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    "subject": "[ans]    ANS-013  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2008-01-13T15:55:24Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-013\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* AO-51 Report\n* SW Conference\n* AMSAT Engineering Team  Meets\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n* ARISS Status - 07 January 2008\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-013.01\nAO-51 Report\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 013.01\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 13, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-013.01\n\nCorrection to the previously sent news item.\n\nAO-51 update\nThe period of no eclipse for AO-51 is about a week old.  The no\neclipse period has proven to exhibit many short periods when the\nbad sun angle has caused the solar cells not to supply sufficient\npower, this has been supplemented by the batteries.  We have\nincreased the power output significantly over the last week, TXA\n(L/U digital BB)  is now running 630 mW and TXB (analog V/U repeater)\nis running 820 mW.  We plan on experimenting with the S-Band trans-\nmitter and a U-Band transmitter during the next couple of weeks.\nWe do not have a published schedule as we are adapting the outputs\nto optimize the satellite operation and decrease the temperatures.\nUpdated Note:1/13/2007--\nAO-51 stopped transmitting and is going to be re-booted ASAP.  Keep an \n\"ear\" on it.\n\n[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM and the AO-51 Command team for\n   the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-013.02\nSW Conference\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 013.02\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 13, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-013.02\n\nA conference on global shortwave coordination will be held February in\nKuala Lumpur.  This, to try to resolve potential interference problems\nlikely to affect shortwave transmissions.\n\nAccording to the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, the February meeting\nwill be hosted by VT Communications on behalf of the High Frequency\nCoordination Conference, the Arab States Broadcasting Union and the\nAsian Broadcasting Union.   Using mutual coordination, delegates will\ntry to resolve many of the potential interference problems that are\nlikely to affect shortwave transmissions in the 2008 joint global\nbroadcasting schedule.\n\nAt present, a single global seasonal database of seasonal frequency\nrequirements, compiled by the High Frequency Coordination Conference\nsecretariat, assists in the coordination process.  A new database of\nfrequency requirements for the shortwave radio broadcasting season from\nMarch 30th  to October 26th will be on the agenda of the conference.\n\nHams will want to keep an eye on the outcome of this gathering because\nwhatever is decided could impact on Amateur Radio operations in spectrum\nthat shared with international shortwave.  (Southgate)\n\n[ANS thanks ARNS for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-013.03\nAMSAT Engineering Team  Meets\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 013.03\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 13, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-013.03\n\nWith the holiday season behind and everyone settling back into winter\nin the northern hemisphere, the AMSAT Engineering Team kicked off the\nnew year with the first meeting of 2008 on Tuesday, January 8.\nThirty-two radio amateurs met via a VoIP teleconference call to get\ndown to work on AMSAT's main missions which include the Eagle Satellite,\nthe geosynchronous Phase IV Lite rideshare opportunity with Intelsat,\nand educational support for university projects.\n\nEngineering project manager Barry Baines, WD4ASW moderated the meeting\nalong with AMSAT's Vice President of Engineering, Bob McGwier, N4HY.\nAMSAT's volunteer engineers provided status and planning information\nfor the projects listed below. Barry, Bob and engineering team members\nwill provide members with detailed project information in future\ncolumns of the AMSAT Journal.\n\nRick Hambly, W2GPS, AMSAT President, reported that negotiations are\ncontinuing with Intelsat and are now going to focus on size, weight,\nand cost of the geosynchronous rideshare arrangement.  Rick reminded\neveryone that our mission must excite potential grant funding sources\nvia our unique emergency communication and educational capabilities.\nWatch the Journal for future details!\n\nMatt Ettus, N2MJI has taken on the design of the Advanced Communication\nPayload.  The first steps toward specification of the high speed digital\nchannels, power requirements, uplink and downlink protocols, and class\nof stations supported have begun.  Watch the Journal for future details!\n\nHoward Long, G6LVB continues work on the linear transponders based on\nSoftware Defined Radio (SDR) technology.  Development and testing are\nunderway.  High altitude balloon, SuitSat2 and SSETI missions are\nplanning to utilize this transponder technology to provide early\nexperience prior to P3E and Eagle utilization.  Watch the Journal for\nfuture details!\n\nMarc Franco, N2UO has started work on the VHF amplifier driver stage\nusing the silicon carbide technology enabling the 86% efficiency of\nthe main PA.  Space rated components are under study.  The 2 meter\nband HELAPS amplifier will be the initial design and possible scaling\nupward to the 70cm band is under consideration.  Watch the Journal\nfor future details!\n\nLou McFadin, W5DID leads the team developing SuitSat-2.  The internal\nhousekeeping unit (IHU) and AMSAT's software defined transponder\ntechnology are the main items under development.  Solar cells have been\ndonated by NASA.  A new antenna system on top of the helmet has been\ncompleted.  Watch the Journal for future details!\n\nBob Davis, KF4KSS, AMSAT Lab Manager reported on several good projects\nthat have arisen out of the cooperative efforts of AMSAT and the HAWK\nInstitute of Space Sciences at the University of Maryland, Eastern\nShore.   Construction of the AMSAT lab in the 8500 square foot facility\ncontinues.  The clean room and machine shop will be coming on line to\nbegin the  development of the Eagle satellite space frame.  University\nstudents will utilize the facilities to develop and launch a high\naltitude balloon project and a university cubesat both carrying\nresearch-related and AMSAT-related payloads.  Watch the Journal for\nfuture details!\n\nIf you want to help with the AMSAT Engineering Team, send an e-mail to\nBob N4HY via [email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks, Bob, N4HY, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-013.04\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 013.04\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 13, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-013.04\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Clint Bradford, K6LCS reports success from his Wednesday, January 9\n   AO-51 club demonstration. \"AO-51 performed tremendously! We worked\nMexico and a couple California stations\", said Clint.\n\n+ Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA VP Operations, says, \"The satellite is now in\n   full sun, with no eclipses, for the next several months. The downlink\n   power has been increased substantially, to 630mw on the data side, and\n   820mw on the repeater side. Temperatures aboard the satellite have\n   increased, but are within expectations\".\n\n+ Ed Long, WA4SWJ, Editor, The AMSAT Journal reminds authors that the\ndead-line is approaching for article submissions for the Jan/Feb 08\nJournal. If you have an article to submit Ed would love to have it as\nsoon as possible.\n\n+ AMSAT Store Manager, Bruce, KK5DO suggests you check out the new 2GB\nUSB Flash Drive in an aluminum finish with the AMSAT logo in the store.\n  Bruce says, \"This has to be one of the best items we have carried.\nSomething that  all of us can use.\"\n\n+ The current launch date for the PSLV-C9, carrying the NLS-4 set of\n   nanosatellites (CanX-2, Delfi-C3, AAUSat-II, COMPASS-1,\nCute-1.7+APDII, SEEDS) is February 14.\n\n+ Reserve your seat! For his next big plan for the private space\nindustry, Richard Branson is thinking up new ways to excite affluent\nspace tourists:\n\n   flying them into the biggest lightshow on Earth, the Aurora Borealis.\n   Although the New Mexico Virgin Galactic Spaceport isn't scheduled for\ncom-pletion until 2010, the British entrepreneur is already planning his\nnext project intended for cruises into the spectacular space phenomenon\nfrom an Arctic launchpad. (Universe Today)\n\n+ Amateur radio to the moon?  Possible rideshare arrangements to the\n   moon via ESA and NASA student projects are discussed in the November/\n   December 2007 AMSAT Journal.  Not a member?  Didn't get the Journal?\n   Sign up for membership today at http://www.amsat.org!\n\n[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-013.05\nARISS Status - 07 January 2008\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 013.05\n   From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nJanuary 13, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-013.05\n\nARISS STATUS 07 January 2008\n\n\n1.\tARISS School Contacts Status\n\nDue to ISS crew schedules, no Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation (ARISS) contacts are planned at this time.  The ARISS team\nexpects contacts to resume once STS-122 launches in late January.\n\n2.\tAstronaut Training Status\n\nTimothy Creamer, KC5WKI, is scheduled for a training session in basic\nradio operations and school contacts on Tuesday, January 8.  Creamer is\na backup crew member for the Expedition 18 mission.\n\n3.\tARISS Annual Report\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) FY2007\nannual report has been written and is being finalized. It will soon be\nposted on the ARISS section of the AMSAT Web site.\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",
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