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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/N7LIYW6YVAIPC5SKQTYWCPEXFVALBKQO/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "N7LIYW6YVAIPC5SKQTYWCPEXFVALBKQO", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/N7LIYW6YVAIPC5SKQTYWCPEXFVALBKQO/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[ans] ANS-340 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2015-12-06T03:22:04Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-340\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* AMSAT Ground Terminal Development Expands to Texas\n* AMSAT SKN on OSCAR 2016 In Memory of W2BXA\n* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-12-02 20:30 UTC\n* WRC-15 Satellite News\n* Cubesat by an Elementary School Will be Aboard the Orbital-ATK Cygnus \nLaunch\n* 73 on 73 Award Recipients\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-340.01\nANS-340 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.01\n From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.\nDecember 6, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-340.01\n\nAMSAT Ground Terminal Development Expands to Texas\n\nHardware consisting of Ettus Research USRP X300 SDR, USRP B210 SDR, \nUBX40 USRP\nDaughterboard, GPDSO Kits, and antennas have been ordered from National\nInstruments Corp. for delivery to Bill Reed NX5R in Dallas TX to equip a \nsecond\ncommunity for development of the AMSAT Ground Terminals. These terminals \nwill be\nused for the Phase 4B and other digital/microwave satellites being \ndeveloped by\nAMSAT and in partnership with Virginia Tech.\n\nMichelle Thompson W5NYV has been leading the effort in the San Diego CA \narea,\nwhich started up when the P4B project was announced earlier this year. \nAmateur\nradio operators in the Southern California area from AMSAT, Palomar Amateur\nRadio Club, and the San Diego Microwave Society have been implementing a\nterrestrial system to mimic the ground and space segments of a digital \nsatellite\ncommunications link and developing code and hardware techniques for use \nin the\nP4B and future HEO opportunities that AMSAT is pursuing. Expanding the \nsystem to\nthe Dallas area will allow more collaboration, development, and testing \nby AMSAT\nand North Texas Microwave Society amateurs with San Diego and other \nregions. The\ninvestment in equipment and community building will increase the number and\nquality of ideas in developing this next generation system of amateur radio\nsatellite communications.\n\nAnother development system is being planned for the east coast. AMSAT is\nactively recruiting individuals and groups that want to work together to\nestablish increased regional technical activity in support of satellite \nservice\ngoals. Rick Hambly W2GPS has campaigned for the creation of this very \ntype of\nactivity on the east coast for many years. Successful east-coast \nexpansion will\nadd even more variability and expertise to the project.\n\nBy involving amateurs who have expertise in both microwave and digital\ncommunications and in varying terrain and conditions, as well as including\npeople with various backgrounds and experience, AMSAT plans to produce a \nground\nterminal that will be useful with a variety of next generation satellites\nincluding Phase 4B, Phase 3E, the Heimdallr Lunar Cube Quest CubeSat, and an\nAMSAT developed HEO CubeSat. These are all projects currently being \npursued by\nthe AMSAT Engineering and ASCENT (Advanced Satellite Communications and\nExploration of New Technology) Teams.\n\n“The development of a ground terminal along with satellite projects is \npart of a\nplan to offer a way for amateurs to buy, build, or access ideas to \ndevelop their\nown ground terminals which will be useful for many future AMSAT satellite\nmission for years to come” said AMSAT-NA Vice President of Engineering Jerry\nBuxton, N0JY. “The concept of common uplink (5 GHz) and downlink (10 GHz)\nfrequencies with software defined transponders allows many different\nexperimentation and communications opportunities ranging from simple \ntexting to\nvoice, streaming video, data exchange, and reliable EMCOMM access in remote\nareas, with bandwidths to support many satellites and users.”\n\nIf you are interested in supporting the effort please visit\nhttp://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1121 to submit a request. While those who \nlive in\nthe San Diego, Dallas, or Maryland areas may find it easier to participate,\nvolunteers from other areas are welcome to join and contribute remotely.\n\n[ANS thanks Jerry, NØJY, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT SKN on OSCAR 2016 In Memory of W2BXA\n\nYou are cordially invited to participate in Straight Key Night on OSCAR \n2016,\nsponsored by AMSAT for all radio amateurs throughout the world.\n\nOperate CW through any amateur satellite from 0001 through 2400 UTC on 1 \nJanuary\n2016, using a manual, non-electronic key. Note that bugs are now \nallowed, as\nthey are in similar ARRL and SKCC events.\n\nThere is no need to send in a log, but please nominate someone you \nworked for\nBest Fist. Your nominee need not have the best fist of those you heard, \njust of\nthose you worked. Send your nomination to [email protected].. A list of those\nnominated will be published in early February.\n\nThis year’s event is being held in memory of Ben Stevenson, W2BXA \n(1914-2011).\nLicensed since 1929, Ben was one of the world’s top DXers on both HF and\nsatellites. He led the DXCC Honor Roll for many years, and among his many\nawards were Satellite DXCC No. 1 and post-war Worked All Zones No. 1. \nFounding\npresident of the North Jersey DX Association, Ben shared his knowledge and\nenthusiasm with one and all.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-12-02 20:30 UTC\n\nQuick list of scheduled contacts and events:\n\nNanasawa Kibounooka Elementary School, Atsugi, Japan, direct via 8N1NKSG\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH\nContact was successful: Wed 2015-12-02 09:33:51 UTC 61 deg\n\nYayoi Elementary School, Yatomi, Japan, direct via 8N2YAYOI\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH\nContact is a go for: Fri 2015-12-04 09:25:46 UTC 57 deg\n\nDragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden, telebridge via LU1CGB\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS\nContact is a go for: Fri 2015-12-04 10:15:01 UTC 72 deg\n\nIngushetia, Russia, direct via TBD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Sergey Volkov RU3DIS\nContact is a go for: Sat 2015-12-05 16:25 UTC\n\nKonstanty Ildefons Galczynski Junior High School, Swietajno, Poland,\ntelebridge via LU1CGB\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS\nContact is a go for: Tue 2015-12-08 08:19:31 UTC 62 deg\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nWRC-15 Satellite News\n\nIn his report for Day 16 of the WRC-15 conference Colin Thomas G3PSM says:\n\n Discussions took place on suggested frequency bands for possible new \nor an\n upgrade of existing allocations to the space operations service \nwithin the\n frequency ranges 150.05-174 MHz, 400.15-420 MHz [and 420-450 MHz] for \nshort\n duration satellites.\n\n This potential future agenda item is an attempt to overcome the \nproblem of\n non-amateur nano- and pico-satellites using the amateur service bands. No\n decision was reached and the document has been passed to plenary for \ndecision.\n\nMore reports about WRC-15 activities can be found at\nhttp://rsgb.org/main/blog/category/news/special-focus/wrc-15/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCubesat by an Elementary School Will be Aboard the Orbital-ATK Cygnus Launch\n\nNASA will enable the deployment of three small research satellites, or \nCubeSats,\nselected through the CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) for two \nuniversities and\none primary school as part of the ninth installment of the Educational \nLaunch of\nNanosatellite (ELaNa) missions.\n\nFull story at this URL:\n\nhttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ELaNa_IX_mission_launches_first_cubesat_built_\nby_elementary_school_students_999.html\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceDaily for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n73 on 73 Award Recipients\n\nPaul Stoetzer N8HM reports more awards have been issued for contacts \nmade via\nthe AO-73 (FUNcube-1) amateur radio satellite.\n\nThe 73 on 73 Award aims to promote activity on AO-73. The requirements are\nstraight-forward:\n\n1. Work 73 unique stations on AO-73.\n2. Contacts must be made on or after September 1, 2014.\n3. There are no geographic restrictions on your operating location.\n\nThe latest recipients are:\n20. David D’Aliesio IW0HLG – 31 May 2015\n21. Kiyosi Hasegawa JA3FWT – 22 June 2015\n22. Mariusz Kocot SQ9MES – 28 June 2015\n23. Hector Luis Martinez W5CBF – 12 July 2015\n24. George K. Carr II WA5KBH – 17 July 2015\n25. Michel Ribot F6GLJ – 18 July 2015\n26. Paul Stoetzer N8HM – 21 July 2015\n27. Jeffrey Lamb NX9B – 2 August 2015\n28. Imre Füzi HA1SE – 13 September 2015\n29. Herman Blom PB0AHX – 1 November 2015\n30. Joseba Andoni Barrio – 22 November 2015\n\nFull information on how to apply is at\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n", "attachments": [] }