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    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/T2WHB4CN52SUE3E5PTBHAU3TWDUDSGK3/",
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    "sender_name": "Lee McLamb",
    "subject": "[ans]  ANS-319  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2009-11-15T02:47:06Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-319\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a\nworldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in\ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital\nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\n\nIn this edition:\n* AMSAT NextGen Progress\n* AO-51 38k4 BPS Operations 16-19 November\n* AO-7 has 35th Birthday on  15 November\n* SatPC32 V.12.8a Upgrade Available for Download\n* High Altitude Balloon Project Seeks Student Applications\n* ARISS Status - 09 November 2009\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-319.01\nAMSAT NextGen Progress\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 319.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 15, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-319.01\n\nJust to give everyone a little update on how the AMSAT NextGen Program\nis doing @ Binghamton University . . .\n\n(a) CONTROL & EXPERIMENT SYSTEMS\n- The Systems Engineering students are doing well analyzing the ARISSat\ndocumentation and will be scheduling meetings with the primary AMSAT\nengineering contact to discuss documentation questions.\n\n- Identified Design Changes Needing to Occur for NextGen:\n* The Control/Safety Timer needs to be adapted to conform with the\nCubeSat deployment switch standard\n* Consolidation of Camera functionality into a separate camera payload\nboard (functionality is currently spread across a number of boards in\nthe stack)\n\n\n(b) RF SYSTEMS\n- The Systems Engineering students are doing well analyzing the ARISSat\ndocumentation and will be scheduling meetings with the primary AMSAT\nengineering contact to discuss documentation questions.\n\n- Identified Design Changes Needing to Occur for NextGen:\n* Antenna design choice - single dual-band vs dual mono-band\n*  New RF container design needed\n\n\n(c) POWER & STRUCTURE SYSTEMS\n- The Systems Engineering students are doing well analyzing the ARISSat\ndocumentation and will be scheduling meetings with the primary AMSAT\nengineering contact to discuss documentation questions.\n- The Hardware Engineering students have been busy creating a\npreliminary design for solar panel deployment and use of supercapacitors\nto replace the battery. A Preliminary Design Review is being scheduled\nin mid-November with the AMSAT Engineering Team.\n\n- Identified Design Changes Needing to Occur for NextGen:\n* Replace Battery with modular stacks of Supercapacitors in parallel to\nthe Solar Panels\n* Shrink ICB (Interconnect Board) to fit within CubeSat frame\n* Reduce PSU footprint by moving camera power function to a Camera\nPayload Board (CPB)\n* Slight PSU voltage supply design change\n* Remove test/program load functionality from ICB to external test board\n(XTB) via standard CubeSat & PPOD maintenance ports (per CubeSat spec.)\n\nWe are still on-target to have an engineering model ready for the AMSAT\ntable at the 2010 Dayton Hamvention with readiness for launch later in 2010.\n\n[ANS thanks Alex, N3NP, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-319.02\nAO-51 38k4 bps Operations 16-19 November\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 319.02\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 15, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-319.02\n\nOkay 38k4 packet operators, get ready to start your engines!!\n\nAO-51 is scheduled for a four day period of high speed packet\noperations at 38k4 bps. It's been about 2 years since the satellite was\nconfigured in this mode. The satellite will be in high power mode (only TXA\n435.150 transmitter ON) during this period.\n\nThe posted schedule is as follows:\n\nNovember 16 - November 19\n\n38k4 BBS, L/U\nUplink: 1268.700 MHz 9k6 FM\nDownlink: 435.150 MHz 38k4 FM\n\nUsually this means the mode will run from around 22:00-23:00UTC\nNovember 15 (Sunday evening Eastern US) until around 22:00-23:00UTC\nNovember 19 (Thursday evening Eastern US).\n\nUsers of the PacketBBS are encouraged to send me feedback/reports on\nyour experiences during this period.\n\nPlease note that 38k4 packet operations require a receiver with\nsufficient bandwidth and that your normal 9600 radio receive\nconnection will not work. Users also need a TNC that is capable of\nrunning packet at 38k4.   A special \"wide\" filter like the ones\navailable through Symek (www.symek.com) need to be installed in the\nradio to \"tap\" a wide band signal.  A few commercially available TNCs,\nlike the KPC-9612+ and the Paccomm Spirit-2 (with satellite option)\ncan be used.\n\nYou can use a PCR-1000 or PCR-1500/2500 as a wide band receiver,\nwithout modification.  Use the packet jack and set the receiver to FM\n(not FM-W) with a 50 kHz filter width.  If you have one of these\nreceivers, but not the right TNC, you might try Doug Qualigiana's\nKA2UPW sound card software here:  http://www.quagliana.com/willow/\nIt will decode at 9600 and 38k4.  There was a an article about his\nsoftware in the AMSAT Journal just a few months ago.\n\nHope to see you active on AO-51 at 38k4!\n\n[ANS thanks Mark, N8MH, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-319.03\nAO-7 has 35th Birthday on  15 November\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 319.03\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 15, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-319.03\n\nThirty-five years ago this Sunday (15 November), AO-7 reached orbit. \nThe following is from the AO-7 page on the AMSAT-NA Web site:\n\n\"AMSAT-OSCAR 7 was launched November 15, 1974 by a Delta 2310 \nlauncher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California. AO-7 was \nlaunched piggyback with ITOS-G (NOAA 4) and the Spanish INTASAT. The \nsecond phase 2 satellite (Phase II-B). Weight 28.6 kg. Orbit 1444 x \n1459 km. Inclination 101.7 degrees. Octahedrally shaped 360 mm high \nand 424 mm in diameter. Circularly polarized canted turnstile VHF/UHF \nantenna system and HF dipole.\"\n\nIf you're not set up for the linear satellites but have a receiver \nwith CW/SSB capability on 2 meters, try listening to a pass. The \nmiddle of her Mode B downlink passband is 145.950 mHz, and you will \nfind most of the activity occurring between 145.940 mHz and 145.960 \nmHz. Generally, you'll hear CW operators below 145..950 and SSB \noperators above 145.950.\n\nHere is a link to the online log for AO-7:\nhttp://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ao7log.php\n\n[ANS thanks Tim, N3TL, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-319.04\nSatPC32 V.12.8a Upgrade Available for Download\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 319.04\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 15, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-319.04\n\nErich, DK1TB has uploaded an upgrade of SatPC32 (V. 12.8a) on his \nwebsite http://www.dk1tb.de.\n\nThe V.12.8a update includes the following:\n\n1. The main program SatPC32 can now manage up to 4 different\nconfigurations. Configuration #1, for example, could steer a single\nsatellite transceiver to work the normal V/U and U/V satellites.\nConfiguration #2, for example, could steer a separate radio (FT-817,\nIC-706MKIIG) as RX and the satellite transceiver as TX. This\nconfiguration is useful for AO-51, mode V/S. Most users will receive\nS-band with a 13cm/2m down converter and a 2m RX. Configuration #1 would\nnot work because the satellite transceiver cannot simultaneously receive\nand transmit on the same band (2m).\n\nThe Keplerian data only needs to be updated with one configuration. The\nnew data will be used by the all configurations.\n\nThe configurations can be switched via mouse click in menu 'Setup',\n'Configurations'.\n\n2. In 'Real Time' mode the program updates it's calculations once per\nsecond. With previous versions the update interval could not be changed.\nNow the speed can be increased by 5 and 10 fold (menu 'CAT'). On the\nhigher bands the Doppler shift can change by 50 Hertz per second and\nmore. That will cause scale effects on the received signal. Due to the\nnarrow filters CW signals even can be lost. Increasing the update speed\ncan prevent these effects.\n\n3. In menu 'CAT' a bottom line has been added. It displays the complete\ndata line from file Doppler.SQF. So, the optional comments at the end of\na data line can also be seen. That is particularly helpful with\nsatellites that provide multiple modes (i.e. AO-51 and ISS) and\ntherefore require multiple data lines in Doppler.SQF.\n\n4.  CAT steering of the Icom radios IC-706MKIIG, IC-7000 and IC-910H has\nbeen simplified. With previous program versions the IC-706MKIIG and\nIC-7000 required an extra line between the radio's ACC jacket and the\nPC's COM port to inhibit frequency changes while the radio is\ntransmitting (because that would cause frequency errors). The IC-910H\nrequired the line with SatPC32ISS. This line is no longer necessary.\n\n5. The programs now works flawlessly on 64-bit Windows systems, except\nrotor steering with the interfaces FODTrack, KCT, IF-100 and RifPC. The\nkernel driver that is used to output data to these interfaces is a\n32-bit version. A 64-bit version is not available yet. The KCT and RifPC\ncould not be used anyhow with 64-bit systems because they require an ISA\nslot which is no longer supported by newer PCs.\n\nThe program also works flawlessly under Windows 7. It supports the\n96-dpi (100%) and the 120-dpi 125%) fonts. It does not work properly\nwith the new 144-dpi (150%) fonts. Program versions 12.8 and older work\nonly with the 96-dpi fonts.\n\n6. The CD and the Internet Setup File now include the tool\nDataBackup.Exe. Via a single mouse click, the program can generate a\nbackup copy or restore the entire SatPC32 data folder (all personal\nsettings). That is particularly helpful when the program is upgraded.\n\n7. Some bugs have been fixed (concerning, i.e., downlink correction and\ntransverter operation).\n\nTHANK YOU to Erich Eichmann DK1TB for creating and\ncontinuously enhancing SatPC32 for the global amateur satellite\ncommunity.  And for donating it to AMSAT-DL, AMSAT-NA, and AMSAT-UK.\nSatPC32 is surely the most lucrative fund raising item for these AMSAT\ngroups.\n\nPlease support these AMSAT groups by registering your copy of SatPC32.\n\n[ANS thanks Erich, DK1TB, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-319.05\nHigh Altitude Balloon Project Seeks Student Applications\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 319.05\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 15, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-319.05\n\nThe SpaceDaily Express newsletter carried the announcement that NASA\nis accepting applications from students at U.S. colleges and univers-\nities who want to send their experiments to the edge of space on a\nhigh-flying scientific balloon.\n\nThe annual NASA project provides near space access for 12 under-\ngraduate and graduate student experiments to be carried by a NASA\nhigh-altitude research balloon. The flights typically last 15 to\n20 hours and reach an altitude of 23 miles. Experiments may include\ncompact satellites or prototypes.\n\nThe experiments are flown aboard the High Altitude Student Platform,\nor HASP, a balloon-born instrument stack launched from the Columbia\nScientific Balloon Facility's remote site in Fort Sumner, N.M.\n\nThe goals of the project are to provide a space test platform to en-\ncourage student research and stimulate the development of student\nsatellite payloads and other space-engineering products.\n\nHASP seeks to enhance the technical skills and research abilities of\nstudents in critical science, technology, engineering and mathematics\ndisciplines. The project is a joint effort between NASA and the\nLouisiana Space Grant Consortium.\n\nNASA's HASP houses and provides power, mechanical support and communi-\ncations for test articles and instruments. It can support approximately\n200 pounds of student payloads. Since 2006, the HASP program has\nselected 44 payloads for flight, the work of more than 200 students\nfrom across the United States.\n\nThe deadline for applications is Dec. 18. NASA is targeting fall 2010\nfor the next flight opportunity. NASA expects to make selections in\nJanuary 2010.\n\nInformation is available on-line at:\nhttp://laspace.lsu.edu/hasp/Participantinfo.html\n\n[ANS thanks SpaceDaily Express and the Louisiana Space Grant\n  Consortium for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-319.06\nARISS Status - 09 November 2009\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 319.06\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nNovember 15, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-319.06\n\n1. Upcoming School Contacts\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been\napproved for Institut Don Bosco in Bruxelles, Belgium. The contact will take\nplace on Monday, November 16 at 09:41 UTC via telebridge station WH6PN in\nHawaii. Don Bosco is a secondary industrial technical school with an enrollment\nof approximately 750 students and offers courses in carpentry, electricity,\nmechanics, computing, printing and electronics.\n\nFlanders District of Creativity and the Department of Education of the Flemish\nGovernment have teamed up for an Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, November 17 at 13:44 UTC via station LU8YY\nin Argentina. The groups have partnered to organize the very first congress for\nkids in Belgium. A conference is being set up with keynote speakers and\ninteractive workshops for 1200 twelve year olds. Dirk Frimout & Sijtn Meuris\nwill give a presentation about astronomy.\n\n\n2. Westbrook Intermediate Experiences ARISS Contact\n\nOn Tuesday, November 3, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) contact was held with Westbrook Intermediate School in Friendswood,\nTexas via telebridge station LU8YY in Argentina. Eleven students were able to\nask Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA 11 questions before losing the connection with the\nISS. Thirsk's son offered his father a surprise with the third question using\nhis newly acquired ham radio license, KF5DRU.\n\n\n3. Successful ARISS Contact John Taylor Collegiate\n\nOn Wednesday, November 4, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) contact took place between John Taylor Collegiate in \nWinnipeg, Manitoba,\nCanada and Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA on the ISS. Telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii\nprovided the link.  Fifteen people gathered for the event and observed the\nstudents as they asked 13 questions of the astronaut.  Media coverage was\nprovided by the Winnipeg Free Press.\n\n\n4. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Speaks with Stott Through ARISS\n\nStudents at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach,\nFlorida experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\ncontact on Thursday, November 5. The connection was made through the telebridge\nstation VK4KHZ in Australia.  Approximately seventy students and educators were\npresent for the event and eighteen questions were asked and answered. \nThis was a\nschool crew pick of Nicole Stott, KE5GJN, an alumna of ERAU. The ERAU Web site\nboasts a news release as well as a photo of Stott on the ISS holding an\nEmbry-Riddle banner.\n\n\n5. ARISS Contact with Tokaisonritsu Muramatsu Elementary School\n\nTokaisonritsu Muramatsu Elementary School in Tokai Village, Ibaraki, Japan\nparticipated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\ncontact on Friday, November 6. Eight students posed two questions \neach to Nicole\nStott, KE5GJN on the ISS as an audience of 110 students and parents watched.\nMedia coverage was provided by three newspapers, one magazine and \nother outlets.\n\n\n6. Astronaut Training Status\n\nA basic operations session on the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International\nSpace Station) program was held with astronaut Mike Fossum, KF5AQG on Monday,\nNovember 2.  Fossum is scheduled to fly with Expedition 28 in May 2011.\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's\nClub. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project\nFunds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are\navailable from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n",
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