Email Detail

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/JGA7RUJ4XWNLQZUFSKEOGELM4A47DV6C/?format=api",
    "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api",
    "message_id": "CAM5+soudAqG++JbPrh2Q=cmtdDtPSNa4RXcnV5KD+B3cBa5zPw@mail.gmail.com",
    "message_id_hash": "JGA7RUJ4XWNLQZUFSKEOGELM4A47DV6C",
    "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/JGA7RUJ4XWNLQZUFSKEOGELM4A47DV6C/?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-115 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2016-04-24T01:03:45Z",
    "parent": null,
    "children": [],
    "votes": {
        "likes": 0,
        "dislikes": 0,
        "status": "neutral"
    },
    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-115\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* IARU-R1: Global APRS Harmonisation and Satellite Coordination\n* United Launch Alliance Opens Competition for Free Cubesat Launches\n* TAPR Dayton Hamvention Digital Forum Announces Presenters\n* OUFTI-1 Telemetry Decoder App\n* Commemorative ARISS Slow-Scan TV Transmissions a Success\n* Be The First to Catch a Signal From Fly Your Satellite! From Space!\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-115.01\nANS-115 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 115.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE April 24, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-115.01\n\n\n\nIARU-R1: Global APRS Harmonisation and Satellite Coordination\n\nThe IARU Region 1 Interim Meeting was held April 15-17, 2016 in\nVienna. Minutes for the C5 VHF/UHF/Microwave committee are now\navailable.\n\nSome 70 delegates from over 20 Member Societies discussed a wide\nrange of issues in the VHF/UHF/Microwave, HF and EMC Committees.\nRecommendations from the meeting will be considered by the Region 1\nExecutive Committee at its meeting in early May 2016. If approved by\nthe EC, these recommendations will become interim Region 1 policy\nuntil the next General Conference in 2017, at which time all\nSocieties present will have the opportunity to ratify the proposals.\n\nAmong the key items in the minutes are:\n\n4.1. Report of satellite coordinator C5_04\nGraham Shirville G3VZV presented the report of satellite\ncoordinator. G3VZV emphasized that the frequency coordination between\nthe three Regions has to be improved for avoiding interference\nincidents like PC-Sat and some of the XW2 satellites.\n\nDue to current reports from MS about some observations of harmful\ninterference, RSGB is asked to prepare a statement for publishing to\ninform MS and members how to take care.\n\nC5 chairman is asked to bring up the issue on EC meeting, because\nfurther AC action is required.\n\n5.2. Band Planning 5 GHz: C5_10\nVIE16_C5_Rec_06: To correct the satellite segment the table in\nchapter 4.9 by deleting “5790”, inserting “5830” and adding the\nfootnote: “Any wideband system shall protect narrowband applications”.\n\n6.1. General matters: C5_26\nVIE16_C5_Rec_11A: To discuss an even more extended [Grid Square]\nlocator system that is used for ATV (including IARU ATV contest) and\nfor other purposes by using the Wiki and prepares a document for GC\n2017 if necessary. (Note this will clarify the definition of 10 digit\n[character] locators used for microwaves etc see example at\nhttp://no.nonsense.ee/qth/map.html )\n\n7.2. APRS Harmonisation: C5_41\nVIE16_C5_Rec_23: The C5 chairman to answer Regions 2 and 3 that:\n• 144.390 MHz is not suitable for Region 1 and that Region-3 should\nconsider 144.800\n• To consider an additional 144 MHz frequency (that might be\ncompatible) with Region 2 and 3\n• To also consider 435 MHz usage and newer APRS technologies (for\nthe 2017 GC)\n\nDownload the C5 VHF/UHF/Microwave Vienna 2016 Minutes\nhttp://tinyurl.com/IARU-R1-Vienna-2016-C5-Minutes\n\nThe input papers are available as a matter of record:\n\nHF Papers http://tinyurl.com/ANS115-HFpapers\n\nVHF/UHF/Microwave papers http://tinyurl.com/ANS115-MicrowavePapers\n\nEMC Papers http://tinyurl.com/ANS115-EMCpapers\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUnited Launch Alliance Opens Competition for Free Cubesat Launches\n\nUnited Launch Alliance has begun accepting applications from\ncolleges and universities across the U.S. to compete for free cubesat\nlaunch slots aboard upcoming Atlas 5 rockets.\n\nThe educational opportunity will use excess performance aboard\nrockets launching to space to carry the tiny student-made craft made\nof science and technology experiments.\n\n“Universities pioneered cubesat development, and there is a growing\nneed for launch access and availability,” said Tory Bruno, ULA\npresident and CEO.\n\n“Our goal is to eventually add university cubesat slots to nearly\nevery Atlas and Vulcan Centaur launch – with potential for 100 rides\nper year.”\n\nCubesats are baselined at 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm (4 inches x 4 inches\nx 4 inches) and approximately 1.3 kg (3 lbs). The craft are housed in\na box-like Aft Bulkhead Carrier on the Centaur upper stage, next to\nthe RL10C-1 engine, and ejected from the dispenser into orbit.\n\nULA has successfully launched 55 cubesats through the company’s 106\nflights to date. Those opportunities were via National Reconnaissance\nOffice, Air Force and NASA initiatives.\n\nNow, ULA is giving the miniature hitchhiker payloads free rides on\nAtlas 5 boosters and the future Vulcan rocket now in development to\ndebut in 2019. The company is the first launch provider to make free\ncubesat flight opportunities available on its own.\n\n“ULA’s cubesat program revolutionizes access to space for these\npayloads while ensuring that the next generation of rocket scientists\nand space entrepreneurs has the opportunity to continue driving on-\norbit innovation,” Bruno said.\n\nThe competitive program is available to all U.S. accredited colleges\nand universities. They are encouraged to partner with K-12 schools to\nfurther expand science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)\neducation.\n\nThe deadline to apply is June 1. The winning cubesats will be\nannounced later this summer.\n\nThe selection committee will look at a proposal’s mission objectives\nin science and STEM, outreach plans for their local community,\ntechnical requirements and the likelihood of meeting the development\nschedule. Safety to the flight’s primary payload and ensuring the\ncubesat will not threaten or do any harm to the mission will be\njudged, too.\n\nEach application will face the following criteria:\n\n* Technical Requirements — 25%\n* Mission Objective — 25%\n* Outreach Component — 25%\n* Proposal Credibility — 15%\n* Quality of Proposal — 10%\n\nSix cubesat launch slots are available in this first round of the\nprogram, each payload sized at “1U” in cubesat-speak, for two Atlas 5\nmissions. The first launch will likely be a geosychronous transfer\norbit mission targeted for mid-2017. The second flight, also to GTO,\nis planned for mid-2018.\n\nTo apply, visit: http://www.ulalaunch.com/cubesats.aspx\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTAPR Dayton Hamvention Digital Forum Announces Presenters\n\nTAPR has announced the presentations for its Dayton Hamvention®\nDigital Forum, moderated by Scotty Cowling, WA2DFI, on Friday, May\n20, at 9:15 AM.\n\nAmong the presentions will be “SatNOGS — A network of open source\nsatellite ground stations,” by Corey Shields, KB9JHU. CubeSat\noperators tend to have few ground stations of their own and rely on\nradio amateurs to help collect telemetry. The SatNOGS Project is a\nNetwork of Open Source Satellite Ground Stations, focusing on Low\nEarth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Shields will introduce SatNOGS as a way\nto increase the amount of data collected and reported from these\nCubeSats.\n\nBryan Fields, W9CR, will present “HamWAN High-Speed IP Radio\nNetwork,” an Amateur Radio high-speed IP backbone concept that uses\nthe same techniques enabling the Internet.\n\nThe topic of a presentation by Chris Testa, KD2BMH, will be “SDR\nDisrupt.” It will review the landscape and advancements in SDR\ntechnologies over the past year, as numerous technologies are driving\nthe power-price-performance curve to a new level of efficiency.\nLatest developments in digital voice will also be discussed.\n\n“Spectrum Monitoring with Software Defined Radio,” by Mike Ossmann,\nAD0NR, will follow.\n\nMore information about TAPR activities at Dayton is on the TAPR\nwebsite.\nhttp://www.tapr.org/dayton.html\n\n[ANS thanks TAPR and the ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nOUFTI-1 Telemetry Decoder App\n\nThe OUFTI-1 D-STAR CubeSat team have released the format of the CW\ntelemetry beacon and a Decoder App. The launch, on a Russian Soyuz-\nSTA Fregat-M from Kourou in South America, is expected to take place\nat 21:02:13 UT on Friday, April 22, 2016.\n\nOUFTI-1 is a nano-satellite entirely developed by the students of\nthe University of Liege (ULg), Belgium, along with two other\nengineering schools. It is the first satellite to carry a dedicated\namateur radio D-STAR transponder.\n\nOUFTI-1 amateur radio information including Keps\nhttp://events.ulg.ac.be/oufti-1/radioamateurs/\n\nThe PDF of the article ‘D-STAR digital amateur communications in\nspace with OUFTI-1 CubeSat’ by Jonathan Pisane ON7JPD, Amandine Denis\nON4EYA and Jacques Verly ON9CWD can be downloaded from\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS115-OUTFIT-1\n\nIARU coordinated frequencies for all CubeSats on the Russian Soyuz\nlaunch http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/\n\nOUFTI-1 – 145.950 MHz FSK AX25 and D-STAR (uplink 435.045 MHz) – CW\nbeacon 145.980 MHz\ne-st@r-II – 437.485 MHz CW and 1k2 AFSK\nAAUSAT-4 – 437.425 MHz\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCommemorative ARISS Slow-Scan TV Transmissions a Success\n\nThe recent commemorative Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation (ARISS) slow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions from April\n11 to April 14 were successful, with images received by many stations\naround the world. The SSTV transmissions marked the 15th anniversary\n(in 2015) of continuous Amateur Radio operations on the International\nSpace Station.\n\nThe first ISS crew conducted its inaugural ham radio contact from\nNA1SS in November 2000, and the first ARISS school/group contact took\nplace the following month. Since then more than 1000 ARISS\nschool/group contacts have been completed.\n\nImages received from the ISS have been posted on the gallery\nwebsite. Anyone who received SSTV images from the ISS also may post\nthem there. The SSTV transmissions were in PD180 format. Additional\n“MAI-75 Experiment” SSTV transmissions took place on April 14 and\nApril 15, and these have been posted as well. The commemorative SSTV\nimages showed a few of the radio amateurs who have served aboard the\nISS.\n\nThe gallery of images can be viewed at\nhttp://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and the ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBe The First to Catch a Signal From Fly Your Satellite! From Space!\n\nIt is time to start listening to space. To celebrate the upcoming\nlaunch of the three Fly Your Satellite! student-built CubeSats into\nlow Earth orbit, ESA’s Education office challenges the amateur radio\ncommunity to listen out for the tiny satellites.\n\nThe first three radio amateurs to send a recorded signal from either\nAAUSAT4, E-st@r-II or OUFTI-1 will receive a prize from ESA's\nEducation Office.\n\nThe satellites will be launched on 22 April  onboard the Soyuz VS-14\nflight from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Together\nwith CNES’ Microscope scientific satellite, they will be auxiliary\npayloads in the launch of ESA’s Earth observation satellite Sentinel-\n1B, the main passenger on this flight.\n\nSoon after being deployed into their final orbit, the CubeSats will\nbegin transmitting signals to Earth that can be picked up by anyone\nwith common amateur radio equipment. ESA challenges anyone to record\nthe signal and send it to [email protected], and to the CubeSat team.\n\nFor each CubeSat, the first email received for which the signal is\nconfirmed to belong to the CubeSat will be awarded with the following\nprizes:\n\nESA Fly Your Satellite! poster\nESA Education goodie bag\nScale 1:1 3D printed model of a CubeSat\nRadio Contact Information:\nPlease consult the following links to obtain specific information\nfor radio contact for each of the three CubeSats.\n\nAAUSAT4 Downlink frequency 437.425 MHz\nFor more HAM radio information see\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS115-AAUSAT4\nContact: aausat4 (at) space.aau.dk\n\nE-st@r-II Downlink frequency 437.485 MHz\nFor more HAM radio information see\nhttp://www.cubesatteam-polito.com/operations/radio-amateurs\nContact: cubesat.team (at) polito.it\n\nOUFTI-1 Downlink frequency 145.980 MHz\nFor more HAM radio information see\nhttp://events.ulg.ac.be/oufti-1/radioamateurs/\nContact: oufti-1 (at) ulg.ac.be\n\nWhat your email should contain:\nSound recording of the CW beacon\nYour Name\nCallsign\nSnailmail address for QSL\nReception time of CW beacon\nCW beacon decoded\nLocation\nA few lines about your equipment\n\nMore information about Fly Your Satellite! can be found at\nhttp://www.esa.int/Education/CubeSats_-_Fly_Your_Satellite\n\n[ANS thanks ESA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between STEM Trajectory Initiative\nwith Albuquerque Public Schools,  Albuquerque, New Mexico and\nAstronaut Jeff Williams KD5TVQ using Callsign NA1SS. The contact\nbegan 2016-04-22 17:32:37 UTC and lasted about nine and a half\nminutes. Contact was direct via NM5HD.\nARISS Mentor was Tim W6MU.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between TBD Saratov, Russia\nand Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP using Callsign RS0ISS. The\ncontact began 2016-04-23 09:06 UTC and lasted about nine and a half\nminutes. Contact was direct.\nMentor was Sergey RV3DR.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Wellesley House School,\nBroadstairs, Kent, UK and Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI using\nCallsign GB1SS. The contact began 2016-04-23 12:10:50 UTC and lasted\nabout nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via GB1WHS.\nARISS Mentor was Ciaran MØXTD. HamTV coverage???\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nRepublic of Chuvashia, direct via TBD  (***)\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS (***)\nThe  scheduled astronaut is Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP (***)\nContact is a go for Sun  2016-04-24 09:50 UTC\n\nThe Derby High School, Bury, UK, direct  via GB1DHS\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS\nThe  scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI\nContact is a go for: Mon  2016-04-25 12:02:27 UTC\n\nIstituto Comprensivo Statale “Diego  Valeri”, Campolongo Maggiore,\nItaly, direct via IZ3YRA\nThe ISS callsign is  presently scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra  KE5UDN\nContact is a go for: Fri 2016-04-29 08:34:08 UTC 64 deg\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ The article, \"Amateur Radio in the STEM Classroom One Tecinical\nTool-Countless Lesson Applications\" appears in the latest Tech\nDirections magazine.\nThe article can be read at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS115-techdirections\n\nThe free magazine is at:\nhttps://www.techdirections.com/\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL's Illinois Section newsletter for the above\ninformation]\n\n+ Lomonosov, AIST-2D and SamSat-218 Launch\n\nFirst launch from Vostochny - carries a three-satellite payload. The\npurpose of the mission is to test the infrastructure associated with\nthe new launch site.\n\nThere is a pair of satellites for sun-synchronous orbit:\n\nLomonosov - Science satellite for studies of ultra-high energy\ncosmic rays, X-rays and gamma rays in the upper layers of the Earth’s\natmosphere and in near-Earth space.\n\nLomonosov mission website: http://lomonosov.sinp.msu.ru/en/\n\nAIST-2D - Joint project between Samara State Aerospace University\nand SRC Progress to develop a small light-weight surveillance\nspacecraft principally for use by the Russian government.\n\nThe launch will also carry SamSat-218 - 3U Cubesat created by\nstudents and scientists from Samara State Aerospace University in\nRussia as a technology demonstrator and educational satellite. Its\nmain task is to test algorithms for controlling the orientation of\nnano-satellites.\n\nThe Volga stage of the launch vehicle will be caused to re-enter\nover the south Pacific Ocean about six hours after lift-off.\n\nPossible webcast (very much \"to be confirmed\"):\nhttp://www.russian.space/306/\n\n[ANS thanks www.zarya.info for the above information]\n\n+ New Distance Record for AO-85\n\n  A new distance record of 5751 kilometers (3565.6 miles) has been\n  claimed for an AO-85 (Fox-1A) satellite contact.\n\n  Betrand Demarcq, FG8OJ, in Saint-Francois, Guadeloupe (FK96ig),\n  worked Jose Elias Diaz Rodriguez, EB1FVQ, in Vigo, Spain (IN52pe),\n  at 19:15 UTC on April 14, 2016.\n\n  A recording of the contact is available.\n  https://www.dropbox.com/s/s0o1b1as1xlcrjs/eb1fvq.mp3\n\n  AMSAT posts records on its AMSAT Satellite Distance Records page.\n  Send new claims to Paul Stoetzer, N8HM. The AO-85 CubeSat was\n  launched last October. It carries a U/V FM transponder. —\n\n  [ANS thanks Thanks Paul, N8HM and the ARRL for the above\n   information]\n\n+ Satellite Distance Records can be viewed at\n  http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4751\n\n  [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]\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 (former KC8YLD)\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
    "attachments": []
}