will be held this year on 13-14 October, in\nconjunction with the RSGB Convention at Kents Hill Park Conference\nCentre, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ, United Kingdom .\n\nAMSAT-UK invites speakers, to cover topics about Amateur satellites,\nCubeSats, Nanosats, space and associated activities, for this event.\n\nThey are also invited to submit papers for subsequent publishing on\nthe AMSAT-UK web site or in Oscar News.\n\nWe appreciate that it is not always possible to give a firm\nindication of attendance at this stage but expressions of interest\nwould be appreciated.\n\nSubmissions should be sent via e-mail to: [email protected]\n\nAMSAT-UK also invite anyone with requests for Program Topics to\nsubmit them as soon as possible to G4DPZ. Invitations for any papers\non specific subjects will be included in the future call. Likewise if\nanyone knows of a good speaker, please send contact and other\ninformation to G4DPZ.\n\n[ANS thanks Dave, G4DPZ for the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nIntercosmos - 40th year of international human flights - SSTV Award\n\nPlease act now as the deadline is May 15th, 2018.\n\nSSTV from the International Space Station was active April 11-14\nworldwide as part of Cosmonautics Day, which takes place on April 12.\n\nImages were related to the Interkosmos project\n(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interkosmos).\n\nThis activity covered most of the world during the operational period.\n\nThe images were be transmitted on 145.800 MHz and the mode was PD120.\n\nA special Award has been made available to those posting reception\nreports.\n\nTo obtain the Award one should receive and decode at least one\npicture during the activity period. The quality of the received image\ndoes not have to be perfect, but good enough to identify the picture.\nPartial images are acceptable.\n\nThe award is in electronic format (JPG). It will be sent by e-mail.\n\nThe criteria as follows must be met to obtain the Award:\n\nLoad your decoded images on the page:\nwww.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php\n\nFill in the application form on https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/\nPlease act now as the deadline is May 15th, 2018.\n\nDetails and a list of ARISS SSTV Award winning stations are\navailable at: https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/\n\n[ANS thanks Armand, SP3QFE, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Plans Hamvention Rollout for 2018 \"Getting Started\" Satellite\nBook\n\nGould Smith's book, \"Getting Started With Amateur Satellites\", is\nbeing updated to tell you all about how you can get ready to operate\nthrough the Fox-1 satellites launching later this year. Additional\nchapters in the book tell you about tracking software, orbital\nmechanics, antennas, radios, Doppler tuning, and operating\ntechniques. Chapters are also being added to tell you about the new\nsatellites (and there are many)soon becoming available for amateur\nradio.\n\nGoing beyond brief descriptions in hamfest flyers, this book will\nprovide a complete reference for new satellite users to assemble a\nbasic station and to make your first satellite contacts. Also this\nbook you will teach you how to incrementally upgrade your initial FM\nsatellite station, time and budget permitting, to include automated\ntracking as well as operating through the CW/SSB linear passband\nsatellites.\n\nA companion Fox Operating Guide reference sheet is ready for release\nat Hamvention 2018. This will be made available for the AMSAT\nAmbassadors (formerly FieldOps) team for distribution at hamfests\nand satellite operating demonstrations.\n\nWatch for the 2018 \"Getting Started With Amateur Satellites\" book\nand reference sheet at the AMSAT booth at the Hamvention. The book\nwill also be available in the AMSAT Store shortly after Hamvention:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/shop/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT's 2018 Hamvention Team for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Rover Award Certificate\n\nIt has been awhile, the voting was in and the certificate has been\ncreated. For those that have earned the award, the certificates will\nbe going out to the address in your AMSAT online store order soon.\n\nIf you would like to see what the certificate looks like, it is on\nthe AMSAT Rover Award web page.\n\nhttps://www.amsat.org/amsat-rover\n\nThanks to everyone that submitted a picture to use on the award.\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nMiniTiouner-Express Receiver Assembly for ISS HamTV 2.395 GHz Downlink\n\nA receiver suitable for the ARISS/HamTV 2.395 GHz DVB-S downlink\nfrom the ISS is now available for purchase. The MiniTiouner-Express\nreceiver/tuner/analyzer assembly is a completely assembled and tested\nunit contained in a small aluminum enclosure about the size of a 2\nstack deck of cards.\n\nThe DATV-Express group created the design, construction and sale\nof the Minitiouner-Express receiver. It is used with the free soft-\nware by Jean Pierre Courjaud F6DZP. The unit connects between an\nantenna(s) and a PC computer USB2 or USB3 port using the Windows 7,\n8 or 10 operating system. It receives DVB-S/S2 144MHz to 2420MHz\ndigital television signals for symbol rates between 100K and 10M\nsymbols/sec when used with the F6DZP MiniTioune software.\n\nIn operation, the computer monitor displays the received video and\ngraphic landing dot constellation to show the incoming signal level,\nquality, FEC, MER and setup information.\n\nThe MiniTiouner-Express Receiver/Analyzer unit can be ordered from\nthe http://www.datv-express.com/ website. You need to first logon\nto the website (or first register if you are a new user). Use the\nPURCHASE A PRODUCT tab to order the product via PayPal.\n\nThe price for the MiniTiouner-Express unit is US$75 + shipping\nShipping for USA is US$7.00\nShipping to the European Union is US$24.00 including the VAT\nShipping anywhere international is US$35.00\nAlthough initial stock has been depleted more units are on the way.\n\nThe MiniTiouner-Express User Guide (draft13) can be downloaded from\nhttp://www.datv-express.com/CustomPage/Downloads\n\nInformation about the ARISS HamTV project can be found at:\nhttp://www.ariss-eu.org/columbus/ham-video\n\nThe HamTV downlink from the ISS has recently only been active for\nselected school contacts. HamTV often transmits a \"blank signal\"\nuseful for receiver and antenna testing when not in use for school\ncontacts.\n\n[ANS thanks Daniel Cussen, EI9FHB via the [email protected] list\n  for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Pinson Valley HS, Pinson,\n   AL, USA and Astronaut Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using Callsign NA1SS.\n   The contact began 2018-04-10 18:02 UTC and lasted about nine and a\n   half minutes. Contact was Direct via KN4BBD\n   ARISS Mentor was John K4SQC.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between About Gagarin from space\n   Session of radio amateur communication with Vologda branch of PJSC\n   \"Rostelecom \", Vologda, Russia and Cosmoonaut Oleg Artemyev using\n   Callsign RS0ISS. The contact began 2018-04-10 13:37 UTC and lasted\n   about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via RN1QC,\n   ARISS Mentor was Sergey RV3DR.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Freeport Public Schools,\n   Freeport, NY, USA and Astronaut Scott Tingle KG5NZA using Callsign\n   OR4ISS. The contact began 2018-03-27 17:41 UTC and lasted about nine\n   and a half minutes. Contact was Telebridge via IK1SLD.\n   ARISS Mentor was Steve W2AKK.\n\nQuick list of scheduled contacts and events:\n\nAdditional information can be found at http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/\n\nSalado Intermediate School, Salado, TX, direct via K5LBJ\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Scott Tingle KG5NZA\nContact is a go for: Tue 2018-04-17 16:44:23 UTC 24 deg\n\nCentral Islip Union Free School District, Central Islip, NY, direct\nvia KD2IFR\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU\nContact is a go for: Wed 2018-04-18 15:57:46 UTC 28 deg\nThe school will be hosting an ARISS contact on Wednesday April 18 at\n15:57:46 UTC. The video stream of the contact will be available\nonline.\n\nKing's High School, Warwick, UK, direct via GB4KHS\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU\nContact is a go for: Thu 2018-04-19 12:05:19 UTC 72 deg\n\nRussian school TBD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Alexander Skvortsov\nContact is a go for Tue 2018-04-24 11:05 UTC\n\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Alexander Skvortsov\nContact is a go for 2018-04-25 08:35 UTC\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n  information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Video playlist for PocketQube 2018 Workshop at TU Delft\n\n   https://tinyurl.com/ANS105-PocketQube\n\n   [AMSAT-UK and AlbaOrbital via Twitter]\n\n+ 7X3WPL Sahara DX Club\n\n   7X3WPL is now QRV permanently from Sahara DX Club in Laghouat. They\n   are using a Kenwood TS-2000, G5500 rotor and Wimo X-Quad for 2m and\n   70cm. (via Abdel M0NPT /7X2TT on amsat-bb)\n\n   [ANS thanks Sahara DX Club for above information]\n\n+ The March/April 2018 edition of Apogee View, an update on AMSAT's\n   activities from AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, has been posted to\n   the AMSAT website.\n\n   https://www.amsat.org/apogeeview/\n\n   [ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information.]\n\n+ NASA e-Book Free Download\n\n   The flight directors in charge of the teams that oversee its\n   systems have written a 400-page book that offers an inside look at\n   the time and energy the flight control team at the Mission Control\n   Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston devote to the\n   development, planning and integration of a mission.\n\n   \"The International Space Station: Operating an Outpost in the\n   New Frontier\", is now available to download for free at\n   https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/index.html.\n\n   Additional details are available at:\n   https://preview.tinyurl.com/ANS105-BookDetails\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, AA8EM\naa8em at amsat dot org\n",
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