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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/OIDSDFGTZLAJPHLW3X35AVI7EACPKXGK/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "OIDSDFGTZLAJPHLW3X35AVI7EACPKXGK", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/NNIZEOSMD6HZJSGLXWRWM5W7TUV4EX4G/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "wao (a) vfr.net", "mailman_id": "9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Joe Spier", "subject": "[ans] ANS-026", "date": "2014-01-26T06:13:38Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/NNIZEOSMD6HZJSGLXWRWM5W7TUV4EX4G/?format=api", "children": [ "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/VPYNRTK4KGAUKMYDH6KIQYQSVBO5RRBY/?format=api" ], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-026\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-NA will be at HamCation 2014!\n* AMSAT-NA Updating Their List of Current AMSAT-Related Nets\n* FUNcube at National Student Space Conference\n* Radio amateurs receive Rosetta signals\n* Northern Virginia-Maryland-Washington, DC AMSAT Events\n* $50SAT PocketQube two months after launch\n* Upcoming AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts from All Over\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-026.01\nANS-026 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 026.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 26, 2013\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-026.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-NA will be at HamCation 2014!\n\n\nAMSAT-NA will be at the 2014 Orlando HamCation on Friday through\nSunday, 7-9 February 2014. Stop by the AMSAT booth where John Papay,\nK8YSE will be demonstrating his two remote satellite stations. Don’t\nmiss the AMSAT Forum on Saturday, February 8th. It will be moderated\nby Dave Jordan, AA4KN and will be located in the Children’s Safety\nVillage, Classroom I, 1:45 – 2:45 PM. Speakers will include AMSAT-NA\nPresident Barry Baines, WD4ASW on AMSAT’s activities, Lou McFadin,\nW5DID on the new HamTV experiment on the International Space Station,\nand Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA Vice President for Operations\non AO-73 and other new amateur satellites. Drew will also will be on\nhand both Saturday and Sunday conducting portable satellite contacts\nand fielding questions from the crowd.\n\nFLASH: Drew and John will be operating as W1AW/4 for the portable\ndemos from the HamCation!\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above announcement]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-NA Updating Their List of Current AMSAT-Related Nets\n\n\nAMSAT-NA is updating their list of AMSAT and AMSAT-related nets, and\nneeds your help. The current list may be found on AMSAT.ORG under\nthe Services Menu. The information is somewhat dated. Please review\nthe list of nets, and send corrections and deletions to AMSAT\nDirector-Field Operations, Patrick Stoddard, [email protected].\n\nWe are looking for nets on all modes, including Echolink and D-Star.\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above announcement]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFUNcube at National Student Space Conference\n\n\nDavid Johnson G4DPZ will be giving a presentation on the FUNcube-1\n(AO-73) spacecraft to the National Student Space Conference being\nheld at the University of Leicester on March 1-2.\n\nDavid is a software engineer and committee member of AMSAT-UK. He\nwrites Open-Source satellite Ground-Segment and orbit prediction\nsoftware, and has been involved in many amateur satellite projects\nover the past 35 years including PCSAT-2 (flew on the ISS), GENSO\nNetwork, AmsatDroid prediction App, STRaND-1 smartphone\nnanosatellite, and FUNcube Data Warehouse.\n\nHis talk will cover the AMSAT-NL/AMSAT-UK educational amateur\nsatellite project – FUNcube, an educational single CubeSat project\nwith the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio,\nspace, physics and electronics. He will give a short history of the\nproject and the work leading up to the launch, share the thrill of\nlaunch day, and the current and future plans for operation of the\nsatellite.\n\nAlso at the conference will be speakers from the UK Space Agency,\nReaction Engines, and HE Space.\n\nConference Speakers\nhttp://ukseds.org/nssc2014/speakers.php\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRadio amateurs receive Rosetta signals\n\n\nJames Miller G3RUH reports reception of the Rosetta spacecraft\nsignal at a distance of 805 million km from Earth using the 20 metre\ndish at the Bochum amateur radio facility\n\nOn the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB) James Miller G3RUH writes:\nJust a quick note about Rosetta X-band. I checked it this morning\nfrom Bochum.\n\n2014 Jan 21 [Tue] 0934 utc\nAZ 172°\nEl 11°\nR 805 Million km\nCNR 25.5 dB(Hz)\nQRG 8421.786900 MHz at the spacecraft\n\nRosetta is about 14 dB weaker than Stereo A/B.\nThe system at Bochum has a G/T approx 40 dB(1/K).\nBertrand Pinel F5PL, located near Castelnaudary, France, 65km from\nToulouse, successfully tracked Rosetta on January 21, 2014 at 10:00\nUT, using a 3.5m dish antenna,\n\nsee\nhttp://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/01/22/radio-amateur-diy-rosetta-\ntracking/\n\nESA Rosetta Blog\nhttp://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/\n\nESA on Facebook\nhttps://www.facebook.com/EuropeanSpaceAgency\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNorthern Virginia-Maryland-Washington, DC AMSAT Events\n\n\n Maryland-DC AMSAT Area Coordinator Pat Kilroy, N8PK says that two\n opportunities are coming for AMSAT to make a splash in the amateur\n radio community. Pat hopes as many Northern Virginia, Maryland and\n Washington, DC AMSAT members as possible come out for these events\n to show amateur radio in space to the public and fellow amateur\n operators.\n\n Vienna, Virginia\n ----------------\n Sunday, February 23, 2014 - The Vienna Wireless Winterfest\n http://www.viennawireless.org/winterfest.php\n\n Steve Greene, KS1G, of Herndon, Va. will be leading an effort to\n staff an impressive AMSAT booth as well as provide a forum and a\n *possible* satellite demo. But he needs help from the local AMSAT\n guys. Please contact Steve at [email protected] to offer your time and\n support.\n\n Timonium, Maryland\n ------------------\n Saturday, April 5, 2014 - The Greater Baltimore Hamboree and\n Computerfest 2014 including the Maryland Emergency Preparedness\n Expo 2014\n http://www.gbhc.org/\n\n Pat Kilroy, N8PK is organizing the AMSAT booth and display for this\n event. Conditions permitting the demonstrations may include flying\n a small experiment on a high-altitude balloon. Pat is planning to\n staff a three table AMSAT display indoors. Contact Pat via e-mail\n at [email protected] to volunteer and offer your ideas for the display.\n\n\n [ANS thanks Pat Kilroy, N8PK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n$50SAT PocketQube two months after launch\n\n\nMichael Kirkhart KD8QBA reminds us that the PocketQube $50SAT has\nnow been operating for two months. He writes:\n\nIt has now been 2 months since the launch of $50SAT into its 625 km\n(approximate) sun-synchronous orbit, and as of this morning [Tuesday\nJanuary 21], it is still operating.\n\nIt is getting cold again in EN82 land, so it is not likely I will be\nable to gather RTTY telemetry during the next few days, as my trusty\nnetbook will not likely be able to deal with the cold for very long.\nHopefully, everyone else can “pick up the slack” for me. I will still\ngo out and monitor passes, provided it does not get too cold.\n\nSince it was pretty cold this morning (about -12 to -13 degrees C),\nI chose not to record the pass at 15:24 UTC (10:28 AM local time).\nInstead, I monitored it using my FT-60. At about 15:36 UTC, I heard\nthe codespeed on the FM Morse beacon drop, which indicates the\navailability of solar power. Using gpredict, I estimated the latitude\nof the satellite sub-point (the point on the Earth directly\nunderneath the satellite) to be about 24 degrees N. Today, the sun is\ndirectly over 20.4 degrees south latitude (23.5 degrees * sin(270 +\n30), as it has been about 30 days since the winter solstice). At the\ntime I heard the beacon, the angle of $50SAT normal to the sun\n(assuming the passive magnetic stabilization is working) would be\nabout 24 – (-20.4), or about 44.4 degrees. This means the solar\nradiation intensity is about 70% of its maximum value, which means\nthe solar power generating capacity will be anywhere from 50% to 70%\nof its maximum, depending on whether one or two panels are facing the\nsun. But since I did not collect telemetry, I have no values for\ncomparison.\n\nI was able to collect RTTY telemetry on Sunday and Monday, and here\nit is:\n\n2014-01-\n19,16:34,$$$$50jAT,128,,467,,,52,3,,21,142,82,,102,305,3662,*43\n2014-01-19,16:36,b50SAT.128,,467,,,54,3,,21,139,82,,102,305,3683,*46\n2014-01-19,16:39,$50SAT,128,,467,,,59,3,,21,132,83,1223cr}\n\n2014-01-20,16:55,50SAT,128,,471,,,60,3,,21,132,83,,122,309,3683,*42\n\nMichael Kirkhart KD8QBA\n$50SAT team\n\n$50SAT is one of the smallest amateur radio satellites ever launched\nat 5x5x7.5 cm and weighs only 210 grams. Transmitter power is just\n100 mW on 437.505 MHz (+/-9 kHz Doppler shift) FM CW/RTTY. It uses\nthe low cost Hope RFM22B single chip radio and PICaxe 40X2 processor.\n\n$50SAT has been a collaborative education project between Professor\nBob Twiggs, KE6QMD, Morehead State University and three other radio\namateurs, Howie DeFelice, AB2S, Michael Kirkhart, KD8QBA, and Stuart\nRobinson, GW7HPW.\n\nFurther information in the $50SAT Dropbox\nhttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/l3919wtfiywk2gf/-HxyXNsIr8\n\nThere is a discussion group for $50SAT\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/groups/50dollarsat/\n\n50DollarSat\nhttp://www.50dollarsat.info/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDeploying software updates to ArduSat in orbit\n\n\nRadio amateur Jonathan Oxer VK3FADO gave this Keynote presentation\non the latest developments in the ArduSat CubeSat project to the 2014\nLinux conference in Perth, Western Australia.\n\nJon has been hacking on both hardware and software since he was a\nlittle tacker. Most recently he’s been focusing more on the Open\nHardware side, co-founding Freetronics as a direct result of\norganising the first Arduino Miniconf at LCA2010. His books include\n“Ubuntu Hacks” and “Practical Arduino”.\n\nJon has been variously referred to as Australia’s geekiest man and\nas a cyborg-in-progress. As part of his “SuperHouse” home automation\nseries, Jon has taken keyless entry to an all new level by embedding\nan RFID tag into his arm using a vet’s chipping tool.\n\nRecently he has been working on ArduSat, a satellite that aims to\ngive hobbyists, students and space enthusiasts an opportunity to\ndesign and run their own experiments in space. By choosing a\nstandardised platform based on the hugely popular Arduino hardware\ndesign, ArduSat allows anyone to develop and prototype experiments at\nhome using readily accessible parts and all based on a simple open\nsource software environment.\n\nArduSat Open Source Ham Radio CubeSats\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/08/09/ardusat-open-source-ham-radio-cubesats/\n\nLinux Conference Perth Jan 6-10\nhttp://lca2014.linux.org.au/\n\nLinux Australia\nhttp://www.linux.org.au/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming AMSAT Events\n\n\nFriday and Saturday, 14-15 February 2014 – Yuma Hamfest at Yuma\nCounty Fairgrounds in Yuma AZ (south of I-8, along 32nd Street near\nYuma International Airport and MCAS Yuma). AMSAT will have a table\nin the main hall at the hamfest, and satellite demonstrations outside\nthe hall are planned.\n\nSunday, 23 February 2014 – Vienna Wireless Winterfest at Vienna VA.\nAMSAT will have a table at this hamfest, Steve Greene KS1G will lead\na forum, and there may be satellite demonstrations during this event.\n\nSaturday, 15 March 2014 – Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club‘s Springfest\nin Scottsdale AZ (northeast of Phoenix). AMSAT will have a table at\nthis hamfest, and satellite demonstrations are planned.\nDemonstrations at this hamfest will be done using the call sign\nW1AW/7 as part of the ARRL centennial commemorations, and QSLing will\nbe handled by ARRL.\n\nSaturday, 29 March 2014 – Radio Society of Tucson‘s 2014 Hamfest in\nTucson AZ. AMSAT will have a table at this hamfest, and satellite\ndemonstrations are planned.\n\nSaturday, 5 April 2014 – The Greater Baltimore Hamboree and\nComputerfest 2014, including the Maryland Emergency Preparedness Expo\n2014, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium MD. AMSAT will\nhave a booth at this hamfest, and other AMSAT-related events may be\nplanned.\n\nMonday, 28 April 2014 – presentation at Franklin County Amateur\nRadio Club meeting in Greenfield MA by Barry Baines WD4ASW (AMSAT\nPresident)\n\nSaturday, 3 May 2014 – Cochise Amateur Radio Association‘s Larry\nWarren Hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ (southeast of Tucson) – AMSAT will\nhave a table at this hamfest, and satellite demonstrations are\nplanned.\n\nSaturday, 7 June 2014 – Kachina Amateur Radio Club‘s White Mountain\nHamfest in Show Low AZ (eastern Arizona, south of US-60/AZ-77/AZ-260)\n– AMSAT will have a table at this hamfest, and satellite\ndemonstrations are planned.\n\nFriday and Saturday, 13-14 June 2014 – Ham-Com in Plano TX (north of\nDallas)\n\nThursday through Sunday, 17-20 July 2014 – ARRL Centennial\nConvention in Hartford CT. AMSAT will host a day-long Satellite\nWorkshop on Thursday, and have a booth at the convention along with\nan AMSAT Forum and demonstrations throughout the convention.\n\nSaturday and Sunday, 30-31 August 2014 – Shelby Hamfest in Shelby NC\n(west of Gastonia and Charlotte) – Barry Baines WD4ASW (AMSAT\nPresident) will host an AMSAT Forum on Saturday of this weekend\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above announcement]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nUncoming ARISS contact with Indiana Area School District, Indiana,\nPA, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for:\nTue 2014-01-28 13:30:33 UTC 62 deg\n\nAn International Space Station school contact has been planned with\nparticipants at the Indiana Area School District, Indiana, PA,\nUSA on Tuesday January 28th. AOS is anticipated at 13:30 UTC.\n\nThe duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30\nseconds. Contact times are approximate. The contact will be a\ntelebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ in California. The contact should\nbe audible 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\nIndiana, Pennsylvania is a rural town with a population of 32,000\nthat is situated sixty miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Our residents\nenjoy the convenient proximity to a major city, as well as the\ncommunity-feel and lifestyle of a small town. The Indiana Area\nSchool District has provided a dynamic high-quality educational\nprogram for over 170 years. Our four K-5 elementary schools, one 6-8\njunior high school and one 9-12 senior high school serve 2800\nstudents district wide. In addition to distinguished academic\nachievement, our students’ activities include fundraising for a\nvariety of charitable causes, school and community leadership, as\nwell as setting new standards for excellence in both academic and\nathletics competitions. In fact, we currently boast two National\nMerit Scholarship semi-finalists and a third honoree. We are proud\nof our student’s accomplishments!\n\nOur dynamic school programs are part of the building blocks for\nstudent success. Beginning with a commitment to early childhood and\npre-K programs to increase student learning readiness, to the rigor\nand challenge of enrichment options at the elementary school level.\nOur secondary programs include an array of Advanced Placement and\nSTEM course offerings, dual enrollment options, and our own cyber\nschool option for students. Many local residents will tell you,\n“Indiana, PA is a great place to raise a family.” This is true\nbecause we blend the small town community with a school system that\ncontinually strives to provide cutting-edge programs that prepare\nstudents to be successful citizens. .\n\nIndiana Area School District, Indiana, PA, telebridge via W6SRJ (***)\nContact is a go for: Tue 2014-01-28 13:30:33 UTC 62 deg (***)\n\nProposed questions generated by the Indiana Area School District\nstudents:\n\n1. How many countries are involved in the International Space Station?\n2. Can you feel the cold of space through your space suit?\n3. Do you believe that there is intelligent life thriving somewhere\nin the universe?\n4. Does being weightless have any long-term effects on the human body?\n5. When do you think we will have the technology for astronauts to\ntravel farther in space?\n6. Which of the research projects that you are working on right now,\nhas the most scientific potential?\n7. Who has the most control over the spacecraft? The astronauts,\nstabilization auto-pilot, or mission control?\n8. What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you in space?\n9. Are space suits comfortable?\n10. How do you help your families deal with the dangers of your job?\n11. What is the most common misconception teenagers may have about\nspace?\n12. Do you have any anxiety because you are nowhere near the safety\nof Earth?\n13. What college, and what major, would you recommend for someone to\nbecome an astronaut?\n14. What is the most interesting, or strangest, thing you have seen\nin the space station?\n15. What surprised you the most when you first arrived in space?\n16. What is your theory of life on other planets?\n\n\nARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to\nissues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at\npresent, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts.\nARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to\nsend your reports to [email protected] or [email protected].\n\nAudio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT*\n(101377) and IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector.\n\nStreaming Audio will be provided at:\nhttps://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/\n\nAudio on Echolink and Web stream is generally transmitted around\n20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear\nsome of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to\nthe ground station call to the ISS.\n\nPlease note that on Echolink there are automatic breaks of 1.5\nseconds in the audio transmission. These occur every 2.5 minutes\nduring the event. Breaks on IRLP are manual and occur approximately\nafter every third question.\n\nSuccessful Contacts:\n\nJanuary 18, 2014\nA telebridge contact via station K6DUE with Wallingford STEM\nAcademy/Town of Wallingford, CT, USA was successful Saturday,\nJanuary 18th. Nineteen questions were answered by astronaut Koichi\nWakata,\n\nTo read a local news story:\nhttp://www.myrecordjournal.com/wallingford/wallingfordnews/34370\n90-129/students-talk-to-astronaut-aboard-the-space-station.html\n\nHere is a tweet astronaut Wakata sent after the contact:\nhttps://twitter.com/Astro_Wakata/status/424806909510549504\n\nWallingford STEM Academy is a community based and family oriented\norganization the excites students about science, technology,\nengineering and mathematics. This program, previously known as the\nYoung Astronaut Club of Wallingford and founded in 2000, has been\nproviding STEM enrichment for students in grades 4 through 8 for over\nthirteen years through Wallingford Youth and Social Services.\n\nThe Wallingford STEM Academy is a collaborative partnership between\nthe Spanish Community of Wallingford (SCOW), the Town of Wallingford\nYouth and Social Services Department (WYSS), the Wallingford\nEducation Association (WEA).\nSTEM Academy branches in Wallingford, and Hamden, are the flagship\nprograms for CEA’s STEM Education Initiative. We currently serve the\nSpanish Community of Wallingford (SCOW) and the general population.\n40% of our STEM Enrichment Academy is comprised of students from the\nSpanish community and 40 % of our students are girls interested in\nSTEM education. Our weekly meetings are conducted at the Spanish\nCommunity of Wallingford Great Room and in our STEM Education\nClassroom next to SCOW.\n\nSince 2005, a companion project to Wallingford STEM Enrichment\nAcademy is the Wallingford Family Science and STEM Night Series. At\nleast twice a month, we organize and implement family oriented\nScience and STEM Family Nights in Wallingford. These events range\nfrom evening programs, daytime vacation programs, hands-on\ninvestigations, assembly style programs, and night sky observations.\nThe purpose of this organization is to deepen student, and family,\nunderstanding of STEM concepts as a compliment to an existing inquiry\nbased STEM curriculum in Wallingford. Our major funders for both\nSTEM Academy and Wallingford Family STEM Nights are the Wallingford\nRotary Club’s Wallingford Foundation, 3M Charitable Contributions and\nthe Connecticut Education Association.\n\n\nJanuary 17, 2014\nA direct contact with students at Collège Les Gondoliers, La\nRoche sur Yon, France with astronaut Koichi Wakata was successful\nFriday, January 17th at 09:51:13 UTC 34 deg. Wakata answered 17\nquestions in English. His answers were later translated to French for\nthe audience of 200 students, teachers, media and radio amateurs in\nthe gymnasium.\n\nFor a video of the contact conducted in English:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbcHY6uKEY\n\nLocal news coverage:\nhttp://www.lejournaldupaysyonnais.fr/2014/01/17/allo-liss-ici-les-\ngondoliers-over/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=allo-liss-\nici-les-gondoliers-over\n\nLes Gondoliers Secondary School, with its 500 pupils -aged 11-15- is\nlocated in Vendée, 70 km south of the city of Nantes, where famous\nJules Verne author was born . At the end of the last year, the pupils\ntake an exam called \"Diplôme National du Brevet\". Our Astronomy Club\nhas resumed its activities this year with the objective to enter in\ncontact with the ISS. The starting point has been the visit of the\nexhibition “Voyages planétaires” (Planetary spaceflights), in Nantes,\nduring the International Planetary Science Congress. Various\nastronomy and amateur radio activities will be organized, with the\nhelp of members of the association of \"radioamateurs of Vendée\", who\nwill come to our school to display their activities and provide us\nwith the tools that will be necessary to get in contact with the ISS.\n\nPLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:\n\nSign up for the SAREX maillist at\nhttp://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex\n\nVisit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on\nthe International Space Station (ARISS).\n\nTo receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status\n\nA planned event for:\n\n1. A contact with students at Fort Belvoir Elementary school in\nFort Belvoir MD, USA, sponsored by Marymount University in Arlington,\nVA, USA that was planned for Fri 2014-01-24 will be rescheduled.\n\nARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering\nthe participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA,\nCNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from\nparticipating countries.\n\nARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the\nexcitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-\nboard the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and\ncommunities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS\ncan energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and\nlearning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on\nthe website\nhttp://www.ariss.org/\n(graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).\n\n[ ANS thanks ARISS for the above update]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts from all over\n\n\nFuncube - an observation from the AMSAT-BB\n\nMessage: 6\nDate: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:43:03 -0500\nFrom: John Papay <[email protected]>\nTo: [email protected]\nSubject: [amsat-bb] Funcube - an observation\nMessage-ID: <[email protected]>\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset=\"us-ascii\"; format=flowed\n\nMost everyone knows about Funcube and how successful it has been.\nIf you look at the Funcube Warehouse page you will see that many\nhams around the world are uploading data from the satellite every\nday. As of this morning I counted 493 different ground stations and\nthey have uploaded more than 1.15 Million data packets since late\nNovember. About half of the stations are located in the US and\nBritain. The other half are spread out around the world showing that\nthis is not just something that has interested those in the UK.\nThirty-three stations have each uploaded more than 10,000 packets!\n\nIn addition I have to give accolades to Mark Spencer, WA8SME, at the\nARRL for his excellent paper describing Funcube, its experiments and\nhow to receive it and make sense of the data. Most everyone on the\nbirds asks about what antennas work best. Mark seeks to quantify the\nperformance of some common antennas like the M2 circular polarized\nbeam, Arrows on rotors or fixed, with or without preamps, 5/8 wave\nand 1/4 wave ground planes. He does that by comparing the number of\npackets received on each antenna during a pass. The results are quite\ninteresting. You can download the paper at:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/files/file/ETP/FUNCube%20Guide.pdf\n\nMark is the reason that the Teacher's Institute has been so\nsuccessful. If you operate on the satellites you probably have heard\nhis student teachers making contacts on the birds. When he was\nliving on the west coast he went to DN01 and DN00 and put them on the\nbirds for those of us that chase grids.\nAfter moving to the east coast he has continued the work with\nsatellites at the League and has developed hardware for satellites\nincluding the FT817 interface and most recently a portable az/el\nrotator system. We see articles about satellites in QST Magazine on\na regular basis and I'm sure it is because of his representation at\nthe League. The younger generation is the future of AMSAT and Mark's\nwork is certainly making a difference in terms of introducing\nthem to satellites.\n\nThe Funcube team and G6LVB have certainly encouraged our young\npeople to get interested in ham radio and satellites. The Funcube\nSDR was a great fundraiser and facilitated students in their quest\nto receive data from space and learn from the experiments on board.\nCongratulations to everyone involved in the highly successful Funcube\nproject.\n\n73,\nJohn K8YSE\n\n\n[ANS thanks John, K8YSE and AMSAT-BB for the above short]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n/EX\n\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,\nJoe Spier, K6WAO\nk6wao at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }