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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-061 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-061\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North\nAmerica, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the\nactivities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share\nan\nactive interest in designing, building, launching and communicating\nthrough analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* ISS Amateur Radio CubeSats Deployed\n* Successful launch of ham radio satellites\n* LituanicaSAT-1 Lithuanian CubeSat\n* LitSat-1 with linear transponder deployed\n* ITF-1 CubeSat Team Request Reports\n* AMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention -- First call for volunteers\n* Free Online Course -- Space Systems Engineering 101\n* Free NASA Online Course -- Teaching Tomorrow's Engineers\n* Ham Video Commissioning now scheduled\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-061.01\nANS-061 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 061.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 2, 2014\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-061.01\n\nISS Amateur Radio CubeSats Deployed\n\nOn Friday, February 28, 2014 at 0730 UT astronaut Koichi Wakata\nKC5ZTA deployed a batch of amateur radio CubeSats from the\nInternational Space Station (ISS).\n\nLituanicaSAT-1, LitSat-1, ArduSat-2 (2U), UAPSAT and the 915 MHz\nSkyCube were successfully ejected from a NanoRacks deployment pod.\n\nAt 0855 UT Dmitry Pashkov UB4UAD received the LituanicaSAT-1 beacon.\nand received LitSat-1 at 1030 UT.\n\nAt 1022 UT Mike Rupprecht DK3WN received LitSat-1. Mike had heard\nUAPSAT at 0845 UT.\n\nThe Peruvian Chasqui 1 CubeSat was also onboard the ISS. At the time\nof writing it is unclear if this has also deployed.\n\nFrequency information at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS-061-ISS-Cubes\n\nUB4UAD website in Google English http://tinyurl.com/UB4UAD\n\nDK3WN satellite blog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSuccessful launch of ham radio satellites\n\nOn Thursday, February 27 at 1837 UT a cluster of Japanese amateur\nradio satellites were launched from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at\nthe Tanegashima Space Center\n\nAt 1948 UT Francisco Jimenez-Martin Sanchez EA1JM received the\n437.325 CW (A1A) beacon from the ARTSAT1:INVADER CubeSat\n\nAlso on the first pass at 1952 UT Jan van Gils PE0SAT received\nOPUSat\nSTARS-II (comprises Mother and Daughter satellites)\nTelkyoSat-3\nShindaiSat-1\nARTSat1:INVADER\n\nThe student team that developed the ITF-1 CubeSat would appreciate\nany reports of their satellite on 437.525 MHz FM Morse code, see\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/26/itf-1-cubesat-team-request-reports/\n\nFrequencies and further information on these satellites is at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS-061-JapaneseHamSats\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLituanicaSAT-1 Lithuanian CubeSat\n\nThe amateur radio CubeSat LituanicaSAT-1, call sign LY5N, was\ndeveloped by Lithuanian university students and young engineers and\nwas deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on\nFriday, February 28.\n\nThe team ask radio amateurs and SWL’s to listen for the FM Morse\ncode beacon on 437.275 MHz after deployment and submit reports (see\nTracking below). They say there will be Mission emblem stickers with\nsigned QSL cards and for the first 10 registered reports,\nLituanicaSAT-1 branded note books!\n\nThe tiny satellite is just 10x10x10 cm with a mass of 1.090 kg yet\nit has a VGA camera and a 145/435 MHz FM voice transponder, designed\nand built by Lithuanian radio amateurs.\n\nThe prototype of the FM repeater has been operating in the home of\nits designer Žilvinas Batisa LY3H in Elektrenai, Lithuania. Further\ninformation at http://ly3h.epalete.com/?p=303\n\nThe communications payload comprises:\n• FM Morse Code Beacon 437.275 MHz LY5N\n• FM Voice Repeater 145.950 MHz uplink (PL 67 Hz CTCSS) 435.180 MHz\n  downlink\n• AX.25 Packet Radio 145.850 MHz uplink 437.550 MHz downlink 9600\n  baud FSK, FM\n\nLituanicaSAT-1 uses passive magnetic attitude control system\nconsisting of permanent magnets that create a control torque and soft\nmagnets that provide dampening torque using hysteresis effect.\nFollowing attitude sensors are implemented for attitude determination:\n• PS-MPU-6000A MEMS motion sensor\n• PS-MPU-9150A MEMS motion sensor\n• L3GD20 MEMS three-axis digital output gyroscope\n• HMC5883L three axes digital magnetometer\n\nThere are two computers in LituanicaSAT-1: the flight computer based\non ARM Cortex-M4F microcontroller and secondary (back-up) computer\nbased on Arduino ATMega 2560 microcontroller. These two computers and\ntheir periphery are laid out on different sides of one shared PCB.\nThe flight computer is the central control unit of the satellite\nresponsible for maintaining the normal operating mode of the\nsatellite, monitoring and control of energy resources, control of\nattitude determination sub-system and performance of telecommands\nreceived from the satellite ground station in Lithuania.\n\nThe LituanicaSAT-1 team developed the secondary flight computer\nbased on the open source hardware and software project named Arduino.\nThis computer will ensure limited, however safe functionality of the\nsatellite in case of failure of the main onboard computer and will\nalso take and record the first pictures made by Lithuanians from\nspace as well as control the radio beacon of the satellite.\n\nThere are 4 monopole antennas on LituanicaSAT-1: three UHF antennas\nand one VHF antenna. Each antenna is made of approx. 0.2 mm thick and\n5 mm wide spring steel measurement tape. In deployed configuration,\nall UHF antennas are pointed towards the Z+ body axis direction and\nVHF antenna is pointed toward –Z body axis.\n\nTracking\nIn the days after deployment LituanicaSAT-1 will be very close to\nthe International Space Station (ISS). To determine when you’ll be\nable to hear the 437.275 MHz FM Morse code beacon look at the\nposition of the ISS on either the ISS Fan Club website at\nhttp://issfanclub.com/ or the N2YO satellite tracking site at\nhttp://n2yo.com/  (tick the Draw footprint box).\n\nDue to Doppler shift the beacon may appear to be +/- 10 kHz of the\nnominal frequency. Submit reception reports including small audio\nfile or any other data online at http://www.kosmonautai.lt/en/data-\nsubmission/\n\nLinks\n• Web Google English http://tinyurl.com/KosmonautaiLituanicaSAT-1\n• Wiki Google English http://tinyurl.com/WikiLituanicaSAT-1\n• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Lituanicasat1\n\nThe LituanicaSAT-1 mission is specially dedicated to honor the 80th\nAnniversary of the flight across the Atlantic by Lithuanian-American\npilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas. Therefore the satellite\nbears the name of the original aircraft used during this historic\nflight – “Lituanica”.\n\nOn July 15, 1933, Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas took off from\nFloyd Bennett Field in New York in their airplane Lituanica and flew\nacross the Atlantic Ocean, covering a distance of 6,411 kilometers\nwithout landing, in 37 hours and 11 minutes. Tragically they crashed\nby the village of Kuhdamm, near Soldin, Germany just 650 km from\ntheir destination of Kaunas in Lithuania.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLitSat-1 with linear transponder deployed\n\nThe amateur radio CubeSat LitSat-1, call sign LY1LS, was deployed\nfrom the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, February 28 at\n0730 UT. It carries a 435/145 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW\ncommunications.\n\nThe LitSat-1 team have issued this statement:\n\nOur country Lithuania is heading towards a historic moment – start\nof the first Lithuanian satellite in space.  First ever Lithuanian\nCubesat Litsat1 was deployed from the International Space Station\n(ISS) on Feb 28 at 07:30 UT from the International Space Station\n(ISS).\n\nWe are very interested in getting the first data from our small\nsatellite as soon as possible, therefore we would like to ask your\nhelp with that.\n\nWe will send special QSL cards for radio amateurs with first reports\nabout received signals from our satellite. The 3 stations first\nreceived the signals from the LitSat1 satellite will receive QSL\ncards signed by the High level officials of the Lithuanian government.\n\nPlease send your SWL reports (screen snapshots) with received packet\ndata of Litsat-1 beacon to Kaunas University of Technology Radio\nClub. Contact point E-mail: address: [email protected]\n\nPlease find below the technical data for the reception of Litsat 1:\nBeacon/TLM down link 145.850 MHz\nBeacon RF packets are AX.25 UI frames\nhttps://www.tapr.org/pub_ax25.html Main parameters of the beacon\nframes are: TX baud rate 9600 bps (G3RUH), repetition period ~4.5s,\nbeacon duration ~0.5 s, source call address – TNC, destination call\naddress – LY1LS.\n\nDigital data: Telemetry\nDigital communication with Litsat-1 is based on Helium 100 (HE-100)\ntransceiver.\nThe payload info field starts with the 2 header bytes “Bb”=0×4262\n(Beacon broadcast), following with 2 bytes indicating further data\nfield length (should be 0×0087), then the sat status telemetry\nstructure (114 bytes) and finishing with the  short text message (21\nbytes).\n\nFor any other information you are very welcome to contact us:\[email protected]\n\nA linear transponder will be activated later.\nUplink 435.150 MHz LSB\nDownlink  145.950 MHz USB\nBandwidth ±15 kHz from center\nCW beacon   435.1375 MHz (LY1LS/B)\nNormal mode – transponder, beacon OFF\n\n73! Darius Kybartas LY3DA\n\nLitsat-1 team\nKaunas University of Technology\nEmail: [email protected]\n\nLitSat-1 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/palydovas\n\nPresident Congratulates Lithuanian Amateur Radio CubeSat Builders\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/01/12/president-congratulates-amateur-radio-\ncubesat-builders/\n\nTwo Lithuanian Amateur Radio CubeSats Plan 2013 Launch To ISS\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/06/26/two-lithuanian-cubesats/\n\nThe other Lithuanian CubeSat deployed from the ISS on\nFriday is LituanicaSAT-1 which carries a 145/435 MHz FM transponder.\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/04/12/lituanicasat-1/\n\nThe two Lithuanian groups built the CubeSats in 2013 which was the\n80th anniversary of the historic flight by Lithuanian pilots Steponas\nDarius and Stasys Girenas in the airplane Lituanica. On July 15,\n1933, they took off from Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew\nacross the Atlantic Ocean, covering a distance of 6,411 kilometers\nwithout landing, in 37 hours and 11 minutes. Tragically they crashed\nby the village of Kuhdamm, near Soldin, Germany just 650 km from\ntheir destination of Kaunas in Lithuania.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nITF-1 CubeSat Team Request Reports\n\nThe amateur radio CubeSat ITF-1 (YUI) plans to launched from\nYoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center on Thursday,\nFebruary 27.\n\nToshihiro Kameda JJ3GRX reports: The data reception App for our\nsatellite ITF-1 (YUI) is now available at the Google Play Store. You\ncan find it with keyword “TSUMUGI” or “ITF-1?.\n\nAfter deployment, the first path was right above western Europe from\n7:20 pm on February 27 UT. It is before the path above Japan. We\nstrongly want to obtain reception data. Report via the Web Form is\ngreatly appreciated, but just e-mail “heard” would be very helpful.\n\nThe 1U CubeSat was built by students at the University of Tsukuba.\nThe formal name ITF-1 comes from the initial letter of the university\nslogan “Imagine The Future”.  The satellite also has a popular name\nYUI which means “bond” in Japanese, it came from the project’s\nconcept‚ “Creating the Worldwide Human Community”.\n\nITF-1 has the callsign JQ1ZLO and the 437.525 MHz satellite beacon\nwill send telemetry by a Morse Code audio tone on an FM transmitter\nrunning 300 milliwatts output.\n\nThe Project Manager is Ms. Ayano Okamura a fourth-year student of\nthe College of Engineering Systems‚ School of Science and Engineering.\n\nPreliminary Keplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ‘Keps’\nhttp://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/wordpress_yui_2/wp-\ncontent/uploads/2014/02/ITF-1.txt\n\nDetailed information is at\nhttp://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/?page_id=1083&lang=en\n\nLaunch of Japanese amateur radio satellites\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/23/launch-of-japanese-amateur-radio-\nsatellites/\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT at the Dayton Hamvention -- First call for volunteers\n\nLast year, we had 41 people assist with the AMSAT booth at the\nDayton.  It was the efforts of those volunteers that made the 2013\nDayton Hamvention a success for AMSAT.\n\nThe interaction with AMSAT members, satellite operators, designers,\nand builders makes the whole experience for participants a lot of fun.\n\nThe 2014 Hamvention is May 16-18.  Would you consider helping AMSAT\nat Dayton this year?\n\nWhether you're available for only a couple of hours or if you can\nspend the entire weekend with us, your help would be greatly\nappreciated.\n\nPlease send an e-mail to Steve, n9ip at amsat dot org if you can help.\n\n[ANS thanks Steve N9IP for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFree Online Course -- Space Systems Engineering 101\n\nSpace Systems Engineering 101, a new massive open online course from\nNASA and the Saylor Foundation, launches on March 3, 2014. The\nsix-week general-audience course is free to the public and provides a\nunique opportunity to learn from and alongside NASA's engineers.\nStudents who participate can earn a free certificate.\n\nThe course will feature lectures from NASA scientists and engineers\nand Google Plus Hangouts with NASA personnel. Winners of an optional\nproject competition will receive a chance to tour NASA's Goddard Space\nFlight Center in Greenbelt, Md.\n\nFor more information and to register for the course, visit\nhttp://www.saylor.org/2014/02/blog-announcement-space-systems-engineer\ning-course-starts-march-3rd/.\n\nQuestions about this opportunity should be directed to\nhttp://www.saylor.org/feedback/\n\n[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- Feb. 20, 2014 for the\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFree NASA Online Course -- Teaching Tomorrow's Engineers\n\nNASA Educator Professional Development and the National Science\nTeachers Association have joined forces to create and offer this\nfirst-of-its-kind online course for middle school educators.\nParticipants can earn a certificate acknowledging 15 hours of effort.\nGraduate credit is available for a fee.\n\nModule 1: Introduction to the Engineering Design Process\nEvent Dates: March 26, March 31, April 7 and April 17, 2014\n\nModule 2 (optional): Implementing the Engineering Design Process in\nYour Classroom\nEvent Dates: April 21 and April 28, 2014\n\nFor more information about the course and to register online, visit\nhttp://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/online_courses/NEScourse.aspx.\n\nQuestions about this series opportunity should be directed to John\nEntwistle at [email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Feb. 27, 2014 for\nthe above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHam Video Commissioning now scheduled\n\nThe Ham Video transmitter, which is stored in the Columbus module of\nthe International Space Station, will be installed March 6, 2014. The\ntransmitter will be powered on briefly, just the time needed to check\nthat the connection cables to the antenna, to the power supply and to\nthe camera are installed properly. All control LEDs nominal, the\ntransmitter will be considered ready for Commissioning and will be\nunpowered.\n\nThe first Commissioning step is planned March 8. Michael S. Hopkins\nKF5LJG will power on the Ham Video transmitter in configuration 1:\nARISS antenna 41 Frequency 2.422 GHz Symbol rate 1.3 Ms/s The\ntransmission will start shortly before the pass of the ISS over the\nMatera ground station in south Italy at approximately 13.29 UTC.\n\nThe ground station will stream the video over the BATC server\nhttp://www.batc.tv/ .Please select Member Streams and ISS.\nDuring the pass, different configurations will be tested with ARISS\nantenna 41.\n\nAfter the pass, the Ham Video transmitter will stay powered on in\nconfiguration 1 till the following Commissioning step, which is\nplanned Sunday March 9, 2014 at approximately 12.40 UTC.\n\nFor about 24 hours, the DATV signal will be transmitted permanently,\nbut the camera will be powered off. The reason is, that the camera is\nbattery powered and no provisions are made for frequent battery\nreplacement. This mode is called \"blank\" transmission.\n\nDuring Commissioning step 2, different configurations will again be\ntested, this time with ARISS antenna 43. The Matera ground station\nwill stream the video over the BATC server.\n\nPossibly, blank transmissions will occur in the period between\nCommissioning step 2 and the following step, which is not yet\nplanned.\nWe will circulate Ham TV Bulletins to inform on blank transmissions.\n\nReports on reception of blank transmissions are very welcome.\nReports can be filed via this webpage:\nhttp://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_FSTV/submit.php\nhttp://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_FSTV/submit.php\nParticipants using the Tutioune receiving software, developed by\nJean Pierre Courjaud F6DZP, can record as well as stream detailed\nparameters of the received signal. Please see:\nhttp://www.vivadatv.org/ http://www.vivadatv.org/\nThank you for your participation\n\n[ANS thanks Gaston ON4WF, Stefan VE4NSA and HamTV Bulletin #7 the\nabove information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nSuccesful Contacts\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Exploration Place, Wichita,\nKS, USA, and Astronaut Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA using callsign NA1SS.\nThe contact began 2014-02-28 16:24:0418:04 UTC and lasted about nine\nand a half minutes.\nContact was direct via WØSOE. ARISS Mentor was W5IU.\n\nExploration Place offers visitors of all ages interactive\nenvironments, hands-on experiences, Kansas' largest domed theater -\nthe Boeing Dome Theater and Planetarium - imaginative spaces, and\noutdoor recreation, all located on a 20-acre site along the scenic\nArkansas River in downtown Wichita, Kan.   www.exploration.org .\nwww.facebook.com/ExplorationPlace . www.Twitter.com/DiscoverAtEP\n\nMueller Aerospace and Engineering Discovery Magnet Elementary is\nlocated in Wichita, Kansas. Mueller became an aerospace and\nengineering magnet in 2008 and received a federal grant in 2010 to\nsupport the magnet themes with new curriculum, professional\ndevelopment, supplies and technology for teaching aerospace and\nengineering with a STEM emphasis. It is the only aerospace magnet in\nthe state of Kansas and the first school in Kansas to identify itself\nas a STEM magnet school.\n\nThe Wichita Amateur Radio Club, Inc., established in December, 1932,\nis organized as a 501c3 Non Profit corporation. Its objectives and\npurposes are to encourage the public to recognize the value of the\namateur radio service and enhance the voluntary noncommercial\ncommunication service by providing emergency and other useful\ncommunication; extend every amateur operator's ability to contribute\nto the advancement of the radio art; improve the service by advancing\nskills in the communication and technical areas; expand the number of\ntrained operators and technicians in the amateur radio corp.; and\nenhance international gook will through amateur radio.\n\nFor this ARISS event these three entities are came together to\nprovide a unique opportunity for the students to speak to astronauts\non board the ISS. The contact would not have been possible without\ntechnical assistance from the Wichita Amateur Radio Club, Inc.\nExploration Place has worked with Mueller Elementary for several\nyears on projects and is excited to once again provide this\nopportunity with support from NASA.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Musashino Elementary School of\nHamura-shi, Hamura, Japan, and Astronaut Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA using\ncallsign NA1SS. The contact began 2014-03-01 08:14:19 UTC and lasted\nabout nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via 8N1MA. ARISS\nMentor was 7M3TJZ.\n\nHamura city is located in about 45 kilometers to west from Tokyo-to\ncenter, and is wrapped in naturalness around the Tama River.\nThe area is 9.91 square kilometers. The Tama River flows to the\nsouth from the west of city, and it's learned about as a town with an\nintake of the Tamagawa water supply excavated in the Edo Period.\nThe Musashino elementary school was founded in 1979 and 610 students\nare on the register now.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nSpace experiments \"about Gagarin FROM  SPACE\"\nCentre Tourism and Youth Policy Ruzaevo Municipal District, Republic\nof Mordovia, direct via UB3UAD\nContact is a go for 2014-03-02 10:24  UTC\n\nSpace experiments \"about Gagarin FROM SPACE\"\nCenter of Space  Communications, St. Petersburg, who are winners\nof the contest \"Ask your  question astronaut.\",direct via RA1AJN\nContact is a go for 2014-03-03 09:33  UTC\n\nSpace experiments \"about Gagarin FROM SPACE\"\nSecondary  school ? 50 YA Gagarin Kursk, direct via RW3W\nContact is a go for 2014-03-03  11:09 UTC\n\nCentral Square Middle School Amateur Radio Club, Central  Square, NY,\ndirect via KC2ILA\nContact is go for: Mon 2014-03-03 14:05:15 UTC\n\nRock Bridge Elementary School, Columbia, MO, direct via  KMØR\nContact is a go for: Wed 2014-03-05 14:00:13 UTC\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+ ITF-1 information right after deployment requested.\n\n  JJ3GRX Toshi, project member of the satellite ITF-1 \"YUI\" launched\n  on Feb.27, reports \"As you may know, we have not succeeded to\n  receive any signal from the satellite.\"\n\n  We are gathering the information especially before 1st reach to\n  Japan.\n\n  If you monitored 437.525MHz between 19:13 - 20:15 Feb.27 (UTC),\n  please report the information.\n\n  \"Monitored the freq. but no signal\" is now very precious\n  information for us. If it is the case for many stations, we must\n  consider the power supply problem.\n\n  Providing the information is greatly appreciated.\n\n  [ANS thanks Toshihiro KAMEDA, JJ3GRX for the above information]\n\n\n+ Owen Garriott (W5LFL) will speak about his experiences on Skylab at\n  the National Air and Space Museum on March 13. Tickets are free but\n  must be reserved at\n  http://airandspace.si.edu/events/detail.cfm?id=9565\n  [ANS thanks Dan Schultz N8FGV for the above information]\n\n+ CQ-DATV 9 (March) is now available for download from\n  http://www.cq-datv.mobi/ebooks.php.\n\n+ Celebrating Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's 80th Birthday\n\n  Keep an ear open during the entire month of March for Russian\n  special event station UE 80 HS.\n\n  This operation is being held to celebrate the 80th anniversary of\n  Russia's first astronaut Yuri Gagarin who was born on March 9th\n  1934.\n\n  Gagarin was the first human to journey into space when his Vostok\n  spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on  April 12th, 1961.\n\n  If you work UE 80 HS, please QSL via RW 6 HS.\n\n  [ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin for the above information]\n\n+ Satellite Activation Planned From Isle of Lewis\n\n  Members of the Camb-Hams will once again be active as GS3PYE/p, but\n  this time from the Decca cottage, on the Isle of Lewis (IOSA OH01,\n  SCOTIA HI21, WLOTA 1477, Outer Hebrides, between April 26th and May\n  3rd. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using five stations on the\n  air, simultaneously, and all capable of running the legal power\n  limit from five amplifiers. Also, look them on 6m and 4m which has\n  a great take-off to the UK and Europe using the legal power limit.\n  With the success of EME in the past years, the group plans a 2m\n  and 23cm EME station with a focus on 23cm. There will also be\n  2m/70cm Satellite activity. QSL via M1ACB. For more information and\n  updates, visit:\n  http://dx.camb-hams.com\n\n  [ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1152 for the above\n  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\n",
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