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    "subject": "[ans]    ANS-088  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2009-03-29T14:21:24Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-088\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 an\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:\n\[email protected]\n\n\nIn this edition:\n* Venus Bounce??\n* Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, to Step Down from ARISS and AMSAT Duties\n* Will Marchant, KC6ROL, Appointed AMSAT’s VP-Human Space Flight\n* AMSAT Booth Volunteers Needed for Dayton 2009\n* ARISS Status - 23 March 2009\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-088.01\nVenus Bounce??\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.01\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 29, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-088.01\n\nOn March 25th, 2009 a team from the German space organisation AMSAT-DL\nreached another milestone on its way to an own interplanetary probe\ntowards planet Mars. The ground station at the Bochum observatory\ntransmitted radio signals to Venus. After traveling almost 100 million\nkilometers and a round trip delay of about 5 minutes, they were clearly\nreceived as echoes from the surface of Venus. Receiving planetary echoes\nis a première in Germany and Europe. In addition, this is the farthest\ndistance crossed by radio amateurs, over 100 times further than echoes\nfrom the moon (EME reflexions).\n\nFor receiving the EVE (Earth-Venus-Earth) reflections, an FFT analysis\nwith an integration time of 5 minutes was used. After integrating for 2\nminutes only, the reflected signals were clearly visible in the display.\nDespite the bad weather, signals from Venus could be detected from\n1038UT on until the planet reached the local horizon.\n\nThe high power amplifier which is described in the current AMSAT-DL\njournal has therefore passed this crucial test as a final key component\nfor the planned P5-A Mars mission. By receiving generated echoes from\nVenus, the ground and command station for the Mars probe has been\ncleared for operational use and the AMSAT-Team is now gearing up for\nbuilding the P5-A space probe.\nFor financing the actual construction and launch, AMSAT-DL is currently\nin negotiation with the DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt)\namong others, to obtain financial support for the remaining budget of 20\nMill EUR.\n\nAMSAT-DL wants to show that low-budget interplanetary exploration is\npossible with its approach.\n\nMore information and the link to the official press release:\n\nhttp://www.amsat-dl.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=166&Itemid=97\n\n\nThe EVE experiment was repeated on Thursday, March 26th for several\nhours with good echoes from Venus. Morse code was used to transmit the\nwell known „HI“ signature known from the AMSAT OSCAR satellites.\n\n\n73s de DB2OS\n\nPeter Guelzow\nPresident AMSAT-DL\n\n[ANS thanks Peter, DB2OS, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-088.02\nFrank H. Bauer, KA3HDO to Step Down from ARISS and AMSAT Duties\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.02\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 29, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-088.02\n\nFrank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, announced today that, effective\nimmediately(3/24/09), he will be stepping down from all his Amateur\nRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) duties.  This includes\nhis contributions to NASA Education as the ARISS program leader, his\nsupport as the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\nInternational Working Group Chair, his appointment as one of two ARISS\nUSA delegates, and as the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation’s (AMSAT)\nVice President for Human Spaceflight Programs.\n\nMr. Bauer cited personal and professional reasons for his departure.  He\nis currently the Chief Engineer for the Exploration Systems Mission\nDirectorate at NASA Headquarters.  This directorate is developing the\nnext generation human spaceflight vehicles that will take NASA to the\nInternational Space Station and then to the Moon, Mars and beyond. He is\nalso providing some backup support to the Space Operations Chief\nEngineer who supports the Space Shuttle and International Space Station\nPrograms.   “Work responsibilities, which have increased substantially\nover the past couple of years, coupled with some recent health issues\nwithin my immediate family, led me to the conclusion that I could not\ncontinue to provide the leadership and passion that has been\ncharacteristic of my past support to these amateur radio endeavors,” Mr.\nBauer said.  “This was a very hard decision.  I will certainly miss the\nphenomenal ARISS international team and our mission to inspire the next\ngeneration of space explorers using ham radio as our platform.  But I\nthought it would be best to step down at this juncture,” Bauer\nexplained.  KA3HDO continues, “Over the past 12 years, we have\ndeveloped, mentored and matured an outstanding volunteer team with a\nwide breadth and depth.  I am fully confident that they will keep the\nARISS program running smoothly without missing a beat.”\n\nAMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, has tapped Will Marchant, KC6ROL,\nto become the next AMSAT Vice President for Human Spaceflight Programs\nand the AMSAT USA delegate of the ARISS International Working Group.\nBarry Baines stated that “AMSAT is fortunate that we have a very capable\nleader in Will Marchant who is intimately familiar with ARISS, our\nextensive human spaceflight program, and is well respected\ninternationally.”  Barry observed, “Frank’s leadership has left a\nsignificant mark on the overall ARISS program and the cooperative\nrelationship between amateur radio, NASA and other governmental space\nagencies.   However, Frank also ensured that his team evolved to the\npoint where the work that he pioneered will be carried on by those that\nhe mentored and encouraged to take on greater responsibility.”\n\nIn his new role, Will Marchant will work with the other ARISS USA\ndelegate, Rosalie White, K1STO, from the American Radio Relay League\n(ARRL) and the other ARISS International Delegates and the ISS Space\nAgencies to coordinate the development and operations of the amateur\nradio systems onboard the ISS.  Rosalie stated that “I look forward to\nworking with Will in his new role.   He has provided outstanding\nleadership and support to ARISS from its very beginning, most recently\nas an Operations team leader.  And he helped pioneer the school group\nmentor role as part of the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX)\nprogram in the early 1990’s.”  She continued, “Frank will be missed\ntremendously. It is incredible how much volunteer time and effort he put\ninto ARISS educational activities; it was easy to see it was his passion.”\n\nWith Mr. Bauer stepping down from the ARISS International Chairman role,\nthe ARISS International Vice Chair, Mr. Gaston Bertels, ON4WF will\nbecome the ARISS International Chairman effective immediately.  Mr.\nBertels has been a leader of ARISS from its inception and serves as the\nChairman of the ARISS-Europe team. Mr. Bertels has established a close\nrelationship between ARISS and ESA, the European Space Agency. This\nresulted in the development and the installation of ARISS L- and S-band\nantennas on the nadir of Columbus, the European Space Laboratory.  Mr.\nBertels also chairs the ARSPEX (Amateur Radio Space Exploration) working\ngroup of the International Amateur Radio Union, Region 1.  Mr. Bertels\nstated: \"We can understand the reasons of Frank Bauer's resignation, but\nwe also feel how difficult this decision has been.  Frank has inspired a\nworldwide group of passionate radio amateurs, working together to a\ncommon goal.  Now it is up to us to continue in the same direction and\nwith the same spirit.  That's the best farewell present we can offer Frank\".\n\nMr. Bauer’s departure today represents the culmination of over 25 years\nof leadership and support to amateur radio activities on human\nspaceflight vehicles, including NASA sponsored ham radio activities on\nthe Shuttle, Space Station Mir, and the International Space Station.\nStarting in 1983, he led the Goddard Amateur Radio Club team that\nprovided around-the clock Space Shuttle retransmissions from the WA3NAN\nclub station.  These retransmissions provided the international ham\nradio community up-to-the-minute information during the flight of Owen\nGarriott, W5LFL on STS-9 and subsequent SAREX flights.  These real-time\nbulletins and frequent orbital element updates could only be obtained\nthrough amateur radio in the days prior to the internet.  In 1991, AMSAT\nthen President Bill Tynan, W3XO tapped Frank to be the AMSAT VP for\nHuman Spaceflight, a position he has held until today.\n\nIn 1996, when the International Space Station design development was\nwell underway, NASA Headquarters Education Office executive Pam Bacon\n(Mountjoy) requested that the amateur radio community form a single,\ninternational team to provide one voice for all ham radio development\nand operations on the ISS.  The SAREX Working Group, led by Roy Neal,\nK6DUE, was tapped to turn this vision into reality.  In November 1996,\nRoy (ARRL), with the other SAREX working group members Frank Bauer,\nKA3HDO (NASA/AMSAT), Rosalie White K1STO (ARRL), and Matt Bordelon,\nKC5BTL, (NASA) organized a joint NASA-international amateur radio\nmeeting at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.  This led to the\nformulation of the ARISS International Working Group of delegates\nrepresenting Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the USA—and the rest is\nhistory.\n\nSince those austere beginnings, the ARISS team of volunteers has\ndeveloped and deployed ham radio equipment that resides in three modules\nof the ISS---the Service Module, the FGB and the Columbus Module as well\nas having deployed a short duration satellite in a space suit called\nSuitSat-1/Radiosskaf/AO-54.  These systems enable the ARISS team to\ninspire over 15,000 students each year, encouraging them to pursue\ncareers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics through\namateur radio communications with the ISS on-orbit crew.  It also\nintroduces these students and millions from the worldwide general public\nto the fun, exciting, multi-faceted world of amateur radio.\n\nThe Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), is an educational,\nnot-for-profit corporation founded 40 years ago and is based in Silver\nSpring, MD.  Its primary objective is to foster Amateur Radio’s\nparticipation in space research, communications, and education through\nthe development and operation of amateur radio satellites in space.  To\ndate, there are over 60 amateur radio satellites that have been built by\nvolunteers around the world and flown in space.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Barry, WD4ASW, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-088.03\nWill Marchant, KC6ROL Appointed AMSAT’s VP-Human Space Flight\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.03\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 29, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-088.03\nWill Marchant, KC6ROL Appointed AMSAT’s VP-Human Space Flight\n\nAMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW has appointed Will Marchant, KC6ROL\nof Marshall, VA as VP-Human Space Flight and to serve as the AMSAT USA\ndelegate to the ARISS International Working Group.  These appointments\nfollow the resignation of Frank Bauer, KA3HDO that was announced on\nTuesday morning, 24 March due to family and professional reasons.\n“AMSAT is fortunate that we have a very capable leader in Will Marchant\nwho is intimately familiar with ARISS, our extensive human spaceflight\nprogram, and is well respected internationally.”   Barry observed,\n“Frank’s leadership has left a significant mark on the overall ARISS\nprogram and the cooperative relationship between amateur radio, NASA and\nother governmental space agencies.  Frank has also ensured that his team\nevolved to the point where the work that he pioneered will be carried on\nby those that he mentored and encouraged to take on greater responsibility.”\nWill Marchant, KC6ROL was first licensed in 1990 when he was assisting\nsearch and rescue organizations in California and wanted to use amateur\nradio as a backup to local law enforcement communications.  One of his\nearly activities as an amateur radio operator was to track and listen\nfor the space shuttle and MIR.\nWill increased his participation in amateur radio in space in 1992 with\nthe Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX).  At that time, he managed\na shuttle contact with Lawrence Hall of Science of the University of\nCalifornia, Berkeley, CA with STS-57.  From that point on, Will\nincreased his activities in the SAREX program following his relocation\nfrom Berkeley to Virginia in 1994.  He served as a mentor for various\nschool contacts and was appointed to serve as Operations Manager for\nSAREX in 1995.   As SAREX Operations Manager Will coordinated both\nschool contacts and ‘family  & friends’ contacts for four years,\nspending time at Mission Control in Houston during SAREX missions\nmanaging these contacts.\nWhen the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)\nInternational Working Group was established in 1996, Will was involved\nunder Frank Bauer’s leadership.  The first International Space Station\nmodule was sent into orbit in 1998 and has been continuously manned\nsince 2000.  Over the past nine years (with two years ‘off’ from SAREX\nand ARISS to complete a Master’s Degree in Space Sciences), Will has\nbeen heavily involved with ARISS Telebridge operations, School Technical\nSupport, and training of personnel for amateur radio operations in\nSpace.  For example, Will worked extensively with Richard Garriott,\nW5KWQ prior to his ‘space tourist’ trip to the ISS in Fall 2008 to help\nhim prepare for his amateur radio operations from space.\nRosalie White, K1STO of the ARRL is the other US Delegate to the ARISS\nInternational Working Group.  She commented, “Will and I have worked\nclosely together on a number of SAREX and ARISS projects over the years,\nand we 'click.'  A hard worker, he believes strongly in the use of ARISS\nby teachers as an educational tool.  I will absolutely miss Frank in our\nwork as US ARISS delegates and ARISS International Officers, but having\nWill step up is the consolation.\"\nIn response to his appointments, Will noted, “I’m excited about assuming\nresponsibility as AMSAT’s VP-Human Space Flight as well as serving as\nthe AMSAT USA delegate to the ARISS International Working Group.  ARISS\ncontinues to play a significant role in science education as well as\nproviding an opportunity for AMSAT to participate in human activities in\nspace.  I look forward to working with an outstanding team that Frank\ncreated, encouraging greater educational outreach by AMSAT as well as\nworking as AMSAT’s delegate within ARISS International Working Group.”\nCurrently based in Virginia, Will is employed by the University of\nCalifornia Berkeley as a senior programmer and is involved with several\nspace science missions.\n\n\n\n[ANS thanks Barry, WD4ASW, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-088.04\nAMSAT Booth Volunteers for Dayton 2009\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.04\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 29, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-088.04\n\nAMSAT Booth Volunteers for Dayton 2009\n\nI am looking for volunteers to help in the AMSAT booth during the 2009\nDayton Hamvention, May 15-17.  I would like people to volunteer for 2\nhour shifts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Multiple shifts are\nwelcome.  I also need help with booth setup and take down on Thursday\nMay 14 and Sunday May 17.  With enough people we have been able to setup\nand take down the booth in 3 - 4 hours ( or less).  Please volunteer to\nGould, WA4SXM at [email protected].  This is a great opportunity to give\nback to AMSAT and to have an enjoyable time talking with other AMSAT\nmembers and future members.\nPlease visit the AMSAT website and follow the Hamvention information\nto find out the latest details on AMSAT activities at Dayton.  Don't\nforget to order your banquet tickets via the website too.\n\n[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-088.05\nARISS Status - 23 March 2009\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.05\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 29, 2009\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-088.05\n\n1.\tUpcoming School Contacts\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has\nbeen scheduled for Cotswold School in Christchurch, New Zealand. The\ncontact took place on Thursday, March 26 at 23:52 UTC via telebridge\nstation VK5ZAI in Australia. Cotswold is a primary school which has an\nenrollment of 500 children, ages 5 to 11. The ARISS contact has been\nintegrated into the school’s science curriculum which covers the solar\nsystem and space exploration. Students have learned what the\nrequirements are to become an astronaut and about life in space. The\nschool is in the process of setting up an amateur radio station; ten\nchildren have joined the amateur radio club. These students have also\nlearned about sound waves, the history of radio communication, and basic\ncircuit building.\n\nSt. Joseph High School in Nepean, Ontario, Canada QSO has been\naccomplished with the International Space Station (ARISS) on Friday,\nMarch 27 at 13:38 UTC. This was a telebridge contact via LU1CGB in\nArgentina.\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with\nthe Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Alessandro Volta,” in Mandello Del\nLario, Lecco, Italy happened Friday, March 27 at 14:03 UTC. This was a\ndirect and telebridge contact via stations I2JRY and IZ2PBM. The ARISS\ncontact will be integrated into the school curriculum as students are\ntaught lessons in radio, astronautics, astronomy and English.\n\nParkside Community College in Parkside, Cambridge, U.K. has been\nscheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) contact on Monday, March 30 at 17:00 UTC. Station GB4FUN will\nhandle the connection.\n\nThe Girl’s Middle School (GMS) in Mountain View, California has been\nscheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) contact on Monday, March 30 at 18:22 UTC via telebridge station\nK6DUE in Maryland. The contact is planned with spaceflight participant\nCharles Simonyi, KE7KDP/HA5SIK. GMS is a small, independent school for\ngirls in 6th - 8th grade.  The school’s mission is to nurture and\nempower girls during this pivotal time in their lives.  It looks for\nnon-traditional educational opportunities to help girls expand their\nhorizons.\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has\nbeen scheduled for Marcelino Canino Canino Middle School in Dorado,\nPuerto Rico. The contact will take place on Tuesday, March 31 at 15:36\nUTC. The student body is made up of 577 students of which approximately\n77% live under the poverty level. 100% of the students receive Title I\nservices and over 100 students receive special education services. A\nMicrosatellite Student Program has been implemented where students\ndesign, construct, build and launch microsatellites which are then\ntracked and recovered with the help of amateur radio operators. The\ncoordinating teacher has prepared a NASA Explorer Schools proposal and\nother science oriented proposals in the school to help motivate its\nlargely underprivileged population to become competitive professionals\nin the global economy.  Two contests have been held at the school – one\nfor an activity logo and another for an essay.  Scientists, state\ngovernment functionaries, Department of Education representatives, and\nstudents from other grade levels in elementary and high school have been\ninvited to attend the event.  Of major interest to the students is the\nfact that Joseph Acaba, the first astronaut of Puerto Rican descent,\nflew to the ISS on STS-119.  The school is planning its own press\nreleases and expects media coverage.\n\nMilwee Middle School in Longwood, Florida has been scheduled for an\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on\nWednesday, April 1 at 17:55 UTC via telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium.\n\nCarl Sandburg Elementary in the Lake Washington School district in\nKirkland, Washington has been approved for an Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) contact. The contact is slated for\nThursday, April 2 at 19:35 UTC, assisted by telebridge station W6SRJ in\nCalifornia.\n\n2.\t Article on Hampton Bays Contact\n\nHampton Bays Middle School students participated in an Amateur Radio on\nthe International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, February\n25. The Southampton Press published a news story on the event.  See:\nhttp://www.27east.com/story_detail.cfm?id=197658\nVideo is also available: http://www.27east.com/video.cfm?video=98\n\n3.\tGeneral Radio Contacts\n\nSTS-119 Mission Specialist Joseph Acaba, KE5DAR, made voice contacts\nover Puerto Rico on March 20.\nMike Fincke, KE5AIT, made general contacts last weekend as ground\nstations wished him a happy birthday.\n\n4.\tARISS Team Meeting to be Held\n\nThe next ARISS International Team meeting will be held on Tuesday, March\n24 at 11:15 UTC.\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\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\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors\nto AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nDee Interdonato, NB2F\nnb2f at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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