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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-218 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2017-08-06T01:30:06Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-218\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* Return of Experimenter's Wednesday to AO-85\n* ARISS contact planned for YOTA, England\n* VUCC Awards/Endorsements for July 2017\n* ARRL PR Poster Features Amateur Radio in Space\n* AMSAT Phase 4 Groundstation at DEFCON\n* AMSAT-NA BoD Ballots Due At AMSAT Office By September 15, 2017\n* AMSATSA/SARL Workshop To Focus On Taking SDR To A New Level\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-218.01\nANS-218 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 218.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nAugust 6, 2017\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-218.01\n\n\nReturn of Experimenter's Wednesday to AO-85\n\nWith the recent popularity of Slow Scan Television (SSTV) from the\nISS, AMSAT Operations is bringing back Experimenter’s Wednesday to AO-\n85.\n\nOn a trial basis, we invite users to exchange pictures using Robot\n36 SSTV mode via the FM repeater on AO-85 during UTC Wednesdays.\nPlease identify prior to beginning transmissions, and only send when\nthe uplink is clear.\n\nStations are requested to only uplink if they have a reasonable\nexpectation of maintaining a full-quieting signal for the duration of\nthe image transmission.\n\nSmaller stations are encouraged to focus on receiving the images.\n\nPlease don’t send questionable or provocative images. If in doubt,\npick another one.\n\nExpect all ages to be participating.\n\nFeedback is encouraged, and comments may be directed via email to me\nat ko4ma at amsat dot org.\n\n[ANS thanks Drew KO4MA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS contact planned for YOTA, England\n\nAn International Space Station ARISS contact has been planned for\nastronaut Paolo Nespoli IZ0JPA and the Youngsters on the Air (YOTA)\nevent, which takes place in UK.\n\nThe ARISS contact is scheduled Tuesday August 8, 2017 at\napproximately 18.38 UTC.\n\nThis will be a direct radio contact, operated by GB4YOTA.\n\nDownlink signals will be audible in parts of Europe on 145.800 MHz\nnarrowband FM. Moreover, Paolo Nespoli IZ0JPA will operate the\nHamVideo transmitter.\n\nThe Goonhilly receiver will be activated sometime Friday (4th\nAugust) and will remain active over the weekend and continue to track\nthe ISS until Wednesday morning, 9th August. Goonhilly, will be one\nof several European HamTV reception ground stations contributing to\nthe reception of the HamTV signal for the contact itself.\n\nTwo web streams will be available:\n\n1. The normal ARISS/BATC website will be available at\nhttps://ariss.batc.tv/hamtv ; This shows only the HamTV video\ndownlink as an output from the merger facility, with an indication of\nwhich registered HamTV stations are providing signal input to the\nmerger.\n\n2. The ARISS Operations UK Team will be web streaming from the YOTA\nevent itself at https://ariss.batc.tv/ ; This web stream includes\nintroductions and presentations from the RSGB and the YOTA\nparticipants before the actual contact itself according to the\ntimetable of the event below.\n\nThe timetable of the event is as follows. ALL times are UTC times:\n17:30 - All participants and guests to be present at the location.\nThe event web stream (https://ariss.batc.tv/) will start at\napproximately this time to capture some of the build-up.\n\n17:40 - Formal start of the RSGB/YOTA introductions and\npresentations.\n\n18:20 - ARISS Operations in the UK take over the event, give the\nbackground to what is happening, how it is organised and how all the\ndifferent elements of the contact are managed.\n\n18:38 - Scheduled time for start of contact with Nespoli operating\nas NA1SS. The YOTA participants will be using the GB4YOTA callsign.\n\n18:50 - Approximate end of contact with Nespoli. After closing the\ncontact, the operator will invite RSGB/YOTA to formally close down\nthe ARISS event.\n\n[ANS thanks Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, ARISS Europe for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nVUCC Awards/Endorsements for July 2017\n\nHere are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by\nthe ARRL for the period July 1, 2017 through August 1, 2017.\nCongratulations to all those who made the list this month!\n\nCALL    GRIDS\n\nKD8CAO  1240\nN8RO    1010\nN8HM     980\nN4UFO    675\nWA5KBH   630\nKG5CCI   616\nKK4FEM   476\nWD9EWK   375\nPV8DX    313\nNJ7H     203\nKX9X     158\nKA9P     150\nXE3DX    117\nOX/NJ7H  110 (NEW VUCC)\nPT9BM    100 (NEW VUCC)\n\nEduardo PY2RN wrote, \"Congratulations to aGustavo, PT9BM for the\nfirst VUCC-SAT in South America (below the Equator), way to go!\"\n\nThis list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf\nlistings for July 1st and August 1st, 2017.  It's a visual\ncomparison so omissions are possible.  Apologies if your\ncall was not mentioned.  Thanks to all those who are\nroving to grids that are rarely on the birds.  They are\ndoing most of the work!\n\n[ANS thanks John K8YSE for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARRL PR Poster Features Amateur Radio in Space\n\nThe ARRL offers a series of six posters that promote Amateur\nRadio to the general public. These were originally designed\nby ARRL for the 2017 National Scouting Jamboree, but may be\nused for any outreach effort. Each poster is 11\" x 17\".\n\nOne of the posters features amateur radio in space.\n\nThe six posters are based around the theme, \"Ham Radio Is...\"\n\nThose themes are:\n\n+ Adventure (Portable operating of all kinds)\n+ Discovery (Making/Building/DIY)\n+ Friendship (Community and Mentoring)\n+ Out Of This World (space communications/satellites)\n+ Ready (Publc Service)\n+ The Game (Contesting and Awards)\n\nA link to ARRL's \"What Is Ham Radio\" page is provided as both\na URL and a QR code on each poster.\n\nThe posters are available for free download in PDF format.\nhttp://www.arrl.org/pr-posters\n\nWe suggest printing on high-gloss paper and framing them\nfor maximum effect.\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Phase 4 Groundstation at DEFCON\n\nAmateur Radio and AMSAT were prominently featured this year at\nDEFCON Hacking Conference. In addition to the license exam session\nrun by one of the many local DEFCON Groups, there were amateur radio\ndemonstrations of software defined radio, Phase 4 Ground, and GNU\nRadio flowgraphs at WiFi Village, one of the many subject-specific\nsubcategories at DEFCON. The amateur satellite service was of great\ninterest!\n\nAt an estimated 30,000 attendees, outreach was highly successful.\nParticipants were diverse, technical, curious, and came ready with\nthe questions! A very high fraction were already licensed or\ninterested in getting their license.\n\nAmateur radio was also part of the WiFi Village Capture the Flag\ncompetition. Word on the street is that next year we expect to see a\nlot more ham content in this exciting signal intelligence competition.\nAMSAT Phase 4 Ground will next present at the GNU Radio Conference\nin September, in San Diego, CA.\n\nRegister now at https://www.gnuradio.org/grcon-2017/\n\nAfter that, we will be at the AMSAT Symposium in October, in Reno,\nNV. More information at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/\nThank you to Paul Williamson and Steve Conklin for helping staff the\nbooth, bringing cool custom swag, setting up demonstrations, and\nanswering hundreds and hundreds of questions. We are already looking\nforward to next year!\n\n[ANS thanks Michelle Thompson, W5NYV for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-NA BoD Ballots Due At AMSAT Office By September 15, 2017\n\nBallots for AMSAT-NA's Board of Directors were mailed to members in\ngood standing on July 15. Members are encouraged to complete their\nballots and return them as soon as possible. Ballots must be received\nat the AMSAT office by September 15 in order to be counted.\n\nThis year AMSAT-NA will be electing four voting members of the Board\nof Directors. These will go to the four candidates receiving the\nhighest number of votes. In addition, there will be one alternate\nchosen, based on the next highest number of votes received.\n\nThe 2017 candidates, in alphabetical order by last name are:\n\nJerry Buxton, N0JY\nClayton Coleman, W5PFG\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nPeter Portanova, W2JV\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM\n\nElection of Board members is both an obligation as well as an\nopportunity by our membership to help shape the future direction of\nAMSAT. Please take the time to review the candidate statements that\nwill accompany the ballot and determine who you wish to see on the\nBoard. You have the option to vote for up to four candidates.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSATSA/SARL Workshop To Focus On Taking SDR To A New Level\n\nThe AMSAT SA/SARL workshop, to be held on Saturday 19 August at the\nSARL National Amateur Radio Centre at Radiokop Roodepoort, will focus\non how to get more out of Software Defined Radio, and will take\nparticipants to another level in Amateur Radio activity.\n\nThe workshop will be presented in two sessions. Session one will\ndeal with the VHF SDR dongle and how to have more fun, such as\nlistening to satellites, receiving weather satellites pictures, and\nastronomy projects. The second session will discuss a HF Dongle and\nthe SARL HF Noise floor monitoring project, with details and a\ndemonstration of how to automate this and how to build an autonomous\nsystem using a raspberry Pi.\n\nFor more details and to check your registration status, point your\nbrowser to www.amsatsa.org.za or send an e-mail to\nadmin at amsatsa.org.za\n\n[ANS thanks SARL weekly news in English 2017-8-5 for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between VCP-Bundeszeltplatz,\n  Großzerlang, Germany and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using\n  Callsign OR4ISS. The contact began 2017-08-01 18:20 UTC and lasted\n  about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Direct via DP9S.\n  ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Frontiers of Flight Museum/\n  Moon Day, Dallas, TX, USA and Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA using\n  Callsign OR4ISS. The  contact began Sat 2017-08-05 18:02:31 UTC and\n  lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was Telebridge via\n  ON4ISS.\n  ARISS Mentor was Keith W5IU.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Free SpaceUK Magazine\n\n  Edition 47 of the UK Space Agency's free magazine SpaceUK is now\n  available for download\n\n  The latest edition is packed with interesting content, including a\n  feature on growing the UK space sector, a look at the next mission\n  to Mars and an interview with Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS.\n\n  Download your copy of SpaceUK from\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS218-SpaceUK\n\n  Sign up for email updates\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS218-EmailUpdates\n\n  UK Space Agency blog\n  https://space.blog.gov.uk/\n\n  [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n+ Satellite has deployable VHF crossed Yagi antenna\n\n  Radio amateurs Sean Hum VA3SHV and Jeff Nicholls VA3NGJ worked on\n  the design for a deployable VHF crossed Yagi antenna on the recently\n  launched NORsat-2\n\n  The very high frequency (VHF) antenna was designed to unfold from\n  the CubeSat after receiving a command from the Norwegian Space\n  Center to deploy once in orbit.\n\n  “This antenna is a completely new type of deployable antenna — it\n  unfolds to be more than three times as large as the satellite that\n  took it into orbit,” says Hum.\n  “This is the first time that a deployable antenna of this type has\n  been contemplated and successfully used as a main mission antenna\n  for a CubeSat.”\n\n  On July 20, cameras on board the CubeSat confirmed the successful\n  deployment of the antenna.\n\n  Read the full story at\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS218-Cubesats\n\n  [ANS thanks Southgate ARN 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",
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