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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/PD4FWCKLDFUWQIS4UFMYMZHP7546ESDE/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAM5+sov1_JgSe8Ak2zi_8SOt4E4ng6q9vi8=CJs9zP5J5ytpBw@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "PD4FWCKLDFUWQIS4UFMYMZHP7546ESDE", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/PD4FWCKLDFUWQIS4UFMYMZHP7546ESDE/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "mccardelm (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/147f14b8d896456cbff7f12049b091a2/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "E.Mike McCardel", "subject": "[ans] ANS-174 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2019-06-23T01:25:48Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-174\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* Candidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors Announced\n* Help Celebrate AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary – Take W3ZM on the Road!\n* Lightsail-2 Scheduled for Launch June 24 - Beacon on 437.025 MHz\n* NASA Lightsail-2 PR and TV Coverage\n* Listening to Lightsail-2 Co-passengers\n* AMSAT President Joe Spier Speaks With SIP Interns\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* ARISS News\n* How to Support AMSAT\n* Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-174.01\nANS-174 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 174.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nJune 23, 2019\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-174.01\n\n\nCandidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors Announced\n\nThe 2019 candidates, in alphabetical order by last name are:\n\nJerry Buxton, N0JY\nDrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA\nJeff Johns, WE4B\nBrennan Price, N4QX\nPatrick Stoddard, WD9EWK\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM\nMichelle Thompson, W5NYV\n\nThis year AMSAT membership will select four candidates to the Board\nof Directors. The four candidates receiving the highest number of\nvotes will be seated as voting members of the Board of Directors. Two\nalternate directors will be selected based on the next highest number\nof votes received.\n\nBallots will be mailed to the AMSAT membership by July 15, 2019.\n\nThe election closes September 15, 2019.\n\n[ANS thanks Clayton L. Coleman, W5PFG, AMSAT Secretary, for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHelp Celebrate AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary – Take W3ZM on the Road!\n\nLeading up to the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Space Symposium and\nGeneral Meeting, to be held in Arlington, VA, October 18 – 20, 2019,\nAMSAT’s call sign, W3ZM, will operate from all 50 States, the District\nof Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Not only is this your chance to get\nWorked All States-Satellites under the W3ZM call sign, but, also, your\nchance to be a part of this historic effort.\n\nNote: When operating outside of the “3” call area, operators will\nappend the W3ZM call sign with “/(call area).” As an example, someone\noperating from Texas will use W3ZM/5; from Hawaii, W3ZM/KH6; from\nAlaska, W3ZM/KL7; and from Puerto Rico, W3ZM/WP4.\n\nTo make this happen – We need your help! Please volunteer to get on\nthe air and activate your State, using AMSAT’s W3ZM call sign, as well\nas to cover those States without an active AMSAT Member. Activations\nof other United States Territories (i.e. Guam, American Samoa, the U.\nS. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana\nIslands) are also welcome.\n\nTo volunteer and operate using AMSAT’s W3ZM call sign, you must:\n\nBe a current member of AMSAT\nObtain permission by emailing AMSAT VP of User Services, specifying\nthe requested date(s) and location(s)\nSubmit an ADIF log of contacts made for upload to LoTW by AMSAT, as\ninstructed in your notice of approval to use the W3ZM call sign\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP of User Services for the\n above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n 2019 marks AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary\n of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n To help celebrate, we are sponsoring the\n AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program.\n Full details are available at\n https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLightsail-2 Scheduled for Launch June 24 - Beacon on 437.025 MHz\n\nLightSail is a citizen-funded project from The Planetary Society.\nThis cubesat will be propelled solely by sunlight, to Earth orbit.\nLightSail 2 is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on\nJune 24, 2019, and we will attempt the first, controlled solar sail\nflight in Earth orbit.\n\nLightSail 2 will ride to space aboard the Department of Defense\nSpace Test Program-2 (STP-2) mission which will send 24 spacecraft\nto 3 different orbits. LightSail 2 itself will be enclosed within\nProx-1, a Georgia Tech-designed spacecraft originally built to demon-\nstrate close-encounter operations with other spacecraft. Prox-1 will\ndeploy LightSail 2 seven days after launch.\n\nAfter a few days of health and status checks, LightSail 2's four\ndual-sided solar panels will swing open. Roughly a day later, four\nmetallic booms will unfurl four triangular Mylar sails from storage.\nThe sails, which have a combined area of 32 square meters [344 square\nfeet], will turn towards the sun for half of each orbit, giving the\nspacecraft a tiny push no stronger than the weight of a paperclip.\nFor about a month after sail deployment, this continual thrust should\nraise LightSail 2's orbit by a measurable amount.\n\nLightSail 2 will fly in a 24-degree inclination, 720 km, circular\norbit. At latitudes of 42 degrees north it will reach a maximum\nelevation of 10 degrees above the horizon.\n\nLightsail-2 has been issued an experimental radio license WM9XPA and\ntransmit on 437.025 MHz. A morse beacon will transmit the callsign\nevery 45 seconds. A packet beacon will transmit AX.25, FSK 9K6 bps\ndata.\n\nBeacon information is available at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS-153-Lightsail-Morse-Beacon\nDocumentation of the downlink telemetry data structure is posted at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS-153-Lightsail-Telemetry\n\n[ANS thanks the Planetary Society for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA Lightsail-2 PR and TV Coverage\n\nNASA Television coverage is scheduled for an upcoming prelaunch\nactivity and first nighttime launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket,\nwhich will be carrying four agency technology missions to help\nimprove future spacecraft design and performance.\n\nThe launch window for the Falcon Heavy opens at 11:30 p.m. EDT\nMonday, June 24, from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy\nSpace Center in Florida. The launch, as well as a live technology\nshow, will air NASA Television and the agency's website.\n\nSpaceX and the U.S. Department of Defense will launch two dozen sat-\nellites to space, including four NASA payloads that are part of the\nSpace Test Program-2, managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile\nSystems Center. The four payloads include two NASA technology demon-\nstrations to improve how spacecraft propel and navigate, as well as\ntwo NASA science missions to help us better understand the nature\nof space and how it impacts technology on spacecraft and the ground.\n\nFull NASA TV coverage is as follows: (all times EDT)\n\nSunday, June 23\n. Noon - NASA prelaunch technology TV show from Kennedy.\nSubject matter experts will explain each NASA mission and answer\nquestions.\n\nMonday, June 24\n. 9:30 p.m. - Live NASA TV coverage begins of the return to\nEarth of NASA astronaut Anne McClain and two other International\nSpace Station residents, with landing scheduled at 10:48 p.m.\n(Public Channel)\n. 11 p.m. - NASA TV launch commentary begins ahead of the\ntargeted 11:30 p.m. launch. NASA TV will simulcast the SpaceX STP-2\nwebcast starting about 15 minutes before liftoff. (Media Channel)\n\nPrelaunch and launch day coverage will include blog updates as\nmilestones occur:\nhttp://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex\nLearn more about the NASA technologies aboard this launch:\nhttps://www.nasa.gov/spacex\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nListening to Lightsail-2 Beacon Co-passengers\n\nHere are some of the \"amateur radio in name only\" beacont co-\npassengers on the LightSail launch Monday night. Unless otherwise\nnoted, most are downlink-only satellites.\n\nTBEX-A 437.485 MHz 9K6 AX.25 GMSK\nTBEX-B 437.535 MHz 9K6 AX.25 GMSK\nOculus-A SR 437.200 MHz 9K6 AX.25 GMSK\nCP9 437.505 MHz 9K6/19K2/38K4 AX.25 FSK\nBRICSat-2 145.825 MHz 1K2/9K6 APRS digipeater\n 437.975 MHz Telemetry\nPSAT-2 145.825 MHz 1K2 APRS digipeater\n 28.120 up/435.350 PSK-31\nArmadillo 435.525 MHz 38K4 GMSK + CW telem\nProx-1 437.345 MHz up/2.3 GHz non-amateur downlink\n\nBe aware that the two new APRS digipeaters, BRICSat-2 and PSAT-2\nare being launched into a 28 degree inclination orbit which might\nlimit their accessibility over many populated areas. That said\nBob Bruninga WB4APR supplies the following information:\n\nPSAT2 on 145.825 MHz with:\n* APRS-to-Voice,\n* DTMF-to-Voice/APRS,\n* PSK31 HF up - UHF 435.350 down\n* SSTV camera down on same UHF audio\n\nAnd, her sister USNAP1 (APRS digi) on 145.825\nInitially, only telemetry once a minute, and PSK31 every 20 secs.\nLaunch window begins at 1130 PM EDT (4 hour window).\n\nhttp://aprs.org/psat2.html\n\n[ANS thanks JoAnne K9JKM and Bob WB4APR for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront.\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT President Joe Spier Speaks With SIP Interns\n\nAMSAT president Joe Spier recently addressed the Space\nCommunications and Navigation (SCaN) Internship Project (SIP) at\nGoddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.\n\nDuring the June 17 event students in the program were provided with\ntwo opportunities to learn about space communications from widely\ndifferent perspectives. The first session was led by Radio Amateur\nSatellite Corporation (AMSAT) president Joe Spier – the second by\nDave Israel, the Exploration and Space Communications (ESC) projects\ndivision’s lead architect.\n\nWith Spier, SCaN interns got the chance to learn about AMSAT, a\nvolunteer organization that designs, builds, launches and commands\namateur radio payloads on satellites. SCaN intern and “ham” Caitlyn\nSingam was required to pass a rigorous FCC exam to be given her\nunique callsign, AC3AG, at the highest level of certification,\n‘Amateur Extra-class’. Given her history with amateur radio the talk\nwas particularly inspiring.\n\n“I actually ended up talking to Mr. Spier afterwards about getting\ninvolved in AMSAT,” Singam said. “It was really exciting.”\n\nSingham enjoyed learning about Spier’s unconventional route to\nAMSAT, which she related to in her own academic career. “I’ve had an\ninteresting route myself, with biological sciences and a master’s in\nsystems [engineering] in the fall,” she said.\n\nSpier’s route took him from a background in geology to becoming a\nleader in the small satellite community. He had early dreams of\nbecoming the first to climb Olympus Mons, the highest peak on Mars.\nToday, he refers to the interns as the ‘Mars generation,’ hoping that\nan intern today might summit that peak in the near future.\n\nHe shared his personal strategy on making big NASA dreams come true:\n“I always clarified it by saying, ‘If I can’t be that person, I want\nto help someone else be that person.’”\n\nIn the afternoon, SCaN interns met with ESC’s lead communications\narchitect for an overview of division projects. Israel’s work at NASA\nspans 30 years. Interns heard about topics ranging from the\ndevelopment of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) in the late\n1980s to the Space Mobile Network, a concept for an interplanetary\ninternet that Israel envisions coming to fruition in the near future.\n\nIsrael, like Spier, offered the SCaN interns in attendance some\nadvice:\n\n“Never keep any good ideas to yourself, and don’t worry about asking\nquestions from a different perspective,” Israel said. “A question\nfrom a different perspective gets people to think about it in a\ndifferent sort of way.”\n\n\"Never keep any good ideas to yourself, and don't worry about asking\nquestions from a different perspective.\"\n\nDave Israel, ESC Communications Architect\n\nTo Grace McFassel, a SCaN intern who attended the talk, Israel’s\nstory was not only interesting, but inspiring. “He [has] this\nspecific skillset that he dearly loves, and he’s used that to carry\nhimself through by finding niches where he can be useful,” McFassel\nsaid. “It’s a good lesson to carry forward.”\n\nTo learn more about SIP or SCaN, visit NASA.gov/SCaN. To apply for\ninternships, visit intern.nasa.gov.\n\nThe full article can be viewed at:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/ANS174-SIP\n\n[ANS thanks Emily Cavanagh, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center,\nvia their Explorations & Space Communication Website for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur\n radio package, including two-way communication capability, to\n be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's\n projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations as of June 21, 2019\n\nPost Hot Rod Power Tour Rove (New York to Wyoming) – June 15-27, 2019\nFollowing the Hot Rod Power Tour, RJ, WY7AA, will be heading to FN02\nfor a few days and plans to work FN01/11 gridline around June 17-18.\nDetails to follow. He will be heading as far east as FN32 and then\neventually working his way back to DN71. Specifically looking for\nEN01/02 along the way. Details will be posted to Twitter and his QRZ\npage as the trip plans unfold. Follow RJ on APRS.fi as WY7AA-9, as he\nwill not have Twtter access along the road.\n\nLost in the Hertz (DN06/07/16/17) – June 23, 2019\nKell (KI7UXT) and John (KC7JPC) will rove to DN06/07/16/17 grid\ncorner (plan A) or DN06/07 grid line (plan B) and work FM satellites\nand if time/pass permits work a few linear satellites. Expect a 18:00\nUTC start time. Check out Kell’s Twitter feed for specific passes:\nhttps://twitter.com/KI7UXT\n\n#JosephOrBustRove (DN04, DN05, DN15) – June 28-30, 2019\nCasey, KI7UNJ, will be wandering around Eastern Oregon and decided\nto do a little grid activating. Look for Casey on FM passes in DN04\nmid-Friday, June 28th, in DN15 Friday night to Saturday evening, and\nDN05 Sunday morning. Specific passes to be posted on Casey’s Twitter\nfeed https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ\n\nHawaii (BK29, BL20) – June 27 to July 8, 2019\nMark, N8MH will be operating a bit as N8MH/KH6 June 27-July 3 from\nBK29 and July 5-8 from BL20, FM and linears. Possibility of other\ngrids once there. Watch Mark’s Twitter feed for further\nannouncements: https://twitter.com/N8MH\n\nmini-Route 66 Rove (DM94/95, EM05/15, EM14, EM23/24) June 28 – July\n5, 2019\nJohn, AB5SS, will be driving east from DM85 on a mini-Route 66 trip\nstarting June 28, staying/passing through DM95/94, EM05/15, stopping\nin EM14 for July 2-4th, then head home thru EM24/23 on July 5th.\nOperating holiday-style, as family allows, posting activations to\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/TxRadioGeek\n\nSouth Dakota (EN04, EN05) – July 2-3, 2019\nLucky for us, Mitch, AD0HJ, will be stopping at the EN04/05 gridline\nfrom July 2nd 22:37z to July 3rd 13:27z, on his way to Iowa. Mitch\nwill working the FM Satellites (SO-50, AO-91, AO-92). Check Mitch’s\nTwitter feed for further announcements: https://twitter.com/AD0HJ\n\nIceland (HP95 IP15 IP25 IP03 HP03) – July 13-19, 2019\nAdam, K0FFY, is taking his family (and his radios) to Iceland.\nTentative schedule is HP95 July 13, IP13 and IP15 July 14-15, IP25\nJuly 16, IP03 or HP93 July 17-18, and HP94 July 19. There’s a lot to\nsee, so passes will be best effort and announced on Twitter shortly\nprior. https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org\n\n[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ 2019-06-13 11:10 UTC between Nick Hague KG5TMV using ISS callsign\n NA1SS and Peninsula Grammar, Melbourne, Australia Contact was\n telebridge via VK4KHZ. ARISS Mentor was Tony VK5ZAI.\n\n+ 2019-06-15 10:39 UTC between Cosmonaut Oleg Konenenko using ISS\n callsign RSØISS and GBPOU RM \"Saransk Polytechnic College\",\n Saransk, Russia Contact was direct via R4UAB. ARISS Mentor was\n Sergey RV3DR.\n\n+ 2019-06-15 18:11 UTC between Nick Hague KG5TMV using ISS\n callsign NA1SS and Smithsonian Air and Space – Udvar-Hazy,\n Chantilly, VA, USA Contact was telebridge via W6SRJ. ARISS Mentor\n was Dave W8AAS.\n\n+ 2019-06-19 08:49 UTC between David St-Jacques KG5FYI using ISS\n callsign OR4ISS and King Island District High School, Currie, TAS,\n Australia Contact was telebridge via IK1SLD. ARISS Mentor was\n Shane VK4KHZ.\n\n+ 2019-06-20 12:48 UTC between Nick Hague KG5TMV using ISS\n callsign NA1SS and Rowan Preparatory School, Claygate, United\n Kingdom Contact was direct via GB4RPS. ARISS Mentor was Ciaran\n MØXTD.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nTraverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI, direct via W8TCM\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV\nContact is go for: Fri 2019-06-28 14:02:16 UTC 25 deg\nWatch for live stream at:\nhttps://m.youtube.com/channel/UCVyQOrBooJxzLFNGiyz9i2w\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign\n to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades\n on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to\n continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio.\n We have reached a great milestone with $26,200 raised\n or about 17% towards our goal. This would not have been\n possible without your outstanding generosity!!\n\n For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit:\n\n https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHow to Support AMSAT\n\nAMSAT relies on the support of our members and the amateur radio\ncommunity to Keep Amateur Radio in Space.\n\nHow can you help?\n\n* Join AMSAT\n Both you and AMSAT will benefit when you join. You get the AMSAT\n Journal bimonthly and support from AMSAT Ambassadors. Member dues\n and donations provide AMSAT’s primary support.\n Join today at\n https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-membership/\n\n* Become a Life Member\n Becoming a Life Member has never been easier. Now you can become a\n Life Member with 12 monthly payments of $74 through our online\n store.\n See https://www.amsat.org/product/lifetime-membership/ for details.\n\n* Donate to AMSAT\n Make a one time or recurring donation to AMSAT today. Even as little\n as one dollar a month can make a difference!\n Donate today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n* Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront.\n AMSAT receives 25% of the price of each sale on AMSAT logo\n merchandise from our Zazzle storefront located at\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n* Support AMSAT when you make purchases from Amazon! So far, AMSAT\n has received $3,913.29 from AmazonSmile. Search for \"Radio Amateur\n Satellite Corporation\"\n https://smile.amazon.com/ref=smi_ext_twt_dshb_smi\n\n* Volunteer for AMSAT\n AMSAT relies on volunteers for nearly all of our activities. If you\n have an idea for how to help, please let us know, Details on\n volunteering can be found at\n https://www.amsat.org/volunteer-for-amsat/\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT office for the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nShorts From All Over\n\n+ Richmond, BC Radio Club Field Day Article\n\n Here is a nice article announcing Richmond (British Columbia) ARC\n satellite presence for Field Day:\n\n https://tinyurl.com/ANS174-RARC\n\n [ANS thanks Alan Campbell / Richmond News for the above information]\n\n+ JAISAT-1 to Launch July 5\n\n JAISAT-1, built by the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand and\n carrying a VHF/UHF linear transponder, is scheduled to launch on\n July 5, 2019 from Vostochny Cosmodrome on a Soyuz/Fregat launch\n vehicle.\n\n [ANS thanks JM3LGF via Twitter for the above information]\n\n+ New Distance Record via AO-91\n\n News received via the South Africa Radio League's SARL Weekly News\n in English 2019-6-22 report that a news distance record was set via\n the AO-91 satellite. On Friday 21 June at 12:07 UTC Andre, ZS2BK\n in grid KF26SB made a FM QSO with Richard, 9G5AR in grid IJ95VN\n and the distance is 5243.9 km. Well done to Andre and Richard!\n\n [ANS thanks SARL News for the above information.]\n\n+ Congratulations AE4FH, WX4TVJ, KM4LAO & AI6V on receiving\n scholarships awarded by ARRL Foundation!\n https://tinyurl.com/ANS174-Awards\n\n [ANS thanks ARRL for the above information.]\n\n+ The AMSAT Journal Editor-in-Chief Joe Kornowski KB6IGK would like\n to share your Filed Day Satellite setup pictures.\n\n Please send your pictures in TIF, GIF or JPG format accompanied\n with a text description. Please do not embed graphics or photos\n in your manuscript. Please snd submissions to journal at amsat.org.\n\n Selected photos will apear in a futire edition of The AMSAT Journal.\n\n The AMSAT Journal reserves the right to selct materials based on\n suitability of content and space considerations.\n\n [ANS thanks Joe KB6IGK for the above information.]\n\n+ The May/June edition of The AMSAT Journal has been mailed and\n members should be receiving them.\n\n In this issue:\n\n Apogee View by Joe Spier K6WAO\n\n AMSAT CubeSat Simulator Part 3: Failure Simulations and\n Troubleshooting by Alan B. Johnston KU2Y and Pat Kilroy N8PK\n\n Tom Clark, K3IO, and the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), By Bob\n McGwier\n\n RF Generator Techniques for Space Applications by Jurgen Vanhamel\n ON5ADL\n\n DM31 Activation, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument by Patrick\n Stoddard WD9EWK/VA7EWK\n\n Hamvention 2019 in pictures\n\n To receive a copy of The AMSAT Journal join AMSAT today:\n https://www.amsat.org/join-amsat/\n\n [AMSAT thanks The AMSAT Journal editorial staff for the above\n information.\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, AA8EM\naa8em at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }