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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-228 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2015-08-16T01:46:01Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-228\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* ARISS-I Delegates Meet This Week in Tokyo\n* Activation of Transponder on EO-79 August\n* Plans for New Amateur Radio Station for ISS Columbus Module\n* South Texas Balloon Launch to Fly Amateur Radio Payload\n* AMSAT Awards Update\n* Jeff Lamb NX9B Earns 73 0n 73 Award\n* Small Satellites: Possible Future WRC Agenda Item\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-228.01\nANS-228 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 228.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nAugust 16, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-228.01\n\n\nARISS-I Delegates Meet This Week in Tokyo\n\nARISS International Delegates, its Board of Officers, and\ninternational team members will meet at Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan on\nAugust 20-23, 2015 for a critical meeting to discuss ARISS strategy,\nteamwork, hardware and operations. Delegates are voting members of\nARISS-I representating the 5 ISS member regions: United States,\nRussia, Japan, Canada and Europe.\n\nThe meeting will open with remarks from meeting host Keigo Komuro,\nJA1KAB from ARISS Japan and JARL.\n\nOther agenda items will include:\n* Welcome by the Japanese Space Agency JAXA & an Overview of the\n  JAXA Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program\n* ARISS working group business discussions and reports, including:\n  regional reports, ARISS Terms of Reference update, space agency\n  coordination status, sustainability & fundraising and ARISS\n  future endeavors\n* Technical discussions on current and future hardware developments,\n  including: Next Generation ARISS Radio Systems, the Astro-Pi\n  Project, and an update on the Ham-TV system\n* Operations discussions, including presentations on: Educational\n  Activities, International Expansion & Planning of SSTV. School\n  Selection and Regional Scheduling Procedures and plans for the\n  upcoming Tim Peake Mission\n\nAlong with their ambitious schedule the delegates will begin each\nday with an opportunity for informal discussions and will have the\nopportunity to visit the Tsukuba Space Center.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS-I for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nActivation of Transponder on EO-79 August\n\nThe AMSAT-NL transponder on EO-79 will be activated to support the\nInternational Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW).\n\nWe apologize for the short notice, this opportunity came along very\nlast minute, and again we took it.\n\nQB50p1 (EO-79) carries the FUNcube-3 400 mW inverting linear 435/145\nMHz transponder provided by AMSAT-NL with support from AMSAT-UK.\n\n   - *Uplink:* 435.035-435.065 MHz LSB\n   - *Downlink:* 145.935-145.965 MHz USB\n\nTLEs are NORAD # 40025, COSPAR designator 2014-033-R\n\nRemember that the FUNcube family of transponders do not need much\npower to work them.\n\nI will be operating at Scheveningen Lighthouse PA25SCH, NL0025\n\nThanks to the Von Karman Institute and Innovative Solution In Space\nfor the opportunity to use the transponder.\n\nHave FUN over the weekend!\n\nIn related news\nPeter Portanova, W2JV, announced that he will be active from the Fire\nIsland Lighthouse- FN30KP from 1400 U to 2100 U Saturday and Sunday\ncelebrating Lighthouse/ Lightship weekend.   The call will be\nW2GSB/LH and will be on all Amateur Satellites including EO-79.  If\nyou would like a commemorative QSL card please SASE to my QRZ QTH,\nand more information is available on my QRZ page, thank you.\n\n[ANS Thanks Wouter PA3WEG and Peter W2JV for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPlans for New Amateur Radio Station for ISS Columbus Module\n\nPlans are under way to develop a new, higher-power Amateur Radio\nstation for the ISS Columbus module. The current radio is a lower-\npower unit that sometimes results in weak signals during ISS-to-Earth\neducational contacts. A new radio system will improve communication\ncapability for students scheduled to participate in ARISS educational\ncontacts and related activities. The new system also would allow\ngreater interoperability between the Columbus module and the Russian\nService Module. ARISS said that integration of the equipment into the\nISS infrastructure and the necessary testing and certification\nrequire hours of engineering resources that it cannot afford.\n\n\"Each ARISS contact offers the opportunity to inspire young people\nthrough ARISS's unique window into space exploration activities,\nopening the horizon of possibilities of a career in a STEM field,\"\nsaid ARRL Education Services Manager, Debra Johnson, K1DMJ. \"Each\ncontact also introduces students and their communities to Amateur\nRadio. The program needs your help to secure these opportunities for\nthe future.\"\n\nIndividuals may donate to ARISS online via the AMSAT website (select\nthe \"ARISS Donate\" button). AMSAT is contributing the necessary\npersonnel resources to handle gifts to ARISS. Individuals\ncontributing $100 or more will receive the new ARISS Challenge Coin.\nCorporate donors should contact Frank Bauer.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT News Service, ARISS, and Debra Johnson, K1DMJ for\nthe above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSouth Texas Balloon Launch to Fly Amateur Radio Payload\n\nSouth Texas Balloon Launch Team announced their next flight via\ntheir BLT-42\nballoon and payload is scheduled for August 22, 2015 at 10:00 Central\nDaylight Time (UTC-5). The launch site will be from the Wharton\nIntergalactic Spaceport, Wharton, TX (Coords: 29.2543, -96.1544  Grid:\nEL19WG).\n\nThe flight payload includes:\n\n+ Live DTV-B Color ATV = 434 Digital TV 0.3W\n+ Crossband FM Repeater Up 147.435 Down 446.000\n+ Digital Camera with a picture every 15 seconds\n+ Balloon Burst Cam Recorder\n+ APRS Coconut v1.2 - AB5SS-11 - 144.390 MHz\n+ APRS GPS Downlink = 144.390 W5ACM-9 250 mW\n+ TWO GoPro Cameras for HD Recording with Micro Cam Recorder\n  pointing down\n+ New Surface Mount Fireball - 28.322 MHz 50.000 MHz - 50 mW\n+ Austin Experiments - Raspberry Pi w/TP-Link WiFi Omni Antenna\n+ Dallas Experiments KE5GDB - SSTV System - 144.5 MHz FM - 0.5 W\n\nWebsite:http://www.w5acm.net/\nAPRS.FI: AB5SS-11, W5ACM-9\nTelemetry: APRS: 144.390Mhz,\nContact: John Maca [email protected]\nQRZ: AB5SS\n\nCheck http://www.w5acm.net/b42.html or contact Andy MacAllister,\[email protected] for the latest flight/payload information.\n\n[ANS thanks the [email protected] e-mail list for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Awards Update\n\nHere are our newest award recipients and quite a good batch we have\nthis time.\n\nAMSAT Communication Achievement Award\n\nSteve Kristoff, AI9IN #565\nFraser Bonnett, W3UTD #566\nCarlton Noll, KA4H #567 (also a new member to AMSAT)\n\n------\nAMSAT Sexagesimal Award\n\nFrank Westphal, K6FW #169\nHector Luis Martinez Sis, CO6CBF #170\nCarlton Noll, KA4H #171\n\n------\nAMSAT Century Award\n\nHector Luis Martinez Sis, CO6CBF #45\n\n------\nAMSAT South Africa Communication Achievement Award\n\nFrank Westphal, K6FW #US193\nFraser Bonnett, W3UTD #US194\nCarlton Noll, KA4H #US195\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJeff Lamb NX9B Earns 73 0n 73 Award\n\nCongratulations to Jeff Lamb, NX9B, for working 73 different stations\non AO-73 since September 1, 2014 and becoming the 27th recipient of\nthe 73 on 73 Award.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSmall Satellites: Possible Future WRC Agenda Item\n\nThe CEPT CPG-PTA-8 meeting in Catania, Sicily, July 21-24, discussed\na number of issues related to WRC-15 among them a paper submitted by\nThe Netherlands – Small satellites: further aspects for the\ndevelopment of a future agenda item.\n\nThe paper’s summary says:\n\nFollowing proposals from 12 CEPT members, WRC12 decided to place the\nsubject of nanosatellites and picosatellites on the WRC19 agenda for\nadoption at WRC15.\n\nSince then a growing number of small satellites, launched year on\nyear has been recorded, and a growing number of diverse applications\nhas been implemented ranging from technology demonstration and\nresearch to Earth observation. The applications of these small\nsatellites vary widely, but all of these satellites have one common\nneed which is Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C). Providing for\nproper TT&C will allow positive satellite control at all times, and,\nwhen combined with ranging capability, may provide for orbit\ndetermination as well which in turn can aid in the tracking of space\nobjects.\n\nAt this moment, the study work under the related agenda item 9,\nissue 9.1.8 which deals with regulatory aspects for nanosatellites\nand picosatellites is finished. The studies have indicated a number\nof difficulties in the application of the Radio Regulations. These\ndifficulties, however, do not justify a change of Articles 9 and 11.\n\nConsidering that most bands currently used for satellite telemetry\nand command such as the 2200-2290MHz SRS/SOS/EESS allocation are\nheavily crowded, the growth in numbers of small satellites launched\noffers new challenges which were not faced before. Therefore, the\nproposal for AI 10 is to invite ITU-R in the forthcoming study period\nto identify additional allocations to the space operation service\n(SOS) within the 137MHz-960MHz range. This frequency range is\nparticularly suitable for small satellites since it offers favourable\npropagation characteristics while allowing moderately complex antenna\nsystems and antenna pointing requirements on board the satellite.\n\nCPG-PTA-8 meeting in Catania, Sicily, July 21-24, 2015\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS228-WRC\n\nTo download the meeting documents:\n• Go to http://tinyurl.com/ANS228-Documents\n• Click on 2015\n• Click on 8th CPG PTA Meeting – 21-24 July – Sicily\n• Click Input Contributions and Goto table\n• Tick documents\n• Click on Minutes and Annexes and Goto table\n• Tick documents\n• Do same for Annex IV – Draft Briefs, Annex V – Draft ECPs, Annex\n  VI – misc\n• Click the Download selected button\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor M5AKA and AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Space Jam 9, Rantoul,\n  Illinois, USA and Astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS using Callsign\n  OR4ISS.\n  The contact began 2015-08-08 16:58 UTC and lasted about nine and a\n  half minutes. Contact was telebridge via IK1SLD.\n  ARISS Mentor was AJ9N.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Fleurance Astronomy Festival,\n  France and Astronaut Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF using Callsign RSØISS.\n  The contact began 2015-08-14 19:42:00 UTC and lasted about nine\n  and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via IK1SLD.\n  ARISS Mentor was F6ICS.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-13  16:00 UTC\n\nHigashioka Elementary School, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, direct via 8N3HO\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH\nContact  is a go for: Tue 2015-08-18 11:42:14 UTC 82 deg\n\nPima County 4H/Vail  Vaqueros 4H Club, Tucson, AZ, direct via W7LB\nThe ISS callsign is presently  scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren  KO5MOS\nContact is a go for: Sat 2015-08-22 18:37:55 UTC 87  deg\n\nSochi, Russia, direct via TBD)\nThe ISS callsign is  presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Mikhail  Kornienko RN3BF)\nContact is a go for 2015-08-29 11:15 UTC\n\n* Watch  for the official announcements for when US schools will be\nable to send in proposals for an ARISS contact. The window will be\nopen from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for\nschool contacts during the second half of 2016.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ AMSAT Award Comments\n\nPaul Stoetzer N8HM congratulates all those who earned the AMSAT\nAwards, mentioned in the rticle above.\nPaul says, \"I'd like to point out a couple of them. First, congrats\nto Hector on the Century Award. The Century Award is tough enough to\ncomplete from the East Coast of the United States, but Hector managed\nto complete it from Cuba. He made many of these QSOs with homebrew\nequipment and had the additional handicap of not being able to use AO-\n7's Mode B transponder due to Cuban regulations, so he had to wait\nuntil FO-29 was near apogee on the right passes to make his longest\ndistance QSOs.\n\nSecond, congratulations to Carl on the Sexagesimal Award. Like me, he\nhas operated solely with portable equipment and low power and he\nappears to be on the way to beating my pace to the Century Award (it\ntook me 23 months from when I started getting on the air daily, Carl\nhas been on for only about a year).\"\n\nHector, W5CBF/CO6CBF, responded, \"Actually, the AMSAT Century Award\nhas been the hardest award in my amateur radio career. The lack of AO-\n7 mode B made it even harder.\n\nThanks very much to all the  operators who made it possible and\nspecial thanks to the DX stations that accepted the challenge of an\nextreme QSO.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Paul N8HM and Hector W5CBF/CO6CBF for the above\ninformation]\n\n+ UK Ham's ISS Contact Gathers No Moss\n\nThere’s been a lot of coverage in mainstream media of the ham in\nEngland who made contact with astronauts aboard the ISS last month.\nThis bit in Time is the latest, and possibly most mainstream.\n\nhttp://time.com/3995908/international-space-station-radio/\n\n[ANS thanks Sean KX9X for the above information]\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, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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