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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-343 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2018-12-09T01:12:57Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-343\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* Fox-1Cliff/AO-95 Commissioning Status\n* Fox-1Cliff Launched, Initial Telemetry Received\n* Fox-1Cliff Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 95 (AO-95)\n* ExseedSat Granted VO-96 OSCAR Number\n* JY1Sat Now Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97)\n* Remind Me Again? What is Going On With Fox-1Cliff?\n* Updates to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 12-6-2018\n* Changes to FUNcube Warehouses\n* RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E Launch Date NET March 2019\n* Satellites Activation From The Queen Mary On December 15\n* Help Wanted: Radio Amateurs Requested to Monitor Cubesat Downlinks\n* KG5FYI and RN3DX Join KG5TMT and KF5ONO Aboard the ISS\n* AMSAT Web Adds Donation Portal\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News\n* Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-343.01\nANS-343 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 343.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDecember 9, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-343.01\n\n\nFox-1Cliff/AO-95 Commissioning Status\n\nFollowing the launch of Fox-1Cliff/AO-95 AMSAT Engineering began the\ncommissioning process, with the help of AMSAT Operations, on Tuesday\nDecember 4.  Satellite telemetry indicates that the bird is healthy,\nand I thank all of the stations who have captured and relayed the\ntelemetry that enabled us to monitor and determine the health of the\nvarious systems on board.  Fox-1Cliff required an extended period\nmonitoring battery and power levels due to the anomaly and fix that\nwas applied back in February of 2016 during environmental testing,\nand the result of that is positive.\n\nHowever, during the next steps of commissioning we discovered an\nanomaly with her receive capability.  After a few days of tests,\nanalysis, and discussion, it appears that Fox-1Cliff/AO-95 will not\nbe commissioned as our fourth Fox-1 amateur radio satellite.\n\nAMSAT Engineering will continue to evaluate and test Fox-1Cliff/AO-\n95 for solutions to the anomaly and your continued help in providing\ntelemetry is appreciated so that we can have data throughout her\ndaily orbits rather than limited data over our U.S. stations.  The\ndata, analysis, and testing could lead to a positive solution but at\nthe very least will be important to AMSAT's satellite programs in\nproviding information that would help us and others, as we do freely\nshare our successes and failures, to avoid similar situations with\nfuture missions.\n\nI would like to thank all of the AMSAT Fox Engineering volunteers\nwho made Fox-1Cliff possible and continue to build our new\nsatellites, becoming even better as we move forward.\n\nI will provide more information on the anomaly and any determination\nwe make regarding the possible cause or causes as well as information\non the possibility of recovery, over time.  Please be patient\nregarding that.  Many of you have probably built a project and had to\ntroubleshoot it on your bench, we are in a troubleshooting situation\nhere with the additional challenge of being 600 km away from our\nbench.\n\n[ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President of Engineering\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFox-1Cliff Launched, Initial Telemetry Received\n\nFox-1Cliff was successfully launched on Spaceflight's SSO-A: SmallSat\nExpress mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base\nat 18:34:05 UTC on December 3, 2018. Following deployment, the space-\ncraft was activated on schedule at 23:54:27 UTC.\n\nAt approximately 00:30 UTC on December 4th, several stations in\nBrazil, including PS8MT, PT9BM, and PT2AP, reported hearing the voice\nbeacon \"Fox-1Cliff Safe Mode,\" confirming that the satellite was\nalive. Just before 00:40 UTC, AMSAT Fox-1 Team Member Burns Fisher,\nWB1FJ, was the first to submit telemetry to AMSAT servers. Initial\ntelemetry values show the satellite to be in good health.\n\nThanks to the 29 different stations that contributed telemetry during\nFox-1Cliff's initial orbits. At press time this week over 130 stations\nhave received telemetry and uploaded their data to AMSAT's servers.\n\nAll stations are encouraged to please continue collecting telemetry\nduring the commissioning process and are reminded not to transmit on\nthe uplink frequencies until AMSAT opens the satellite for general\nuse. The commissioning process is expected to take approximately 7-10\ndays.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFox-1Cliff Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 95 (AO-95)\n\nOn December 3rd, 2018, Fox-1Cliff was launched on a Falcon 9\nvehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Part\nof Spaceflight's SSO-A: Smallsat Express launch, Fox-1Cliff\nwas named after long time AMSAT supporter Cliff Buttschardt,\nK7RR (SK). In the 48 hours after launch, more than 110\namateur radio operators around the world have successfully\nreceived and submitted telemetry from the satellite.\n\nFollowing in our long tradition of naming amateur satellites,\nAMSAT hereby designates Fox-1Cliff as AMSAT-OSCAR 95 (AO-95).\n\nThank you to those who have supported this mission with their\ntime, talent, and financial support for the benefit of amateur\nradio operators worldwide.\n\n73,\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nAMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator\n\n[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations /\n   OSCAR Number Administrator for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nExseedSat Granted VO-96 OSCAR Number\n\nOn December 3rd, 2018, ExseedSat was launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle\nfrom Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Part of Spaceflight's\nSSO-A: Smallsat Express launch, ExseedSat was built by a team of\nIndian radio hams including Ashhar Farhan (VU2ESE), George Phillips\n(VU2GT), Gurudutta Panda (VU3GDP), Sasi Bhusan (VU3ELR), and Nitin\nMutin (VU3TYG). Initial telemetry has been received around the world.\n\nAt the request of Exseed Space, AMSAT hereby designates ExseedSat as\nVUsat-OSCAR 96 (VO-96). We congratulate the owners and operators of\nVO-96, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite\ncommunity, and wish them continued success on this and future\nprojects.\n\n73,\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nAMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator\n\n[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR\n Number Administrator for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJY1Sat now Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97)\n\nOn December 3rd, 2018, JY1Sat was launched on a Falcon 9 vehicle\nfrom Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Part of Spaceflight's\nSSO-A: Smallsat Express launch, JY1Sat is a project of the Crown\nPrince Foundation of Jordan. Telemetry has been received and decoded\naround the world since the launch.\n\nAt the request of the Crown Prince Foundation, AMSAT hereby desig-\nnates JY1Sat as Jordan-OSCAR 97 (JO-97). We congratulate the owners\nand operators of JO-97, thank them for their contribution to the\namateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on this\nand future projects.\n\n73,\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nAMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator\n\n[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations /\n   OSCAR Number Administrator for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n         For a limited time, new and rewewing AMSAT members\n                will receive a free digital copy of\n              \"Getting Started with Amateur Satellites\"\n            Join or renew your AMSAT membership today at\n       https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-membership/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRemind Me Again? What is Going On With Fox-1Cliff?\n\nJerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President-Engineering, and the Fox\nEngineering Team remind you of the post-launch testing activities\nfor Fox-1Cliff.\n\n+ Capturing Initial Telemetry is the Most Important Task\n+ Safe Mode/Beacon Mode Operation on Start Up\n+ On-Orbit Checklist Activities\n+ Activation for Amateur Radio Access\n+ Fox-1Cliff Technical Details\n\nCapturing Initial Telemetry is the Most Important Task\n-------------------------------------------------------\nFollowing the successful launch and deployment of Fox-1Cliff, all\namateur radio satellite enthusiasts can play an important part in the\ncommissioning of the new satellite. Telemetry helps us tremendously,\nstarting ASAP after startup (~59 minutes after deployment*) and for\nthe next 72-96 hours at least (for the life of the satellite is\npreferred!) as we look for successful startup, watch the general\nhealth and function as the satellite begins to acclimate to space,\nand start to perform the on orbit checkout. The first station to\nsuccessfully receive and submit telemetry to the AMSAT server will\nreceive a special 3D printed QSL card acknowledging their\ncontribution.\n\nIf you are capturing telemetry with FoxTelem, please be sure that\n\"Upload to Server\" is checked in your settings and your Ground\nStation Params are filled in as well. You can help AMSAT and everyone\nwaiting to get on the air with Fox-1Cliff tremendously, by capturing\nFox-1Cliff telemetry.\n\nSafe Mode/Beacon Mode Operation on Start Up\n-------------------------------------------\nIn the initial Safe Mode after startup, which we actually call Beacon\nMode, the transmitter is limited to 10 seconds on time then does the\ntwo minutes off cycle. For those of you capturing telemetry, that\nmeans that you will only see Current frames and no High or Low frames\nbecause the High and Low are truncated as it takes just over 10\nseconds to send two frames. You will hear Veronica announcing\n\"Fox-1Cliff Safe Mode\" while in Beacon Mode.\n\nWe will likely leave the satellite in Beacon Mode for 24 hours to\nobserve power telemetry. If we are seeing good readings from what you\ngather, when it comes over the U.S. for the first good pass after\nthat holding period we will command it from Beacon Mode to normal\nSafe Mode. That puts Fox-1Cliff in full (still Safe Mode though)\noperation and transmits a full two frames of telemetry which is one\nCurrent frame followed by, and alternating each ID cycle, a High or a\nLow frame.\n\nOn-Orbit Checklist Activities\n-----------------------------\nWe will begin the rest of the in orbit checklist activities at that\ntime, and it is expected to take 7 to 10 days.\n\nHelp your friends and all of our satellite ham friends get on the air\nand have fun sooner by being polite and patient!\n\nThe in orbit checkout procedure is similar to Fox-1D and could be\ncompleted in as little as 7 days if we have the cooperation of the\nusers. It is very important, not to mention just plain good Amateur\nOperating Practice, to refrain from using the transponder uplink so\nwe can do the on orbit tests, including when we turn on transponder\nmode for testing. I cannot stress enough, the importance of this\ncooperation not just for us but also for all users, simply having a\nlittle patience so we can conduct the tests as quickly and accurately\nas possible.\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n     Do not attempt to access this satellite until the activation\n    announcement from AMSAT Engineering and AMSAT Operations Teams\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\nActivation for Amateur Radio Access\n-----------------------------------\nAMSAT will make it broadly known when the tests are complete and the\ntransponder is available for all to use. If you hear someone on the\ntransponder, please do not assume that it is open for general use -\ncheck our website, Facebook, Twitter, to be sure you are not\naccidentally jumping in with and unwittingly causing interference as\nwell.\n\nMany hams put thousands of volunteer hours of their time into making\nFox-1Cliff happen. Just like any ham radio project you might\nundertake, we build satellites. We do it because we like to, and when\nwe are done, we freely share our project with hams everywhere as is\nthe spirit of amateur radio. I have to say though, that the incidents\nwe have experienced in the past with stations intentionally\ndisregarding the command stations requests to keep the frequency\nclear during testing not only delays the commissioning, but also\nnegatively impacts the enthusiasm that our volunteers feel toward\nhanding over a new bird to the members and users as soon as possible.\n\nI am asking all satellite hams to contribute just a little bit of\nyour time to the fun now, by being patient and just gathering\ntelemetry, not using the transponder uplink, and helping us complete\nthe last few days of getting Fox-1Cliff in orbit and operating for\nall of you.\n\nFox-1Cliff Technical Details\n----------------------------\nUplink:     435.300 MHz / 1267.300 MHz** with 67 Hz CTCSS Tone\nDownlink:   145.920 MHz\n** Uplinks switched by command station, not operational\n    simultaneously\nNominal operating frequencies may vary slightly after launch.\n\nGround stations need to adjust your transmit frequency for Doppler\nShift. One suggested approach includes programming 5 uplink fre-\nquencies into memory channels and stepping through the channels\ndepending on Fox-1Cliff's relative position to you. (Fc in the\ntable below is the nominal uplink center frequency = 435.300 MHz).\n\nFull duplex operation is recommended to allow you to hear if you\nare tuned on-frequency and also avoids interfering if another\nstation is transmitting.\n\nADJUSTING YOUR UPLINK FREQUENCY to TRACK DOPPLER SHIFT\n------------------------------------------------------\nAOS         (Memory Channel 1) Fc - 10 KHz 435.290 MHz\nApproaching (Memory Channel 2) Fc - 5 KHz  435.295 MHz\nNearest     (Memory Channel 3) Fc          435.300 MHz\nDeparting   (Memory Channel 4) Fc + 5 KHz  435.305 MHz\nLOS         (Memory Channel 5) Fc + 10 KHz 435.310 MHz\n\nAccess the Fox-1 Operating Guide on-line at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/station-and-operating-hints/\nFind all of AMSAT Fox-1 frequencies on-line at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/fm-satellite-frequency-summary/\nSatPC32 users can find updated *.SQF files at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS-336-SatPC32files\n\n[ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President-Engineering for\nthe above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpdates to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 12-6-2018\n\nFox-1Cliff has been renamed AMSAT-OSCAR 95 (AO-95) per ANS Special\nBulletin\n339.01, December 5, 2018.\n\nThe following Satellites have been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE\nDistribution.\n\n>From the India ISRO PSLV-C43 launch on November 29, 2018:\nFacSat 1 - NORAD CAT ID 43721\nReaktor H W - NORAD CAT ID 43728 (Reaktor Hello World, CAT ID per\nowner)\nInnoSat 2 - NORAD CAT ID 43738\n3CAT 1 - NORAD CAT ID 43721 (CAT ID per owner)\nThanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for ID's on FactSat 1 and InoSat 2)\n\n>From the SpaceX Falcon 9 SSO-A launch on December 3,2018:\nOBJECT A - NORAD CAT ID 43758\nJY1Sat - NORAD CAT ID 43759\nITASat 1 - NORAD CAT ID 43760\nOBJECT D - NORAD CAT ID 43761\nOBJECT E - NORAD CAT ID 43762\nESEO - NORAD CAT ID 43763\nOBJECT G - NORAD CAT ID 43764\nOBJECT H - NORAD CAT ID 43765\nOBJECT J - NORAD CAT ID 43766\nOBJECT K - NORAD CAT ID 43767\nOBJECT L - NORAD CAT ID 43768\nAO-95 - NORAD CAT ID 43774 (Fox-1Cliff renamed AO-95)\nMOVE-II - NORAD CAT ID 43775\nPWSat 2 - NORAD CAT ID 43776\n\nThanks to Nico Janssen,PA0DLO, for the ID's on JY1-Sat, ITASAT 1,\nESEO, MOVE-II, PWsat 2, and AO-95 (Fox-1Cliff).\n\nNote: The Falcon 9 SSO-A 12/3/2018 launch includes 64 spacecraft (15\nmicrosats and 49 cubesats). The 14 objects listed above are those\nobjects with TLEs currently listed by Space-Track.org. The objects\nare very close together at this time. More CAT IDs probably will be\nadded and some satellites may change their CAT ID. Right now Cat ID\n43774 is the best match for AO-95. I recommend patience. More later.\n\nThe following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed\nfrom the distribution:\n\nUNSW-EC0 - NORAD CAT ID 42723 - Decayed December 3, 2018\ni-INSPIRE II - NORAD CAT ID 42731 - Decayed November 24, 2018\nSFERA 2 - NORAD CAT ID 42913 - Decayed November 29, 2018\nThanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad WA5QGD for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nChanges to FUNcube Warehouses\n\nThe FUNcube team are busy commissioning JY1Sat and assisting with\nESEO.\n\nTo this end we have instigated a new data warehouse which will\naggregate all the data generated by FUNcube payloads.\n\nThis can be found at http://data.amsat-uk.org and is currently\nsupporting NAYIF-1, JY1Sat & ESEO. (The Dashboard warehouse URL for\nthese satellites is the same)\n\nThe existing warehouse at http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk will\ncontinue to support FUNcube-1 and hold data for UKube-1 and it's\nDashboard warehouse URL remains http://data.funcube.org.uk\n\nWe appreciate that this may be a little confusing as we transition\nbut please bear with us.\n\nWe be transferring all your points from the existing warehouse to\nthe new one in the next few days when the commissioning dust settles.\n\nFor those wishing to register or have lost there upload credentials,\nplease visit: http://data.amsat-uk.org/registration\nA 'lost credentials' link has been added to the page.\n\nWe still have forum.funcube.org.uk available for general discussions.\n\nDave also mentions that in answer to \"how do you handle change of\ncallsigns?\" that they have the ability to put in an alias for the\nranking display which does not affect the dashboard credentials.\n\nThis should be done by emailing me at [email protected]\n\nThis is the first bulk email we have sent using the database. If,\nunder the rules of GDPR, please let us know if you would like your\naccount marked as not wishing to receive emails.\n\n[ANS thanks Dave G4DPZ for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E Launch Date NET March 2019\n\nNASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative has posted upcoming ELaNa Cubesat\nLaunches on their website https://www.nasa.gov/content/upcoming-elana-\ncubesat-launches.\n\nAMSAT's RadFXSat-2/Fox-1E is among the satellites onboard the ELaNa\nXX launch set for NET March 2019.\n\nThe ELaNa XX Mission will feature the flight of Virgin Orbit Flight\n2 LauncherOne from Mojave, California\n\nThe 11 CubeSat Missions scheduled to be deployed include:\n\nCACTUS-1 - Capitol Technology University, Laurel, Maryland\nCAPE-3 - University of Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana\nEXOCUBE-2 - California Polytechnic University, San Louis Obispo,\n            California\nINCA - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico\nMicroMas-2b - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington,\n              Massachusetts\nMiTEE - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan\nPICS - Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah\nPolarCube - University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado\nQ-PACE - University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida\nRadFXSat-2 - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee\nTechEdSat-7 - NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett, California\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for alerting us to this information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellites Activation From The Queen Mary On December 15\n\nPatrick WD9EWK will be part of a day of satellite operating from a\ndeck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in southern\nCalifornia, Saturday 15 December 2018. Operations will be\nportable, almost like a Field Day, and should include FM, SSB, and\npossibly packet. All operations from the Queen Mary will be as W6RO,\nthe call sign for the wireless room on the ship operated by the\nAssociated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach. Depending on staffing in the\nW6RO wireless room, there may also be HF activity during the\nsatellite operation.\n\nAmateur radio has a long history on the Queen Mary, including a\nspecial-event station GB5QM that operated as the ship made its final\nvoyage from England to Long Beach in 1967, and in almost 4 decades\nwith the W6RO operations from Long Beach. More about the history of\namateur radio on the Queen Mary is available at:\n\nhttps://queenmary.com/history/amateur-radio/\nhttp://aralb.org/club-station-w6ro/\n\nPatrick had the pleasure of working AO-7 from W6RO in March 2016. An\narticle covering this quick operation appeared in the AMSAT Journal,\nand is available from the \"Articles\" folder in my Dropbox space:\n\nhttp://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/\n\nas well as an AMSAT-BB posting after that activation:\n\nhttp://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2016-March/057636.html\n\nQSLing for the W6RO satellite activation will be handled per the\nprocedure on W6RO's QRZ page:\n\nhttp://www.qrz.com/db/W6RO\n\nwith one exception: no QSO numbers will be given during the\nsatellite operation. Satellite QSOs from W6RO will be done in the\nnormal manner, with an exchange of call signs and grid locators. W6RO\nis located in grid DM03. W6RO does not use Logbook of the World, so\nall QSL requests will need to be mailed directly to the W6RO address\nin QRZ.\n\nThanks to Endaf Buckley N6UTC, the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long\nBeach and the ARALB's W6RO Wireless Room Manager (David Akins N6HHR),\nand the Queen Mary management for their work in arranging this event.\nI look forward to another opportunity to work satellites from the\nQueen Mary.\n\n[ANS thanks Patrick WD9EWK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHelp Wanted: Radio Amateurs Requested to Monitor Cubesat Downlinks\n\nIn addition to Fox-1Cliff, the SSO-A mission carried several other\namateur radio satellites, including FUNcube on ESEO, JY1SAT, K2SAT,\nand ExseedSat.\n\nJY1SAT Signals Heard\n---------------------\nData is being received by many stations around the globe and\nbeing uploaded to the data warehouse http://data.amsat-uk.org .\n\nAMSAT-UK has provided Dashboard Software to decode JY1SAT:\nhttps://download.funcube.org.uk/JY1Sat_Dashboard_v1178.msi\n\nThe first signals were picked up in Australia approximately 6 min-\nutes after deployment. Commissioning of the spacecraft is continu-\ning and there will be some periods when the telemetry being trans-\nmitted is not valid. This will show up with invalid data collec-\ntion flags in the dashboard.\n\nThe spacecraft is presently in safe mode so the TX power is\napproximately 30mW only! More up to date news and details can be\nfound on the https://funcube.org.uk/ website.\n\nFrequencies for the JY1SAT FUNcube-6 transponder include:\nUplink:    435.100 - 435.120 MHz CW, LSB\nDownlink:  145.855 - 145.875 MHz CW, USB\nTelemetry: 145.840 MHz (FUNcube BPSK format, new Dashboard software\n                         will be made available)\n\nJYISAT will transmit pre-stored images of the Kingdom which have been\nselected by a national competition. These images will be downlinked\nusing a SSDV digital format.\n\nExseedsat-1 Heard Intermittently\n--------------------------------\n\nPlease listen to Exseedsat RTTY telemetry on 145.900 FM and send\nreports directly to Nitin Muttin VU3TYG, vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in.\nJerry Buxton, N0JY requests stations with large antennas listen\nfor a possibly weak signal from the satellite.\n\nThe telemetry downlink frequency is 145.900 MHz, and is transmitted\nas five short ASCII words in RTTY. You can use any RTTY software to\nreceive the telemetry. Set the center frequency of RTTY to 2344. The\nRTTY is sent as 45.45 baud, 7-bit ASCII with one start bit, two stop\nbits and no parity. We recommend fldigi for receiving the telemetry\non PCs. The telemetry decoder is at:\nhttp://amsatindia.org/exseeedsat-rtty-telemetry-decoder/\nThe satellite sends out a beacon \"V\" followed by the RTTY telemetry\nevery minute.\n\nUplink:    435.340 MHz FM voice with 67 Hz CTCSS tone\n                        and APRS digipeater\nDownlink:  145.900 MHZ FM voice, APRS digipeater, telemetry\n\nESEO (FUNcube 4)\n----------------\nSignals and telemetry continue to be received from ESEO from the\nmain platform transmitter on 437.00 MHz. The are bursts of 9k6\ndata transmitted every one minute. Full details of these trans-\nmissions, including the telemetry equations, can now be found at\nhttps://www.esa.int/Education/ESEO. Daniel Estévez, EA4GPZ, com-\nmented that the beacon at 437.000 MHz it is not standard FSK AX.25,\nand it cannot be decoded with direwolf, UZ7HO or similar.\n\nThe AMSAT payload transmitter on 145.895MHz has not yet been act-\nivated  and it seems likely to be sometime before this occurs.\n\nUplink:   1263.500 MHz FM voice with 67Hz CTCSS tone\nDownlink:  145.895 MHz FM voice and telemetry\nTelemetry: 145.875 MHz Use ESEO Dashboard from AMSAT-UK\nhttps://download.funcube.org.uk/ESEO_Dashboard_v1177.msi\n\nSee also the AMSAT-UK summary of mission descriptions and\nfrequencies at:\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2018/11/14/ssoa-amateur-radio-satellites/\n\n[ANS thanks the satellite teams for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nKG5FYI and RN3DX Join KG5TMT and KF5ONO Aboard the ISS\n\nThree astronauts - including two radio amateurs - have docked at\nthe International Space Station (ISS) on the first crewed Soyuz\nvehicle launch since a dramatic failure in October. The astronauts\nfrom the US, Canada, and Russia, left Kazakhstan at 1130 UTC on\nDecember 3, and the Russian space agency Roscomos confirmed their\nsuccessful docking at the station. On board were David Saint-Jacques,\nKG5FYI, a Canadian engineer, astrophysicist, and medical doctor;\nspace veteran Oleg Kononenko, RN3DX, of Russia, and Anne McClain,\nof the US.\n\nThe three-person crew's mission was originally set for later this\nmonth, but officials moved up the date to avoid leaving the space\nstation unstaffed, when the current ISS crew of cosmonaut Sergey\nProkopyev and astronauts Serena Auñón-Chancellor, KG5TMT, and Alex-\nander Gerst, KF5ONO, return to Earth on December 20.\n\nMeanwhile, NASA astronaut Nick Hague, KG5TMV, who was on the aborted\nOctober 11 Soyuz launch, is getting ready for another try. Hague,\nNASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch, and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin\nare scheduled to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome on February 28\naboard the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft.\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Web Adds Donation Portal\n\nAMSAT relies on your donations to Keep Amateur Radio in Space.\nPlease consider a donation to the AMSAT General Fund, the GOLF\nProgram, or ARISS today!\n\nAccess the Donation Portal on the AMSAT front page\nhttp://www.amsat.org --> Select Donate from the main menu bar\n-or- visit https://www.amsat.org/donations/ for direct access to\nthe page.\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n         For a limited time, new and rewewing AMSAT members\n                will receive a free digital copy of\n              \"Getting Started with Amateur Satellites\"\n            Join or renew your AMSAT membership today at\n       https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-membership/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations as of December 6, 2018\n\nOahu and Maui (BL01, BL10, BL11) - December 3-14, 2018\nJohn, N7AME, will be in Hawaii December 3-14.  John hopes to rove\nBL01, BL10 and BL11, but the Hawaiian Islands appear to have ten (10)\ndifferent grids, and he hopes he can work all of them.  John can only\nwork FM satellites AO-91 and AO-92.\n\nHaleakala, HI (BL10, BL11, BL20) - December 8-11, 2018\nGabe, AL6D, has been approved for a flight deck training trip to\nHawaii, December 8-11.  Planned flight lands mid-afternoon at OCG on\nDec 8th and departs late on Dec 11th.  Gabe will rent a car and\nactivate BL10/11/20, ultra-distance passes from Haleakala.  Trip is\ndependent on availability of cockpit jumpseat, so subject to\ncancellation.  Keep an eye on the @AL6D_Alaska Twitter for further\nupdates https://twitter.com/AL6D_Alaska\n\nGreenburg, PA (FN00) - December 10-12, 2018\nTanner, W9TWJ, will be travelling for business the week of December\n10th-12th, to Greensburg, PA (FN00). He will attempt to be active on\nFM evening passes and hopefully not freeze! Specific pass\nannouncements will be posted to Twitter: https://twitter.com/twjones85\n\nRMS Queen Mary (DM03) - December 15, 2018\nPatrick , WD9EWK, will be part of a day of satellite operating from\na deck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in southern\nCalifornia, on Saturday 15 December 2018. Operations will be\nportable, almost like a Field Day, and should include FM, SSB, and\npossibly packet. All operations from the Queen Mary will be as W6RO,\nthe call sign for the wireless room on the\nship operated by the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach.\nDepending on staffing in the W6RO wireless room, there may also be HF\nactivity during the satellite operation.\nQSLing for the W6RO satellite activation will be handled per the\nprocedure on W6RO's QRZ page: http://www.qrz.com/db/W6RO\n\nOahu (BL01, BL11) - December 28 thru January 1, 2019,2018\nGabe, AL6D willbe heading to Oahu, Hawaii, at the end of the year.\nPlan is to operate from BL01 and BL10, linears and FM.  Trip is\ndependent on availability of cockpit jumpseat, so subject to\ncancellation.  Keep an eye on the @AL6D_Alaska Twitter for further\nupdates https://twitter.com/AL6D_Alaska\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org\n\nFor updated information see:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/\n\n[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nThe ARISS-US program's education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov.\n30, 2018 has now closed.  The next window should go open in the\nspring of 2019.\n\nRecent\nSuccessful ARISS Contacts\n\n+ Wed 2018-12-05 14:20 UTC between Alexander Gerst KF5ONO  using ISS\n  callsign DPØISS and Realschule & Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten,\n  Germany. Contact was direct via DN1RMG. ARISS Mentor was Peter\n  IN3GHZ.\n\n+ Wed 2018-12-05 14:20 UTC between Alexander Gerst KF5ONO  using ISS\n  callsign DPØISS and Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium,  Heilbronn, Germany.\n  Contact was direct via DN1RMG. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ.\n\n+ Fri 2018-12-07 18:48:30 UTC  between Serena Aunon-Chancellor\n  KG5TMT using ISS callsign NA1SS and Hudson Memorial School,\n  Hudson, NH. Contact was direct via N1FD. ARISS Mentor was Dave\n  AA4KN\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 $15,895 raised\n    or about 10% 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\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nHudson Memorial School, Hudson, NH, direct via N1FD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT\nContact was successful: Fri 2018-12-07 18:48:30 UTC\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nShorts From All Over\n\n+ Dr. T.S. Kelso @TSKelso  tweeted: Just a note, but we only update\n  TLEs every two hours on CelesTrak, so if you are checking or down-\n  loading files more than a dozen times a day, you are wasting band-\n  width for the other ~350,000 daily users. Please review your\n  scripts and adjust accordingly. Thanks! (@TSKelso via twitter)\n\n+ Congratulations to Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA, for placing first place\n  as Rover station AC0RA/R, Limited Rover earning him a score of\n  121,264 points in the ARRL September VHF Contest. Wyatt's score\n  set a new record for W/VE stations, 1st place W/VE, and 1st place\n  in the Minnesota Section. (ARRL)\n\n+ Any update on AO-85?\n\n  Many have asked about the staus of AO-85, with it recently being\n  placed into safe mode.\n\n  Burns Fisher notes, \"...(we) have not had any time to look at it\n  trying to deal with the launch and testing of AO-95 (Fox-1Cliff).\n  We let it turn into safe mode when it had some odd behavior.\n  However, the safe mode telemetry seems to be fine.  I'm surprised\n  that the power seems low to you. It should be sending two strong\n  frame of telemetry and then \"resting\" for two minutes, then\n  repeating.\n\n  [ANS thanks Burns W2BFJ For the above information]\n\n+ NASA TV to Air 'Spirit of Apollo' Tribute from National Cathedral.\n  This month marks the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 8 mission,\n  which was the first to bring humans to another world as they\n  orbited the Moon on Christmas Eve, 1968. To commemorate this\n  historic event in human spaceflight and NASA's history,\n  Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will present \"Spirit of\n  Apollo,\" a program celebrating the milestone Apollo 8 mission,\n  which brought humanity together and pushed the limits of\n  exploration. The event will take place at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11\n  (UTC-5), at Washington National Cathedral.\n\n  It will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. (NASA)\n\n+ The Ham Talk Live podcast episode 143 featured an interview with\n  Keith Baker, KB1SF, AMSAT Treasurer, Neil discussed AMSAT's history\n  With Keith. You can listen to a recording of the podcast at:\n  https://www.spreaker.com/show/ham-talk-live (via AMSAT)\n\n+ Middle School and High School cubesats fly on SSO-A with Cliff\n  https://tinyurl.com/ANS343-SchoolSats\n\n+ AO-96 First Signals Heard\n\n  AO-96 First Signals were as listed on https://www.amsat.org/fox-\n  1cliff-launched-initial-telemetry-received/ including Burns Fisher\n  as first data. This was first DUV received and arriving at the\n  AMSAT Server. Plus the Brazilian stations listed on that web page\n  heard the voice beacon.\n\n  N1JEZ said \"Heard [voice beacon] about 7:39 PM [0039 UTC] here in\n  FN34im Burlington, VT. Very low pass. DUV came on, but not enough to\n  grab a packet\"\n\n  N3CRT reported 2018-12-04 at 0215-fox1cliff received 1 frame TLM\n\n  (The above information if a synopsis of reports]\n\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",
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