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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-250 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-250\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* ISS Antenna Constructed by AMSAT Key Factor in Sea Rescue\n* SSTV Active on ISS\n* BOD Ballots Must be Recieved by September 15\n* Deadlines Approaching for the 2014 AMSAT-NA Symposium\n* AMSAT AWARDS Update\n* Submit Messages for Asteroid Mission Time Capsule\n* AMSAT Symposium Auction\n* Western States Satellite DXpedition on the Road Now\n* ARTSAT1: INVADER (CO-77) Decays\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-250.01\nANS-250 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 250.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE September 7, 2014\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-250.01\n\n\nISS Antenna Constructed by AMSAT Key Factor in Sea Rescue\n\nSince 2010, the International Space Station has been equipped with a\nspace-based Vessel ID System receiver that allows it to track ships\nat sea by way of a ship's Automatic Identification System (AIS)\nsignal. Since then, the system aboard the ISS has been receiving as\nmany as 400,000 ship position reports from more than 22,000 different\nships every single day.\n\nAccording to Horst Koenig, retired Head of ESA's ISS System\nEngineering Section, \"We had very close cooperation with NASA and the\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). The AIS antenna was\nprovided to ESA by AMSAT, along with an additional antenna for the\nAmateur Radio on International Space Station (ARISS) group.\"\n\nThis is the story of how this experimental system was used in 2012\nto rescue the sole surviving crewmember of a fishing vessel after it\noverturned in the North Atlantic during a storm.\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS250-gCaptian\n\nMore on NASA's Vessel ID System experiment can be found\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS250-VesselID\n\nMore on the AIS on ISS and Assembling the Experiment can be found at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS250-AISonISS\n\nCongratulations to the ARISS hardware team that was responsible for\nthe development of the ISS AIS antenna system!\n\n[ANS Thanks gCaptain.com and the European Space Agency for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSSTV Active on ISS\n\nThe SSTV downlink from the Russian ARISS radio was active for\nseveral orbits Friday through Saturday. Reports from around the world\nwere being exchanged on  social media as well as on the AMSAT-BB.\nSignals were received on the 145.80 FM downlink frequency in PD 180\nmode. Signal reports were strong. There is no word on how long the\nSSTV will be active. The APRS digipeater in the Columbus module\ncontinued to be in operation during the SSTV downlinks.\n\nMany pictures have been posted to\nhttp://spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php\n\n[ANS Thanks AMSAT-BB and Twitter and Facebook for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBOD Ballots Must be Recieved by September 15\n\nThere is still time to vote but remember that Board of Directors\nballots must be recieved at the AMSAT Office by 15 SEP 2014 in order\nto be counted.  Your returned ballot should be sent promptly, and\nthose from outside North American preferably by air mail or other\nexpedited means.\n\nNormally there would be 3 full Board seats open this year, plus 2\nalternates. However, with the passing of Tony Monteiro, AA2TX (SK),\nthere will be an additional full Board seat open to fill the\nremainder of his term. This means that the top three recipients of\nvotes will have two-year terms, the fourth most vote recipient\nserving as full member for one year.  The fifth and sixth highest\nvote recipients will serve as first and second Alternate,\nrespectively. You may vote for up to 4  individuals.\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-NA.  Please take the time to review the candidate statements\nthat accompany the ballot and determine who you wish to see on the\nBoard.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDeadlines Approaching for the 2014 AMSAT-NA Symposium\n\nIt is only five weeks from the kickoff of this year's AMSAT-NA Space\nSymposium, planned for October 10-12 in Baltimore, Maryland, so\nplease sign up soon!!\n\nAMSAT is holding a block of rooms at a special $99 rate until\nSeptember 17th.  After that date, rooms may be available, but at a\nsignificantly higher regular rate.\nDetails on the Symposium and room\nregistration may be found at www.amsat.org.\n\nThe submission deadline for papers to be included in the conference\nproceedings is September 15th.\nDetails for submission may be found at\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=1568.\n\nThe deadline for orders for the popular 2014 AMSAT Symposium\ncommemorative shirts to be received is\nSeptember 10th.  These shirts must be ordered directly, and will not\nbe available on the AMSAT Store or at the meeting.  Details and a\ndownloadable order form may be found at\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2928.\n\nWe are getting some fantastic items for the auction to be held\nduring the symposium.  A sampling of items include:  A John Glenn\nlimited edition commemorative, donated by Marilyn Mix and Dave\nTaylor, a Yaesu 757, from the estate of Astronaut Ronald Parise, 2\nunbuilt models of the Energia-Buran and Space Station Mir in their\noriginal packaging, donated by Eric Rosenberg, and some Russian\ncultural and items and books.  If you have items to donate, please\ncontact Frank Bauer, KA3HDO at [email protected].  And don't forget\nto bring your checkbooks as all proceeds are tax deductible and go to\na great cause!\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT AWARDS Update\n\nAMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO announce\nrecent AMSAT AWARD Recipients.\n\nThe following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for\nmaking their first satellite QSO.\n\nKelly Davis, KC3CGT\nDavid Coutts, VE3KLX\nMichael Parrott, N4MEP\nMichael Jones, W6GYC\nRichard Weil, KW0U\n\n\nThe following have earned their AMSAT Sexagesimal Award.\n\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM, #166\n\n\nThe following have earned their Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award.\n\nHector Martinez, CO6CBF, #81 (Basic 1,000 plus endorsements through\n4,000)\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM, #82\n\n\nThe following have earned their Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI 5,000\nAward.\n\nHector Martinez, CO6CBF, #31\n\n\nTo see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or\nhttp://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSubmit Messages for Asteroid Mission Time Capsule\n\nNASA is inviting the worldwide public to submit short messages and\nimages on social media that could be placed in a time capsule aboard\na spacecraft launching to an asteroid in 2016.\n\nCalled the Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-\nSecurity-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), the spacecraft will\nrendezvous with the asteroid Bennu in 2019, collect a sample and\nreturn the cache in a capsule to Earth in 2023 for detailed study.\nThe robotic mission will spend more than two years at the 1,760-foot\n(500-meter)-wide asteroid and return a minimum of 2 ounces (60 grams)\nof its surface material.\n\nTopics for submissions by the public should be about solar system\nexploration in 2014 and predictions for space exploration activities\nin 2023. The mission team will choose 50 tweets and 50 images to be\nplaced in the capsule. Messages can be submitted Sept. 2 - 30. The\ntime capsule website will give you the instructions on how to\nparticpate. See:\nhttp://www.asteroidmission.org/timecapsule\n\nWhen the sample return capsule returns to Earth in 2023 with the\nasteroid material, the mission team will open the time capsule to\nview the messages and images, at which time the selected submissions\nwill be posted online.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA and SpaceDaily.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Symposium Auction\n\nAt this year's AMSAT Space Symposium, we are trying a few new things\nand we hope you will enjoy them.  One exciting facet we are adding\nthis year is an auction.  All proceeds from the auction will support\nAMSAT's two major initiatives--the development and launch of the FOX\nsatellite series and the ARISS program.\n\nAs we prepare for the auction, we are asking for your help in\ndonating specialty items for auction (minimum value $100) that will\nattract symposium attendee's attention and get them bidding up the\nitem price.  If you have any items that are ham related (no boat\nanchors please), items of historical value, space related and/or\nautographed items, or even sports tickets or time shares, we would\nlove to get your donations.  Think out of the box on this--what\nexciting things would you like to see in this auction?\n\nIf you have something to donate to the Symposium auction, please\nsend an e-mail to Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, who will work with you on\ngetting your item or items into the auction. Frank's e-mail address\nis ka3hdo at verizon dot net\n\nThis auction, while adding a fun experience to the AMSAT Space\nSymposium experience, will also serve to keep amateur radio's spirit\nthriving in space through its donations to FOX and ARISS.\n\nOn behalf of AMSAT, I thank you for your donations in advance.  And\nI encourage each of you to attend and participate in this year's\nAMSAT Space Symposium to be held in Baltimore Maryland Oct 10-12.\nFor more information, see:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=1555\n\n[ANS thanks Frank KA3DHO and Janet Bauer, Symposium Committee Co-\n Chairs, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nWestern States Satellite DXpedition on the Road Now\n\nJohn, K8YSE, has started on a grid expedition to some Western States.\nThe grids that he will definitely operate from are: CN93, CN96, DN03,\nDN05, DN07, DN14, DN15, DN20, DN21, DN22, DN23, DN48, DN54, DN68,\nDN76, DN78, DM38, DM48 and DM49.\n\nJohn states, \"There will be many other grids on the route, but I'll\nonly operate from them if the situation permits. This is a tent\ncamping trip, and the weather will play a role in when and if I can\noperate. The first grid will be DN54 although there may be one or two\nbefore that depending on the timing.\"\n\nJohn will be using an Icom 910H and an Arrow or Elk antenna rather\nthan the setup in my truck that was used on the Lake Superior\nExpedition. Setup time and weather will be a factor. I don't\nanticipate operating in darkness although it may be possible at\ncampsites. I will be using computer control on the linear birds.\n\nWe don't have many satellites now and since AO-7 is now switching\nbetween Mode A and B, it will only be available every other day. The\nprimary birds will be FO-29 and SO-50. There may be some AO-73, but\nnot likely. If AO-7 is weak, he may operate on CW on that bird only.\n\nJohn will be track-able on APRS as K8YSE-9 (cellphone 3g/4g) and/or\nK8YSE-12, or -12 on RF. He also adds, \"Sometime in October I will plan\na short trip over to DM63/64 if anyone needs those grids. And on\nJanuary 1st, 2015, I will operate at least one pass from FM13 in the\nafternoon.\"\n\nJohn doesn't anticipate doing LoTW for this expedition. Cards should\nbe sent direct to him. If you have many contacts to confirm, a log\nexcerpt can be sent that he can sign and return to you. Please make\nsure you indicate which grid he was in for each QSO. He also plans to\nrecord all passes and log on paper as well. QSOs will be confirmed\nsometime in December. To read\nJohn's complete press release, go to:\nhttp://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2014-August/050548.html\n\n[ANS thanks John Papays, K8YSE for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARTSAT1: INVADER (CO-77) Decays\n\nARTSAT1: INVADER (CO-77) decayed earlier this week . It was only 186\ndays since launch. However, we are so glad that many hams listen and\nreport it.\n\nARTSAT team is now concentrating the next project, ARTSAT2: DESPATCH\nas announced by JI1IZR last night.\n\nWe are continuously going to develop our concept and philosophy\nthrough the creation of artworks using the data from INVADER and\nlaunch of next deep-space amateur spacecrafts, DESPATCH. We would be\ngrateful for your continued cooperation.\n\n[ANS thanks Akihiro Kubota, ARTSAT Project for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between About Gagarin From Space,\nThe Center Of Supplementary Education For Children Of Ruzayev\nDistrict Mordovia Republic Russia and Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev using\ncallsign RSØISS. The contact began 2014-08-30 10:00 UTC and lasted\nabout nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via R4UAB.\nARISS Mentor was RV3DR.\nThe Russian web site http://r4uab.ru/?page_id=6368 includes pictures,\nvideo, and descriptions of the contact and student activities.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Gymnasium Siegburg Alleestraße\nSiegburg, Germany and Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using callsign\nDPØISS. The contact began 2014-09-01 13:12 UTC and lasted about\nnine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via DN6KW.\nARISS Mentor was IN3GHZ.\n600 were present in the audience, including students, parents,\nVIP's, members of the DLR team, University of Bonn and the German\nNational Amateur Radio Society.  The German nationwide TV stations\nARD, WDR, RPR and some regional newspapers covered the event.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Evansville Day  School\nEvansville, Indiana USA and Astronaut Gregory Wiseman KF5LKT using\ncallsign NA1SS. The contact began 2014-09-03 14:31 UTC and lasted\nabout nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via W9OG.\nARISS Mentor was K5YFL.\nAll 15 prepared questions plus two others were answered during the\ncontact. For all their STEM efforts leading up to the ARISS contact,\nthe mayor of Evansville declared Sept 3 as \"Evansville Day School\nScience Day.\"\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nSt. Joan of Arc School, Lisle, IL, direct via K9LEZ\nContact is  a go for: Mon 2014-09-08 18:34:45 UTC\n\nSt. Joan of Arc Catholic School is located in Lisle, Illinois, a\nwestern suburb of Chicago. We are a pre-K to 8th grade school with\nabout 600 students. St. Joan provides an educational environment\nwhich grants each student access to the highest quality and richest\nvariety of integrated educational experiences within our means. We\nare committed to preparing our students to think critically and\nbecome confident, sensitive, Christian leaders capable of adapting\nand contributing to their community. Our school was awarded the\nNational Blue Ribbon Award for Academic Excellence in 2011. Our\nschool was named an IMSA (Illinios Math and Science Academy) Fusion\nSchool in 2012. Our school participated in NASA's microgravity\nprogram through the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas in 2013.\nThe teachers directly involves in this contact completed the American\nRadio Relay League's (ARRL) summer teacher institute program and are\nworking with local radio amateurs to successfully complete this\ncontact and to provide additional opportunities to our classrooms.\n\nStudents First Names & Questions:\n1.  Caitlin: Was it hard to sit so long in the Soyuz capsule on the\n    way to the ISS?\n2.  Ben: Do you have any type of church services or a chance to\n    receive communion on the ISS?\n3.  Marlo: What is your favorite thing you have seen on Earth from\n    the space station?\n4.  Mary: What type of research are you doing on the ISS?\n5.  Olivia: What made you want to become an astronaut?\n6.  Nicholas:  What is your favorite thing to eat in space?\n7.  Merrick: How do you talk to your family and friends?\n8.  Charlotte: What happens if you get sick?\n9.  Amelia:  Is it hard to sleep in space?\n10.  Taylor: What do you miss most about home?\n11.  Ava: What do you like to do in your free time?\n12.  Brady: What is the scariest thing you have experienced as an\n     astronaut?\n13.  Nathan: What type of exercises do you do while in space?\n14.  Jake: What was your favorite subject while in school?\n15.  Kristine: What was the hardest part of astronaut training?\n16.  Phil: What is the most interesting object in the universe that\n     you have seen from the ISS?\n17.  Miss Friedman: What advice would you give to a student who\n     would like to someday become an astronaut?\n18.  Mrs. Anderson: What do you miss most about gravity?\n19.  Mrs. Anderson: What is the greatest challenge of living with\n     people from other countries?\n20.  Miss Friedman: What do you enjoy most about being weightless?\n\nLanier Middle School and Lanier Cluster Schools, Sugar Hill, GA,\ndirect via W4GR\nContact is a go  for: Tue 2014-09-09 11:16:25 UTC\n\nLanier Cluster is the home of the Longhorns! They are a group of\nschools with a common goal: Learn, Lead, Succeed. They are comprised\nof one special needs preschool (The Buice School), three elementary\nschools (Sugar Hill Elementary, Sycamore Elementary, White Oak\nElementary), one middle school (Lanier Middle), and one high school\n(Lanier High). Their schools are located in the greater Atlanta metro\narea in the largest school district in Georgia. Their schools and\ncluster are named after nearby Lake Lanier, which part of the\nChattahoochee River system.\n\nLanier Cluster schools strive to create authentic learning\nenvironments for our students. Towards that end, our elementary\nschools, Lanier Middle, and Lanier High have project based learning\nprograms for students. At Lanier High, students choose to be a part\nof a school within a school (academy model) as they guide students\ntowards career and college readiness. Lanier High was also recently\ncertified as a Georgia STEM high school, the only all-inclusive,\ntraditional high school in Georgia that has received this STEM\ncertification.\n\nLanier Cluster students are excited about science and space\nexploration. They have participated in regional and state science\nfairs, designed an experiment flown in microgravity, and chatted with\na NASA Earth scientist live on NASA TV. They have presented at\nconferences, participated in robotics and app challenge events, and\neven won an Emmy for work on a 3D computer animation for a PBS\ndocumentary. The students of Lanier Cluster are excited to be a part\nof this ARISS contact!\n\nStudents First Names & Questions:\n\n1. Marcus (12th grade) What was your motivation to becoming an\n   astronaut?\n2. Joseph (5th grade) If you were repairing the space station\n   outside and the tether snapped, what would you do?\n3. James (11th grade) Your whole life led up to this moment.  You've\n   gotten great grades through school and endured all the training\n   that allowed you to go into space.  Do you think it is all worth\n   doing? Does it all payoff in this moment?\n4. Bianca (5th grade) Do you do cool experiments?\n5. Wyatt (3rd grade) What do you like best about space?\n6. Red Lady Bug Class (PreK 4) Can you dance in space?\n7. Reyes (4th grade) In our school we have an Inquiry Program, which\n   is a collaborative program.  As you work with other countries in\n   space what challenges do you have as you collaborate with them.\n8. America (3rd grade) How much do you weight when you wear your\n   spacesuit on Earth?\n9. Mason (5th grade) Does it get really hot when you re-enter\n   Earth's atmosphere?\n10. Zae-kwon (10th grade) Thinking of how long it took humans to go\n    to the moon and how humans have not stepped foot on some of the\n    other planets, how long do you think it will take to reach the\n    nearest star system?\n11. Green Frog Class (PreK 4) Will the spaceship crash into meteors?\n12. Jahzay (5th grade) What exactly is your job at the space station?\n13. Ormand (12th grade) What's the most annoying thing about zero\n    gravity?\n14. Charlie (5th grade) Have you come across any challenges yet?\n15. Lily (5th grade) How do you sleep in space without floating\n    around?\n16. Brown Bear Class (PreK 4) How long is space training?\n17. Savannah (4th grade)  Once you have landed back on Earth, how do\n    you make adjustments to being back on Earth and no longer in space\n    (gravity, sleeping, eating, etc.)\n18. Sherlyn (3rd grade) How many astronauts are there in space?\n19. Kasandra (5th grade) Is (are) there food or restrooms in space?\n20. Blue Butterfly Class (PreK 4) How do you eat food without it\n    floating away?\n\n\nThe ARISS team mourns the loss of Astronaut Steve Nagel, callsign\nN5RAW, who passed away on August 21.  Steve supported amateur radio\nschool contacts on two of his Shuttle flights as part of the SAREX\n(Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment) program, the forerunner to ARISS.\n\nArticle from last week's ARISS Contact at Dorothy Grant Elementary\nin Fontana, CA:  http://TinyURL.com/ANS250-DorothyGrant\n\nHere is the video that was put together by the Peoria Unified School\nDistrict for the Zuni Hills Contact.  Enjoy!\nhttp://youtu.be/cQpAlsBE2IE\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N, David AA4KN, Frank KA3DHO and Keith\n W5IU for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\nThe CubeSat Chasqui-1 features on page 44 of the September issue of\nthe free publication Sat Magazine\nhttp://www.satmagazine.com/download.php#\n\nAbyss-2 - from the Japanese language article it looks like it's\ncarrying an amateur radio payload and will launch this December. Does\nanyone have any further information ?\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS250-Asteroid\n\nAlso there appears to be a Japanese Lunar Orbiter under development\nwhich will carry an amateur radio transponder\nhttp://kit-okuyama-lab.com/en/sinen2/sinen2-outline/\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor M5AKA for the above information]\n\nYou Can Run But You Can't Hide\n\nTom Doyle W9KE reports on the AMSAT-BB about a serendipitous CW\ncontact earlier this week.\n\nOn an early morning FO-29 pass I was doing some SDR desense tests. I\nwas looking for an open spot to do the tests so as to not interfere\nwith anyone. I send a bunch of dots or dashes to check the downlink\nsignal on the SDR and identify myself with the call sign.  There were\nsome ssb contacts going on and some CW so I had to move from time to\ntime.  It seemed as if I was often in danger of interfering with a cw\ncontact so I would have to move frequently. The sdr latency is an\nissue when trying to monitor your cw downlink. I heard my callsign on\nthe downlink and thought that a two second latency delay was a bit\nmuch. I finally figured out that someone was calling me - it was the\nperson that I had been trying to not interfere with by moving away\nfrom his frequency. It was K9CIS. He deserves an award for working\nsomeone who was not even trying to make a contact. He is a very\nskilled operator who had no trouble with the fact that I was\noperating without any Doppler correction and I had been jumping (not\nswooping) around trying to stay off his frequency for some time.\nWell done.\n\n[ANS thanks Tom W9KE for the above information]\n\n\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, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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