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    "subject": "[ans]  FW: [amsat-bb]  ANS-221  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2009-08-09T14:28:50Z",
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    "content": " \n\nAMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-221\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of \nAMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite \nCorporation. ANS reports on the activities of a \nworldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share \nan active interest in designing, building, launching \nand communicating through analog and digital \nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\n\nIn this edition:\n* AMSAT-UK Colloquium Video and Powerpoint Available On-line\n* CW Contest Milestone\n* SpaceJam-3 Introduces Scouts to Amateur Radio in Space\n* UT Austin Requests Help to Track BEVO1\n* Satellite shorts\n* ITAR Update\n* ARISS Status - 03 August 2009\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-221.01\nAMSAT-UK Colloquium Video and Powerpoint Available On-line\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 9, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-221.01\n\nThe videos of the presentations at this years successful AMSAT-UK\nColloquium in Guildford are now available to watch on the British \nAmateur Television Club (BATC) website\n\nAmong the fascinating video presentations are:\n\n+ FUNcube, the new AMSAT-UK linear transponder satellite project \n  by Graham Shirville G3VZV\n+ AMSAT-NA Update by Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA\n+ AMSAT-DL Update by Peter Guelzow DB2OS\n+ Electronics and Teddy Bears: A Near-Space Adventure\" \n  by Ed Moore M0TEK and Fergus Noble M0NBL, Cambridge University\n+ Engineers Wanted! Tempting Teenagers to Explore Technology \n  by Garry Bulmer, Software Architect\n+ Medium Earth Orbits by David Bowman G0MRF\n\nAll 18 videos can be seen at http://www.batc.tv/ Click on the \"Film \nArchive\" icon on the left to see all the videos available then select \nthe video you wish to see (they start with 2009 AMSAT). To see the \nvideo full screen click on the icon at the bottom of the video player.\n\nPDFs of the slides from the presentations can be found on the AMSAT-UK\nwebsite at:\nhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,278/\n\nThanks to the BATC for recording and editing the videos (a time \nconsuming job) as well providing this invaluable video service \nat batc.tv for the  Amateur Satellite community.\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]\n\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-221.02\nCW Contest Milestone\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.02\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 9, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-221.02\n\nFOR RELEASE: Immediate (August 4, 2009)\n \n \n2008 CQ World Wide CW Contest Marks Major Milestone \nfor K0DQ Becomes Possibly the Only Person Ever \nto Win All Six Major Ham Radio Contests\n \n \n Scott Redd, K0DQ, operating the 2008 CW weekend of the \nCQ World Wide DX Contest from Aruba as P40Q, racked up \nover a million more points than his closest competitor \nin the Single-Operator Low Power Class, and became \nperhaps the only person ever to win single-op world \nchampionships in all six major ham radio DX contests.\n \n\"I don't know of anyone else\" who has won all the major \ncontests, said CQWW Contest Director Bob Cox, K3EST, in \nannouncing the results, which will be published in the \nSeptember issue of CQ magazine. \n \nScott had his first taste of contest victory back in 1966, \nas a young Navy officer posted to Uruguay and operating \nCX2CO in the phone weekend of the CQ World Wide DX Contest. \nOver the succeeding years, Scott worked his way through the \nNavy ranks to Vice Admiral and became Commander of the Fifth \nFleet, then served as a civilian in the Iraq Coalition P\nrovisional Authority and as Director of the National \nCounterterrorism Center before retiring in late 2007. But ham \nradio and contesting were never far away, and operating from \nMexico as XE1IIJ in the early 1970s, Scott won single-op world \nchampionships in the CQWW Phone Contest, the ARRL DX Phone and \nCW Contests and the CQ WPX Phone Contest. Thirty years later, \nwhen his professional life permitted a little more hamming time, \nScott added the WPX CW crown as P41P, operating from P43P's \nstation in Aruba, in 2002. The only prize that eluded him \n-- until now -- was the CQWW CW.\n \n\"I've been trying like a son-of-a-gun to win (the) CQ World \nWide CW,\" Scott commented in a 2008 interview with CQ. \"I've \ncome in number two, I've come in number three, but I've never \nwon that one . so that's still my goal, every time I get close, \nin CQ World Wide CW, to win the world.\"\n \nWhen informed that he had finally achieved that goal, K0DQ said, \n\"I guess the message is if you keep at it long enough good things \nhappen. In this case, four decades. It's been a great ride ... \nand it's still magic!\"\n \nCQ congratulates Scott -- already a member of the CQ Amateur \nRadio Hall of Fame, for his contesting achievements on \ntop of all his other achievements.\n \n[ANS thanks CQ Magazine for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-221.03\nSpaceJam-3 Introduces Scouts to Amateur Radio in Space\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.03\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 9, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-221.03\n\nWhile the world was watching replays of the history making moon \nwalk last week, dozens of Illinois Boy Scouts were taking their \nfirst steps toward space technology.\n\nSpace Jam 3 got off the ground last week with a high altitude \nballoon launch in Rantoul, Illinois.  Space Jam is sponsored \nby DePauw  University.  It's purpose is to get Scouts into \ntechnology.\n\nWith assistance from the Vermillion County Amateur Radio Asso-\nciation, they were able to launch a helium filled balloon and \nuse the cross band repeater for amateur radio contacts across \nthe Midwest.\n\nThe longest radio contact occurred when the balloon reached the \n99-thousand foot level. Two stations, one in Walbridge, Ohio the \nother in Mexico, Missouri, completed a 470 mile QSO.\n\nOn the ground, Dave Cline KB9ZMF, said he thought 200 Boy Scouts \nwere on the radios throughout the Space Jam. They also worked on \nhigh tech merit badges in Space Exploration, Aviation, Radio & \nElectronics and on Nuclear Science Composite Materials\n\nTalking with Astronaut Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA, onboard the Inter-\nnational Space Station, topped the weekend Space Jam activities.\nSpace Jam Four is already being planned for August of 2010.\n\n[ANS thanks Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1668 - July 31 2009\n for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-221.04\nUT Austin Requests Help to Track BEVO1\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.04\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 9, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-221.04\n\nLast week STS-127 deployed DragonSat last week via its Space Shuttle \nPicosatellite Launcher (SSPL) system. Dragonsat was the designation \nfor both Aggiesat2 and Bevo1 (DragonSat = AggieSat2 + BEVO1). They \nwere ejected together from the SSPL, but it appears that they failed \nto separate.\n\nAs of ANS press time still no signals have been received from BEVO1, \nalthough beacon packets were heard from AggieSat2. The current theory \non the state of the satellites is that only partial separation occur-\nred. The inhibit switches keeping the satellites powered off have been \nclosed, allowing the satellites to boot up. However, it is likely that \nthe antennas did not deploy correctly, leaving the antennas disconnec-\nted from their respective transmitters. AggieSat2 transmits with 1W of \npower so it is easier to hear, while BEVO1 only transmits with 200mW \nduring beacon mode.\n\nAggieSat-2 transmits on 436.250 MHz using a proprietary data format. \n\nBEVO1 Downlink Information:\n\nBeacon Mode\nDownlink Freq: 437.325 MHz\nModulation: FM, 200mW, Morse Code, ~20 WPM\n\nData Mode\nDownlink Freq: 437.325 MHz\nModulation:\nGMSK, 1W, 9600 baud, AX.25 (default)\nFM, 1W, Bell 202, AX.25\n\nUT Austin has also posted some pictures here:\nhttp://paradigm.ae.utexas.edu/ops/\n\nThe 2-line tracking elements are:\nDRAGONSAT\n1 35690U 09038B   09217.97658609 +.00019083 +00000-0 +10072-3 0 00133\n2 35690 051.6416 050.8490 0005305 104.3300 255.8301 15.80669917001027\n\n[ANS thanks Karla Vega, KE5FKU for above information]\n\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-221.05\nSatellite shorts\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.05\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 9, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-221.05\n\n+AMSAT-UK's FUNcube Amateur Radio satellite project is featured in this \nweek's Electronics Weekly email newletter and a longer article should \nappear in the next issue of the printed magazine which will also be \navailable in digital format. See http://tinyurl.com/kmlssm for the\narticle in the e-mail newsletter.\n\nA free subscription to the digital version of Electronics Weekly maga-\nzine is available at:\nhttp://www.qssweb.co.uk/controlledcirc/main/index.aspx \n\nElectronics Weekly Magazine is on-line at:\nhttp://www.electronicweekly.com/\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]\n\n+ Gould, WA4SXM reported the AO-51 Command Team has set the satellite\n  into the following configuration:\n  FM repeater  V/U (620 mW)\n  Uplink  145.920 MHz FM\n  Downlink  435.300 MHz FM\n\n  FM 9k6 digital (590 mW)\n  L band uplink on  1268.700 MHz\n  Downlink  435.150 MHz FM\n\n+ AMSAT INDIA July News letter is available for download at\n  http://www.amsatindia.org/Newsletter or directly at\n  http://amsatindia.org/Newsletter/AmsatIndia-News-July-09.pdf\n\n+ Makoto, JI5RPT will operate as JD1BLY and Yoshihi, JO1LVZ will\n  operate as JD1BNF from Chichijima, Ogasawara Island, Japan be-\n  tween August 9-15. Satellite operation is planned. QSLs via \n  homecalls. (DXNL DX Newsletter #1635 - Aug 5, 2009)\n\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-221.06\nITAR Update\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.06\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 9, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-221.06\n\nAMSAT Files CJ Requests with US State Department\n\n\nThe  Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation filed four \nCommodity Jurisdiction (CJ) requests with the Directorate \nof Defense Trade Controls, US State Department last week. \nThese requests ask that the four commodity groups that \nAMSAT provided support for AMSAT-DL's Phase 3-E project \n(SDX, IHU-3, Can-Do! Bus, and thermal design) be \ntransferred to the Department of Commerce and be regulated \nunder the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), \nremoving them from ITAR (International Traffic in Arms \nRegulations) managed by the State Department's DDTC.  \n\n\n\"Our CJ requests are based upon AMSAT's status as a not-\nfor-profit corporation that adheres to 'open source' and '\npublic domain' principles where all of our technical activities \nare freely available through the Internet and publications, such \nas the \"AMSAT Journal\", observed AMSAT President Barry Baines, \nWD4ASW.  \"Given the open nature of our activities, the focus \non scientific and educational purposes of our satellites, \nand lack of military applications, we believe that our activities \nin these areas are better suited for EAR rather than ITAR\", \nsaid Barry.  \n\n\nThe CJ requests will be reviewed by the Directorate of Defense \nTrade Controls as well as other federal agencies such as the \nCommerce Department and Department of Defense.  AMSAT expects \nthis review to take several months before a decision is made by \nDDTC whether to grant the request.\n\n\nAMSAT's involvement with P3-E halted in 2006 due to concerns over \npossible ITAR violations. In January 2009, AMSAT filed a 'Voluntary \nDisclosure' with DDTC outlining AMSAT's activities with AMSAT-DL \nand AMSAT-UK on P3-E. In March 2009, DDTC advised AMSAT that ITAR \nviolations did occur but that the case was being closed.  AMSAT \nwas admonished not to violate ITAR in the future.  Subsequent to \nreceiving DDTC's letter closing the case, AMSAT is now seeking a \nmeans to re-establish technical exchanges in support of P3-E \nwhile abiding under rules administered by the Commerce Department.\n\n\nFurther details on AMSAT's  efforts to comply with ITAR while \ndeveloping ways which will allow AMSAT satellite builders to \nwork cooperatively with foreign nationals on amateur radio satellite \nprojects will be available in the next issue of the \"AMSAT Journal.\"\n\n[ANS thanks, Barry, WD4ASW, for the above info]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-221.07\nARISS Status - 3 August, 2009\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.07\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nAugust 9, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-221.07\n\n1.\tARISS School Contact with Space School\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact \nhas been conducted with the United Space School in Seabrook, Texas on \nWednesday, August 5 at 13:47 UTC via telebridge station ON4ISS. \nThe school is a once a year session of high school students that \nmeets annually in the NASA/Clear Lake Area.  These students come \nfrom around the world for a two week session, during which they \nstay with local host families while being mentored by astronauts, \nengineers, and scientists to design a mission to Mars as their \nteam project.  Class sessions are held at the University of \nHouston at Clear Lake. The contact allowed students to learn \nfirsthand what the experience of spaceflight is like.  They will \nuse this knowledge in putting together their team project \npresentation, which they will present to the Houston space \ncommunity at the end of their session.\n\n2.\tARISS Contact with Hospital for Sick Children\n\nOn Thursday, July 30, patients of the Hospital for Sick \nChildren in Toronto, Ontario, Canada participated in an \nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) \ncontact.  Children spoke with Astronaut Robert Thirsk, \nVA3CSA via telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium and were \nable to ask 18 questions about life in space. Nearly 100 \npeople were present for the event and the contact was \nbroadcasted throughout the hospital on closed circuit television.\n\n3.\tARISS Contact Between Michael Barratt and Summer Playground Camp \n\nBorough of New Providence, NJ, Summer Playground Camp in \nNew Providence, New Jersey took part in an Amateur Radio on \nthe International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, \nJuly 30. Ten children asked twenty questions of Expedition 19's \nMichael Barratt, KD5MIJ in front of an audience of approximately \n100 people. This was a town sponsored summer camp activity for \nelementary school children (K - 6).  The New Providence Amateur \nRadio Club (NPARC) has been involved with this type of camp for \nthe last five years and regularly provides an introduction to \namateur radio on the air by setting up HF and VHF stations so \nthat campers may communicate with hams around the world. The \nARISS contact was an extension of this activity.\n\n4.\tARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline\n\nOn July 31, Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1668 reported on the \nScout Space Jamboree in Rantoul, Illinois which included an \nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. \nTo view \"Ham Radio in Space:  Space Jam 3 in Illinois,\" \nsee: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News-A/news.txt\n\n5.\tARISS International Meeting Minutes Posted\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team \nheld its annual meeting at the European Space Research and \nTechnology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands in June. Minutes \nare now available and have been posted to the ARISS Web site.  \nSee: \nhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/ARISS-I%202009%20Annual%20Mtg%20final%20edit%20minut\nes.doc\n\n6.\tARRL Articles on FUNcube\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) posted a Web story on \na new AMSAT-UK (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) satellite \nproject, FUNcube. FUNcube is a cubesat which will educate \nyouth about radio, electronics and physics. For more \ninformation, \nsee: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/07/29/10985/?nc=1\nThe article may also be found in the ARRL Letter:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/09/0731/\n\n7.\tSuitSat-2 Demo\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) \nSuitSat-2 prototype was demonstrated at the Microchip \nMaster's conference which was held in Phoenix on \nJuly 29 - August 1. See:\nhttps://secure.microchip.com/usmasters/EveningEvents.aspx\n\n8.\tDe Winne Comments on Importance of Amateur Radio on ISS \n\nDuring a recent Amateur Radio on the International Space Station \n(ARISS) contact, Astronaut Frank De Winne was asked about the \nimportance of amateur radio on the ISS. He answered that the \nradio was an important means of psychological support.  \nThe audio of this contact may be found on the ARISS-Europe \nWeb site. See:\nhttp://www.ariss-eu.org/2009_07_31.htm\n\n9.\tARISS Teleconference Minutes Posted\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) \nteam held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 21.  Agenda \nitems included a recap of the face-to-face meeting held in \nthe Netherlands and the status of the SuitSat-2 project. \nThe minutes have been posted.  \nSee: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2009-07-21.htm\n\n10.\tMAI-75 Experiments Planned\n\nMAI-75 (Moscow Aviation Institute) experiments are planned for \nAugust 3 and 4. The VC-H1 unit will run in auto mode (Robot-36 \nand transmitting once every 3 minutes) and should be operational \non 145.800 MHz from approximately 0800-1600 UTC each day. \nInformation on the MAI-75 experiment is available \nat: http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/researches/education-26.html\n\n11.\tAstronaut Training Status - Simulated Contact Scheduled\n\nA simulated contact is planned for Thursday, August 6 at \napproximately 13:30 UTC. The contact will be between Euro \nSpace Camp (ESC) and Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA. Audio should be \navailable on EchoLink and IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project). \nThe training session is a terrestrial-based amateur radio contact \nusing Amateur Radio on the International Space Station \n(ARISS) equivalent equipment.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's\nClub. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project\nFunds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms\nare\navailable from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nnb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n",
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