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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-133\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\n********************************************************************\n*               DON'T FORGET THAT IT IS MOTHER'S DAY               *\n*    AMSAT at HAMVENTION May 18-20 booth (1007-1010 & 1107-1110)   *\n*    AMSAT ForumSaturday, May 19 in Forum room 4 at 2:45-3:45 PM   *\n********************************************************************\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* Dr. Alan B. Johnston (PhD), KU2Y, Named AMSAT Vice-President,\n  Educational Relations\n* Jerry Buxton, NØJY CubeSat Presentation at Princeton Orbital\n  Initiative\n* ARISS HamVideo Currently Not Transmitting\n* AMSAT at Hamvention 2018 -- 3rd and Final Call for Volunteers\n* Work the AMSAT Hamvention Demo Station!\n* Video Streaming of RadFxSat-2 (Fox-1E) Flight Model Testing\n* AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2018\n* Tips For Prompt Message Posting To The AMSAT-BB\n* Three CubeSats with Amateur Radio Payloads Deployed from ISS\n* Satellite-Image_26113 Re-recovered... Call for amateur help!\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-133.01\nANS-133 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 133.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nMay 13, 2018\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-133.01\n\n\nDr. Alan B. Johnston (PhD), KU2Y, Named AMSAT Vice-President,\nEducational Relations\n\nAMSAT President, Joe Spier, K6WAO has announced the appointment of\nAlan Johnston, KU2Y as AMSAT Vice President-Educational Relations.\nJoe noted, \"The subject of educational outreach is critical for the\nmission of AMSAT. AMSAT continues creating structure for fulfilling\nour mission component regarding education with projects such as the\nCubeSat Simulator, ARISS, and outreach to primary, middle, high\nschool, and university programs. Alan has agreed to help AMSAT\nestablish and coordinate an education initiative program and serve as\nAMSAT’s senior point of contact with outside organizations regarding\neducational outreach.\"\n\nGiven the increasing importance of fulfilling education goals as\njustification for launch opportunities, this is an important subject\nfor AMSAT.  Alan is aptly suited for this position as he is currently\nan instructor at Rowan University in the Electrical and Computer\nEngineering department, and has previously taught at Seattle\nUniversity, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Washington\nUniversity in St Louis. Alan is interested in using amateur radio\nsatellites to teach various engineering and scientific topics and\nunderstands the teacher perspective as well. He holds an Amateur\nExtra license and is also a published author.\n\n[ANS Thanks Joe, K6WAO for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJerry Buxton, NØJY CubeSat Presentation at Princeton Orbital\nInitiative\n\nThe Princeton Orbital Initiative, a student organization at\nPrinceton University, has invited Jerry Buxton, NØJY, AMSAT Vice\nPresident of Engineering, to share his experience with CubeSat\ndevelopment and AMSAT's proven technology combining scientific\ntelemetry with on-orbit CubeSat voice operations, further\nexpanding AMSAT's educational outreach.\n\nDan Marlow, K2QM, a faculty advisor to the Princeton Orbital\nInitiative (POI) says the group plans to build and fly a 3U CubeSat\nwith a goal to submit the project to the NASA CubeSat Launch\nInitiative in November of this year. Marlow's invitation includes\nmeetings with Andrew Redd, the lead for the POI initiative and an\nadditional session with the graduate student chief designer of the\nthruster that the Princeton Plasma Lab is planning.  Marlow said\nthe visit would also provide an opportunity to explore possible\nmutual interest in partnering along the lines of some of the recent\nFox missions.\n\nBuxton will give a presentation followed by a Q&A session, and\nhave informal sessions with the students. The students have begun\nmechanical design of their 3U CubeSat and are looking to AMSAT\nfor advice and guidance for their electronic and communications\nsystems.\n\nBuxton commented, \"Many institutions have been calling us for input\non building CubeSats and to explore partnerships, and I think that\nthis opportunity from an Ivy League University reflects the high\nlevel of standing and reputation AMSAT has established in the\nsatellite industry ... with a specialty in amateur radio satellites\nof course.\"\n\nAMSAT North America pioneered satellite operations in space and con-\ntinues that tradition now based based on reliable CubeSat operations\nwith amateur radio transponders, hosting scientific experimental\nmissions sharing the amateur radio payload, successful multiple\nCubeSat deployment, and orbital deployment from the International\nSpace Station.\n\nAMSAT was an early participant with the NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative\nin the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) program and con-\ntinues to have our launches selected based on our prior success and\nexciting future technological, scientific and educational\nopportunities.\n\n[ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, NØJY, AMSAT Vice President of Engineering\n for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS HamVideo Currently Not Transmitting\n\nIn the official ARISS News Release No.18-06 dated May 10, 2018,\nARISS PR Editor David Jordan, AA4KN, reports that the ARISS HamVideo\nis not currently transmitting\n\nThe HamVideo digital Amateur Television (DATV) transmitter aboard\nthe International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module recently ceased\ntransmitting. The unit's indicators show it is functioning but its\nsignal cannot be detected on the ground. The ARISS team's efforts to\nget the transmitter working again have been unsuccessful, thus far.\n\nA series of steps are currently being undertaken to try to diagnose\nthe problem. However, if an actual failure occurred, only a ground-\nbased evaluation will fully diagnose the problem. The ARISS\nInternational team is working diligently to bring HamVideo back to\nfull operation as soon as practical. We have started coordination\nwith our space agency partners and with our sponsors to expeditiously\ntroubleshoot the issue on-board and, if necessary, troubleshoot and\nrepair the device on the ground.\n\nThe HamVideo DATV transmitter has become a very valuable educational\nasset that astronauts enjoy employing as part of the ARISS\nconnection.  Astronauts Tim Peake, KG5BVI; Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA; and\nThomas Pesquet, FX0ISS, regularly utilized HamTV to inspire students\nand educators during ARISS contacts scheduled as part of these\nastronauts' ISS missions. Australian and European HamTV ground\nstations have been operational for receiving and distributing DATV\nsignals from the ISS, and in the US, HamTV stations are under\ndevelopment.  Several hams in Japan have set up ground stations that\nhave received HamVideo.\n\nAs more information becomes available on the HamVideo status and on\nany potential repair plans, we will keep you informed through future\nnews releases and via messages on the ARISS web site www.ariss.org.\n\n[ANS thanks David AA4KN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT at Hamvention 2018 -- 3rd and Final Call for Volunteers\n\nHamvention 2018 in Xenia, Ohio is next week, May 18-20!\n\nIf you’ve been waiting to volunteer until you’d firmed up your\nplans, we need to hear from you ASAP!\n\nIf you're an experienced satellite operator, we can use you\nand your experience.\n\nIf you've never operated a satellite before, we can use your\nhelp too.\n\nWhether you're available for only a couple of hours or if you\ncan spend the entire weekend with us, your help would be greatly\nappreciated.\n\nPlease send an e-mail to Phil, [email protected] if you can help.\nThank you!\n\n[Information provided by Phil Smith, W1EME Hamvention 2018 Team\n Leader]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nWork the AMSAT Hamvention Demo Station!\n\nAs previously announced, AMSAT will have it's traditional presence\nat Hamvention this year, including a satellite demo station. The\ndemostation will operate under the AMSAT club callsign W3ZM/8.\n\nWe intend to be on most passes of voice satellites between 12:00 UTC\nand 20:30 UTC on Friday, May 19th and Saturday, May 20th and between\n12:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC on Sunday, May 21st. Hamvention is located in\nthe six digit gridsquare EM89aq.\n\nAs a reward for working the AMSAT demo station, individuals working\nus will receive a digital certificate upon request. Please email\[email protected] with your QSO details to receive a certificate.\n\nIf you are attending Hamvention, please stop by the demo station\noutside Building 1!\n\n[ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nVideo Streaming of RadFxSat-2 (Fox-1E) Flight Model Testing\n\nAMSAT Vice President Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, has been\nstreaming live videos of testing of the flight model of RadFxSat-2\n(Fox-1E) from Fox Labs in Granbury, TX.\n\nYou can view archived videos at:\nhttps://www.twitch.tv/n0jy/videos/all.\n\nThe first two are also posted at:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS133-RadFxModelTest\n\nFollow @N0JY on Twitter for future live streams of RadFxSat-2 flight\nmodel testing.\n\nRadFxSat-2 is scheduled to launch later this year on the ELaNa XX\nmission aboard Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne air-launch-to-orbit system.\nThe satellite carries a 30 kHz wide V/u linear transponder and\nradiation experiments for Vanderbilt University's Institute for Space\nand Defense Electronics.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer N8HM, and Jerry Buxton, N0JY for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2018\n\nThe 2018 Hamvention will be held on May 18-20, 2018 at Greene County\nFairground and Expo Center in Xenia Ohio. AMSAT is planning for an\nexciting event.\n\nMay 17 – Booth setup on Thursday.\nMay 18, 19, 20 – AMSAT in full operation at Hamvention\nMay 20 – Booth teardown on Sunday\nAMSAT Booth\nStop by the AMSAT booth (1007-1010 & 1107-1110) Friday 9am-6pm,\nSaturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 9am-1pm to meet board members, officers,\nand active satellite operators. You’ll be able to ask questions and\nsee demonstrations of AMSAT’s current and upcoming technologies.\n\nWell dressed satellite operators will look forward to picking up the\nlatest AMSAT “swag” and fashions for 2018. Gould Smith’s book,\nGetting Started With Amateur Satellites, has been updated for 2018\nand will be on sale during the Hamvention.\n\nAMSAT Forum\nThe AMSAT Forum at Hamvention 2018 will be held on Saturday, May 19\nin Forum room 4 at 2:45-3:45 PM.\n\nAmateur Satellite Demonstrations\nAmateur Satellite operation demonstrations will be held every day\noutside the main Maxim Hall (Building 1 or E1) entrance. AMSAT will\nbe be demonstrating actual contacts with the operational amateur\nsatellites. We especially invite youth to make a contact via an\namateur satellite. All are invited to observe, participate and ask\nquestions. Satellite pass times will be posted at the AMSAT booth and\nin the demo area.\n\nAnnual AMSAT “Dinner at Tickets” Party\nThe annual AMSAT “Dinner at Tickets” party will be held Thursday at\n1800 EDT at Tickets Pub & Eatery at 7 W. Main St, Fairborn, OH. Feast\non a great selection of Greek and American food and great company! No\nprogram or speaker, just good conversation. Food can be ordered from\nthe menu, drinks (beer, wine, sodas and iced tea) are available at\nthe bar. Leave room for dessert, there’s an in-house ice cream shop!\nCome as you are. Bring some friends and have a great time the night\nbefore Hamvention.\n\nAMSAT/TAPR Banquet\nThe twelfth annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be held at the Kohler\nPresidential Center on Friday at 1830 EDT. This dinner is always a\nhighlight of the AMSAT and TAPR activities during the Dayton\nHamvention. We are pleased to announce that Jeri Ellsworth, AI6TK\nwill be our speaker. Jeri will present her innovative ideas and\nadventures in Amateur Radio.\n\nBanquet tickets are no longer available\nThere will be no tickets to pick up at the AMSAT booth.\nTickets purchased on-line will be maintained on a list with check-in\nat the door of the banquet center.\n\nAMSAT Announces Hamvention Forum Speaker Line Up\nThe AMSAT Forum at Hamvention 2018 will be held on Saturday, May 19\nin Forum room 4 at 2:45-3:45 PM. The speaker and topic line up\nincludes:\n\nModerator: Keith Baker, KB1SF / VA3KSF\n“AMSAT Status Report” by Joseph Spier, K6WAO, AMSAT-NA President,\nwho will highlight recent activities within AMSAT and discuss some of\nour challenges, accomplishments, projects, and any late breaking news.\n“AMSAT Engineering Program” by Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT-NA Vice\nPresident for Engineering, will talk about the Fox-1 and Golf\n(Greater Orbit Larger Footprint) Projects.\n“ARISS Report 2018” by Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Vice President\nfor Human Spaceflight will discus ARISS’ “Next Generation ARISS Radio\nSystem” on the International Space Station.\nAMSAT/TAPR Banquet Speaker – Jeri Ellsworth, AI6TK\nThe twelfth annual joint AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be held on Friday,\nMay 18 at the Kohler Presidential Banquet Center, 4572 Presidential\nWay, Kettering, OH 45429 (just south of Dayton). Doors open at 6:30\nPM for a cash bar with the buffet dinner served at 7:00 PM.\n\nJeri Ellsworth, AI6TK, will present on her innovative ideas and\nadventures in Amateur Radio. Jeri is an American entrepreneur, self-\ntaught engineer, and an autodidact computer chip designer and\ninventor.\n\nShe gained notoriety in 2004 for creating a complete Commodore 64\nsystem on a chip housed within a joystick, called C64 Direct-to-TV.\nThat “computer in a joystick” could run 30 video games from the early\n1980’s, and at peak, sold over 70,000 units in a single day via the\nQVC shopping channel.\n\nEllsworth co-founded CastAR (formerly Technical Illusions) in 2013\nand stayed with the company until its closure on June 26, 2017. In\n2016, she passed all three amateur radio exams, earned her Amateur\nExtra license, and received the AI6TK callsign. This has now launched\nnew adventures into Amateur Radio. She has been featured in January\n2017 QST and in YouTube videos from Quartzfest earlier this year.\nJeri has been given a free hand to speak on whatever topic she wishes\n(as long as it’s amateur radio, somewhat).\n\n[ANS thanks The AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTips For Prompt Message Posting To The AMSAT-BB\n\nRecently, there have been several posts, including some time\nsensitive roving information, which have been held for moderator\nrelease because they were sent by list members from accounts other\nthan the one used to register with the list.  While the moderators\nare happy to release these messages, it can result in significant\ndelay.  Since there are many new members here, below is a guide\nwhich was published two years ago.\n\nTips for prompt message posting.\n\nPeople sometimes post time-sensitive messages to AMSAT-BB. Examples\nare last minute grid activities, unexpected satellite mode changes,\nrequests for critically important telemetry, etc. These normally go\nthrough promptly, but occasionally get held for two basic reasons:\n\nWhile AMSAT-BB is an open list, that means it is open for\nmembership, not posting. In order to post to the list, it normally\nmust be from the same account you originally registered. For\ninstance, if you registered from your home account, and post from\nyour office account, it will normally be held for release by a\nmoderator. Likewise, some people have all their email forwarded to a\nsingle account from which they reply. We can create a filter to pass\nthe second address, but that is not automatically done on the first\ninstance, and does require moderator action.\n\nAMSAT-BB receives many pieces of spam for each legitimate message.\nAs part of the filtering process, emails larger than 50 kB are\nblocked. This usually happens to legitimate email when someone\nattempts to attach a large file, or does not trim an extended series\nof exchanges. Also, there is a limit to the number of addresses\nbefore an email is held as potential spam. I have seen legitimate\nemail sent to 30+ addresses.\n\nWe have a team of volunteer moderators, but they are not available\n24/7. The result is that a message sent in the evening or on a\nholiday, US time, may well be held for several hours before being\nreleased. So, if it absolutely, positively needs to be distributed\npromptly:\n\n1. Post from the same account you registered, or one which from past\nexperience you know has been flagged as acceptable.\n\n2. Do not use attachments. (Pictures and other files should be\nincluded by a link.) They will be blocked to the list, and if the\ntotal size of the message plus attachments exceeds 50 kB, the mail\nwill be held.\n\n3. Send it to AMSAT-BB and a few other addresses at most. If you\nmust send to a large distribution list, send to them, and another\ncopy to AMSAT-BB. (A trick which seems to work well is to place most\nof the addresses in the BCC rather than CC line.)\n\n4. Consider also posting to the AMSAT Twitter and Facebook accounts.\nThere is overlap in membership, though at present it is far from 100%.\n\n5. Do not send large commercial press releases, or things which look\nlike them. They will be caught by heuristic spam filters. A simple\nposting of an event or activity will normally go through. Note that\nthere are existing exemptions for official channels such as ANS,\nARISS, other AMSAT organizations, etc.\n\n6. All new accounts are automatically flagged for moderation. This\nflag will normally be cleared on the first or second posting, but do\nallow for and expect an initial delay if you establish a dedicated\naccount for your satellite organization.\n\n7. Remember that this is a text-only list. Posting using HTML\nformatting will have unpredictable results, and may trigger the 50 kB\nhold for what appears to be a short message.\n\n[ANS thanks Alan WA4SCA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nISS Orbit Reboost Saturday May 12\n\nThe International Space Station was scheduled to raise its orbit this\nweekend (Saturday, May 12) to prepare for the departure of three\nExpedition 55 crew members and the arrival of a new Russian cargo\ncraft. The docked Russian Progress 69 resupply ship will fire its\nengines Saturday at 6:07 p.m. EDT for two minutes and 52 seconds\nslightly boosting the orbital lab’s altitude.\n\nThis orbital reboost sets up the proper phasing trajectory\nfor the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft when it undocks June 3. The\nSoyuz will carry Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight\nEngineers Scott Tingle and Norishige Kanai back to Earth\nafter six-and-a-half month mission in space. The reboost\nwill also enable a two-orbit launch to docking opportunity\nfor Russia’s next resupply ship the Progress 70 in July.\n\n[Ed note: Stations who have not refreshed their Keplerian\nElements will discover that the ISS is arriving slightly later\nthan predicted.]\n\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS133-ISS-Boost\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nThree CubeSats with Amateur Radio Payloads Deployed from ISS\n\nThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced that\nthree CubeSats carrying Amateur Radio payloads, including one with a\nV/U linear transponder, were deployed from the International Space\nStation (ISS) on May 11 at around 1030 UTC.\n\nIrazu (Costa Rica) and 1KUNS-PF (Kenya) carry beacon/telemetry in\nthe 70-centimeter Amateur Radio band, while UBAKUSAT (Turkey) carries\nan Amateur Radio linear transponder for SSB and CW, in addition to CW\nand telemetry beacons. Irazu is a 1U CubeSat developed by students at\nthe Costa Rica Institute of Technology, with a telemetry beacon at\n436.500 MHz. 1KUNS-PF is a 3U CubeSat developed by students at the\nUniversity of Nairobi, with a telemetry beacon (9.6 kbps) at 437.300\nMHz.\n\nUBAKUSAT, a 3U CubeSat developed by students at the Istanbul\nTechnical University, has a CW beacon at 437.225 MHz, and a telemetry\nbeacon at 437.325 MHz. The linear transponder downlink is 435.200 -\n435.250 MHz; the uplink is 145.940 - 145.990 MHz.\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite-Image_26113 Re-recovered... Call for amateur help!\n\nEarlier this week Scott Tilley again recovered IMAGE on S-band. The\nspacecraft started a series of eclipses and the first one appeared to\ncause IMAGE to reboot and start transmitting again.  After the\ninitial recovery in January of this year IMAGE faded away in late\nFebruary.\n\nNASA is now trying to reestablish control of the spacecraft and has\nbeen actively attempting with some success to have the spacecraft\naccept commands over the last couple of days.\n\nA number of phenomenon have been observed that has challenged the\nground controllers to understand what is going on with the spacecraft\nand they have asked for amateurs to contribute s-band signal data\nparticularly as the spacecraft passes through eclipse.\n\nIf you have access to equipment and are suitably located to\ncontribute observations please contact me for more information and\nsupport in sharing your observations with NASA.\n\nNASA kindly supplied the following table for stations planning to\nmonitor IMAGE during eclipses.  Those studying the TLE for IMAGE will\nnote eclipses primarily happen in the southern hemisphere and have\nlimited visibility to northern hemisphere locations.  It's not\nimpossible for northern stations but not 'convenient'.\n\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS133-ImageRecovery\n\nFor those needing general information about the mission to plan\ntheir efforts:\n\nTrack: 26113 IMAGE, see Spacetrack...\n\nFrequency: 2272.5MHz +/- Doppler\n\nIf possible, record amplitude, frequency and timestamp to a machine\nreadable file and send to me with any information that may be needed\nto interpret your data.  Please include lat/long and altitude of\nobserving station and provide general details of the station.  I.e.\nGPS time and  frequency disciplined etc, antenna etc.\n\nIf all you can do is record a plot that's fine too!\n\nStations collecting real data or needing more help can email me\ndirectly and I will forward  to NASA:\nsthed475 (at) telus (dot) net\n\nIMAGE thanks you.\n\nFor more information on IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora\nGlobal Exploration) visit:\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAGE\n\n[ANS thanks Scott Tilley and Seesat-l for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nThe following ARISS contacts have been successful:\n\n2018-04-17 16:44 UTC\nAstronaut Scott Tingle KG5NZA using ISS callsign NA1SS with Salado\nIntermediate School, Salado, TX, USA, direct via K5LBJ. ARISS Mentor\nwas Gene K5YFL.\n\n2018-04-18 15:57 UTC\nAstronaut Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS callsign NA1SS with Central\nIslip Union Free School District, Central Islip, NY, USA, direct via\nKD2IFR. ARISS Mentors were Gordon KD8COJ and Backup John  K4SQC.\n\n2018-04-19 12:05 UTC\nAstronaut Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using, ISS callsign NA1SS with King's\nHigh School, Warwick, UK, direct via GB4KHS, ARISS Mentor was Ciaran\nMØXTD.\n\n2018-04-24 11:05 UTC\nCosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov using ISS callsign RSØISS with About\nGagarin From The Space. Implementation Of The Session Of Radio-Love\nCommunication With Participants Of \"Artek\" Change, near Black Sea,\nRussia, direct via  RM6KD. Mentor was Sergey RV3DR.\n\n2018-04-26 12:30 UTC\nAstronaut Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS callsign OR4ISS with Zespól\nSzkoly Podstawowej i Publicznego Gimnazjum w Buczku, Buczek, Poland;\nI Liceum Ogólnoksztalcace im. Tadeusza Kosciuszki w  Lasku, Lask,\nPoland; and Zespól Szkól Ponadgimnazjalnych w Zelowie, Zelów, Poland,\ndirect via SP7KYL. ARISS Mentor was Armand SP3QFE.\n\n2018-05-03 15:47 UTC\nAstronaut Scott Tingle KG5NZA using ISS callsign NA1SS with Mill\nSprings Academy, Alpharetta, GA, USA, direct via WA4MSA. ARISS Mentor\nwas John K4SQC.\n\n2018-05-03 17:22 UTC\nAstronaut Scott Tingle KG5NZA using ISS callsign NA1SS with Students\nfor the Exploration & Development of Space, College Station, TX, USA,\ndirect via W5QZ. ARISS Mentor was Keith W5IU.\n\n2018-05-07 13:54:10 UTC\nAstronaut Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS callsign NA1SS with\nMooreland Heights Elementary, Knoxville, TN, USA, direct via WA4SXM.\nARISS Mentor was Dave AA4KN.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nAn International Space Station school contact has been planned with\nparticipants at University of the Philippines Integrated School,\nQuezon City, Philippines on 15 May. The event is scheduled to begin\nat approximately 08:22 UTC. It is recommended that you start\nlistening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of\nthe contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact\nwill be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be\naudible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are\ninvited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is\nexpected to be conducted in English.\n\nThe UP Integrated School (est. 1976) is the laboratory school of the\nUP College of Education. It offers an integrated curriculum from\nKindergarten to Grade 12. It is one of the country's pioneer\nintegrated schools and has been offering an integrated curriculum\nfrom Kindergarten to Grade 10 since its inception until the mandatory\nimplementation of the Department of Education's K-12 program in 2012.\nThe UPIS is the product of the merging of three schools whose\nfunctions it inherited. These are the UP High School (est. 1916), the\nUP Elementary School (est. 1936), and the UP Preparatory High School\n(est. 1954).\n\nAge of students is 14 and 15.\n\nParticipants will ask as many of the following questions as time\nallows:\n\n1. What are the challenges that astronauts face while working inside\n   the international space station? How are these issues addressed?\n2. What can you give as an advice or words of inspiration to young\n   aspiring Filipinos dreaming of becoming involved in NASA's (or\n   International) space programs?\n3. The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone (typhoon,\n   earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions) countries in the world. What\n   researches does the ISS have to help these countries (or the\n   Philippines, in particular) minimize risks related to such\n   disasters?\n4. Which of the recent breakthroughs/discoveries in your research in\n   the ISS is your team's favorite and why? 5. Given the latest\n   discoveries/experiments your team has done in the ISS, which\n   field in science and technology do you think has the most\n   promising advancement in the upcoming years?\n6. How can the youth have a more active participation in space\n   programs? (Skills training, seminars, etc.)\n7. How long does it take to get use to the weightlessness in space?\n8. What did you do before you became an astronaut?\n9. Compared to Earth-based monitoring programs, how does the ISS\n   facilities and equipment help in monitoring environmental\n   disasters?\n10. What can the Philippines do if it wants to participate in\n    international space programs?\n\nPLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:\nVisit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS).\n\nTo receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status\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+ Get on the Satellites for Field Day!\n\n  Field Day is right around the corner!\n\n  Posted on the AMSAT website with the ARRL’s permission is an article\n  entitled “Get on the Satellites for ARRL Field Day” written by Sean\n  Kutzko, KX9X, and published in the June 2018 issue of QST. Read it\n  at https://www.amsat.org/get-on-the-satellites-for-field-day/.\n\n  As a reminder, AMSAT runs a Field Day event concurrently with ARRL\n  Field Day. For more information, please see\n  https://www.amsat.org/field-day/.\n\n  [ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information.]\n\n+ 6Y5IDX log\n\n  I, Marty N9EAT, have been working with Chris, VO1IDX/6Y5IDX to get\n  his logs sorted out. However, some passes may have been lost due to\n  phone issues during rainstorms while he was in Jamaica. The\n  following are in the log at this time, and we plan to upload\n  May 11:\n\n  YS1MS(x2), TI2CDA, TI4DJ, FG8OJ, WP4PRD, N1RCN (x2),  KE4AL, K9EO,\n  N1COR, HP2VX, NA2AA(x2), N9EAT, AK4WQ, AA5PK, N8HM, N8RO, K4FEG,\n  KD8ATF, KG4AKV, KB1PVH, NK1K.\n\n  If you worked them, and have a recording available to prove it,\n  forward them to either me or Chris VO1IDX. His email is good on QRZ.\n  Additionally, forward any lotw issues to either of use. Paper QSL\n  cards are via direct to VO1IDX.\n\n  [ANS thanks Marty N9EAT for the above information.]\n\n+ 6E5RM/XF3 Cozumel Island Special Event Includes Satellite Operation\n\n  Members of the Radioclub Cancun will be active as 6E5RM between\n  May 23rd and June 1st. Activity is to celebrate the 2018 Rally Maya\n  Mexico. However, on May 23rd and 24th, they will be active as\n  6E5RM/XF3 from Cozumel Island.  Operations are expected to be on\n  80-6 meters using SSB, RTTY, FT8 and the satellites. They will be\n  on the air as much time as possible for the Rally activities.\n\n  [ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1363]\n\n+ ARISS Story Line Featured in Book\n\n  Emily Calandrelli KD8PKR recently released her third short novel for\n  kids, \"Take Me to Your Leader\".  In it, her main character, Ada Lace\n  uses amateur radio around her hometown.  She also uses radio to\n  contact an astronaut on the ISS. I believe it is Sandy Magnus in her\n  story.  Even though the contact does not follow the ARISS protocol,\n  she talks about the ARISS program in one of the appendices at the\n  back of the book.\n\n  If you (or your schools) are ever looking for a good short book to\n  explain a little about radio contacts, this would be a good choice.\n\n  [ANS thanks Brian VE6JBJ 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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