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    "subject": "[ans]  FW:   ANS-058  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2011-02-27T15:35:52Z",
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    "content": "\nAMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-058\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, \nThe Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a \nworldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in \ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and \ndigital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n* Electronic Nominating Procedures Announced for AMSAT-NA Elections\n* SA AMSAT Space Symposium on April 2, 2011\n* SA-AMSAT Decides on UV Linear Transponder for Kletskous Payload\n* NASA ASSESSING NEW LAUNCH DATES FOR THE GLORY MISSION\n* Wide selection of Modes is scheduled for AO-51\n* Satellite Shorts\n* ARRISS CONTACTS\n* Spectrum Management Bill Threatens 70cm Amateur Satellite Frequencies\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-058.01\nElectronic Nominating Procedures Announced for AMSAT-NA Elections\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 058.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nFebruary 27, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-058.01\n\nAMSAT has in the past required written submission of nominating \npetitions for the Board of Directors, usually gathered at hamfests \nor other meetings, to be received at the AMSAT office no later than \nJune 15th. This procedure will remain available, unchanged, and is \nthe preferred method. \n\nHowever, in the decades since the founding of AMSAT, electronic com-\nmunications, once limited to the few at government or other technical \nfacilities, have become readily available. This has prompted a review \nof the nominating procedures used at comparable organizations. \n\nBeginning with 2011 AMSAT Board of Directors election, a supplemental \nmethod, using electronic submissions, will be available.  \n\nThis will be a two step process: \n\n1. Preliminary nominating petitions may be made by FAX, PDF, or \n   similar electronic means. As with the written version, this \n   petition must be from one Member Society, or five AMSAT-NA \n   members in good standing, and received at the AMSAT office \n   by June 15th. This will allow nominations up to the last day \n   to cover a last minute withdrawal or declaration of candidacy.  \n\n2. However, in accordance with the AMSAT Bylaws, there remains a \n   requirement of a confirming written nominating petition. This \n   must be received at the AMSAT office no later than 7 days after \n   June 15th.  \n\nIn effect, by submitting a petition electronically, you extend the \ndeadline for the written petition to be received by 7 days. Elec-\ntronic submissions without this second, written petition are not \nvalid under the existing AMSAT Bylaws. More extensive changes, for \ninstance to a fully electronic method, will require an amendment of \nthe Bylaws. \n\nThe addresses, FAX number, and requirements for submission will be \nprovided in the formal call for nominations published in the AMSAT \nJournal. \n\nAlan Biddle\nWA4SCA\nAMSAT Corporate Secretary\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Corporate Secretary Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the\n above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-058.02\nSA AMSAT Space Symposium on April 2, 2011\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 058.02\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nFebruary 27, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-058.02\n\nSA AMSAT Space Symposium on April 2, 2011\n\nThe 2011 SA AMSAT Space Symposium  will be held in Gauteng on Saturday,\nApril 2, 2011 at Vodaworld, Midrand in South Africa.\n\nIf you book before March 15 you receive a discount on the registration\nfee. Download the registration form from http://www.amsatsa.org.za/\nRegistration fee includes refreshments and lunch.\n\nSymposium Highlights:\n\n+ Keynote Address: Sandile Malinga CEO of SANSA \n+ RaDAR- Rapid Deployed Amateur Radio \n+ SA AMSAT Satellite projects: \n   SAiSAT\n   KLETSkous \n+ The African Space Institute: the first year of blood, sweat \n  and space. \n+ Cryogenic receiver systems for the KAT-7 and MeerKAT projects  \n+ The CHEETAH-1 CSLV-Moving Toward Independent Access to Space \n  for South Africa  \n+ CPUT - Student Satellite projects\n\n[ANS thanks SA AMSAT for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-058.03\nSA-AMSAT Decides on UV Linear Transponder for Kletskous Payload\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 058.03\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nFebruary 27, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-058.03\n\nSA-AMSAT Decides on UV Linear Transponder for Kletskous Payload\n\nSA-AMSAT has started the development of a Cubesat project. It has\nbeen named Project KLETSkous during its development phase. Once \nthe satellite nears completion it is plannedto run a competition \nto decide on an applicable name for the satellite as was the case \nfor SumbandilaSat.\n\nProject KLETSkous reflects nicely on the mission and functionality \nof the satellite: \"Klets\" is an Afrikaans work for talking a lot. \nWe want the Southern African radio amateurs to talk and operate \nmuch more via satellite. \"Kous\" is the Afrikaans word for a sock. \nThe transponder that is planned for the satellite can also be re-\nferred to as a \"bent-pipe\" transponder, aligning the idea to the \n\"sock\".\n\nSA-AMSAT this week announced that the main payload on the KLETSkous \nCubeSat will be a linear UV transponder with a bandwidth of 20 kHz.\nThe UV mode which is 70 cm uplink and 2 meter downlink was chosen \nin line with internationally recommended practice as it will mini-\nmize interference. \n\nThe aim is to have it operating over Africa without the need of an \naccess tone to open the transponder to give Amateurs with modest \nequipment easy access to the satellite. For the rest of the world \nwhere the Amateur population is denser, tone access will be required \nto reduce unwanted interference even on 70 cm uplinks.\n\nFor educational purposes a beacon and parrot functionality may be \nhighly desirable. Proposals for additional payloads will be consid-\nered. It should however be remembered that the amount of available \npower is a limiting factor. \n\nFundraising for the project has started in all earnest and radio \namateurs are invited to make contributions to the fund.\n\nVisit http://www.amsatsa.org.za/KLETSkous.htm for bank details and \nmore about the KLETSkous project.\n\n[ANS thanks SA AMSAT for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-058.04\nNASA ASSESSING NEW LAUNCH DATES FOR THE GLORY MISSION\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 058.04\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nFebruary 27, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-058.04\n\nNASA ASSESSING NEW LAUNCH DATES FOR THE GLORY MISSION\n\n[Editor Note: This is the launch from Vandenberg AFB that includes\n the University of Kentucky, University of Montana, and University \n of Colorado cubesats announced in ANS-051.]\n\nWASHINGTON -- Preparations for the launch of NASA's Glory mission \nfrom Vandenberg Air Force Base in California have been suspended \ntemporarily. Engineers continue to troubleshoot a malfunction in \nground support equipment associated with the Taurus XL rocket. \n\nOn Feb. 23, a false indication was received about the rocket's \nstatus after commands were sent approximately 15 minutes before \nlaunch to activate the Taurus. \n\n\"We had an indication that a 'hold-fire' command was sent when \nindeed it had not,\" said Omar Baez, NASA launch director. \n\nThe commands originated from the Vehicle Interface Control Console \nin the mobile launch support van stationed a few miles from the \nlaunch pad. The problem has not yet been isolated, and trouble-\nshooting continues. Managers are evaluating possible Glory launch \nopportunities in early to mid-March. \n\n\"The Glory spacecraft is doing fine,\" reported Bryan Fafaul, Glory \nproject manager from NASA's Goddard Space Flight in Greenbelt, Md. \n\"We are continuing to slow charge the battery until we have a new \nlaunch date.\" \n\nThe Glory satellite will be launched aboard a Taurus on a mission \nto improve our understanding of how the sun and tiny atmospheric \nparticles called aerosols affect Earth's climate. Glory launch \nmanagement is provided by NASA's Launch Service Program at the \nagency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orbital Sciences Corp. \nis providing the Taurus XL launch vehicle and is responsible for \nspacecraft operations. \n\nFor status updates on the Glory launch, visit: \nhttp://www.nasa.gov/glory   \n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-058.05\nWide selection of modes is scheduled for AO-51\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 058.05\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nFebruary 27, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-058.05\n\nHere is the AO-51 schedule for the next few weeks.  There is \na little bit of something for everyone in here!\n\nKeep in mind that the schedule is subject to change due to \npower budget and/or telemetry downloading.\n\nAO-51 Mode Change Schedule(updated 2/27/11)\n\nFebruary 21 (~2145 UTC) [Eclipses should end around Feb. 24/25]\n\nDual Voice Repeaters :\nMode V/U FM Voice Repeater (no PL tone needed)\nUplink: 145.920 MHz FM\nDownlink 435.300 MHz FM\n\nMode L/U FM Voice Repeater (no PL tone needed)\nUplink: 1268.703 MHz FM\nDownlink 435.150 MHz FM\n\n\nMarch 1 (~1005 UTC) \n\nMode V/S Voice Repeater (no PL tone needed)\nUplink: 145.880 MHz FM\nDownlink 2401.200 MHz FM \n\n\nMarch 4 (~0945 UTC) \n\nMode V/U FM Voice Repeater (no PL tone needed)\nUplink: 145.920 MHz FM\nDownlink 435.300 MHz FM \n\nMode L/U PacSat BBS\nUplink: 1268.703 MHz FSK 9k6 baud\nDownlink 435.150 MHz FSK 9k6 baud \n\n\nMarch 6 (~2115 UTC) \n\nMode L/SU FM Voice Repeater (no PL tone needed)\nUplink: 1268.703 MHz FM\nDownlink1 2401.200 MHz FM\nDownlink2 435.300 MHz FM (low power) \n\n\nMarch 11 (~1000 UTC) [Eclipses return around March 12/13]\n\nMode V/U FM Voice Repeater (no PL tone needed)\nUplink: 145.920 MHz FM\nDownlink 435.300 MHz FM\n\nMode L/U PacSat BBS\nUplink: 1268.703 MHz 9k6 baud\nDownlink 435.150 MHz 9k6 baud\n\n\nAs always, command stations may need to reconfigure modes in \norder to collect telemetry as needed.\n\nRemember that power management may be running, and the \ntransmitter(s) will shut OFF during periods of eclipse \nand/or low battery voltage.\n\n73,\n\nMark N8MH\nAO-51 Command Team\n\n\n[ANS thanks Mark, N8MH & Team for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-058.06\nSatellite Shorts\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 058.06\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nFebruary 27, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-058.06\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ David Jordan AA4KN's excellent article on working ARISSat-1 that \n  was published in the February, 2011 issue of QST magazine is \n  available for download: http://tinyurl.com/work-arissat1 It is a \n  1.1MB .pdf document. (Thanks Clint, K6LCS)\n\n+ Roscosmos has announced that ARISSat-1, still inside the ISS will \n  be turned on using an external antenna on Yuri's Night, April 12,\n  2011 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first manned \n  space flight. AMSAT will support this event and issue certificates \n  to those stations reporting reception of the ARISSat-1 signals. \n  Yuri's Night is a global event with more information available \n  on-line at: http://yurisnight.net/\n\n+ Listen for possible satellite operation from the Camb-Hams DXpedition\n  from the Isle of Arran (Grid IO75HO) between May 1-8, 2011. Their\n  latest information can be found on-line at: http://dx.camb-hams.com/\n\n+ The next Hudson Valley Satcom Net date is Thursday, March 3 at 8PM \n  EST (UTC-5) on the 146.970MHz Repeater (-600;Pl 100) and on the \n  echolink node of N2EYH-L. More info: http://www.hvsatcom.org \n  (Stu,WA2BSS)\n\n+ The Florida AMSAT net is held every Thursday evening at 7:30pm Eastern \n  Time (UTC-5). Many Florida repeaters are connected together for this \n  net but others are welcome to join by using the AMSAT Echolink Confer-\n  ence Node. Mike N4HHA is usually the moderator. Bring your questions \n  and news items to share. (John K8YSE/4)\n\n+ Several videos of the innovative KySat-1 CubeSat are available: \n  http://tinyurl.com/4zodwy8 (SouthGateARC)\n\n+ Movies of Comet Tempel 1 encounter by Stardust-NExT can be viewed at:\n  http://tinyurl.com/4tnbwan (UniverseToday.com)\n\n[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-058.07\nARISS Contacts\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 058.07\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nFebruary 21, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-058.07\n\n1. Upcoming School Contacts\n\nPreston North East Primary School in Preston, Victoria, Australia  scheduled\nfor an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on\nTuesday, February 22 at 08:04 UTC via telebridge station W5RRR in Houston\nwas successful. Students in Grades 5 and 6 have been engaged in an\nintegrated unit of work that focuses on Earth and the Solar System. The\nstudents have been learning why we are able to live on Earth and why other\nplanets are not suitable to sustain human life.  \n\nNishibori Eizaburo Memorial Explorer Museum Radio Club, located in\nHigashiomi, Shiga, Japan  scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, February 22 at 09:12\nUTCwas also successful.  The radio club is an independent club that will use\nthe museum facilities for this event. Children are learning about the ISS\nmission and space science and it is hoped that the contact will pique\nstudent interest in science and space technology.\n\n2. Successful ARISS Contacts Held \n\nStudents from Matsubara High School, located in Matsubara, Osaka, Japan, \nexperienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) \ncontact with U.S. astronaut Cady Coleman, KC5ZTH on Monday, February 14. \nThe contact, which highlighted lessons on radios and the ISS, was attended \nby approximately 200 people. Media representatives from 3 newspapers, one \nradio station and 3 television stations, including NHK \n(Japan Broadcasting Corporation) covered the event. \n\nOn Thursday, February 17, students attending \"Claudio Varalli,\" and \n\"Salvador Allende\" High Schools in Milano, Italy participated in an \nARISS contact with ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZØJPA on the ISS. \nTelebridge station W5RRR in Houston handled the connection. Varalli, \nwhich has both a technical school and a secondary school that focuses \non foreign languages, has a radio club station, IZ2SHS that is used to \npractice languages. \"Salvador Allende\" emphasizes three courses of \nstudy in science, humanities and accounting. More than 100 students, \nteachers and visitors attended the event and listened as Nespoli \nfielded 16 questions posed to him by the students. Regional and local \nmedia covered the contact, which was available on EchoLink and streamed \non the Web.\n\nAn ARISS contact was held between youth visiting Experiencing Learning, \n\"Imparare Sperimentando,\" in San Quirino, Italy and on-orbit astronaut \nPaolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA on Saturday, February 19 via station LU8YY in \nArgentina. A crowd of approximately 400 people gathered at Imparare \nSperimentando, an interactive exhibition that covers a wide variety of \nphysics experiments and science, and watched as the students asked 16 \nquestions of the astronaut. Regional and local media covered the event. \nThe audio was fed into EchoLink and streaming video was provided by \nAMSAT-Italia. \n\n3. Kentucky Standard Says ARISS Inspires Students to Study Science\n\nThe Kentucky Standard Editorial Board printed an article about the recent \nARISS - Foster Heights Elementary School contact, made possible with the \nhelp of Nelson County Area Technology Center students, and how this activity\n\ninspires children to learn more about science and technology. The story\ntalks \nabout how the radio contact fits in with President Barack Obama's recent\nState \nof the Union address on how the nation needs to encourage students to learn\nand \nexcel, especially in math and science. \nSee:\nhttp://www.kystandard.com/content/space-contact-may-increase-science-and-mat\nh-interest\n\n4. ARISS International Team Meeting Held\n\nThe ARISS International Team met for its monthly teleconference on Tuesday, \nFebruary 15.  Discussions included the upcoming ARISS-I face to face\nmeeting, \nas well as status reports on Columbus Module projects and ARISSat-1 plans. \nMinutes have been posted to the ARISS Web site. \n\nhttps://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2011-02-15.htm\n\n5. AMSAT - ARISSat-1 Updates\n\nOn February 20, the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service\n\nbulletin (ANS-051) provided a status on ARISSat-1. Roscosmos has delayed the\n\ndeployment of ARISSat-1 until the next Russian EVA scheduled in July. On\nApril 12, \nthe crew will connect the satellite, while still inside the ISS, to an\nexternal \nantenna and turn it on in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's\nfirst \nmanned spaceflight.  For more information, \nsee: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2011/000488.html\n\n6. ARRL - Doug Wheelock will be Guest at Dayton Hamvention\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) posted a story in its February 17\nARRL \nLetter about astronaut Doug Wheelock's plans to attend the Dayton Hamvention\n\nwhich will be held May 20-22, 2011. Wheelock will talk about his stay on the\n\nISS, his contacts with school children and his many general contacts with\nhams. \nFor the full story, \"Astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC, to Be Guest of ARRL\nand \nAMSAT at Hamvention,®\" go to:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/astronaut-doug-wheelock-kf5boc-to-be-guest-of-arrl-\nand-amsat-at-hamvention\n\n7. Astronaut Training Status \n\nThree astronauts were given the ARISS Basic Operations class this past week.\n\nKevin Ford, KF5GPP (Expedition 33), Chris Cassidy (Expedition 35) and \nAkihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI (Expedition 32) all participated in the training\nsessions.\n\n8. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISSat\n\nOn February 18, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1749 posted the story,\n\"Ham Radio \nin Space: ARISSat-1 Deployment Delayed until July.\"  \nThe story covers the recent events affecting the satellite.  \nSee: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-058.08\nSpectrum Management Bill Threatens 70cm Amateur Satellite Frequencies\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 058.08\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nFebruary 27, 2011\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-058.08\n\nSpectrum Management Bill Threatens 70cm Amateur Satellite Frequencies\n\nThe ARRL and AMSAT are closely monitoring progress on a new bill \nHR-607, the Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011, introduced\nby Representative Peter King (R-NY-3), Chairman of the House Home-\nland Security Committee. At present the bill has been referred to \nthe House Energy and Commerce Committee, which handles telecommun-\nications legislation.\n\nSeveral blocks of spectrum are proposed for auction. There are sev-\neral bills in Congress providing for the allocation of the D-Block \n(758-763 and 788-793 MHz) for Public Safety use, and HR-607 is one \nof those. \n\nBut HR-607 uniquely provides for the reallocation of other spectrum \nfor auction to commercial users, in order to offset the loss of \nrevenue that would occur as the result of the allocation of the \nD-Block to Public Safety instead of commercial auction. The band of \n420-440 MHz is listed among the bands to be reallocated for commercial \nauction within 10 years of passage of HR-607.\n\nA full article on this topic is posted on the ARRL web at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/4prgouq (arrl.org)\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]\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 additional \nbenefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nNb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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