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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/RREOFXR3JPU3B3AFQEBXRVJ5M4EMKATS/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAM5+sos93fzLUT_iExGeMz9WtQEwA2EzKoBwcmvJearU96isGA@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "RREOFXR3JPU3B3AFQEBXRVJ5M4EMKATS", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/RREOFXR3JPU3B3AFQEBXRVJ5M4EMKATS/?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-199 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2016-07-17T04:21:36Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-199\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 Well Represented at ISS R&D Conference\n* LUSEX Transponder Test Successful\n* Home of Australia's First Satellite is at it Again\n* Cubesat Launch Opportunity for December | Are You Ready To Go?\n* LilacSat-2 Linear Transponder Tested\n* AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots in the Mail\n* Satellite Activation of NPOTA Blue Ridge Pkwy PK01\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-199.01\nANS-199 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 199.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nJuly 17, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-199.01\n\n\nARISS Well Represented at ISS R&D Conference\n\nARISS was well represented at the ISS R&D Conference, held this past\nweek in San Diego.\n\nAn ARISS Team led by ARISS International Chairman and AMSAT VP for\nHuman Spaceflight Frank H. Bauer KA3HDO, had the opportunity to meet\nwith others that have a vested interest in or support to the\nISS-including those responsible for ISS payloads,\nscientists/researchers, contractors, aerospace developers and NASA\nemployees.\n\nThe team including Bauer, Rosalie White K1STO, Kerry Banke N6IZW,\nTim Bosma W6MU, and Dave Taylor W8AAS, staffed a display and helped\nwith an ARISS contact during the conference.\n\nThe ARISS contact was conducted among a consortium of schools\nattending the ISS R&D conference as part of STEM day and telebridged\nvia W6SRJ. Descriptions of the schools participating in the contact\nare shown below:\n\nLake Elementary School, Oceanside, CA\n\nLake Elementary School opened in 1989 in southeastern Oceanside. A\ntop priority continues to be the use of technology by students and\nstaff to prepare children for 21st Century College and Career\nreadiness.\n\nCommunity Montessori Charter School, Escondido , CA\n\nCMCS currently serves approximately 375 students in grades K-8.\nStudents attend one of five resource centers located throughout San\nDiego county, and are on a Montessori home study program.\n\nVista Magnet Middle School, Vista, CA\n\nStudents will be literate, reflective and critical thinkers in all\nareas of interaction who transfer knowledge and embrace diversity\nwithin a global society.\n\nMonte Vista Elementary School, Vista, CA\n\nOur vision at Monte Vista Elementary is to ignite a love of learning\nand a sense of curiosity in all students. We will promote academic\nachievement through high expectations and develop problem solvers who\nare technologically proficient.\n\nLilac School, Valley Center, CA\n\nThe Lilac Learning Community shares a commitment to exploring,\ndeveloping and differentiating deliberate, effective strategies and\npractices for learning in a dynamic environment of collaboration,\ninquiry and diversity.\n\nSTAR Prep Academy, Los Angeles, CA\n\nThe STAR PREP ACADEMY is an extraordinary private middle & high\nschool for students who seek an individualized approach to learning,\nbased on their desired areas of specialization.\n\nWestminster Christian School, Miami, FL\n\nFounded in 1961, Westminster is an independent, college-preparatory,\ncoeducational Christian school serving 1,241 students from preschool\nthrough 12th grade.\n\nThere were 210 in attendance near CASIS Space Station Explorers booth.\nAstronauts Carl Walz and Josh Cassada attended and talked with\naudience pre and post contact.\nAll 16 students asked and had their questions answered with a total\nof 21 questions being answered.\nThe event was covered by San Diego TV station Channel 8 (CBS).\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLUSEX Transponder Test Successful\n\nOn the night of Wednesday 13 July, the scheduler loaded into the\ncomputers of fresh, the satellite ñusat1 that houses the lusex,\nactive the experiment of Amsat-Lu. The breath of the transponder\ncould be received between 145.950 and 145.955 with more intensity and\nheard the call of lu1esy and the issuance of lu9do CW. These first\ntests will continue during the next weekend conducted by lu1cgb, to\ntry to improve the living conditions of the operational lusex.\n\nThose who live in the ignition of the lussat-1 we could feel the\nsame way this \"birth\" of lusex and feel the same way. Friends, it's\nan honor to join the group of lusex development, which is proposed\nand I reach the goal and congratulations... We by the commitment to\nachieve it.\n\nIn a follow-up it was reported \"...07/14 LUSEX transponder was\nactivated. We heard noise from space @145.950 and then a call from\nLU1ESY.\n\nTransponder is under test, enabled occasionally.\n\nWe are very excited. More news soon.\n\nhttp://lusex.org.ar\nhttps://facebook.com/Amsat.LU\nhttp://amsat.org.ar\n\n[ANS thanks Nacho LU1ESY for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHome of Australia's First Satellite is at it Again\n\nThe Melbourne University is now designing a CubeSat, and hopefully\nwill have it ready for launch in 2018.\n\nThe same university built Australia's first Amateur Radio satellite\nAustralis-OSCAR-5, that was launched on 23 January 23, 1970. It was\nthen the first Amateur Radio satellite built outside of the United\nStates.\n\nAustralis-OSCAR-5 was a beacon on 29.450 MHz and 144.050 MHz with\ntelemetry starting with HI sent in Morse code, with sensors giving\nthe battery voltage, temperature and the satellite's orientation.\n\nPassive magnetic attitude stabilisation was achieved by two bar\nmagnets to align with the Earth's magnetic field to provide a\nfavourable antenna footprint.\n\nBuilt on a small budget, it had bed springs for deploying the bird,\nand a cut down metallic measuring tape for antennas that extended\nfrom the sides of the satellite.\n\nAt least 200 observers heard it reporting from 27 countries up to 46\ndays before going silent when its batteries failed.\n\nToday, Melbourne University Engineering Department students are\nworking on the CubeSat project and restoring the Melbourne\nUniversity old dish tracking antenna getting it ready for launch day.\n\nDespite its small size the satellite's state-of-the-art communications\nsystem can send more data than other satellites, because of a world-\nfirst antenna that uses a special acid for inflation in space.\n\nThe new CubeSat could potentially find applications in agriculture,\nweather monitoring or even as a telescope in space.\n\n[ANS thank Jim Linton, VK3PC and the VK1WIA News for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nCubesat Launch opportunity for December | are you ready to go?\n\nIn an email to the Cubesat,org mailing list, Abe Bonnema Marketing\nDirector, ISIS - Innovative Solutions In Space wrote,\n\n\"Dear CubeSat (and nanosat) developers,\n\n\"We normally present launch opportunities well in advance and\nprimarily through our website, at conferences and in direct\ncommunication with you, yet given the very short time available, we\nopted for using the great medium of the CubeSat mailing list to make\nyou aware of a very interesting, short-term launch opportunity;\n\nLaunch Vehicle: Indian PSLV\nLaunch Period: Dec 2016 - Feb 2017\nOrbit: 580 km SSO\nLaunch Interface: ISISpace QuadPack or DuoPack family deployers (or\nISIPOD on request)\n(www.isispace.nl/cubesats/#supported-sizes)\n\n\"We have a few 1U/2U/3U or 6U slots available still.\n\n\"We'll have to close the manifest and configuration in the coming\nweeks. So if you're still looking for a launch from end of this year,\nand the abovementioned orbit is suitable, please contact us through\[email protected]. We'll be at the CubeSat Workshop and SmallSat\nas well for possible final additions to the manifest.\n\nLooking forward to placing your satellites on this (or another,\nfuture) launch.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Abe Bonnema for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLilacSat-2 Linear Transponder Tested\n\nOn July 10, 2016 the SSB/CW linear transponder on the student built\nsatellite LilacSat-2 was successfully tested\n\nLilacSat-2, call sign BJ1SI, was built by students at the Harbin\nInstitute of Technology and launched on September 19, 2015.\n\nThe 40 kHz wide SSB/CW transponder is Non-Inverting which means the\nDoppler shift of a signal going through the transponder will be twice\nthat seen on other Low Earth Orbit inverting linear transponder\nsatellites.\n\nClayton Coleman W5PFG reported that he and Glenn Miller AA5PK had a\ncontact through the transponder, a recording can be heard at\nhttps://soundcloud.com/w5pfg/lilacsat-2-2016-07-11-1315z-ssb-\ntransponder\n\nThe transponder frequencies are:\n• 144.3425-144.3825 MHz Uplink\n• 437.180-437.220 MHz Downlink\nIt is not yet known when the transponder will be activated again.\n\nLilacSat-2\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/satellites/communications/lilacsat-2/\n\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots in the Mail\n\nBallots have been mailed to AMSAT-NA members in good standing, and\nmust be returned to the AMSAT-NA office by September 15, 2016 in order\nto be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent by air mail.\nIf you have not received your ballot package in a reasonable time for\nyour QTH, please contact the AMSAT-NA office. Your completed ballot\nshould be sent as promptly as possible, and those from outside North\nAmerican preferably by air mail or other expedited means.\n\nThis year there are five candidates:\n\nTom Clark, K3IO\nClayton Coleman, W5PFG\nMark Hammond, N8MH\nBruce Paige, KK5DO\nPaul Stoetzer, N8HM\n\nThe three candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be\nseated as voting Board Members with two year terms. The two candidates\nreceiving the next highest number of votes will be non-voting\nAlternate Board Members with terms of one year. Please vote for no\nmore than three candidates.\n\nPlease take the time to review the candidate statements that accompany\nthe ballot and determine who you wish to see on the Board. Election of\nBoard members is both an obligation as well as an opportunity by our\nmembership to help shape the future direction of AMSAT-NA.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Activation of NPOTA Blue Ridge Pkwy PK01\n\nJohn Brier's KG4AKV first National Parks on The Air activation from\nBlue Ridge Parkway PK01 EM85 at Craggy Gardens in North Carolina was\na big success and very fun. On the July 16th 1546 UTC SO-50 pass he\nmade fourteen contacts with the following stations, in order of\ncontact:\n\nK8YSE, N8HM, K4FEG, KM4ULB, W2JV, KI4RO, WI9I, WA5KBH, W4DTA, N4UFO,\nAA5PK, WU2M, K5ND, W1PA.\n\nJohn thanks all the above stations. To those he couldn't get back\nto, like NP4JV, he suggests \"we'll have to do it next time.\" John\nstated he really enjoyed the spot he found, it had a very wide open\nview to the west and was mostly clear in the other directions except\nfor some small brush in the immediate vicinity. It was also out of\nthe way from most of the park attendees, so he didn't have to annoy\nanyone expecting a tranquil nature hike.\n\nAfter the pass he wasn't sure he made the ten contacts he needed to\nget credit to be an activator, so he made several more contacts on\n146.520 simplex, talking to stations in South Carolina, Charlotte,\nHickory, Hendersonville, and a few more nearby towns.\n\nHe was also able to connect with one of the Golden Packet [1]\nstations in Roan Mountain and communicated with him over the UHF\ncoordination frequency. He helped John configure his Kenwood TH-D72a\nto communicate on their APRS network and they shared several packets.\nJohn wasn't digipeated along the whole length of the Appalachian\nTrail, nor did he stick around for the golden packet attempt, but he\ndid communicate directly with one of the stations using the official\nfrequency, and states \"that was very cool.\" John hopes to take part\nmore seriously next year. John further thanks Bob, WB4APR, for\nresponding to his NPOTA activation announcement email to let him know\nabout the event.\n\nA picture of the video of the beautiful view where he recorded the\nSO-50 pass is on his Twitter profile.\nHe plans to make a video of the pass for his \"Space Comms\" YouTube\nchannel.\nNew videos are released there every Wednesday. This coming\nWednesday, July 20th, won't be a video of this NPOTA activation as he\nhas already started work on an ISS SSTV video, but look for the NPOTA\nvideo in two weeks.\n\nhttp://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html\nhttps://twitter.com/johnbrier/status/754349709104480256\nhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Spacecomms1\n\n[ANS thanks John KG4AKV for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Frontiers of Flight Museum's\n\"Moon Day 2016\", Dallas TX USA and Astronaut Jeff Williams KD5TVQ\nusing Callsign NA1SS. The contact began Sat 2016-07-16 15:54:09 UTC\nand lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via\nW6SRJ. ARISS Mentor was Keith W5IU.\n\n\n+ A Successful contact was made ISS R&D Conference, San Diego, CA,\nUSA and Astronaut Jeff Williams KD5TVQ using Callsign NA1SS.\nThe contact began Thu 2016-07-14 16:03:33 UTC and lasted about nine\nand a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via W6SRJ.\nARISS Mentor was Frank KA3HDO.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nQuick list of scheduled contacts and events:\n\nYOTA Camp 2016 IARU-R1, Salzburg, Austria, telebridge via VK4KHZ\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ\nContact is a go for:\n\nUnited Space School hosted by the Foundation for International Space\nEducation (FISE), Seabrook TX, telebridge via W6SRJ\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ\nContact is a go for: Tue 2016-07-19 14:52:20 UTC\n\nUfa, Russia, direct via TBD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka RN3FU\nContact is a go for Thu 2016-07-23 18:50 UTC\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ The world's largest radio telescope has just been completed\n\n China's 30-soccer-field-wide radio telescope will start the hunt\n for extraterrestrials.\n For the full story visit http://tinyurl.com/ANS199-RadioTelescope\n\n [ANS thanks Astronomy Magazine 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, AA8EM (former KC8YLD)\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }