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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/KAQRYSYT5KF2XYAKOX4FVHHMJT7FHIFZ/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "KAQRYSYT5KF2XYAKOX4FVHHMJT7FHIFZ", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/KAQRYSYT5KF2XYAKOX4FVHHMJT7FHIFZ/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[ans] ANS-134 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2012-05-13T03:27:24Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-134\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The\nRadio 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 digital\nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\n\n**********************************************************************\n* Volunteers are needed to help at the AMSAT booth at Dayton. Gould *\n* WA4SXM, is looking for volunteers to help man the AMSAT booth dur- *\n* ing the 2012 Hamvention. People are needed all 3 days for 2 hour *\n* shifts. Please send the days and times you are available to help *\n* as well as how many shifts you are willing to work via e-mail to *\n* wa4sxm at amsat.org. *\n* Monitor http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/hamvention/2012/Dayton.php *\n* for the latest AMSAT at Dayton news and developments *\n**********************************************************************\n\n\nIn this edition:\n* 14 May Reservation Deadline for AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Dayton\n* AMSAT Theme at Dayton 2012: Running with Fox\n* TAPR Forum at Dayton Hamvention\n* Vietnam F-1 Cubesat Team Completed Successful Communication Test\n* 15 May Deadline to Apply for ARRL TI-2 Space in the Classroom Institute\n* NASA TV to Broadcast Three Hams Launch From Baikonur\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n* ARISS Status - 7 May 2012\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-134.01\nANS-120 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 134.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMay 13, 2012\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-134.01\n\n14 May Reservation Deadline for AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Dayton\n\nThe sixth annual joint AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be held Friday evening, May 18,\n2012 during the Dayton Hamvention.\n\nThe Banquet will be at the:\n\nKohler Presidential Banquet Center\n4572 Presidential Way\nKettering, OH 45429\n(just south of Dayton).\n\nReservations are required and must be made by Monday, 14 May 2012 . Seating is\nlimited, so make your reservations early.\n\nThe price for the Banquet is $30 per person. Reserved tickets may be picked up\nat the AMSAT booth at Hamvention on Friday, or at the door.\n\nYou may make reservations for the 2012 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet online in the AMSAT\nStore. AMSAT Presidents Club Gold members should let Martha know if they are\nplanning to attend the banquet. Reserved tickets can be picked up at the AMSAT\nbooth on Friday or at the door to the Banquet.\n\nFor additional information contact Martha at the AMSAT office\n([email protected]).\n\n\nBanquet Schedule\n----------------\n\n+ 6:30 PM: Doors open and Cash bar is available with Beer, Wine,\n Liquor and soft drinks.\n\n+ 7:15 PM: Buffet Dinner service begins. The Center has a justly\n deserved reputation for good food and service.\n\n+ 8:15 PM: Presentation by Howard Long, G6LVB\n Howard will be talking about his FUNcube Dongle, the\n 64 - 1700 MHz Software Defined Receiver. This innovative\n USB device is the size of a thumbdrive and has an SMA\n antenna socket. Multiple SDR control and display soft-\n ware programs can be used with the FUNcube Dongle.\n\n[ANS thanks Gould Smith, WA4SXM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Theme at Dayton 2012: Running with Fox\n\nThe 2012 Dayton Hamvention will be held this year on 18 - 20 May 2012.\nAs has been the case for the many years Hamvention will be at the Hara\nArena Complex on the north side of Dayton. AMSAT will occupy the same\nbooths (444-449) in Ball Arena, right across from the ARRL area and\njust inside the door from the Satellite Demonstration area.\n\nThe AMSAT theme for 2012 is \"Running with Fox\". We will have multiple\nexhibits of the new AMSAT satellite on display.\n\nVisit AMSAT's Dayton Hamvention page for all details on activities:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/hamvention/2012/Dayton.php\n\nSome of the activities will include:\n\n+ Life size Fox models will be on display as well as diagrams of\n the modules inside the 10cm square satellite.\n\n+ Operational prototype of ARISSat-1 on display.\n\n+ AMSAT Thursday Night Get-together at the Tickets Pub & Eatery.\n\n+ The sixth annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be Friday night May 18\n at the Kohler Banquet Center. The price for the Banquet is $30.\n Seating is limited and reservations are required. Follow the\n links on AMSAT's Dayton page.\n\n+ The AMSAT Forum will be on Saturday May 19.\n\nAMSAT/TAPR Friday Night Banquet\n-------------------------------\nAMSAT/TAPR Banquet on Friday night, May 18 is one of the main AMSAT\nactivities during the 2012 Hamvention at Dayton.\n\nAMSAT is pleased to announce that Howard Long, G6LVB will be the fea-\ntured speaker for the evening event. Howard will be talking about his\nFUNcube Dongle, the 64 - 1700 MHz Software Defined Receiver. This\ninnovative USB device is the size of a thumbdrive and has an SMA ant-\nenna socket. Multiple SDR control and display software programs can\nbe used with the FUNcube Dongle.\n\nBanquet tickets will not be sold at the AMSAT booth during the Ham-\nvention so reservations must be made through the AMSAT Store:\nhttp://www.amsat-na.com/store/item.php?id=100158\nTickets are $30 apiece.\n\nARISS Mentor Introduction at Dayton 2012\n----------------------------------------\nAMSAT and ARRL are teaming up during the 2012 Hamvention to recruit\nnew ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) Techni-\ncal Mentors and Ground Station Operators.\n\nFriday and Saturday (May 18 & 19) at 4pm in the ARRL stage area\nAMSAT Vice President for Educational Relations Mark Hammond N8MH\nwill explain the need for additional ARISS Technical Mentors and\nGround Station Operators and the requirements and responsibilities\nneeded to help provide a reliable conversation between astronauts\nand selected schools or groups.\n\nTechnical Mentors serve as an advising and coordinating liaison be-\ntween NASA, the school or group making the ARISS contact, and the\nGround Station Operators, who set up the satellite station at the\ncontact location. We encourage anyone interested in helping make\nfuture school contacts with the ISS successful to please attend.\n\nAMSAT to Facilitate Student Satellite Contacts\n----------------------------------------------\nAMSAT is encouraging all students attending the 2012 Dayton Hamvention\nto come by the Satellite Demonstration Area just outside of the Ball\nArea entrance and make a contact using the amateur satellites. There\nwill be AMSAT volunteers there to explain how to make the contacts and\nduring actual satellite passes will try to get as many students as pos-\nsible to complete actual contacts. There are lists of satellite pass\ntimes in the satellite demonstration area and at the AMSAT booth.\n\n[ANS thanks Gould Smith, WA4SXM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTAPR Forum at Dayton Hamvention\n\nTAPR will be found in booths 455-459 in the Ball Arena of the Hara\nArena at the Dayton Hamvention. They will be near AMSAT who will be\nfound in booths 444-449 in the Ball Arena.\n\nTAPR will feature several SDR projects which are gaining interest\nquickly in the amateur radio community. Details of TAPR projects and\nthe group's plans for Dayton can be found in the PSR Digital Journal.\nThe Spring 2012 edition is now available for download from:\nhttp://www.tapr.org/psr/psr118.pdf\n\nThe TAPR Forum gets underway in Room 1 of the Hara Arena at 9:15AM\non Friday and runs until 11:15 AM. The TAPR Forum speakers include:\n\n+ Introduction and TAPR Update by Steve Bible, N7HPR\n\n+ Beyond openHPSDR: Hermes and the Future by Scotty Cowling, WA2DFI.\n Hermes is the latest addition to the openHPSDR stable of boards.\n\n+ Embedded DSP for PCless SDR\" by Lyle Johnson, KK7P. Self contained\n radios have been standard since the mid-1920s. Why should SDRs be\n different? For many applications especially portable operation not\n having to lug a PC around, or try and read its screen in bright am-\n bient light, or depend on a laptop's battery charge level can be\n decided benefits. Advances in DSP technology allow self contained,\n highly portable SDRs that provide many hours of operation on small,\n internal battery packs.\n\n+ Time and Frequency Update by John Ackermann, N8UR. After some\n down time, the TAPR T&F project list is moving forward. This\n presentation will discuss the new TADD2 Mini frequency divider\n that is now shipping, and will give a glimpse of new products in\n the pipeline.\n\n+ CODEC 2 by David Rowe, VK5DGR. Codec2 is an open source low bit\n rate speech codec designed for communications quality speech at\n 2400bit/s and below. Applications include low bandwidth HF/VHF\n digital radio and VOIP trunking. Codec 2operating at 2000 bit/s\n can send 32 phone calls using the bandwidth required for one 64\n kbit/s uncompressed phone call. It fills a gap in open source,\n free as in speech voice codecs beneath 5000 bit/s and is released\n under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).\n\n[ANS thanks TAPR President Steven Bible, N7HPR and Stan Horzepa,\n WA1LOU for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nVietnam F-1 Cubesat Team Completed Successful Communication Test\n\nHanoi based FSpace team completed another important milestone in\npreparation for the July 18 launch when they successfully performed\na long range communication test of F-1 CubeSat with a ground station\nat a distance of 50km. The team carried the little satellite to top\nof Tam Dao mountain in Vietnam (about 1300m high). A communication\nlink of 50km with the ground station at the FPT building in Hanoi\nwas established. Despite of heavy fog and high humidity (which was\nvery bad for radio communication) the ground station successfully\nsent uplink commands to F-1 and the satellite responded correctly,\nreporting its status and taking some photos.\n\nF-1 is one of five CubeSat teams preparing for a launch to the Inter-\nnational Space Station in the July 18-21, 2012 time frame. These Cube-\nSats will be launched from Tanegashima, Japan aboard the JAXA HTV-3\nISS resupply mission. The CubeSats will be loaded into the J-SSOD\ndeployer on the Japanese Experiment Module, also known as Kibo. They\nwill be deployed with the Kibo robotic arm planned for September, 2012\ntimeframe.\n\nOther cubesats on this flight include:\n+ HTV 3 (Kounotori 3)\n+ Raiko\n+ We Wish\n+ FITSat 1\n+ TechEdSat\n\nThe F-1 Cubesat team posted photos at: http://fspace.edu.vn/?p=557.\n\n[ANS thanks the F-1 Cubesat Team for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n15 May Deadline to Apply for ARRL TI-2 Space in the Classroom Institute\n\nThe ARRL Education & Technology Program (ETP) is offering an advanc-\ned Teachers Institute (TI-2) session that focuses on space in the\nclassroom. This four-day professional development workshop is spon-\nsored by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association and is held in their\nlocation in Dayton, Ohio (July 9-12).\n\nThe TI-2 Space curriculum focuses on the nuts and bolts of setting\nup and operating a satellite ground station. This serves as excellent\npreparation for a scheduled contact with the ISS through the Amateur\nRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program. But it also\nprovides instruction for continued use of satellites and other man\nmade space assets to explore naturally generated signals, space and\na variety of topics.\n\nThanks to generous assistance from Yaesu USA and Ham Radio Outlet,\nparticipants will receive a full ground station that is configured\nfor satellite communications, as well as training on how to set it\nup and use it to make Amateur Radio contacts and download telemetry\ndata.\n\nTo be considered for a seat in TI-2 Space, participants must possess\nat least a Technician class license at the time off application. ARRL\nmembership is required. Priority for attending the TI-2 Space session\n will be given to teachers who have developed an educational proposal\naccepted for participation in the ARISS Program.\n\nThis session has a class limit of 8 participants, so apply early! The\ndeadline for the TI-2 Space in the Classroom sessions of the Teachers\nInstitute is May 15. This deadline is this week ... hurry!\n\nFull details are posted on the ARRL web at:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/ti-2-space-in-the-classroom\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA TV to Broadcast Three Hams Launch From Baikonur\n\nThe next mission to the International Space Station will have three\ncrew members who are licensed amateur radio operators. The crew con-\nsists of NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba, KE5DAR, and two Russian\ncrewmates, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, RN3DT, and Flight Engin-\neer Sergei Revin, RN3BS.\n\nNASA will televise the launch and docking of the next mission to the\nISS, scheduled for May 14, with live NASA TV coverage of the Soyuz\nTMA-04M spacecraft launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.\nCoverage begins at 9 PM CDT on Monday, May 14 (0200 UTC May 15), with\nthe launch scheduled for 10:01 PM CDT (0301 UTC).\n\nThe trio will arrive at the station May 16, joining Expedition 31\nCommander Oleg Kononenko, RN3DX, of the Russian Federal Space Agency,\nFlight Engineer Don Pettit, KD5MDT, of NASA and Flight Engineer Andrei\nKuipers, PI9ISS, of the European Space Agency, who have been aboard\nthe ISS since December 2011. Padalka, Acaba and Revin will transition\nto the Expedition 32 crew in July and return to Earth in mid-September.\n\nNASA TV Schedule\n----------------\n+ Monday, May 14 - 9 PM CDT (0200 UTC May 15)\n Soyuz TMA-04M launch coverage (launch scheduled at 10:01 PM [0301\n UTC]), including video of the crew's pre-launch activities and\n launch replays.\n\n+ Tuesday, May 15 - 12 AM CDT (0500 UTC)\n Video file of Soyuz TMA-04M pre-launch, launch video and post-launch\n interviews.\n\n+ Wednesday, May 16 - 11 PM CDT (0400 UTC)\n Soyuz TMA-04M docking coverage (docking scheduled at 11:38 PM [0438\n UTC]), followed by a post-docking news conference from Mission Control\n in Korolev, Russia.\n\n+ Thursday, May 17 - 2 AM CDT (0700 UTC)\n Soyuz TMA-04M hatch opening and welcoming ceremony (hatch opening\n scheduled at 2:20 AM [0720 UTC]).\n 4 AM CDT (0900 UTC) - Video file of Soyuz TMA-04M docking, hatch\n opening and welcoming ceremony.\n\nYou can watch live online on the NASA TV Public and Media channels,\nstreamed live on the internet at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv or on your\ntelevision set if your local provider carries the NASA TV channel\nin your area.\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL and NASA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ AMSAT-UK posted a video made by Alexandru Csete OZ9AEC demon-\n strating the interference caused by FM emissions on the FO-29\n linear transponder. Alexandru used the AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle\n and Gqrx SDR software to receive and record the signal. The\n video is posted at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/7260\n\n+ Doug McArthur, VK3UM announced a software update to the VK3UM EMR\n Calculator program. The EMR (Electro Magnetic Radiation) software\n Version 7.00 has been revamped and enhanced for improved ease of\n use. It includes many examples, references and a Help file. It co-\n vers ARPNSA (Australian), FCC, and CEU Radio Frequency Emission\n Standards. It may also be configured for any other requirement out-\n side the above Standards i.e. Russian Federation. Doug has several\n other programs such as his EME Calculator available for download\n on his website at: http://www.vk3um.com/\n\n+ Hams like science, so enjoy these scientific music videos in the\n shack. The Symphony of Science is a musical project of John D\n Boswell, designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy\n in musical form. See: http://symphonyofscience.com/\n\n+ In his latest Science Off the Sphere video from the ISS, astronaut\n Don Pettit, allows us to 'see' sound waves in space. Watch and\n learn on-line at: http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/sots/\n\n[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS Status - 7 May 2012\n\n\n1. ARISS - Virginia Contact Successful\n\nOn Wednesday, May 2, the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia experienced\na successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact\nwith Don Pettit, KD5MDT via telebridge station IK1SLD in Italy. Groups in\nVirginia, Louisiana, New York, and Michigan were video conferenced together for\nthe event. Approximately 350 students at the four locations got in seventeen\nquestions before ISS went over the horizon. The contact highlighted a\ncomprehensive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education\nplan.\n\n\n2. Ham Nation Features Flabob Contact\n\nThe ARISS contact with Astronaut Don Pettit and Flabob Airport Preparatory\nAcademy students in Jurupa Valley, California that occurred on April 19, 2012,\nwas featured on the May 1 episode (#46) of the Bob Heil & Gordon West \"Ham\nNation\" video podcast. The video is now available on TwiT TV and Flabob sites.\nHam Nation: http://twit.tv/hn\nFlabob site: http://www.iss-flabob.com\n\n\n3. Astronaut Training Status\n\nAn introductory/basic operations session is planned for Alexander Gerst, KF5ONO\non Wednesday, May 9. Gerst is scheduled to fly with Expedition 40 in May 2014.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\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\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n", "attachments": [] }