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    "sender_name": "Lee McLamb",
    "subject": "[ans] ANS-017 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2016-01-17T12:47:06Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-017\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* ARRL President Bestows President’s Award on AMSAT’s Tom Clark, K3IO\n* Joseph Spier, K6WAO, Appointed VP-Educational Relations\n* 25 Year AMSAT Office Volunteer Bob Carpenter, W3OTC, SK\n* Nepal students to speak to Tim Peake\n* ESA Online Astronaut Selection Tes\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-017.01\nANS-017 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 017.01\n  From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.\nJanuary 17, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-017.01\n\nARRL President Bestows President’s Award on AMSAT’s Tom Clark, K3IO\n\nThe ARRL has honored veteran AMSAT personality and Amateur Radio digital \npioneer\nTom Clark, K3IO (ex-W3IWI), with its President’s Award. ARRL President Kay\nCraigie, N3KN, presented the award plaque to Clark at a January 10 \nmeeting of\nthe Potomac Valley Radio Club in Blacksburg, Virginia. The plaque, which \nbears a\nlikeness of ARRL Co-Founder Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW, recognizes Clark’s \n60 years\nof advancing Amateur Radio technology.\n\nFormer AMSAT President and current AMSAT Director Bob McGwier, N4HY, stated\ndirectly. “There would be no AMSAT to inspire all of this work without Tom\nClark,” he said, noting that the organization was in serious trouble \nafter the\nPhase 3A satellite launch failure.\n\n“Tom took over as president of AMSAT, and he saved the organization and \ninspired\nall of us to look to the future and aim for the stars,” McGwier said. \n“All that\nhas followed, including PACSAT and microsats, CubeSats, AO-13, all the way\nthrough AO-85, are a direct result of Tom Clark saving AMSAT and \nproviding it\nleadership as president from 1980 to 1987 and continuous leadership on \nthe Board\nof Directors of AMSAT from 1976 until today.”\n\nMcGwier said it was Clark who convinced him in 1985 that the future lay in\ndigital signal processing — DSP. “We started the TAPR/AMSAT DSP project, \nand it\nwas announced in 1987,” he said. “We showed in our efforts that small \nstations\nwith small antennas could bounce signals off the moon, and, using the \npower of\nDSP, we could see the signals in our computer displays.”\n\nMcGwier said this led to the SDX, the Software Defined Transponder, \nincluded in\nARISSat and in AMSAT’s Phase 3E. McGwier said Clark was an early \nsupporter of\nwomen in science, too.\n\n“Tom is now and always will be a leader, mentor — the chief scientist \nfor all of\nAmateur Radio,” he said.\n\nClark is an adviser to Virginia Tech as adjunct professor of aerospace \nand ocean\nengineering and of electrical and computer Engineering. McGwier said \nClark will\nplay a crucial role in the Phase 4B geosynchronous satellite opportunity \non the\nUSAF Wide Field of View spacecraft, in which Virginia Tech is a partner.\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJoseph Spier, K6WAO, Appointed VP-Educational Relations\n\nAMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW has accepted the resignation of\nE. Michael \"EMike\" McCardel, AA8EM, as VP-Educational Relations and\nappointed Joseph Spier, K6WAO, as his replacement.\n\nE. Michael McCardel, AA8EM, of Howard, OH was first appointed as an\nAssociate Director for Educational Outreach under former VP\nEducational Relations Mark Hammond, N8MH, in 2011 and succeeded Mark\nas VP Educational Relations in September 2013. Among EMike's biggest\nsuccesses were establishing a solid relation with ARRL's Education\nDivision and working closely with ARISS as a member of its Executive\nTeam. He was instrumental with keeping ARISS going and restructuring\nthe ARISS program after funding was cut for Teaching From Space\n(TFS). At the time TFS was the primary NASA partner and education\nliaison for ARISS. TFS lead the school proposal and selection process\nin the USA. That process is now lead by ARRL and AMSAT. AMSAT VP\nHuman Spaceflight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, notes, \"EMike has been\ninvaluable to ARISS and I will miss his support.  He and I worked\nbehind the scenes to rescue ARISS through our discussions at the ISS\nConference in 2014.  And his rapport with ARRL is\noutstanding…something I will miss dearly.  I thank EMike for making\nthat all happen for ARISS.\"\n\nEMike also worked at establishing relations with various colleges\nand universities. He pushed to make aware the importance of AMSAT as\nan educational organization by emphasizing how education is part of\nAMSAT's earliest Mission Statements and Objectives and reminding us\nof all the educational programs and outreaches AMSAT has engaged in\nduring its history.\n\nAMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW notes, \"EMike made a positive\ndifference and helped set the course in a number of areas involving\nEducational Outreach, ARISS, and the overall direction of AMSAT.\nWhile I regret losing your considerable enthusiasm and talents, I\nunderstand the need to 'recalibrate' your priorities.\"\n\nEMike will complete his duties on January 31, citing time and\ncommitments outside of AMSAT as his reason for stepping down. EMike\nwill continue serving AMSAT as one of the rotating editors for the\nAMSAT News Service (ANS).\n\nWith EMike's resignation, the appointment of Joseph Spier, K6WAO of\nWeimar, CA,  as the new VP-Educational Relations is also announced. Joe\ncame on board with the Educational Relation's team in 2011 serving as\nAssociate Director then Director for Educational Outreach.\n\nEMike noted, \"Joe and I started with Educational Relations at the\nsame time and we have always had a great personal and working\nrelationship. Joe is extremely enthusiastic and someone who thinks\noutside the box. Many have pointed out those similarities between us.\nHowever, Joe will bring a different dimension to the position because\nof his background in engineering. I support Joe as he takes over and\nam excited to see what new and exciting things are in store for AMSAT\nEducation under his direction.\"\n\n“I’m very pleased that Joe has agreed to become our next VP-Educational\nRelations”, notes AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW.  “Joe is passionate\nabout integrating amateur radio into educational opportunities at all\neducational levels. His engineering background will help in interacting with\nuniversity engineering departments encouraging a greater focus on \neducational\nimpacts of amateur spacecraft, developing new ways of bringing science \nto the\nclass room.  He recognizes the importance of ARISS in reaching out to \nstudents\nbased upon his personal involvement in managing an ARISS contact as part \nof the\n2012 Pacificon Convention. His interaction with young people at the 2014 \nARRL\nCentennial Convention where he encouraged their curiosity about AMSAT’s \ncubesat\ndesign by their holding the engineering mockup while visiting the AMSAT \nbooth\ncreated many positive impressions for both the students and their \nparents.  I\nlook forward to working with Joe to further enhance our ability to touch\nstudents through amateur radio satellites and develop new ways to \nincorporate\neducation into AMSAT’s mission.”\n\nE. Michael McCardel, AA8EM, former KC8YLD\nV.P. for Educational Relations, AMSAT-NA\n\n[ANS thanks EMike, AA8EM, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n25 Year AMSAT Office Volunteer Bob Carpenter, W3OTC, SK\n\nBob Carpenter, W3OTC died on January 8th.  Since 1991 Bob had volunteered\nat the AMSAT Office on a weekly basis.  He was our computer specialist and\nhandled the donations for AMSAT.\n\nA memorial service will be held on January 23rd at 7:00PM a the Guild\nMemorial Chapel, Asbury Methodist Village, 211 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg MD.\n\n[ANS thanks Martha for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNepal students to speak to Tim Peake\n\nUK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI will be using amateur radio to talk to \nstudents at\nBrihaspati Vidhyasadan School (BVS) in Nepal on Wednesday, January 20.\n\nThe Himalayan Times reports this is the first link up  between a school \nin Nepal\nand the International Space Station (ISS). It will be a Telebridge \ncontact via\nTony Hutchison VK5ZAI in Australia and is scheduled for Wednesday, \nJanuary 20 at\n08:37:04 UT. The ISS should be in range of the Telebridge station for \nabout 8\nminutes.\n\nBVS is organizing an Exhibition during the week of the contact from January\n19-23. Experts as well as knowledgeable students will be at hand to \nrespond to\nqueries of visiting students who will be able to get acquainted with amateur\nradio during the exhibition.\n\nThe Nepal Amateur Radio Operators’ Society is one of the organizations\nsupporting the exhibition.\n\nBrihaspati Vidyasadan is a 32 year old High school, located in \nKathmandu, Nepal.\nBrihaspati runs classes from nursery to 100 at secondary level and the 10+2\nprogram in Science and Management at the higher secondary Level. Besides \nthese\nBrihaspati also runs Diploma in Hospitality Managemant and Tourism in\naffiliation with Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality (CTH), UK.\n\nBrihaspati is known for its academic excellence. To date Brihaspati has \nproduced\nover 2000 SLC graduates and over 600 +2 graduates who have achieved \nexcellent\nacademic achievements. Brihaspati has also been awarded the “Best School in\nNepal” in 2055BS.\n\nBrihaspati is also known for its co-curricular and extra-curricular \nactivities\nincluding sports, debates and concerts. Over the years the school has \nachieved\nInter-school successes in football (soccer), cricket and basketball at \nnational\nlevels. School has also successes in inter-school competitions like debate,\nelocution and concerts.\n\nFor its academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements \nBrihaspati has\nbeen placed among the Class A schools of Nepal by the Ministry of Education,\nGovernment of Nepal.\n\nBrihaspati staff and students have been known for their innovation in \neducation.\nThe school is reputed to be the first school in Nepal to introduce computer\neducation. Brihaspati houses clubs like Lokopakar, which is a student \nclub that\nlooks into Humanitarian aid.  Brihaspati students recently started gThink\nInkh, an activity designed using the principles of Extreme Design from \nStanford\nfor instilling critical thinking and problem solving skills in students. \nThis\nprogram has gained attention of a lot of people in the academia at a \nvery rapid\npace.\n\nBrihaspati is located in a 25 acre land space at the heart of Kathmandu \nwithin\nthe Balmandir compound. It  has academic facility that is of very high\nstandards. It houses the Free and Open Source Research Lab and Ham (amateur\nradio) facility that students and staff have access to.\n\nRecently during the earthquake of Nepal, one of the buildings of \nBrihaspati was\nused by ham radio operators from Nepal and India to coordinate search and\nreconciliation of families where over 500 families were reunited with their\nloved ones.\n\nRead The Himalayan Times story at\nhttps://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepali-students-to-talk-to-astronaut-in-\nintl-space-station/\n\nBrihaspati Vidhyasadan School\nhttp://www.bvs.edu.np/bvstalkstoiss/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/bvsTalksToISS/\n\nARISS http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nESA Online Astronaut Selection Test\n\nThe European Space Agency is offering a trial version of a test \ndeveloped for\nfuture astronauts for you to try at home – and by taking part you will \nhelp us\nselect a new generation of astronauts.\n\nRead the ESA press release at:\n\nhttp://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/Test_your_astrona\nut_skills_and_help_ESA\n\nAccess the astronaut selection test at:\n\nhttp://www.nlr.org/the-astronaut-selection-test/\n\n[ANS thanks the European Space Agency for the above information]\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n",
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