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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-258 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-258\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\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* Request For Cooperation in Receiving FO-29 (Fuji 3)\n* NO-104 Camera Will be 'Live' This Week\n* Chinese Taurus-1 Amateur Satellite Launched\n* Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Awards Grant to ARISS\n* IARU Region 3 Approves New 15m Satellite Allocation\n* Improvements to the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page\n* Volunteer Opportunity - AMSAT Looking for Graphics Designer\n* Nine US Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process\n* AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, October 12-13\n* Final Steps Taken Toward ELaNa 25 Amateur Satellite Launch\n* AMSAT Academy at the Albuquerque Duke City Hamfest\n* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n* DM02 Satellite Expedition Sunday, September 22 - N6O/MM\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-258.01\nANS-258 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 258.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE 2019-Sept-15\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-258.01\n\n\nRequest for cooperation in receiving Fuji 3 (FO-29)\n\nThe amateur satellite “Fuji 3” has been unable to confirm the opera-\ntion of CW telemetry and heterodyne repeaters after 21:45 (UTC) on\nJuly 9, 2019, but is more unstable than yesterday. However, while con-\nfirming the operation of CW telemetry and heterodyne repeaters, we con-\ntinue to test for stable operation.\n\nTherefore, those who can receive CW telemetry of Fuji No. 3 (FO-29)\nwill try to start with a command during the next pass through Japan,\nso please report the reception report to the following address.\n\n(Time of pass through Japan)\n2019/09/14 06:40 16:45 (UTC)\n2019/09/15 05:40 17:35 (UTC)\n\n[Send email address of received report] [email protected]\n\nWe ask for your cooperation in collecting information on Fuji 3 of\nmany users.\n\nJARL Secretariat Member Section “Fuji 3” Telemetry\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nNO-104 Camera Will be 'Live' This Week\n\nControllers for NO-104 (PSAT-2) announced on September 13 that they\nhave commanded the camera to take a picture and store it into memory\nevery 10 minutes. This mode should last for 7 days or at least to next\ncommanding session on Monday.\n\nThe transmitting counter, which selects a picture for downlink, is not\nsychronized with the camera, so there is an uncertain delay between ac-\nquiring a picture and its transmission, up to a maximum of 64 minutes.\nEvery picture will be downlinked just once so every reception counts.\nThe downlink is not operating during eclipse.\n\nFurther info on https://github.com/alpov/PSAT-2/blob/master/README.md\n\n[ANS thanks Ales Povalac, OK2ALP, and Tomas Urbanec, OK2PNQ, for the\n above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nChinese Taurus-1 Amateur Satellite Launched\n\nBG2BHC reported on Twitter that Taurus-1 launched on Thursday, Sept. 12\non the CZ-4B launch from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Taurus-1\ncarries an FM to Codec2 repeater that operates using the same protocol\nas LO-90 (LilacSat-1) and can use the same software (after frequencies\nare changed). FM uplink is on 145.820 MHz, downlink on 436.760 MHz,\nand the telemetry downlink is on 435.840 MHz.\n\nCelesTrak currently has three objects from the launch cataloged out of\nan expected four. The currently cataloged objects are 2019-059A,\n2019-059B, and 2019-059D. TLEs can be found at\nhttps://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt\n\nNico Janssen, PA0DLO, reports that Doppler measurements suggest that\nTaurus 1 is object 44530 (2019-059C), and the actual measured telemetry\ndownlink frequency: 435.8387 MHz. TLEs can be found at\nhttps://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt\n\nFor more information about this unique analog uplink, digital downlink\nsystem, see the AMSAT Journal article / Symposium paper about LO-90 at\nhttps://tinyurl.com/y6jzoful\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, adn Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for the\n above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAmateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Awards Grant to ARISS\n\nAmateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) has awarded a very\ngenerous grant to ARISS for the Next Generation radio system. ARDC is\nthe owner and manager of the Internet network known as the AMPRNet. In\nJune of 2019, ARDC initiated a philanthropic endeavor to provide\nmonetary grants to organizations, groups, projects, and scholarships\nwhich have significant potential to advance the state of the art of\nAmateur Radio, and digital communications in general.\n\nThe ARISS Next Generation radio system (or Inter Operable Radio System\n- IORS) will support easier radio mode transition, to enable new,\nexciting capabilities for hams, students and the general public\nincluding:\n\n+New amateur radio communication and experimentation capabilities,\nincluding an enhanced voice repeater and updated digital packet radio\n(APRS) capabilities.\n\n+Slow Scan TV (picture up and downlinks) in both the US and Russian\nsegments of ISS.\n\n+New multi-voltage power supply will support present and future radio\ncapabilities and allow wireless experiments to be conducted.\n\nIn July, the Inter Operable Radio System successfully completed a\nbattery of stressful tests required as part of the final certification\nof the hardware for launch to and operation on the International Space\nStation. Final assembly of the flight safety certification in\npreparation for launch is now underway and ARISS is working towards\nlaunch ready status by the end of the year.\n\nFor more information on the award please see:\nhttps://www.ampr.org/g2019-09-01a/\n\nTo contribute to ARISS and the IORS please see:\nhttps://www.ariss.org/donate.html\n\n\nARISS and AMSAT thank ARDC for their generosity in supporting this\nimportant project.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, the AMSAT office, and ARDC for the above informa-\n tion.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n             Symposium Papers Due September 23rd!\n\n  Final copies of papers must be submitted by September 23rd for\n            inclusion in the printed proceedings.\n\n     Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz\n             at n8fgv(at)amsat.org\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nIARU Region 3 Approves New 15m Satellite Allocation\n\nThe International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) - Region 3 (Asia-Pacific\nRegion) Directors meeting was held in Tokyo September 2-3. A modified\ninterim Region 3 bandplan was approved which included an Amateur-Sat-\nellite Service allocation in the 15m band. The modified interim Region\n3 bandplan proposed by the Region 3 Bandplan Committee was approved. A\nnotable change was addition of a satellite portion in 15m Band as\nagreed at the last Region 3 Conference. The interim IARU Region 3 band-\nplan is available at: https://tinyurl.com/y637aw47  A complete report\nof the Region 3 Directors meeting may be found at:\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2019/09/12/iaru-r3-bandplan/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n    AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign\n    to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades\n    on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to\n    continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio.\n     We have reached a great milestone with $33,580 raised\n    or about 22% towards our goal. This would not have been\n         possible without your outstanding generosity!!\n\n          For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:\n\n     https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nImprovements to the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page\n\nThanks to the efforts of new member Ed Little, KN6DBC, improvements\nhave been made to www.amsat.org/status<http://www.amsat.org/status>,\nspecifically, some filtering of the \"Your Callsign\" field has been\nadded in an effort to reject the occasional nonsense report. The entry\nmust look like a callsign, for example it must have at least one digit,\nit must not end with a digit etc.\n\nAs a bonus, the \"Your Grid Square\" field has been added. Separate en-\ntries are now preferred instead of workarounds like KM1P-FN42.\n\nAMSAT maintains this page  to give a single global reference point for\nall users in the Amateur Satellite Service to show the most up-to-date\nstatus of all satellites as actually reported in real time by users\naround the world. Please help others and keep it current every time\nyou access a bird.\n\n[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n   AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur\n   radio package, including two-way communication capability, to\n     be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's\n         projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nVolunteer Opportunity - AMSAT Looking for Graphics Designer\n\nAMSAT has a need for a volunteer graphics designer to occasionally\nassist with page layout of our in-house advertising panels for the\nAMSAT Journal. The Journal uses Adobe InDesign software to publish\nbut our software can import and place PDF and JPG formatted pages\nthat you create with the graphics tools of your choice.\n\nIf you can fill this need contact Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT\nVP-User Services at ke4al (at) amsat.org.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nNine US Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has ann-\nounced the schools/host organizations selected for amateur radio con-\ntacts with the ISS during the first half of 2020. A total of 9 of the\nsubmitted proposals during the recent proposal window have been accept-\ned to move forward in the processes of planning to host a scheduled\namateur radio contact with crew on the ISS. The primary goal of the\nARISS program is to engage young people in Science, Technology, Engin-\neering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activities and raise their awareness of\nspace communications, radio communications, space exploration, and re-\nlated areas of study and career possibilities.\n\nThe ARISS program anticipates that NASA will be able to provide sched-\nuling opportunities for the 9 US host organizations during the January\nto June 2020 time period. They are now at work completing an acceptable\nequipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the ham radio\ncontact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS Technical\nMentors, the final selected schools/organizations will be scheduled as\ntheir availability and flexibility match up with the scheduling oppor-\ntunities offered by NASA.\n\nThe schools and host organizations are:\nCelia Hays Elementary School, Rockwall, Texas\nGolden Gate Middle School, Naples, Fla.\nJ.P. McConnell Middle School, Loganville, Ga.\nKittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, Ga.\nMaple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, Ohio\nMonroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tenn.\nOakwood School, Morgan Hill, Calif.\nRamona Lutheran School, Ramona, Calif.\nRiver Ridge High School, New Port Richey, Fla.\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooper-\native venture of international amateur radio societies and the space\nagencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the\nUnited States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n(AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab\nand National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary\ngoal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engin-\neering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts\nvia amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in\nclassrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts,\nstudents, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space\ntechnologies, and amateur radio.\n\nFor more information, see www.ariss.org.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, October 12-13\n\nThe AMSAT-UK Colloquium, incorporated into the RSGB Convention, will\ntake place October 12-13 at the Kents Hill Park Conference Centre,\nTimbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ.\n\nA webstream of the Colloquium talks will be available at\nhttps://batc.org.uk/live/\n\nBooking for the RSGB Convention which includes the AMSAT-UK Colloquium\nis at https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/\n\nThe weekend event attracts an international audience that ranges from\nthose involved in building and operating Amateur Radio satellites to\nbeginners who wish to find out more about this fascinating branch of\nthe hobby.\n\nIncluded will be a roundup of a number of new live and potential space-\ncraft projects that are under investigation and/or development, plus\nall the usual networking opportunities, the gala dinner, auction and\nraffle.\n\nTravel Information http://kentshillpark.com/how-to-find-us\n\nThe full schedule for both the AMSAT-UK Colloquium and RSGB Convention\ntalks is at https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFinal Steps Taken Toward ELaNa 25 Amateur Satellite Launch\n\nThe upcoming NASA Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission\n25 is scheduled to boost several new satellites carrying amateur radio\ninto space this fall.\n\nThe launch will carry more than a dozen cubesats to the ISS for deploy-\nment, including two satellites of particular interest to amateurs:\n\n  TJREVERB - Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Va. will carry\n    a 145.825 MHz APRS digipeater. Information on TJREVERB may be found\nat https://activities.tjhsst.edu/cubesat/index.php\n\n  HuskySat – University of Washington, Seattle will be boosted into a\n    higher, 500km orbit via the Cygnus external deployment device, and\n    will carry a V/U linear transponder provided in cooperation with\nAMSAT. The HuskySat web page is\nhttps://sites.google.com/uw.edu/huskysatellitelab/huskysat-1\nAlthough launch schedules and manifests are always subject to change,\nother satellites announced for the ELaNa 25 launch that have secured\nIARU coordination for amateur frequencies are:\n  Argus – St. Louis University, Mo. (437 MHz telemetry)\n  AzTechSat-1 – NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. (437 MHz telemetry)\n  CySat – Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (436 MHz telemetry)\n  Phoenix – Arizona State University, Tempe (437 & 2400 MHz telemetry)\n  RadSat-U – Montana State University, Bozeman (437 MHz telemetry)\n  SPOC - University of Georgia, Athens (437 & 2400 MHz telemetry)\n  SwampSat II - University of Florida, Gainesville (437 & 2400 MHz\n    telemetry)\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n             2019 marks AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary\n              of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n           To help celebrate, we are sponsoring the\n            AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program.\n                Full details are available at\n    https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT Academy at the Albuquerque Duke City Hamfest\n\nAMSAT® Academy 2.0, which builds on last year's day-long course to in-\nclude: guidance on how to set up a portable satellite ground station;\nguidance on how to join a growing network of stations that capture,\nrecord, and submit amateur-radio satellite telemetry to a central re-\npository; and practical tips for breaking the ice with local schools\nin order to fold amateur-radio satellite and Amateur Radio in the In-\nternational Space Station (ARISS) activities into STEM education ef-\nforts.\n\nThis year's AMSAT® Academy instructors include Robert Bankston, KE4AL,\nvice-president, User Services, Amateur Radio Amateur Satellite Corpor-\nation (AMSAT), Ron Bondy, AD0DX, an AMSAT® Ambassador, and long-time\nsatellite enthusiasts Dan Eggert, AC9E, and Bill Ripley, KY5Q, an em-\nbedded-systems architect. The course fee is $30, and includes break-\nfast and a copy of the organization's \"Getting Started with Amateur\nSatellites.\"\n\nInfo about the hamfest is http://www.dukecityhamfest.org.  Specific\ninfo on the AMSAT Academy is at:\nhttp://www.dukecityhamfest.org/amsat-academy .\n\n[ANS thanks Bill Ripley, KY5Q, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nTemplestowe College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via\nVK6MJ. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The sched-\nuled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact is go for: Wednesday, 18\nSeptember, 2019 at 08:06:32 UTC 42 deg\n\nBoys and Girls Club, Ft. Meade, MD., telebridge via VK4KHZ. The ISS\ncallsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut\nis Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact is go for: Friday, 20 September, 2019 at\n19:58:23 UTC 54 deg\n\nSchool in Bulgaria, direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is presently\nscheduled to be RSØISS. The scheduled astronaut is TBD. Contact is go\nfor Tuesday, 24 September at 16:10 UTC.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS team member Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nDM02 Satellite Expedition Sunday, September 22 - N6O/MM\n\nAlex, N7AGF, and Ron, AD0DX, are planning to activate DM02 on Sunday,\nSeptember 22, 2019 on FM and Linear satellites.\n\nIt's a 5 or 6 hour boat trip to anchor off San Clemente Island. We\nwill be on the water for 22 hours and operating around 10 hours\nbeginning around 3:00 AM PDT (1000Z) on Sunday, September 22\nThe cost of the boat is $2500 and we would appreciate contributions\nto help offset this cost. In the 24 hours after posting to Twitter we\nhave received around $1300 which Alex and I are very thankful for. The\nisland has Verizon and AT&T and Alex has a Garmin InReach so we\nshould be able to tweet passes. The plan is to make as many passes as\npossible once we start operating around 3:00 AM PDT. We may skip some\nof the low western passes.\n\nWe will be using N6O/mm and we have a qrz.com page with all the\ndetails: https://www.qrz.com/db/N6O\n\nIf you need the grid please give us a call!\n\nOf course this is dependent on the weather, but the captain says it\nhas been a good September so far. If you are able to contribute\nfinancially we really appreciate the help to offset some of our\ncosts. Details to contribute are on the N6O QRZ.com webpage.\n\n[ANS thanks Ron, AD0DX, and Alex, N7AGF, for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nEN54/EN64 September 13-15\nBrad Smith, KC9UQR, will be active on AO-91 and AO-92 while traveling\nthis weekend in Wisconsin.\n\nDN11/DN12 + DN03  September 17, 2019\nCasey, KI7UNJ is heading to the DN11/DN12 line, September 17th.  Look\nfor him on SO-50, AO-92, and AO-91, between 1657z and 1812z.  On the\nway back, Casey will make a quick stop in DN03 to catch te 2043z PO-101\npass.  Watch Casey’s Twitter feed for further updates\nhttps://twitter.com/KI7UNJ\n\nDM02/mm (need we say more)  September 22, 2019\nRon, AD0DX, and Alex, N7AGF, are chartering a boat to the ultra-rare\nDM02 grid square. They will use the special event call sign November 6\nOcean/Maritime Mobile. Expected window of operation is from 1000z to\n1900z, Sunday, September 22nd. More information is available on QRZ\nhttps://www.qrz.com/db/N6O to include how you can help support this\nmonumental operation. Ron and Alex are expected to have cellular\nservice out there, so keep an eye on their Twitter feeds\nhttps://twitter.com/ad0dx and https://twitter.com/N7AGF\n\nFP, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON (GN17) September 24 to October 8, 2019\nEric, KV1J, will once again be oper ating from the Island of Miquelon\n(NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J between Septem-\nber 24th and October 8th. This is his 13th trip to the island. Activi-\nty will be on 160-6 meters (no 60M – not author ized) using CW, SSB,\nRTTY, FT8 (but primarily SSB, RTTY and FT8) and the satellites. He will\ngenerally be on the highest frequency band that is open (favoring\n12/10m). He will be active in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 28-\n29th). ADDED NOTE: Eric will usually try to be on as many Satellite\npasses as he can when the WX is good, generally favoring the FO-29,\nXW-2x, AO-7, and possibly the FM birds. Eric states, “Equipment is two\nFT-817s and an Arrow dual band yagi. I’ll favor the SSB birds usually\nhigher in the passband, but will also try FM if they do not get too\nbusy. Satellite logging is by paper so may not get loaded to LoTW until\nthe week after I return to the USA.” Weekends may be limited since he\nwill be concentrating on the low(er) bands and contests. QSL via KV1J,\ndirect or by the Bureau. Also eQSL, ClubLog and LoTW. For more details\nand updates, check out his Web page at:\nhttp://www.kv1j.com/fp/Sep19.html\n\nRemember to check out W3ZM On the Road for additional upcoming\nactivations! https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ The AMSAT-LU WSPR Picoballoon on 14.0956 USB released August 31 is\n  about to complete its first circumnavigation of the globe after tra-\n  veling 33,000 km in 12 days. AMSAT-LU appreciate any WSPR stations\n  that help to receive it, AMSAT-LU will recognize with a certificate\n  to stations that capture its 25 mW beacon. Also the APRS PicoBalloon\n  (145.825 via Sat 1W) will be returning to South America. Full story\n  with links at https://tinyurl.com/y5xkbrbr\n  (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information)\n\n+ For Flashback Friday, AMSAT released disk images of Bob McGwier,\n  N4HY's QUIKTRAK for both the Commodore 64 and Apple II to provide a\n  fun look back at the state-of-the art in satellite tracking in the\n  mid-1980s. Check them out at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-258-FBF\n\n+ The Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory at the University of Hawaii has\n  applied to the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) for frequency\n  coordination for the amateur radio payloads aboard its Neutron-1\n  spacecraft. The amateur payload will provide a V/U FM voice repeater\n  for amateur and educational purposes. Proposed are 1k2-9k6 AX telem-\n  etry and FM voice UHF downlink and a VHF FM uplink. The Neutron-1\n  website is: https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/web/neutron1/\n  (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information)\n\n+ Japan called off a planned cargo ship launch to the International\n  Space Station on September 10 after a fire erupted on the launch\n  platform for the mission's rocket.\n  (ANS thanks Space.com for the above information)\n\n+ The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) has signed a 5-year\n  agreement to keep Dayton Hamvention® at the Greene County Expo Cen-\n  ter. The agreement was announced on September 9.\n  (ANS thanks ARRL for the above information)\n\n+ After years of construction, China’s new radio telescope is in ac-\n  tion. The telescope, called FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spher-\n  ical Radio Telescope) has double the collecting power of the Arecibo\n  Observatory in Puerto Rico, which has a 305 meter dish. Until now,\n  Arecibo was the world’s largest radio dish of its type.\n  (ANS thanks Universe Today for the above information)\n\n* The College of Engineering at Villanova University has published a\n  very nice feature story about the University's involvement with ham\n  satellites. The article, titled, \"They May be Building Nanosatel-\n  lites, but there’s Nothing Small about Villanova’s CubeSat Club,\"\n  may be found at: https://tinyurl.com/yytj6vsj\n\n+ An article by Karl-Heinz Krawczyk, DL1GKK, describes how to install\n  amateur radio software on the Raspberry Pi to provide the popular\n  data modes, SSTV, satellite tracking, SDR, rig control and logbook.\n  The English language article is available on the site of Indonesia's\n  national amateur radio society ORARI: https://tinyurl.com/y4gb82hb\n  (ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information)\n\n+ An interesting article on Satellite collisions has been published\n  this week in SatNews Daily: https://tinyurl.com/yyk3f2q2\n  (ANS thanks Christy Hunter, KB6LTY, for the above information)\n\n+ Help AMSAT return to Greater Orbits with Larger Footprints with ex-\n  citing technologies like attitude determination and control, and\n  software-defined transponders utilizing microwave bands. Consider a\n  one-time or recurring donation today: https://tinyurl.com/y5kupb55\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 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\n\nK0JM at amsat dot org\n",
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