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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-323 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2017-11-19T12:48:06Z",
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    "content": "\nAMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-323\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* RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launched, Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 91 (AO-91)\n* ESA Announcement for CubeSat Team Concurrent Engineering Workshop\n* Australian Amateurs do first HamTV Telebridge outside of Europe\n* UPDATE - Polish Amateur Radio Union Award for ARISS SSTV Reception\n* December 20 Launch for HA-1 CubeSat with FM transponder and SSTV\n* HamSCI Announces Workshop - Posts Survey\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-323.01\nANS-323 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 323.01\n  From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE November 19, 2017\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-323.01\n\nRadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launched, Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 91 (AO-91)\n\nThe Delta II rocket carrying RadFxSat (Fox-1B) launched at 09:47:36\nUTC on November 18, 2017 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.\n\nFollowing a picture-perfect launch, RadFxSat was deployed at 11:09\nUTC. Then the wait began. At 12:12 UTC, the AMSAT Engineering team,\nwatching ZR6AIC's WebSDR waterfall, saw the characteristic \"Fox Tail\"\nof the Fox-1 series FM transmitter, confirming that the satellite was\nalive and transmitting over South Africa. Shortly after 12:34 UTC, the\nfirst telemetry was received and uploaded to AMSAT servers by Maurizio\nBalducci, IV3RYQ, in Cervignano del Friuli, Italy. Initial telemetry\nconfirmed that the satellite was healthy.\n\nAfter confirmation of signal reception, OSCAR Number Administrator\nBill Tynan, W3XO, sent an email to the AMSAT Board of Directors\ndesignating the satellite AMSAT-OSCAR 91 (AO-91). Bill's email stated:\n\n\"RadFxSat (Fox-1B) was launched successfully at 09:47 UTC today\nNovember 18, 2017 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and has\nbeen received by several amateur stations.\n\nRadFxSat (Fox-1B), a 1U CubeSat, is a joint mission of AMSAT and the\nInstitute for Space and Defense Electronics at Vanderbilt University.\nThe Vanderbilt package is intended to measure the effects of radiation\non electronic components, including demonstration of an on-orbit\nplatform for space qualification of components as well as to validate\nand improve computer models for predicting radiation tolerance\nof semiconductors.\n\nAMSAT constructed the remainder of the satellite including the\nspaceframe, on-board computer and power system. The amateur radio\npackage is similar to that currently on orbit on AO-85 with an uplink\non 435.250 MHz (67.0 Hz CTCSS) and a downlink on 145.960 MHz.\nExperiment telemetry will be downlinked via the DUV subaudible\ntelemetry stream, which can be decoded using the FoxTelem software.\n\nRadFxSat (Fox-1B) was sent aloft as a secondary payload on the United\nLaunch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket that transported the JPSS-1\nsatellite to orbit. RadFxSat (Fox-1B) is one of five CubeSats making\nup this NASA Educational Launch of Nanosatellites\n(ELaNa) XIV mission, riding as secondary payloads aboard the JPSS-1\nmission.\n\nSince RadFxSat (Fox-1B) has met all of the qualifications necessary to\nreceive an OSCAR number, I, by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT\nPresident, do hereby confer on this satellite the designation\nAMSAT-OSCAR 91 or AO-91. I join amateur radio operators in the U.S.\nand around the world in wishing AO-91 a long and successful life in\nboth its amateur and scientific missions.\n\nI, along with the rest of the amateur community, congratulate all of\nthe volunteers who worked so diligently to construct, test and prepare\nfor launch the newest amateur radio satellite.\n\nWilliam A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO\nAMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator\"\n\nAMSAT Engineering reminds stations that the satellite will not be\navailable for general use until the on-orbit checkouts are complete.\nPlease continue to submit telemetry to assist the Engineering team in\ncompleting the commissioning process.\n\n[ANS thanks Paul, N8HM, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nESA Announcement for CubeSat Team Concurrent Engineering Workshop\n\nDreaming of flying a satellite into space but not sure how? Wonder\nno more! The ESA Education Office and ESA's Systems and Concurrent\nEngineering Section have the perfect workshop for you. We are currently\nlooking for university students who would like to participate in ESA\nAcademy's first  Concurrent Engineering Workshop dedicated to CubeSats.\nThe 4-day workshop will be organised between 16 and 19 January 2018 at\nthe Training and Learning Centre in ESEC, Belgium.\n\nIn concurrent design, all stages of a satellite design take place simul-\ntaneously, through the direct collaboration of engineers and scientists\nfrom different disciplines in a dedicated and specially equipped facility.\n\nThe \"CubeSats Concurrent Engineering Workshop\" will introduce student\nteams to the concurrent design of a CubeSat mission. The workshop can help\nto better prepare those universities that are planning to embark on a Cube-\nSat project or are at the early stages of one. Teams wishing to participate\ndo not need to be at an advanced stage in their CubeSat project. They can\nbe at a conceptual and/or preliminary phase of their CubeSat design.\n\nThe deadline for applications is 4 December 2017, 23:59 CET.\n\nApplication requirements, program overview, and more information can be\nfound on-line at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-316-ESA-Workshop\n(http://www.esa.int)\n\n[ANS thanks the European Space Agency for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAustralian Amateurs do first HamTV Telebridge outside of Europe\n\nLed by Shane, VK4KHZ in Queensland who handled the audio on 2m. and \nvideo for a\ntelebridge contact between the ISS and 3 Italian schools  on 11 Nov.  Four\nstations across Australia joined together to \"chain\" the live video \ncoming down\nfrom the ISS on 2.4 Ghz.\n\nAs the ISS approached Australia from the west Martin VK6MJ in West \nAustralia was\nthe first to receive the video signal down from Paolo, IZ0JPA and held the\nsignal till Joe VK5EI in Adelaide picked it up then onto Tony VK5ZAI in \nKingston\nSE South Australia finally as the ISS headed N-E over Queensland Shane \npicked up\nthe video signal in Glenden while he was handling the audio for the linkup.\n\nThe video from the 4 Australian hams was streamed live to the BATC site \nin GB.\nwhere it was patched together to form one long video transmission so the \npublic\ncould watch as Paolo answered the Italian students questions.\n\nThe URL for the British Amateur Radio Club is: https://ariss.batc.tv/hamtv/\n\n[ANS thanks Tony, VK5ZAI, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUPDATE - Polish Amateur Radio Union Award for ARISS SSTV Reception\n\nUPDATE November 5 - Armand SP3QFE advises that the deadline to apply\nfor your ARISS SSTV Reception Award has been extended to December 30,\n2017 at 23:59 UTC. (see below for text of Armand's original bulletin\nfor details of the award).\n\nArmand, SP3QFE reported the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK),\nin cooperation with ARISS and S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space\nCorporation ENERGIA, offer an electronic Award to Amateurs who\nreceived and decoded at least one SSTV series 7 image during\nthe 20th Anniversary of ARISS commemorative 2017 a Slow Scan\nTelevision (SSTV) event from the ISS between July20 and July 24.\n\nThe SSTV pictures transmitted during this event were series #7\nof 12 of images covering the history of Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) over the last 20 years.\n\nTo apply for the award first upload your image(s) to the ARISS\nSSTV Gallery at:\nhttp://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php\n\nThe Award rules and a link to the on-line application form are\non-line at: http://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/  The deadline to apply\nis September 30, 2017 at 23:59 UTC.\n\nNote: If you have already uploaded images to the ARISS SSTV\nGallery you do not need to re-submit the image and only need to\ncomplete the application form.\n\n[ANS thanks Armand, SP3QFE for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDecember 20 Launch for HA-1 CubeSat with FM transponder and SSTV\n\nThe IARU has announced frequency coordination has been completed for\nHA-1, a 2U CubeSat developed by the Teenagers Amateur Radio Center of\nActivity in Huaian, China. HA-1 is planned for launch on December 20.\n\nHA-1 will be mainly used for teenagers in Huaian to carry out activities\nrelated with amateur radio and aerospace science education. The cubesat\nis equipped with amateur radio repeater and SSTV(Slow Scan Television)\ncomponent, which is to validate still image transmission in narrowband\nvoice channel.\n\nThere is an SSTV beacon, which puts Date/Time/Location information/temp-\nerature etc on a SSTV picture. Amateurs worldwide can also use HA-1 to\ntest SSTV via the cubesat.\n\nUplink:    145.930 MHz FM\nDownlink:  436.950 MHz FM\nTelemetry: 437.350 MHz 9k6 BPSK\n\n[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHamSCI Announces Workshop - Posts Survey\n\nHamSCI - the Amateur Radio citizen science initiative - has announced a\n2-day workshop February 23-24 at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)\nin Newark. HamSCI's Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, has posted a survey to\ngauge interest and potential attendance.\n\n\"We are inviting all hams and scientists interested in ham radio science,\"\nFrissell said. \"This aim of this workshop is to foster collaborations\nbetween the ham radio and the space science and space weather research\ncommunities through presentations, discussions, and demonstrations. This\nyear's meeting will focus on solar eclipse analysis, ham radio data sources\nand databases, and the development of a 'personal space weather station.'\"\n\nFull details and access to the survey are available on-line:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS-316-HamSCI-Workshop (arrl.org)\n\n[ANS thanks the ARRL and HamSCI for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Amateur-Satellite Service mentioned in article by @IARU_President Tim \nEllam\n   VE6SH about International Amateur Radio Union #IARU and CCIR/ITU-R. \nDownload\n   PDF of latest #ITU News Magazine 04/2017 (see page 55):\n   http://www.itu.int/en/itunews/Pages/default.aspx\n   (via AMSAT-UK)\n\n+ Jose, PW8PM, posted a YouTube video of his satellite operation from\n   The four-corner grid square at FH88/89/98/99 on November 12. Jose\n   worked several stations in South and North America via AO-7 Mode B.\n   The direct YouTube link is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5IfFbb48qk\n\n+ Damon, WA4HFN, says interest is growing in the satellite operating awards\n   offered by the Squirt-The-Birds Group. This week Damon says \ncongratulations\n   are due to Adrian Liggins, VA3NNA, for earning Got Grids? #18. These \nawards\n   are free and we at Squirt the Birds support AMSAT NA.\n   Go to www.squirtthebirds.com for more info.\n\n+ Amateur-Satellite Service mentioned in article by @IARU_President Tim \nEllam\n   VE6SH about International Amateur Radio Union #IARU and CCIR/ITU-R. \nDownload\n   PDF of latest #ITU News Magazine 04/2017 (see page 55):\n   http://www.itu.int/en/itunews/Pages/default.aspx\n   (via AMSAT-UK)\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,\nLee McLamb, KT4TZ\nkt4tz at amsat dot org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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