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    "sender_name": "Lee McLamb",
    "subject": "[ans] ANS-243  AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2014-08-31T03:48:02Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-243\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 Board of Directors Ballot Deadline Approaching\n* W1AW/7 Satellite Operations\n* Fox-1 Update - Slow Speed Telemetry\n* Peruvian Cubesat Chasqui-1 Deployed From ISS\n* ARISS News\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-243.01\nANS-243 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 243.01\n From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.\nAugust 31, 2014\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-243.01\n\nAMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballot Deadline Approaching\n\nA final reminder that Board of Directors ballots must be returned to the \nAMSAT-\nNA office by 15 SEP 2014 in order to be counted. Your returned ballot \nshould be\nsent promptly, and those from outside North American preferably by air \nmail or\nother expedited means.\n\nNormally there would be 3 full Board seats open this year, plus 2 \nalternates.\nHowever, with the passing of Tony Monteiro, AA2TX (SK), there will be an\nadditional full Board seat open to fill the remainder of his term. This \nmeans\nthat the top three recipients of votes will have two-year terms, the\nfourth most vote recipient serving as full member for one year. The \nfifth and\nsixth highest vote 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\nmembership to help shape the future direction of AMSAT-NA. Please take \nthe time\nto review the candidate statements that accompany the ballot and \ndetermine who\nyou wish to see on the Board.\n\n[ANS thanks Alan, W4SCA, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nW1AW/7 Satellite Operations\n\nFollowing the schedule for W1AW/x portable activity during 2014, next\nweek will start the second of the two weeks W1AW/7 will air from\nArizona. The first W1AW/7 Arizona satellite activity in March was\nsuccessful (thanks, John K8YSE, for making good use of the K8YSE/7\nstation in Arizona that week). The next operation will be starting at \n0000 UTC\nWednesday, 27 August (2000 EDT/1700 PDT on\nTuesday, 26 August).\n\nPatrick, WD9EWK/VA7EWK, will be operating as W1AW/7 on weeknights, and \nplan on\nmore activity\nduring the Labor Day weekend (30 August-1 September) that falls within\nthis one-week period. He is working on having additional operators for\nthe weekday passes, when he won't be able to get on the radio. As\nwith any of the W1AW/x activities, ARRL will handle the QSLing. ARRL will\nupload all W1AW/7 logs to Logbook of the World, in addition to the\npaper QSL cards that will be available later.\n\nIf you also work other bands and want to work W1AW/7 from Arizona\nnext week, the W1AW/7 Arizona activity coordinator, Ned Stearns AA7A,\nhas a schedule showing when the other stations operating as W1AW/7\nwill be on - and on what band/mode combinations. This schedule is still\nbeing assembled, so more slots will be filled in as we get closer to next\nweek.\n\nYou can see that schedule at:\nhttp://aa7a.net/W1AW/W1AW_7_AZ_1September.htm\n\nSatellite operating times will not appear on Ned's schedule, as Patrick is\ncoordinating that part of the W1AW/7 effort. Patrick will use the AMSAT-BB\nlist and his Twitter @WD9EWK feed (http://twitter.com/WD9EWK ) to send\nout updates for the W1AW/7 satellite activity.\n\nGood luck, and 73!\n\n[ANS thanks Patrick, WD9EWK/VA7EWK, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFox-1 Update - Slow Speed Telemetry\n\nThe Fox-1 series of satellites feature a slow speed telemetry, with 200 \nbps data\nbeing sent along with the transponder audio or voice ID activity. This \nallows\ntelemetry to be sent continuously during normal transponder operation \nwhile QSOs\nare taking place.\n\nThe slow speed data is contained in the audio spectrum below 300 Hz. \nUsing DSP\ntechniques, high pass filtering is applied to the uplink signal and \nvoice IDs,\nlow pass filtering is applied to the telemetry audio which is generated \nby the\nIHU, and the combined audio is sent on the downlink as the voice and data.\nForward error correction added to the downlink stream provides data \nrecovery for\nup to 1/4 second signal fades.\nFox-1A slow speed telemetry\n\nScreen print of actual Fox-1A downlink slow speed telemetry received \nover the\nair on a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ with SDR# and a decoded/displayed with \ncommand line\nversion of the AMSAT ground telemetry decoding software used in our testing\n\nThe slow speed data on Fox-1A contains four different payload types: Current\ntelemetry readings, High telemetry readings, Low telemetry readings, and\nVanderbilt University radiation experiment telemetry. The payloads are\ntransmitted in a scheduled rotation that delivers one payload or frame about\nevery 5 seconds. Current telemetry is thus received every 15 seconds,\nexperiment telemetry is received about twice every 15 seconds, and high \nor low\ntelemetry received once every minute (alternating minutes between high \nand low).\n\nThe telemetry contains many satellite health and operation values, including\nreadings such as solar panel output, battery voltages, temperatures from \nvarious\nareas of the satellite, IHU performance, and the Penn State University \nMEMS gyro\nexperiment data.\n\nAMSAT will be providing free GUI software for decoding and displaying \nboth slow\nand high speed telemetry from the Fox-1 series of satellites, as we get \ncloser\nto launch. The software will be similar to the user software that was \nprovided\nfor ARISSat-1.\n\nAMSAT has an immediate need to raise funds to cover both the launch \ncontract and\nadditional materials for construction and testing for Fox-1C. We have set a\nfundraising goal of $125,000 to cover these expenses over the next 12 \nmonths,\nand allow us to continue to keep amateur radio in space.\n\nDonations may be made through the AMSAT webpage at www.amsat.org, by calling\n(888) 322-6728 or by mail to the AMSAT office at 10605 Concord Street,\nKensington, MD 20895, USA. Please consider a recurring, club, or corporate\ndonation to maximize our chance of success with this mission. You may also\ndontate via PayPal. Donations will be marked specifically for Fox-1C. Note\nthat PayPal usually allows you to donate with a credit card, even if you \ndo not\nhave a PayPal account. However, PayPal requirements differ depending on your\ncountry. We have not control over this issue.\n\nYou may also contribute through a special “crowd sourcing” campaign on\nfundrazr.com at the following link.\nhttps://fundrazr.com/campaigns/6pz92\n\n[ANS thanks Jerry, N0JY, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPeruvian Cubesat Chasqui-1 Deployed From ISS\n\nThe Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos announced that a nano satellite with the\ndesignation, NS-1 was hand-launched during a space walk that began at \n14:00 UTC\nMonday, August 18, 2014.\n\nThe satellite is also referred to as the Peruvian Cubesat Chasqui-1 and \nweighs\n1.5 kg. The satellite’s main mission is to serve as a platform for testing\nmicro-electronics and optical devices used in cubesat applications.\n\nIts secondary mission is to operate as an amateur radio satellite. It’s\ntransmit\ndownlink is 437.025 MHz. The craft will send information in CW mode. It also\ntransmits images stored in memory, photos taken by two on board cameras \nand will\nsend telemetry. Data transmissions will use either 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 \nor 9600\nbps GMSK modes.\n\n[ANS thanks , for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nA direct contact with students at Dorothy Grant Elementary School, \nFontana, CA,\nUSA was successful Wed 2014-08-27 18:31:28 UTC 83 deg. Astronaut Alexander\nGerst, KF5ONO was able to answer 7 questions for students during the\ncommunication window.\n\nDorothy Grant Elementary School proudly earned the California Department of\nEducation’s 2013 Title I Academic Achievement Award and is a California\nDistinguished School. This prestigious honor is a reflection of the \nschool’s\nsystem of support for all students at all learning levels. Innovative\nintervention strategies and differentiated instruction greatly impacted \nschool-\nwide student performance to meet state and federal standards of excellence.\n\nOn October 27, 2012, the Dorothy Grant Elementary Amateur Radio Club was\nestablished. Each year nearly 50 students in the 4th and 5th grades \nlearn about\namateur radio and participate in activities and programs that teach them \nabout\nelectronics and radio communication techniques. Amateur radio has enhanced\nreading, writing, mathematics, geography, and communication skills for all\nstudents. The club recently installed a 50 ft. Rohn tower and beam \nantenna in\nhopes of making more international contacts on 10, 15, and 20 meters. \nThe use of\ntechnology is strongly emphasized throughout the curriculum and used as \na tool\nto enhance class lessons.\n\n**********\n\nA telebridge contact via IK1SLD providing an interview for students at SPACE\nKAMP Sterrenlab, Noordwijk, The Netherlands with astronaut Alexander Gerst,\nKF5ONO was successful Tue 2014-08-26 11:36:32 UTC 65 deg. Gerst answered 18\nquestions for students.\n\nThe Amicale Space Camp includes 25 children aged 8-13 years old of different\nEuropean nationalities. It includes children of the European Patent \nOffice staff\nand takes place in Noordwijk (Stay Okay hostel) from the 25th to the 29th of\nAugust 2014. All camp activities are designed to entertain children, \nstimulate\ntheir creative and manual skills, and teach them about science and \nspace. The\ncontact with the International Space Station will be a key activity in the\nprogram as it gives the children the opportunity to talk with an \nastronaut and\nunderstand that space is an international endeavor.\n\n**********\n\nA direct contact with students at Winfree Bryant Middle School, Lebanon, \nTN, USA\nwas successful Tue 2014-08-26 16:12:47 UTC 24 deg. Astronaut Gregory\nWiseman, KF5LKT answered 16 questions for students.\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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