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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/PRVRJ5EUCG4XBL52OAR33ZOONQTKURRN/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CADDbS5D6AkFSSM6b9qi1jq-EjeHwL-zNf4zJB8yoBTMqVk_XXA@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "PRVRJ5EUCG4XBL52OAR33ZOONQTKURRN", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/PRVRJ5EUCG4XBL52OAR33ZOONQTKURRN/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "k0jm.mark (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/4fa2bb5eca934ca4b14c4ede20ff0c9a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Mark Johns, K0JM", "subject": "[ANS] ANS-015 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2023-01-15T00:00:00Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-015\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* FalconSat-3 Nears Re-entry\n* More Amateur Radio Astronauts Head for the ISS\n* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution\n* Why We Don't Call CQ on FM Birds\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information\nservice of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes\nnews related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities\nof a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active\ninterest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog\nand digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in\nSpace as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at]\namsat.org\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service\nBulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\n\nANS-015 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n712 H Street NE, Suite 1653\nWashington, DC 20002\n\nDATE 2023 Jan 15\n\n\nFalconSat-3 Nears Re-entry\n\nA number of amateurs and satellite watchers have put forward predictions\nconcerning the date and time of re-entry for FalconSat-3. While all\nre-entry predictions are something of a guessing game, due to the large\nnumber of variables affecting the upper atmosphere, one thing that can be\nsaid for certain is that the end for FS-3 will be coming very soon, quite\npossibly within the next week.\n\nAMSAT Board Member and FS-3 control operator, Mark Hammond, N8MH, has\nstated that he will try to have the bird operational for its final hours.\nThe satellite has only been available for approximately 24 hours each\nweekend due to weak batteries.\n\nFalconSAT-3 was built in 2005 and 2006 by cadets and faculty in the Space\nSystems Research Center at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs,\nColo. It is the fourth in a series of small satellites designed, built\nand operated there as part of a capstone course and which brings together\nabout 30 cadets each year from several different academic departments.\n\nSince its launch on an Atlas V from Cape Canaveral in March, 2007, it has\nbeen through three mission phases. The first mission phase was operation of\nthe science payloads. In the second it was used as a tool for training\ncadets in the space operations squadron and students in both undergraduate\nspace training in California and graduate students at the Air Force\nInstitute of Technology. Finally, it’s third mission phase was as an\non-orbit resource in the Amateur Radio Service (ARS). Operation as an ARS\nsatellite was being managed by AMSAT-NA.\n\nIn amateur service the downlink is at 435.103 MHz transmitting 1W into a ¼\nwhip. The uplink is at 145.840 MHz and the receive antenna is a ¼ whip on\nthe opposite side of the satellite. All UHF and S-band equipment on NTIA\nlicensed frequencies has been disabled. The ARS VHF receiver is very\nsensitive. Modulation is 9600 bps GMSK for the uplink and downlink. The\nbroadcast callsign is PFS3-11, and the BBS callsign is PFS3-12, Unproto\nAPRS via PFS3-1.\n\nThe core avionics were designed and built by Mark Kanawati, N4TPY, and Dino\nLorenzini, KC4YMG at SpaceQuest Ltd. and have performed remarkably well for\nnearly 16 years on orbit. Jim White, WD0E, was the lead engineer for\nFalconSAT-3 at the Air Force Academy (USAFA) and managed the design,\nconstruction, testing and early operations of the satellite.\n\nNearly 700 cadets at USAFA obtained their amateur radio licenses as part of\ntraining to operate FalconSAT-3 and other USAFA satellites. They have taken\nthat knowledge and understanding of the value of the ARS into their Air\nForce service and many on into industry. Since FalconSAT-3 the USAFA\nAstronautics Department has built and operated one additional satellite and\nhas two more queued for launch. The space operations curriculum and the\nground station are being rebuilt and configured for these new space assets.\n\nThe success of FalconSAT-3 is an excellent example of how amateur radio can\nbe integrated into the curriculum of an education institution for the\nbenefit of the students and the amateur radio service.\n\n[ANS thanks Sasha Timokhov, VE3SVF, Jean Marc Momple, 3B8DU, and Mark\nHammond, N8MH, AMSAT Operations, for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n The 2023 AMSAT President's Club coins are here now!\n To commemorate the 40th anniversary of its launch\non June 16, 1983, this year's coin features\nan image of AMSAT-OSCAR 10.\n Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help\nKeep Amateur Radio in Space!\n https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nMore Amateur Radio Astronauts Head for the ISS\n\nThree of the four new astronauts on February's planned launch of the SpaceX\nCrew-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are amateur radio\noperators.\n\nPilot Warren \"Woody\" Hoburg, KB3HTZ; Commander Stephen Bowen, KI5BKB, and\nMission Specialist Sultan Al Neyadi, KI5VTV, will join Mission Specialist\nAndrey Fedyaev on board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, Endeavour.\n\nThe spacecraft will be atop a Falcon 9 rocket and, while a launch date has\nnot been selected, the earliest date would be mid-February 2023.\n\nAll crew members have learned about Amateur Radio on the International\nSpace Station (ARISS), received guidance on studying and testing, and\nlearned how to operate the ARISS radios and the basics of on-the-air\nprotocol from ARISS team members at NASA's Johnson Space Center.\n\nThe crew will be able to participate in ARISS, using the ham radio station\non the ISS to contact schools and other educational institutions.\n\nARISS is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and\nthe space agencies that support the ISS. In the US, participating\norganizations include NASA, the ISS National Lab, ARRL The National\nAssociation for Amateur Radio, and AMSAT.\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\n and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nChanges to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution\n\nTwo Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps\nin the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical\nmodel of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly\nupdates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin\nfiles are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if\nnew high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at\nhttps://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/\n\nNo changes this week.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\n Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\n from our Zazzle store!\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\nWhy We Don't Call CQ on FM Birds\n\nPlease do not CQ on FM birds. It is not necessary and takes up valuable air\ntime. If there are no QSOs ongoing, AND there is no station you heard that\nyou want to call, you can key up and give your call and grid ONLY and\nunkey. But, please, do this sparingly! Instead of doing it over and over,\nlisten and wait for another station you might want to work. In other words,\nyou have to give others a chance to get in there. I have heard many passes\nwhere it was constantly one station after another CQing or announcing their\ncall and I couldn't get it to call anyone! And if there is a rover on the\npass giving out a rare grid, it is customary to let them have the air and\nwork as many stations as they can until they have worked them all who are\nseeking them. (Which will changes as the sat passes over new territory and\nnew callers wanting to work the rover come into range.) It may mean you get\nonly one QSO that pass (or none of you don't need the grid he is in) but\nit's about sharing a resource wisely and giving everyone the most benefit.\nA pass full of CQs or a pass of contacts where everybody makes one QSO with\na rare grid.\n\nIf you add up all the seconds spent by people CQing, or continually\nannouncing themselves you'll see what a significant percentage of a pass is\nwasted. They say, 'Well no one else was on.' Right... because they couldn't\nget through due to all the CQing! Satellites is like HF DXing... listen,\nlisten and when in doubt, listen.\n\nThen there is the simple fact that CQing has NEVER been a thing on the FM\nmode... not on repeaters, not on simplex. The longstanding custom on FM,\nbecause of the nature of the way the audio works, is to simply announce\nyour call. Such as, 'N4UFO listening 52\" on 146.520 simplex, or 'N4UFO\nmonitoring' over a 2m FM repeater... the 'CQ' part is implied. That said,\nwhy is CQing on SSB not only okay, but necessary? FM birds are one channel\nand you can hear everyone plain as day right there. With linear birds,\nthere is a passband and stations are spread out... CQing is for catching\neveryone else's attention as they tune around. They will hear either your\nhigh pitched squeaky voice or low rumbling voice speaking in the familiar\nrhythm of 'CQ, CQ, CQ' as they tune around. In short, they use your 'CQ' as\na way to tune around and FIND you, then TUNE you in. This is not necessary\non FM. And also not necessary to CQ on SSB once the station starts making\ncontacts.\n\nThere is also a tendency on linear birds when a rare grid station is\nexpected to be on a pass to start blind calling. Please do not do that\neither! I have a short writeup on my rover page to explain it... it's on\nthe bottom of the page here: https://www.qrz.com/db/N4UFO/P (also pics &\nstories of my roving adventures & my gear)\n\nAnd THANK YOU for ASKING!!!\n\n[ANS thanks Kevin Manzer, N4UFO, for the above information]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS NEWS\n\nAmateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between\namateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with\nastronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The\ndownlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.\n\nEscola Secundária de Lagoa, Lagoa, Azores, telebridge via IK1SLD. The ISS\ncallsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS, and the scheduled crewmember\nis Josh Cassada KI5CRH. Contact is go for: Thu 2023-01-19 18:20:34 UTC 55\ndegrees maximum elevation. Watch for Livestream starting about 15 minutes\nbefore AOS at http://www.ariotti.com/\n\nNizhny Novgorod, Russia, direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is presently\nscheduled to be RSØISS, and the scheduled crewmember is TBD. Contact is go\nfor 2023-01-24 TBD.\n\nKrasnodar, Russia, direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled\nto be RSØISS, and the scheduled crewmember is TBD. Contact is go for\n2023-02-TBD TBD.\n\nThe latest information on the operation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\n\nThe latest list of frequencies in use can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors\nfor the above information]\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nW8LR: is heading to EN90 and EM99 1/15/23 FM and Linear.\n\nChris VE3FU / VO2AC / VO1FUA / VE2FUA: The weekend of January 27-29\n@Dave_VE3KG and I will be competing in the CQ160 CW Contest as VO2AC from\nthe Point Amour Lighthouse in Labrador (Zone 2). We’ll also be on the other\nHF bands starting January 24 as VO2AC and VO2AAA. Please work us in the\ncontest! We also plan on operating the linear and FM satellites from grid\nGO11 as VO2AC and VO2AAA from January 24-27.\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nAMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through\namateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,\nconventions, maker faires, and other events.\n\nAMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford K6LCS has a few satellite presentations\nscheduled …\n-Ontario, Canada (1/16/23)\n-Thames Valley, England (5/11/23)\n\nThink a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun “How to Work the Easy\nSatellites” Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention or\nclub? Always included are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS. And\npre-presentation questions are welcome.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Paul Overn, KE0PBR, has announced his intent to \"retire\" from the\nGridmaster Heat Map project that he has moderated on Twitter for the past\nthree years. Paul has assisted many grid chasers by relaying information\nabout rovers, and keeping tabs of which grids are in greatest need. Unless\nsomeone steps forward to pick it up, Gridmaster Heat Map will disappear\nnext month. Thanks to Paul for your valuable contribution to satellite\noperations! (ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, for the above information)\n\n+ Two astronauts on the International Space Station will conduct a\nspacewalk Friday, Jan. 20, to install hardware for future power system\nupgrades. NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency\n(JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA, will exit the station’s Quest\nairlock to complete the installation of two mounting platforms as part of\nplanned solar array augmentation on the starboard side of the International\nSpace Station’s truss. NASA will provide live coverage beginning at 7 a.m.\nEST. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8:15 a.m., and last about six\nand a half hours. [NOTE: All ARISS operations are shut down during\nspacewalks.] (ANS thanks NASA for the above information)\n\n+ There was an error in the January VUCC standings reported in last week's\nANS bulletins. The entry for K7ZOO, at the top of the table, is not valid\nand should not have been included. ANS apologizes for the error.\n\n+ The National Science Foundation (NSF) has reached an agreement with\nSpaceX to mitigate the effects of the company’s second-generation Starlink\nsatellites on astronomy, even as another organization goes to court to\nblock the constellation’s deployment. NSF, which funds operations of\nseveral major observatories, announced Jan. 10 that is had completed an\nastronomy coordination agreement with SpaceX regarding its Gen2 Starlink\nconstellation. The Federal Communications Commission granted a license Dec.\n2 to allow SpaceX to deploy a quarter of that 30,000-satellite system while\ndeferring consideration of the rest of the constellation. That coordination\nagreement was a condition of the Gen2 FCC license. (ANS thanks SpaceNews\nfor the above information)\n\n+ A vintage NASA satellite launched in the 1980s and long-since turned to\nspace junk met a fiery fate late Sunday as it fell back to Earth. The huge\nEarth observation satellite, called the Earth Radiation Budget\nSatellite (ERBS), plunged back to Earth Sunday night (Jan. 8) at 11:04 p.m.\nEST (0304 GMT on Monday). The 5,400-pound (2,450 kilograms) satellite\nreentered over the Bering Sea, with some components potentially surviving\nthe super-hot temperatures of reentry. (ANS thanks Space.com for the above\ninformation)\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nJoin AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:\n\n* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).\n* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate.\n* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status\nshall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary\nyears in this status.\n* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.\n\nContact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.\n\n73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!\n\nThis week's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, KØJM\nk0jm [at] amsat.org\n\n\n", "attachments": [ { "email": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/PRVRJ5EUCG4XBL52OAR33ZOONQTKURRN/?format=api", "counter": 2, "name": "attachment.html", "content_type": "text/html", "encoding": "utf-8", "size": 18842, "download": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/PRVRJ5EUCG4XBL52OAR33ZOONQTKURRN/attachment/2/attachment.html" } ] }