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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/KBUM6TE4XNXRECASLP2YO63ZL3FDRCZP/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "CANk-AFsYVS4R1zpgyO0XVJ=nbxy4DQtt+NHrGV+cx3XEFx=K+A@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "KBUM6TE4XNXRECASLP2YO63ZL3FDRCZP", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/KBUM6TE4XNXRECASLP2YO63ZL3FDRCZP/", "sender": { "address": "kg5jup (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "4f2ce9e4819948a4af9f6a154270949f", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/4f2ce9e4819948a4af9f6a154270949f/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Chris Bradley (AA0CB)", "subject": "[ans] ANS-231 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2018-08-19T22:49:43Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-231.01\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 dot org.\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers\n* Call for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC\n* AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due\n September 15, 2018\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-231.01\nANS-231.01 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 231.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nAugust 19, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-231.01\n\nAMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers\n\nAMSAT has issued the second call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA\nAnnual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held at the US Space and\nRocket Center in Huntsville, AL on the weekend of November 2-4.\nProposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster\npresentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur\nsatellite community. Prospects should send a tentative title of their\npresentation as soon as possible. The final copy must be submitted\nby October 15th for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts\nand papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat.org\n\n[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCall for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC,\nAlbuquerque, New Mexico\nSeptember 14-16, 2018\n\nThe ARRL and TAPR DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs\nto meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques.\nPresenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas\nand learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories,\nexperimental results, and practical applications.\n\nAll digital topics are covered at the DCC including digital voice,\ndata & video, SDR, DSP, precise timing, spread spectrum, networking\ntechnologies and mesh networking.\n\nTechnical papers are being solicited for presentation at the ARRL\nand TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) and printed in the\nannual Conference Proceedings published by the ARRL. Presentation\nat the conference is not required for publication although authors\nwho attend receive priority for a scheduling a presentation during\nthe technical forums.\n\nIf you would like to present a technical topic at the DCC and not\nsubmit a technical paper email the topic of your presentation to the\nTAPR Office at: taproffice at tapr dot org\n\nSubmission of technical papers for publication should be submitted\nASAP to Maty Weinberg, ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 or\nvia the Internet to maty at arrl dot org\n\nMore details about technical papers and guidelines for paper\nsubmissions are available at:\nhttp://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers\n\n[ANS thanks Mark Thompson for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on\nCommercial Spacecraft\n\nNASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who\nwill fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the\nInternational Space Station - an endeavor that will return astronaut\nlaunches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle's\nretirement in 2011.\n\n\"Today, our country's dreams of greater achievements in space are\nwithin our grasp,\" said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. \"This\naccomplished group of American astronauts, flying on new spacecraft\ndeveloped by our commercial partners Boeing and SpaceX, will launch a\nnew era of human spaceflight. Today's announcement advances our great\nAmerican vision and strengthens the nation's leadership in space.\"\n\nThe agency assigned nine astronauts to crew the first test flight\nand mission of both Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew\nDragon. NASA has worked closely with the companies throughout design,\ndevelopment and testing to ensure the systems meet NASA's safety and\nperformance requirements.\n\n\"The men and women we assign to these first flights are at the\nforefront of this exciting new time for human spaceflight,\" said Mark\nGeyer, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. \"It will\nbe thrilling to see our astronauts lift off from American soil, and\nwe can't wait to see them aboard the International Space Station.\"\nAdditional crew members will be assigned by NASA's international\npartners at a later date.\n\nNASA's continuous presence on the space station for almost 18 years\nhas enabled technology demonstrations and research in biology and\nbiotechnology, Earth and space science, human health, physical\nsciences. This research has led to dramatic improvements in\ntechnology, infrastructure and medicine, and thousands of spinoff\ntechnologies that have improved quality of life here on Earth.\n\nThe new spaceflight capability provided by Boeing and SpaceX will\nallow NASA to maintain a crew of seven astronauts on the space\nstation, thereby maximizing scientific research that leads to\nbreakthroughs and also aids in understanding and mitigating the\nchallenges of long-duration spaceflight.\n\nNASA's Commercial Crew Program is facilitating the development of a\nU.S. commercial crew space transportation capability with the goal of\nachieving safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the\nInternational Space Station and low-Earth orbit. The public-private\npartnerships fostered by the program will stimulate growth in a\nrobust commercial space industry and spark life-changing innovations\nfor future generations.\n\nFurther information at https://tinyurl.com/nasa-commercial-crew.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due\nSeptember 15, 2018\n\nCorrected ballots were mailed and members should have received them.\nThe new ballots, labeled \"CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018\" are printed\non yellow-colored cardstock.\n\nUsing the Yellow Ballots, please vote for no more than three of the\n2018 candidates:\n\nTom Clark, K3IO\nMark Hammond, N8MH\nScott Harvey, KA7FVV\nBruce Paige, KK5DO\nPeter Portanova, W2JV\n\nCandidate biographies can be viewed at:\nhttps://www.amsat.org/bios2018/\n\nThe Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving\nthe highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate\nmembers chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received.\n\nBallots must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018\nin order to be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent\nvia air mail. If you have not received your ballot package in a\nreasonable time for your location, please contact the AMSAT office.\nCompleted ballots should be returned as promptly as possible, and\nthose from outside North America preferably by air mail.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations as of 9/19/2018\n\nGeneva Switzerland - August 20-22, 2018\nBrennan, N4QX, will be visiting Geneva Switzerland August 19-29,\noperating under the call HB9/N4QX. This will be a holiday style, FM\nonly trip. Specific pass and grid activations will be posted on his\nTwitter page, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice\n\nSanta Rosa Island (CM93 and CM94) - August 20-22, 2018\nRon, AD0DX, using the call sign W6R, will be operating from\nSanta Rosa Island in the Channel Islands August 20-22 to activate\ngrid square CM93, with a few passes from the CM93/CM94 grid line.\nRon will be mainly active on the FM satellites AO-91, AO-92 and SO-\n50. Just learning to operate on the linear birds, he hopes to be\nactive on FO-29, CAS-4A and CAS-4B. More information is available on\nAD0DX's QRZ page, with updates while on the island will be posted on\nTwitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx\n\nMinnesota (EN27) - August 25-31, 2018\nKirk, N0KK, will be in EN27, with possible road trips to EN16/17 and\nEN36, August 10th and 11th. Kirk Will attempt as many FM passes as\npossible on AO-91/92, SO-50. Specific pass announcements will be\nposted to Twitter, publicly viewable at\nhttps://twitter.com/radiozerokk\n\nLawrence, KS (EM28, EM29) - August 26-28, 2018\nGreg, N4KGL, will be in activating the EM28/EM29 gridline, while\nin Lawrence Kansas. More specific plans are forthcoming.\n\nKansas QSO Party (DM97) - August 26\nRon, AD0X will be participating in the Kansas QSO Party from DM97.\nUpdates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at\nhttps://twitter.com/ad0dx\n\nPlease submit additions or corrections to ke4al at yahoo dot com.\n\n[ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS News\n\n+ Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-08-17 02:30 UTC\nFriedrich-Franz-Gymnasium Parchim, Parchim, Germany, direct via DC1RSN\n\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO\nContact is a go for: Sat 2018-08-25 09:52:16 UTC 58 deg\nVidya Mandir Inter College, Meerut, India, telebridge via IK1SLD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU\nContact is a go for: Thu 2018-08-23 08:22:00 UTC 47 deg\nGlenden State School, Glenden, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via VK5ZAI\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT (***)\nContact is a go for: Fri 2018-08-24 09:45:17 UTC 54 deg\n\n[ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n+ ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored\nover 100 schools:\n\nFrancesco IKØWGF with 132\nSatoshi 7M3TJZ with 131\nGaston ON4WF with 123\nSergey RV3DR with 106\n\n[ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Rocket Fever\" in Downey CA, 18 August 2018\nAMSAT will be part of a larger effort representing amateur radio at\n\"Rocket Fever\", an event at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in\nDowney, California. This event will take place on Saturday, 18 August\n2018. More information about the event is available at:\n\nhttp://columbiaspacescience.org/news-events/event/rocket-fever-4/\n\nThe Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach and the Downey Amateur\nRadio Club will be the local radio clubs spearheading the amateur\nradio booth at the event:\n\nhttp://aralb.org/ (ARALB)\nhttp://darcarc.wordpress.com/ (Downey ARC)\n\nDuring the day, there will be demonstrations using different\nsatellites from the grounds of the Columbia center. Most likely,\nWD9EWK will be the call sign used for these demonstrations. If you\nhear the demonstrations on the air, please feel free to call and join\nin. The Columbia center is in grid DM03, Los Angeles County. If\nWD9EWK is used for the satellite demonstrations, I will upload the\nQSOs to Logbook of the World after the event, and QSL cards will be\navailable on request (no QSL card or SASE is needed; just e-mail me\nwith QSO details).\n\nDuring this event, I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to post\nupdates and pictures. Even if you don't use Twitter, these posts are\navailable to anyone using a web browser at:\nhttp://twitter.com/WD9EWK\n\n+ While many are preparing for the first Phase 4 amateur payload in\na geostationary satellite, the first Phase 5 amateur payload is\nalready operational in an elliptical orbit around the Moon. The last\ntransmissions from LongJiang 2 were on 2018-08-05 from\n00:30 to 02:30 UTC and from 07:30 to 09:30 UTC on 435.400 MHz and\n436.400 MHz.\n\nVarious experiments are being carried out with GMSK and JT4G\ndownlink signals. Stations with 'normal' amateur equipment can\nreceive the downlinks quite well. Downlink signals have even been\nreceived with no more than an Arrow antenna, no preamp.\n\nDK5LA was the first to have his signals relayed through LongJiang 2\non 2018-07-15. On August 4, the first picture of an onboard camera was\ndownlinked with SSDV. Other experiments will follow later. Why not\ngive LongJiang 2 a try?\n\n[ANS thanks Nico, PA0DLO for the above information.]\n\n+ The South Indian Ocian has many active satellite operators\nin the region, mainly from Mauritius (3B8), Reunion (FR), South\nAfrica (ZS) as well as from Madagascar 5R8 sometimes. In spite many\ncountries reachable particularly on FO-29 they report not hearing\nmuch traffic except for regular QSO's with Thailand thanks to\nKob, E21EJC.\n\nActive operators reachable around the Indian Ocean (West Africa,\nMiddle-East, Asia and Oceania) may not be looking that way as they\nare not expecting any traffic and also due to time difference.\n\nStations in the South Indian Ocean area would like to QSO with others\nin that part of the globe. \"Look for us on the birds!\"\n\n[ANS thanks Jean Marc, 3B8DU for the above information.]\n\n+ The AMSAT-UK payload for the ESEO satellite was delivered to Italy\nlast week. The mode LV transponder and the antennas will be\nintegrated into the satellite over the next few weeks.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and David Bowman, G0MRF for the above\ninformation.]\n\n+ There will be an AMSAT village at EMFcamp. The Electromagnetic\nField event takes place at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire\nAug 31-Sept 2. Electromagnetic Field (EMF) is a non-profit UK\ncamping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in\nmaking things: hackers, geeks, scientists, engineers, artists, and\ncrafters.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]\n\n+ The FCC has issued call sign WJ2XLT to LeoLabs for satellite and\nspace debris tracking from Menlo Park CA at 2.9-3 GHz with a\ntransmission power of 2,500,000 W. The licensee requested that\ndetails be withheld from the public for 10 years.\n\n[ANS thanks Experimental Radio Service for the above information.]\n\n+ Chinese state missile maker CASIC and its commercial space\nsubsidiary Expace is preparing to launch its Kuaizhou-1A (Y8) solid\nrocket before the end of September, carrying the Centispace-1-1S\ntest satellite into 700 km SSO.\n\nThis mission will be additional to the approximately 35 being\nplanned by main space contractor CASC for 2018.This means that\ntogether with CASC, emerging players like Expace, Landspace and\npotentially OneSpace, there could be around 40 Chinese launches\nin 2018.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Andrew Jones for the above information.]\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 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nFrank Karnauskas, N1UW\nn1uw at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }