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    "subject": "[ans]  ANS-295  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2006-10-21T23:31:21Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-295\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North\nAmerica, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the\nactivities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an\nactive interest in designing, building, launching and communicating\nthrough analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\[email protected]\n\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Japanese HITSAT Designated as HO-59\n* AO-27 Still Silent\n* OSCAR-11 Heard Again\n* Tax Deductible Gifts to AMSAT\n* Satellite DX Opportunities for Africa and Asia\n* Good News From Ariane 5 Launch\n* NASA Offers Challenge to K-12 Students\n* ARISS Status for the Week of October 16, 2006\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.01\nJapanese HITSAT Designated as HO-59\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 22, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-295.01\n\nAMSAT's OSCAR Designation Coordinator, Bill Tynan, W3XO announced this\nweek that the Japanese HITSAT satellite has been given an OSCAR number.\n\nBill wrote to the HITSAT Team at the Hokkaido Institute of Technology,\n\"By the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, I am pleased\nto issue an OSCAR number for the HIT-SAT amateur radio satellite. From\nwhat I can determine, HIT-SAT complies with all of the requirements for\nan OSCAR number.  Therefore, HIT-SAT will henceforth be known as\nHIT-SAT-OSCAR-59 or HO-59.\"\n\nBill concluded with, \"AMSAT-NA and I wish to congratulate you and your\nentire team for the successful construction, testing and launching of\nHIT-SAT. Your work inspires others to follow your lead.\"\n\nThe CubeSat has the callsign JR8YJT.  At present it is transmitting\nCW telemetry on 437.275 MHz with a transmitter power of 100 mW.  The\n1200 baud FM Packet downlink on 437.425 MHz is active only when the\nsatellite is over Japan.\n\nOnce it's fully operational, HIT-SAT will permit Earth station opera-\ntors to request certain parameters by transmitting DTMF commands on\nthe 145.980 MHz uplink. The satellite can report back time/date, temp-\nerature and power supply voltages and thank the Earth station by call\nsign. Only HIT-SAT ground station controllers can access the satellite\nat this point, however.\n\n[ANS thanks Bill Tynan, W3XO for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.02\nAO-27 Still Silent\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.02\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 22, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-295.02\n\nMichael, N3UC, one of AO-27's controllers reported on October 17, \"For\nthe last 5 weeks ground controllers have been trying to contact AO-27.\nAt this point we have not been able to turn it on. We still have a few\ntricks that we are planning on trying but these take time. We are hoping\nthat we can re-establish communications.  At this time, we don't have an\nestimate for when AO-27 will be back on the air.  The satellite is now\nin its 14th year on orbit. We will continue to try to recover AO-27\nuntil we run out of ideas.\"\n\nAO-27 was last heard in May 2006 prior to its entering its eclipse\nseason. When the satellite's solar cells were not receiving enough\nillumination it meanth the batteries are dropping below the watchdog\nvalues and turning off the controller schedule.\n\nThe latest AO-27 information can be found on-line at:\nhttp://www.ao27.org.\n\n[ANS thanks Michael, N3UC for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.03\nOSCAR-11 Heard Again\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.03\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 22, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-295.03\n\nClive, G3CWV reports that OSCAR-11 is back!  He said, \"It was first\nheard by Peter ZL3TC, October 18, and later by Paul KB5MU.  It had\nbeen silent since August 26. Many thanks for those reports.\"\n\nOSCAR-11 requires illumination of its solar panels to work.  Clive\ncontinued, \"I heard very strong signals on October 19 07:28 UTC pass.\nIf the watchdog cycle continues to operate normally, the 145.826 MHz.\nbeacon should transmit until around 28 October.\"\n\nMore OSCAR-11 information can be found at Clive's website:\nhttp://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/\n\n[ANS thanks Clive, G3CWV for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.04\nTax Deductible Gifts to AMSAT\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.04\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 22, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-295.04\n\nGunther, W8GSM, AMSAT Treasurer said this week, \"Often AMSAT\nmembers have asked if they can make a contribution to AMSAT via\ntheir local United Way drive?\"\n\nAccording to Leslie J. Talley, Director, Community and Public\nSector Workplace Campaigns at the National U-W office who informed\nGunther that there are NO national agencies within U-W. Every agency\nthat wishes to be eligible to receive donations must go through that\nlocal U-W campaign office and seek approval.\n\nGunther continues, \"With that in mind, I would encourage anyone who\nwishes to make such a gift to call their local U-W director and ask\nif they will allow such a gift to AMSAT.  AMSAT does not have the\nstaff to canvas the country and establish these hundreds of relation-\nships.\"\n\nOne alternative is to just reduce your U-W gift and write a check\nto AMSAT. Both are tax deductible as charitable donations. (Check\nwith your individual tax advisor to review your specific circumstances\nand deductibility).\n\nU.S. Federal Employees - Again this year AMSAT is a member of the\nCombined Federal Campaign (CFC). The mission of the CFC is to promote\nand support philanthropy through a program that is employee focused,\ncost-efficient, and effective in providing all federal employees the\nopportunity to improve the quality of life for all. As the world's\nlargest and most successful annual workplace giving campaign, each year,\nmore than 300 CFC campaigns throughout the country and internationally\nhelp to raise millions of dollars for eligible non-profit organizations.\n\nGunther Meisse, AMSAT treasurer has announced that any Federal employee\ncan make a contribution to your Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation when\nthey complete their pledge for 2006.\n\nAMSAT is listed as Agency Number CFC 2944\n\nYour contribution directly supports AMSAT's educational outreach and\nsatellite construction projects including work on AMSAT-Eagle. Pledges\nmay be made by Federal civilian, postal and military donors during the\ncampaign season. \n\nThe campaign runs from September 1st to December 15th, 2006.\n\nTo learn more about CFC visit the CFC website at:\nhttp://www.opm.gov/cfc/\n\n\n[ANS thanks Gunther, W8GSM for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.05\nSatellite DX Opportunities for Africa and Asia\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.05\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 22, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-295.05\n\nNicolas F4EGX announced he will be active on satellites during his\ntravel to the Archipelago of Crozet from Possession Island between\nmid-November to early December 2006.  During his spare time, he will\noperate FT1WM on the amateur radio satellites.\n\nSouth Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Antarctic will be within\nrange for contacts from Crozet via AO-51, SO-50, and the ISS reapeter if\nit is active.  Possible digital activity via ISS or PCSAT-1 will be\nattempted.\n\nMore information is available at:\nhttp://f4avi.homelinux.net/f4egx/cro2006.html.\n\nA satellite DX opportunity for Asian satellite operators was received\nthis week.  The TAMSAT Group and Siam DX Group have announced a trip to\nCambodia during November 20-26, 2006.  The group will use an XU7\ncallsign from Seehanuview or Kumpongsom. QSOs are planned for the FO-29,\nSO-50, AO-51, and VO-52 in CW, SSB, FM modes, as appropriate.\nAdditional information will be available on the group's website at:\nhttp://www.tamsat.org/bb.\n\n[ANS thanks Nicolas, F4EGX for the Crozet information and Tanan, HS1JAN\nfor the Cambodia information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.06\nGood News From Ariane 5 Launch\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.06\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 22, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-295.06\n\nThe fourth Ariane 5 launch Of 2006 performed flawlessly. On 13 October\n2006, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in\nFrench Guiana on its mission to place two satellites into geostationary\ntransfer orbits and deploy a demonstration antenna. The satellites were\naccurately injected into the correct transfer orbits about 30 minutes\nlater.\n\nThe payload satellites were DIRECTV 9S, which will supply television\nbroadcast services to the contiguous United States of America, Alaska\nand Hawaii, and Optus D1, which will provide fixed communications and\nsatellite broadcast services over Australia and New Zealand.\n\nThe mission also carried an additional passenger, mounted on the Ariane\nStructure for Auxiliary Payloads (ASAP) platform at the base of the\npayload stack. The Japanese Space Agency's LDREX-2, a 1/25th scale\nversion of an antenna that will be used on the ETS-8 engineering test\nsatellite, was flown to validate the deployment process of the\nlightweight reflector.\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceDaily.com for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.07\nNASA Offers Challenge to K-12 Students\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.07\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 22, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-295.07\n\nThe International Space Station is growing, and NASA's Node 2\nis the next U.S. pressurized module scheduled for installation\non the orbiting laboratory. The node will provide more room for\nstation crews to live and work, but it needs a name.\n\nStudents in kindergarten through grade 12 attending U.S. schools\nand children of American personnel overseas are being asked to\nhelp NASA name the module and become part of the history of the\nstation. The module is at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., and\nis targeted for launch in late 2007. The node will be a connecting\nport and passageway to additional international science labs and\nspace supply vehicles. It also will be a work platform for the\nstation's robotic arm.\n\nName the International Space Station Node 2 Challenge requires\nstudents to work together as a class or school to create their\nown Node 2 model. Students will name their node, write a brief\ndescription explaining the choice and take digital pictures to\nsend to NASA.\n\nThe submitted image of the model will not be judged, but it will\nbe the ticket to enter the name challenge. Submissions will be\nreviewed by a panel of NASA scientists, engineers and educators.\nThe deadline to submit model images and names is Dec. 1. The winning\nentry will be announced in early 2007. To register a school or\nclass, teachers or administrators should send an email to:\[email protected].\n\nFor information about Node 2, visit:\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/node2.html\n\nFor additional information about the Space Station Node 2 Challenge,\nvisit: http://esc.nasa.gov\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-295.08\nARISS Status for the Week of October 16, 2006\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 295.08\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nOctober 22, 2006\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-295.08\n\n1. Upcoming School Contacts\n\nThe school contact that was tentatively planned for the end of October\nwas not approved due to the Progress 23P docking and related activities.\nARISS continues to work on scheduling school contacts for Expedition 14.\n\n2. ARISS International Meeting Held\n\nThe ARISS International Team meeting was held in San Francisco on Monday\nand Tuesday, October 9 – 10 and a SuitSat-2 technical discussion took\nplace on October 8. Presentations given included delegate reports from\neach region, onboard radio systems, and slow scan television (SSTV).\nMinutes and presentations will be posted to the AMSAT and ARISS websites\nin the near future.\n\n3. Expedition 13 Crew Debrief\n\nThe ARISS-U.S. team has compiled questions for the crew debrief with\nJeff Williams, KD5TVQ.  ARISS-Russia expects to speak with the crew this\nweek.\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors\nto AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from the AMSAT Office.\n\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nJoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM\nK9JKM at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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