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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/UUJUEJ5FYY5Z3UCIQHGJPWUYPPMDZA6Z/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "UUJUEJ5FYY5Z3UCIQHGJPWUYPPMDZA6Z", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/UUJUEJ5FYY5Z3UCIQHGJPWUYPPMDZA6Z/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "morsesat (a) optonline.net", "mailman_id": "72f51eafcada419487d1a984af73dff5", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/72f51eafcada419487d1a984af73dff5/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Dee", "subject": "[ans] ANS-084 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2007-03-25T14:09:58Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-084\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\nIn this edition:\n* AMSAT at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention\n* AMSAT Presentations Scheduled for SEVHFS Conference in Atlanta\n* AMSAT Awards\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n* Field Day AMSAT Rules\n* ARISS Status - 15 March 2007\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-084.01\nAMSAT at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 084.01\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 25, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-084.01\n\nAMSAT at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention\n\nAMSAT will have a great deal to offer the amateur satellite\nenthusiast at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention.\n\nThe dates for Dayton are Friday May 18 - Sun May 20, 2007. The\nAMSAT Forum will be on Friday afternoon this year from 11:15am\nto 2:00pm in Forum Room 1.\n\nSpeakers and topics during the forum are:\n\n + Moderator: Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary\n\n + Rick Hambly, W2GPS, President, AMSAT-NA \"Summary of AMSAT-NA\n Activities in 2007\"\n\n + Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, AMSAT-DL President and Bob McGwier, N4HY,\n AMSAT-NA VP - Engineering, \"Phase 3-Express: An Update\"\n\n + Jim Sanford, WB4GCS, EAGLE Project Manager \"Eagle Status Update\"\n\n + Andrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA VP-Operations and Gould Smith,\n WA4SXM, AO-51 Command Station, \"AMSAT-NA Satellite Operations and\n AO-51 Update\"\n\n + Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Director-Human Space Flight, \"ARISS\n and Future SuitSat Missions\"\n\nFriday night will usher in the first AMSAT/TAPR Banquet, to be held\nat the Air Force Museum. \"Dinner Under the Wings\" will be served in\nthe Cold War area of the museum beginning at 6:45pm. The museum will\nbe open until 10:00pm for viewing. Join us Friday night for an enjoy-\nable dinner and experience. The price of the Banquet is $35, tickets\nmust be purchased online at the AMSAT Store or by calling Martha at\nthe AMSAT Office (301) 589-6062. There will no Banquet tickets sales\nat the AMSAT booth this year, as we have to give the museum a final\ncount on Tuesday before the banquet.\n\nFor additional information see the AMSAT website front page or the\nAMSAT at Dayton pages at:\n http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/hamvention/Dayton2007.php\n\nSee you there!\n\n[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-084.02\nAMSAT Presentations Scheduled for SEVHFS Conference in Atlanta\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 084.02\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 25, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-084.02\n\nAMSAT Presentations Scheduled for SEVHFS Conference in Atlanta\n\nThe program for the upcoming Southeastern VHF Society Conference\nincludes presentations by AMSAT President Rick Hambly, W2GPS and Gould\nSmith, WA4SXM.\n\nOn Saturday, April 28, 2007 the SEVHFS program schedule shows that Gould\nwill present \"Commanding the AO-51 Satellite via UHF/VHF Links\" at\n1:00PM. Rick will speak on \"AMSAT and the Eagle Satellite\" at 1:45 PM.\n\nConference advance registration is still open until March 31st. Folks\nwho register in advance get a $5 discount and a chance at a $200 Down\nEast Microwave Inc. gift certificate. For further information on the\nconference, including registration information please go to\nhttp://www.svhfs.org.\n\n[ANS thanks Jim, W4KXY for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-084.03\nAMSAT Awards\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 084.03\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 25, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-084.03\n\nAMSAT Awards\n\nBruce, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards says congratultions\nthis week go out to these amateur satellite operators:\n\nWe would like to welcome the following to the satellite community.\nThey have made their first satellite contact and are now members of\nthe AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club.\n + Bob Massey, WA9NBU\n\nAMSAT Communication Achievement Award\n + Paulo Pinto, CT1ETE, #445\n + Greg Drzyzga, NA4N, #446\n + Fernando Martins, CT2ISG, #447\n\nSouth Africa AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award\n + Paulo Pinto, CT1ETE, #US105\n + Robert Wyckoff, KB3MBO, #US106\n + Greg Drzyzga, NA4N, #US107\n\nTo see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org.\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-084.04\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 084.04\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 25, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-084.04\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK, along with Gerry VE4GTB/KD7MDB, Larry W7LB,\n Brock W6GMT, and Ron W6ZQ reported success and good satellite operating\n demos from the Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club's \"Springfest\" hamfest.\n Contacts were made on two AO-51 passes and they sold about $200 of\n AMSAT merchandise. Martha at the AMSAT Office will send supplies for\n and AMSAT table at any hamfest. Contact her three weeks prior to the\n event.\n\n+ At the request of the ALMASAT team, an Italian university microsat\n mission with both U and S band downlinks AO-51 was switched to V/S 38k4\n digital operation on March 15 and March 16.\n\n+ New photos, an MP3 recording of the contact, video recordings, and a\n link to the article written about it in the Orange County Register\n are online from the ARISS Mission Viejo school contact. See:\n http://ucisat.eng.uci.edu/uplink.\n\n+ The recently completed ARISS contact at Boulder Hill is now on the Fox\n River Radio League's website at http://www.frrl.org.\n\n[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-084.05\nField Day AMSAT Rules\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 084.05\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 25, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-084.05\n\n\nIt is once again time for Field Day and if you would like to participate\nin AMSAT's Field Day, the rules for this year are posted. They will be\non the AMSAT web page (as soon as the update there is performed).\n\nDirect Link:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/amsatfd.php\n\nor.... from the drop down \"Site Quick Reference\" select Field Day\nCompetition.\n\nThe rules are also available from my web site in both PDF and DOC\nformats. http://www.amsatnet.com\n\nDirect Link:\nhttp://www.amsatnet.com/2007fd.doc\nhttp://www.amsatnet.com/2007fd.pdf\n\nIf you are using Internet Explorer, they can be selected directly from\nthe menu on the main page.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-084.06\nARISS Status - 15 March 2007\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 084.06\n From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nMarch 25, 2007\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-084.06\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report\nMarch 15, 2007\n\n\n\n\n1.\tPress Coverage of Boulder Hill School Contact\n\nOn Tuesday, March 6, students at Boulder Hill Elementary School in\nMontgomery, Illinois participated in an Amateur Radio on International\nSpace Station (ARISS) contact. Additional information, including audio\nand photos, may be found on the Fox River Radio League's website. See:\nhttp://www.frrl.org\nThe Ledger-Sentinel posted a story covering the contact on line. See:\nhttp://www.ledgersentinel.com/article.asp?a=5960\n\n\n2.\tMission Viejo School Contact Update\n\nOn Friday, March 9, Mike Lopez-Alegria, KE5GTK, participated in a\nMission Viejo High School - Amateur Radio on the International Space\nStation (ARISS) contact. Video, audio and photos may be found on the\nUniversity of California, Irvine website. See:\nhttp://ucisat.eng.uci.edu/uplink\n For more photos of the event, go to:\nhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/priusjames/sets/72157594578090832/\n\n\n3.\tUpcoming School Contacts\n\n\tUniversity School in Shaker Heights, Ohio is an independent school that\nhas its own full size space shuttle simulator, mission control, ISS\nmockup and an FAA approved flight simulator. An Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) contact has been approved for the\nUniversity School on Friday, March 16 at 16:14 UTC. Audio of this event\nwill be fed to the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers.\n\t To prepare for the contact, amateur radio will be presented to the\nstudents, and electronic construction projects and space station\ncommunications will be covered. If time permits, the students may\nproduce an audio-visual trip to the space station using the school’s\nsimulators, video and computer animation and web sites.\n\n\tEast Aurora Middle School in East Aurora, New York has been scheduled\nfor an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact\non Monday, March 19 at 13:04 UTC via the telebridge station ZSBTD in\nSouth Africa. The audio will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377)\nand JK1ZRW (277 208) servers, as well as the IRLP Discovery Reflector\n9010. The audio will also be webcast. This contact is a Sunita\nWilliams, KD5PLB, crew pick.\n\n\tThe Juvenile Space Club in Tatsuno, Tatsunomachi, Nagano-pref, Japan\nhas been slated for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\n(ARISS) contact on Saturday, March 24 at 00:39 UTC. Five primary schools\nare located in this region, and students from all schools plan on\nparticipating in the event. The children will receive lessons on Space\nand the ISS and its crew. They will produce a Space Newspaper which will\nbe distributed to each school. Children will draw pictures of the\ncontact and will create a catch phrase for the event. Media coverage\nwill include television, radio, newspapers.\n\n\n4.\tARRL Article on Illinois and California Contacts\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran an article on the Boulder\nHill Elementary School and Mission Viejo High School Amateur Radio on\nthe International Space Station (ARISS) contacts. See:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/03/15/100/?nc=1\n\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", "attachments": [] }