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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/GI4CDK33H74OVHZSQKX2CGW2ZTNJTUCJ/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAM5+sotxKo0FpKZ3SEPug=JvTEL-pA7ZSktgshBop+N5Ww6yUw@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "GI4CDK33H74OVHZSQKX2CGW2ZTNJTUCJ", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/GI4CDK33H74OVHZSQKX2CGW2ZTNJTUCJ/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "mccardelm (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "E.Mike McCardel", "subject": "[ans] ANS-241 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2016-08-28T03:22:52Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-241\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* US ARISS Contacts -Call for Proposals- Runs September 1 - November 1\n* Amateur Satellite Educational Videos\n* Expanding SatNOGS for Satellite Command and Control\n* The AMSAT Office will be closed through Wednesday, Sept 7th\n* Aves Island DXpedition to Include Satellite Operations\n* AMSAT Phase 4 Ground weekly report for 26 August 2016\n* 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Registration Reminder - Continued\n* AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots Due by September 15th\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-241.01\nANS-241 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 241.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nAugust 28, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-241.01\n\n\n\nUS ARISS Contacts -Call for Proposals- Runs September 1 - November 1\n\nMessage to US Educators\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station\nContact Opportunity\n\nCall for Proposals\nProposal Window September 1 - November 1, 2016\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program\nis seeking formal and informal education institutions and\norganizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur\nRadio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates\nthat the contact would be held between July 1, 2017 and December 31,\n2017. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact\ndates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is\nlooking for organizations that will draw large numbers of\nparticipants and integrate the contact into a well-developed\neducation plan.\n\nThe deadline to submit a proposal is November 1, 2016. Proposal\ninformation and documents can be found at\nwww.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.\n\nThe Opportunity\nCrew members aboard the International Space Station will participate\nin scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are\napproximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact\nwith the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.\n\nAn ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via\nAmateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space\nstation and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford\neducation audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from\nastronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn\nabout space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an\nopportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless\ntechnology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human\nspaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the\nISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate\nchanges in dates and times of the radio contact.\n\nAmateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space\nagencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational\nopportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to\nenable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students\naround the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed\nby AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American\nRadio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for\nthe Advancement of Science in Space).\n\nMore Information\nInterested parties can find more information about the program at\nwww.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS.\n\nFor proposal information and more details such as expectations,\nproposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of\nInformation Sessions go to\nhttp://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.\nPlease direct any questions to ariss at arrl dot org.\n\nAbout ARISS\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a\ncooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the\nspace agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In\nthe United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the\nCenter for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National\nAeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of\nARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering,\nand mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via\namateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in\nclassrooms or informal education venues. With the help of\nexperienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with\nlarge audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during\nthese radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities\nlearn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more\ninformation, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.\n\nAlso, join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation (ARISS) / Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAmateur Satellite Educational Videos\n\nDavid Casler KE0OG has released a couple of videos which aim to\nexplain amateur radio satellites\n\nThey form part of his collection of training videos for the Amateur\nRadio Technician, General, and Extra exams.\n\nThis video introduces the orbital mechanics part of amateur\nsatellites, including the concept of orbits, eccentricity, Keplerian\nelements, and definitions of key terms. These videos are updated for\nthe 11th edition of the \"ARRL Extra Class License Manual for Ham\nRadio.\"\n\nWatch Amateur Extra Lesson 2.3, Part 1, Amateur Satellites\nhttps://youtu.be/Ku9rf9Lwld4\n\nThe second half of the video discusses polarization, Faraday\nrotation, repeaters, transponders, and band and mode designations.\nNote one error in which I refer to the X band as in the 10 MHz region\nwhen it should be 10 GHz.\n\nWatch Amateur Extra Section 2.3 Part 2, Amateur Satellites\nhttps://youtu.be/ebUeCKjAPFY\n\nThese videos are updated for the 11th edition of the \"ARRL Extra\nClass License Manual for Ham Radio.\"\n\nDavid thanks you for watching his videos! His channel, \"Ham Radio\nAnswers,\" is available to help anyone become an active, on-the-air\namateur radio operator! David concludes, \"I am unique in that I\nprovide the only set of YouTube training videos that accompany the\nARRL license manuals, section for section. I try hard to answer every\nAsk Dave question individually if I can.\"\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/davecasler\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nExpanding SatNOGS for Satellite Command and Control\n\nAlthough quite some time has passed since their last update, the\nSatNOGS team and the community has been busy working on it’s software\nand hardware components, allowing modular setups.\n\nA large amount of focus has been with the SatNOGS client software,\nallowing the user to not only use RTL-SDR based dongles but a far\ngreater variety of SDR solutions using GnuRadio. In conjunction with\nthat, SatNOGS client is able to use Amateur Radios that are supported\nby hamlib (we’ve already tested on Yaesu and Kenwood radios). Such\nfunctionality paired with our new ground station hardware design, and\nfurther tests on after market designs such us Yaesu Az/El rotator,\nwould allow the SatNOGS network to not only receive but transmit data\nvia the network to satellites.\n\nFor a few months now Libre Space Foundation, the organization that\nassists the development and operation of the SatNOGS networks, has\nbeen working together with the University of Patras on developing and\nmanufacturing the first satellite with most of it’s components based\nupon open hardware and using free software, UPSat, https://upsat.gr/\n\nAn open hardware and software satellite, especially one built by Libre\nSpace Foundation would have a great chance for the SatNOGS network to\nimplement command and control features on it’s SatNOGS client,\nallowing a fully open Low Earth Orbiting satellite communication stack\nfrom earth to orbit and back.\n\nCommunications with the satellite are implemented through ECSS\nStandard Commands as described in ECSS-E-70-41A standard (CCSDS). You\ncan checkout the code of the client on GitHub\nhttps://github.com/satnogs/satnogs-client/tree/dev\nand the ecss services implemented on the satellite at\nhttps://github.com/librespacefoundation/ecss_services\n\nThere has been a lot of effort to make sure that all the\nneeded functionality on the SatNOGS client has been implemented,\nwhile in parallel maintaining modularity and extensibility for future\nsatellites and other protocols.\n\nDo you have a satellite in the works and want to use SatNOGS client as\ncommand and control? Let us know and we will be happy to work with you\nexpanding our client!\n\nhttps://satnogs.org/2016/08/cnc-librecubesat/\n\n[ANS thanks SatNOGS and Daniel Cussen, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nThe AMSAT Office will be closed through Wednesday, Sept 7th\n\nMartha announce via the AMSAT-BB that The AMSAT Office will be\nclosed through Wednesday, Sept 7th.\n\nShe requests \"Please do not leave messages as I will not be able to\nanswer them.\"\n\nThe office will reopen Thursday September 8.\n\n[ANS thanks Martha for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAves Island DXpedition to Include Satellite Operations\n\nSteve, W4DTA/YV5DTA, announced that his group (ARV, Asociacion de\nRadioaficonados de Venezuela) back in Venezuela got an invitation by\nthe Navy to activate YV0 (Currently the #18 most wanted in the world).\n\nA team of 14 operators will depart on August 27th and operate as\nYX0V for 7-10 days. The team is planning to be active between August\n28th and September 5th.\n\nActivity will be on all bands (HF/VHF) and modes (CW, SSB, the\nDigital modes, FM and Satellites). Steve, W4DTA, will be the QSL\nManager for the operation.\n\nThe Caribbean location and flat island terrain should provide\nexcellent footprints across North and South America.\n\nSteve, W4DTA/YV5DTA, sent out the following update on August 20th:\n\nHello all..\nYX0V team both in YV and here in the USA have been working almost\nnon top! A big FEDEX package was send to Caracas today with shirts,\nbasic supplies and a new antenna analyzer, hopefully it will arrive\nin time.\n\nThe team is now working on a contingency plan for power. At the\nmoment there is only one power plant working in YV0, so there are\nperiods of black outs mostly during the night. The team is purchasing\na new generator capable of running a few stations, so there might be\ntimes that not all stations will be on the air. A operating plan\nshould be available to me very soon. The good news Hams around the\nworld have step up with donations, and that is helping defray some of\nthe cost.\n\nMore to come, but if you have any questions that you will like me to\nask the team, please feel free to email me or call me.\n73.... Steve, W4DTA\n\nFor more details and updates on the YX0V DXpedition, see the following\nURLs: YX0V Web site: http://yx0v.com\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/yx0v2016\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yx0v2016\n\nADDED NOTES: Tom, W5KUB, hosted an Amateur Radio Roundtable on\nAugust 16th, which contains a converstaion with W4DTA/YV5DTA about\nthe upcoming YX0V operation.\n\nThe video can be viewed on YouTube.com:\nhttps://youtu.be/CSTYx2pvBW4?t=1757\nAlso, watch short videos on YouTube.com at:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjGsEFKXVwk&feature=youtu.be\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uV89vEuwRM\n\n[ANS thanks Steve, W4DTA/YV5DTA and Southgate ARN for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Phase 4 Ground weekly report for 26 August 2016\n\nSome of you may know Mr. Brain ?G4GUO. He's been working on DVB-S2\nBCH decode and has it correcting errors (big YAY here, this stuff is\nhard. But his last name is Brain, so there's that.)\n\nHe's given us the thumbs up to use it on Phase 4. he is planning on\nusing NVIDIA CUDA to do the LDPC decoder because he doesn't think a\ngeneral CPU will hack it.\n\nThere's other really good news on the \"new hardware that will make\nour radio easier to build but will take hard work to get fully\nfunctional\" front. Two types of hardware we can't talk about just yet\nbecause the details aren't yet public, but there is a third. (And\nactually, a fourth, counting the fact that in two days we can buy an\nSR Systems DVB Modulator because the company will be coming back from\ntheir month-long vacation.)\n\nThat Snapdragon certificate course that I (foolishly, because Time)\nsigned up for at UCSD? The capstone project is coming right up, and\nI'm going to see how much we can get out of the quad core processor\nand onboard DSP in efforts to do some type of Phase 4 Ground radio\n(or radio peripheral) on Android on a DragonBoard 410c. This would be\nas the final project in the certificate program, so it's worth the\ntime, it's just kind of feeling like school.\n\nSlack is really enjoyable to use and useful for having more personal\nand flexible virtual meetings than email. Slack is not a replacement\nfor the email list, but I'm going to go ahead and invite everyone\nthat has subscribed to the mailing list, to our Phase 4 Ground Slack.\n(why add Slack? Because it's searchable, integrated with Github and\n*many* other services and sites, and easy to organize for technical\ndiscussions and work.)\n\nI believe Jerry (our AMSAT Vice President of Engineering) has filled\nout the paperwork to get us a free upgrade to the pro version of\nSlack. This gives us all the useful functions of Slack. We can live\nwith the \"free\" version, but the upgrade is a big benefit of all\nthose volunteer hours that we logged during the last seven months.\n\nAnother big deal is that we need computers to volunteer for our two\nnode-locked licenses from Xilinx that allow us to target ALL the\nchips out there, even the ones in the bigger USRPs. We have a brand\nnew laptop here in San Diego and are trying to figure out Windows or\nLinux for Vivado. We need a second site that can support FPGA/HDL\ndesign. Jerry Buxton nominated Bill Reed in Texas.\n\n*Are there any other individuals that want to provide remote\ndevelopment with this license opportunity?* Otherwise, we go with San\nDiego and Texas.\n\nIf not, then we put the two that we have so far \"on the air\". I have\nabout 8 people on the list right now that want to do more FPGA/RFNoC\nlearning, so let's start getting some traction here with the license,\nlogging in, tutorials, take-this-job descriptions, etc.\n\nBob N4HY is giving the Sunday tutorial at TAPR DCC and I agreed to\nhelp him. We're going to talk about DARPA Spectrum Collaboration\nChallenge, why amateur spectrum is under pressure, and what amateurs\nneed to do about it.\n\nMy proposed title was \"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.\"\n\nBut Bob countered with \"Spectrum Crunch is real. Amateur radio needs\nto take action.\"\n\nI think mine's funnier but Steve Bible will probably go with Bob's.\nAnyway, if you're at DCC, please let Mike Sprenger W4UOO know - he's\nhelping coordinate all of us Phase 4 people while we're there so that\nwe can find each other and talk up a storm. Thank you Mike!\n\nPlease give feedback if you have it. It makes a big difference. I\nknow I told some of you I read minds, but that might have been a\nsmall exaggeration.\n\n-Michelle W5NYV\n\n[ANS thanks Michelle W5NYV via the AMSAT-BB for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Registration Reminder - Continued\n\n** Booking your Carnival Cruise does not register you for the AMSAT\nSymposium **\nThere is a charge for each Symposium attendee of $40. This fee\napplies to those who will attend the technical\npresentations only and includes a copy of the printed Proceedings.\nAdditional guests are entitled to attend all other events. The\nregistration form is available from the AMSAT office or store website.\n\nOnline Symposium registration:\nhttp://store.amsat.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=130\n\n** Ground transportation options have been added to the FAQ page on\nthe AMSAT Symposium web page**\nCarnival offers round-trip. Transportation from HOU airport to the\ncruise terminal at approximately $74 per person, IAH airport $94 per\nperson. If you are traveling to the Board of Directors meeting, you\nmay still utilize the Carnival transportation option for your return\nto the airport from the cruise terminal. However, you will need to\nobtain other transportation between the airport and the Galveston\nDoubleTree hotel.\n\nCruise information may be found at:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3667\n\n[ANS thanks 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium Committee for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots Due by September 15th\n\n\nBallots have been mailed to AMSAT-NA members in good standing, and\nmust be returned to the AMSAT-NA office by September 15, 2016 in order\nto be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent by air mail.\nIf you have not received your ballot package in a reasonable time for\nyour QTH, please contact the AMSAT-NA office. Your completed ballot\nshould be sent as promptly as possible, and those from outside North\nAmerican preferably by air mail or other expedited means.\n\nThis year there are five candidates:\n\nTom Clark, K3IO\nClayton Coleman, W5PFG\nMark Hammond, N8MH\nBruce Paige, KK5DO\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM\n\nThe three candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be\nseated as voting Board Members with two year terms. The two candidates\nreceiving the next highest number of votes will be non-voting\nAlternate Board Members with terms of one year. Please vote for no\nmore than three candidates.\n\nPlease take the time to review the candidate statements that accompany\nthe ballot and determine who you wish to see on the Board. Election of\nBoard members is both an obligation as well as an opportunity by our\nmembership to help shape the future direction of AMSAT-NA.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between The Children's Museum of\nIndianapolis, Indianapolis IN, USA and Astronaut Kate Rubins KG5FYJ\nusing Callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2016-08-23 15:09 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via N9DR.\nARISS Mentor was Charlie AJ9N.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\n+ Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Astoria, OR, direct via\nKF7TCG. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The\nscheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS\nContact is a go for: Sat 2016-09-03 18:21:03 UTC\n\nSchool Information:\n\nThomas Jefferson was a scientist and a pioneer in many fields of\nstudy including biology, geography, meteorology, and ethnology.\nSince at least 1793 he had been planning for an exploration of the\nlargest remaining unexplored land on earth: the American West. This\nresulted in the four pages of detailed instructions that he gave to\nMeriwether Lewis during their 1801-03 planning for the voyage of the\nCorps of Discovery. The resulting 1804-06 U.S. Army expedition to\nexplore along the Missouri and Columbia Rivers was led by Captains\nMeriwether Lewis and William Clark. The 33 diverse members of the\nCorps spent the winter of 1805-06 at a campsite they built just a few\nmiles from the mouth of the Columbia River and named after the local\nClatsop Indians. At Fort Clatsop, the captains planned for the\nreturn journey to the United States and worked on writing scientific\ndescriptions of the plants and animals they'd encountered that were\nnew to science (a total of 178 species of plants and 122 animals by\nthe end of the trip). Like President Thomas Jefferson and Captain\nMeriwether Lewis, today's astronauts have a curiosity for exploring\nbeyond known frontiers.\n\nSome local students who have participated in various education\nprograms at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park and live in\nsurrounding Clatsop County have been learning about the International\nSpace Station (ISS) and are hoping to have a brief radio conversation\nwith an ISS astronaut. All of these students live in Clatsop County\nand are familiar with the park through field trips, park summer\ncamps, family visits, or education programs with rangers visiting\ntheir classrooms. The park connected with these students through four\nrelationships:\n\n1. The Northwest Regional Educational Service District and the\nAstoria School District offer a migrant summer school to serve\nstudents who have moved within the last three years for their\nparent's work. Several of these students participated in summer\ncamps that the park offered and they were excited about the\nopportunity to learn about the International Space Station and talk\nwith an astronaut.\n\n2. Three small local Girl Scout Troops (#10025, #10026, #10086) were\ninterested in this opportunity as they have been focusing on the\nthree keys to Girl Scouting which are Discovering, Connecting, and\nTaking Action. The girls and their leaders were happy to incorporate\nthis ARISS opportunity into their projects.\n\n3. The Fort Clatsop District of Boy Scouts includes local troop #509\nand #542. Since Scouting is about character development and having\nconfidence in yourself to Be Prepared, the ARISS program is a good\nchallenge for these youngsters. Their district is named in honor of\nthe 1805-06 winter encampment of the 33 people of the Lewis and Clark\nExpedition.\n\n4. Three of the youth recruited for this special program are\nchildren or grandchildren of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park\nrangers and were excited to learn that an astronaut radio\nconversation would be happening in their park.\n\nStudents & Anticipated Questions:\n\n 1. Alejandra (12): To prepare for his journey, Captain Meriwether\n Lewis was tutored by experts in medicine, navigation, astronomy,\n mathematics, botany, and paleontology. What was the hardest\n part of your training?\n 2. Kevin (13): The Corps of Discovery enjoyed fiddle music, do you\n listen to music in space? If so, what kind?\n 3. Katie (11): How different does your body feel in microgravity and\n how long does it take to adjust after arrival in the space\n station?\n 4. Liam (8): Lewis and Clark failed to find a Northwest Passage.\n Have any of your experiments failed or not gone like you wanted?\n 5. Nahomy (Naomi) (10): While wintering at Fort Clatsop, the Corps\n of Discovery made buckskin clothes as their uniforms wore out. How\n many outfits of clothing do you have with you, and what kind of\n material are they made from?\n 6. Dashel (7): Why do you like communicating with kids?\n 7. Kelsey (11): Meriwether Lewis treasured an ermine scarf he\n received from a Shoshone chief. Do you have a souvenir from\n space?\n If so, what is it?\n 8. Sophie (8): Do you create art from the views from the space\n station?\n 9. Derek (8): When is your next spacewalk? What is your favorite\n thing when you are outside the space station?\n10. Crystal (12): Lewis brought his dog Seaman with him on the\n expedition. Are there any research animals on the space station\n now? If so, what are they?\n11. Xochitl (Sochi) (13): Although most members of the Corps of\n Discovery were single, York and John Shields had families at\n home. Do you miss your family, and how do you communicate with\n them?\n12. Frances (8): Do you guys keep journal like Lewis and Clark did?\n13. Rylee (7): If a microorganism changed genetically on the\n International Space Station would it be considered a space alien?\n14. Logan (6): Were you in a scouting program as a child? If so,\n did it affect your desire to work in space?\n15. Linnea (8): Lewis and Clark played backgammon. What games do\n you play?\n16. Josie (8): When Sacagawea became sick, Lewis treated her. If you\n get hurt or sick, who treats you?\n17. Rosalinda (9): What are your space suits made of, and can they\n catch on fire?\n18. Belinda (9): How do you protect your eyes when the space station\n is facing the sun?\n19. Elias (13): Are you doing any experiments with animals adapting\n to microgravity?\n20. Samantha (10): What does a shooting star or a meteor shower look\n like from space?\n\n [ANS thanks ARISS via Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ International EME Conference Presentation Videos\n\n Videos of the presentations given at the 17th International EME\n conference, held in Venice August 19-21, 2016 are now available.\n They include talks by Sam G4DDK @DXING, Dave G4HUP, Charlie G3WDG,\n Alex ZS6EME and Joe Taylor K1JT. Watch the videos on the YouTube\n channel of Giulio Pico IW3HVB at:\n https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFct56EA6F9lkqMBmydh5hw EME 2016\n\n The schedule of the EME presentations is posted at:\n http://www.eme2016.org/index.php/25-2/\n\n [ANS thanks 17th International EME Conference and IW3HVB for the\n above information]\n\n+ SPACE EXPLORATION EDUCATORS CONFERENCE (SEEC)\n\n February 9-11, 2017\n at Space Center Houston\n 1601 NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058\n\n Experience three days of complete immersion into the out-of-this\n world adventure of space exploration!\n\n This conference is for grades kindergarten to 12th – and not just\n for science teachers! Space Center Houston strives to use space to\n teach across the curriculum. The activities presented can be used\n for science, language arts, mathematics, history, and more.\n\n Attend sessions hosted by the actual scientists and engineers\n working on exciting endeavors like the International Space Station\n and explorations of Mars and the planets beyond. Hear from the\n astronauts leading the charge in exploration! Come learn about the\n bold vision to send humans back to the Moon and off to Mars! Attend\n sessions presented by educators and receive ready to implement\n classroom ideas and experience minds-on, hands-on fun. Network with\n fellow educators, take back a multitude of cross-curriculum ideas\n and activities and earn 24 hours of continuing professional\n education credit.\n\n For more information or to register, visit :\n http://spacecenterSEEC.org, email seec at spacecenter dot org or\n call (281)244-2149.\n\n [ANS thanks NEON - NASA Educators Online Network]\n\n+ There has been a date change for the satellite presention to the\n Victor Valley (CA) ARC.\n\n The presentation will take place Tuesday, OCTOBER 11, 2016, 7:00\n PM at the Sitting Bull Academy Library, 19445 Sitting Bull Road,\n Apple Valley. CA.\n\n [ANS thanks Clint K6LCS for the above information]\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", "attachments": [] }