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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/VLKZMFXJ4GR6V2YPGYWXXFUKAU3P3MO5/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "VLKZMFXJ4GR6V2YPGYWXXFUKAU3P3MO5", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/VLKZMFXJ4GR6V2YPGYWXXFUKAU3P3MO5/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "wao (a) vfr.net", "mailman_id": "9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/9057def1436c407fa55c4988db05914a/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Joseph Spier", "subject": "[ans] ANS-339 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2016-12-04T03:03:57Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-339\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* Past AMSAT-NA President Frank (Robin) Haighton, VE3FRH SK\n* Middle School Students’ Tancredo-1 TubeSat Scheduled for Launch\n* Radio Ham Awarded Space Achievement Honor\n* Receive Pictures from Space – ISS SSTV Dec 8-9\n* Aussie HAM to make an impact on Mars\n* AO-7 Eclipses Return\n* W5RKN receives Satellite WAS, Satellite VUCC and WAC\n* ISS Packet Digipeater on 437.550 MHz\n* AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-339.01\nANS-339 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 339.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE December 4, 2016\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-339.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nPast AMSAT-NA President Frank (Robin) Haighton, VE3FRH SK\n\n\nOn behalf of AMSAT-North America, it is with great sadness that I \nannounce the\npassing of Frank (Robin) Haighton, VE3FRH. Robin suffered a debilitating \nstroke\nearlier in this last week, was admitted to the hospital and became a \nsilent key\non the morning of December 2nd.\n\nRobin was a Past Executive Vice President, a past President and a long-time\nmember of the Board of Directors for AMSAT-North America (AMSAT-NA). \nOver the\nyears, Frank remained a strong Canadian voice for the organization. For\nexample, as a founding member of the Amateur Radio on the International \nSpace\nStation (ARISS) project, Robin served as one of two international delegates\nfrom Canada.\n\nFrank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS's International Chairperson said that he and\nRobin...\"had a unique perspective and relationship that was very much\nappreciated\". Frank went on to note: \"Robin contributed significantly to \nARISS\nthrough his ideas, guidance and wise counsel. He challenged members of our\nteam to look at things in a different perspective. As a result of his sage\nadvice, we were able work through these issues and arrive at a common\napproach, both in developing and delivering ARISS hardware as well as\nsupporting the technical mentoring of schools and local hams.\"\n\nI first became fully aware of Robin's many leadership talents in the \nmid-1990s\nwhen I was then AMSAT's Executive Vice President. In 1997, Robin hosted our\nAMSAT Board of Directors meeting and Space Symposium in Toronto, Ontario,\nCanada, one of the first (if not THE first) time that meeting was held \noutside\nof the USA. At about that same time, Robin stepped up to the plate to also\nbecome AMSAT's Canadian Liaison, working a number of AMSAT issues north \nof the\nUS/Canadian border.\n\nMost notably, Robin was instrumental in coordinating AMSAT's consultant role\nwith the Canadian MOST (Microvariability and Oscillations of STars) \nsatellite\nproject. Through his tireless, \"hands on\" efforts with the satellite's\nCanadian builders, AMSAT was able to bring critical analysis and mentoring\nskills to bear the project which also garnered a large monetary donation to\nAMSAT as a result. MOST was successfully launched in 2003 and satellite \nremains\non orbit (and largely operational) to this day.\n\nThroughout my time as President, and then later when we switched roles and I\nonce again became Executive Vice President when he went on to become AMSAT's\nPresident in 2000, I always sought out and very much appreciated his wise\ncounsel. During his time as our AMSAT President and BOD member, Frank helped\nto successfully guide the organization through the launch and subsequent\nanomalies with the Phase 3-D satellite (which later became AMSAT-OSCAR \n40 (AO-\n40)) on orbit. He was also instrumental in the birth, development and launch\nof AMSAT-NA's AO-51 satellite. During its long lifetime, AO-51 became one of\nthe most popular (if not THE most popular) of the so-called \"easy-sats\",\nproviding countless newcomers (and others) with an introduction to our\nwonderful world of amateur radio satellites.\n\nNeedless to say, his legacy will live on, both within the hearts and \nminds of\nchildren and family members that experience ARISS, as well as those of \nus who\nserved with him during his many years as a senior officer of AMSAT.\nAt press time, funeral arrangements for Robin were pending, but that\ninformation will be passed along just as soon as it becomes known.\nIn them meantime, and during this festive holiday season, please take a few\nmoments to keep Robin and his family in your thoughts and prayers.\nRobin… you will be sorely missed.\n\nMay your spirit soar among the stars!\n\n\n[ANS thanks Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF, AMSAT-NA Treasurer and Past \nPresident,\nand Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Vice President, Human Spaceflight\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nMiddle School Students’ Tancredo-1 TubeSat Scheduled for Launch\n\n\nThe Tancredo-1 satellite, a small TubeSat built by middle school students in\nBrazil, is scheduled to be sent to the International Space Station on \nDecember\n9, 2016. The satellite will be sent to the ISS inside the TuPOD TubeSat\ndeployer onboard JAXA’s KOUNOTORI6 cargo ship (HTV-6 mission). The TuPOD is\nexpected to be ejected into space by the J-SSOD satellite deployer on \nDecember\n19th and on December 21st, Tancredo-1 is expected to be finally ejected from\nthe TuPOD into space. Once in space, Tancredo-1 will start transmitting\ntelemetry data.\n\nTancredo-1 is the first satellite of the Ubatubasat project, a STEM project\nidealized by Prof. Cândido Oswaldo de Moura at Escola Municipal Tancredo \nNeves\npublic school in Ubatuba, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The project is \nsupported\nby the Brazilian Institute for Space Research (INPE) and the Brazilian Space\nAgency (AEB). Tancredo-1 will initially have the same orbit as the ISS, \nbut it\nwill slowly drift with time and will eventually reenter in the \natmosphere and\nburn.\n\nThe Ubatubasat project team and AMSAT-BR would like to kindly request radio\namateurs around the planet to monitor and report any signals heard from\nTancredo-1. Please send any reports (audio, AX.25 KISS files, etc) to\[email protected]\n\nTancredo-1 will transmit on 437.200 MHz using 1200 bps AFSK AX.25.\n\nTelemetry format and equations:\nhttps://goo.gl/qOK6qM\n\nFor more information see:\nhttp://www.ubatubasat.com/en/\nhttp://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=419\nhttp://amsat-br.org/\n\n\n[ANS thanks Edson, PY2SDR, AMSAT-BR, and AMSAT-UK\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nRadio Ham Awarded Space Achievement Honor\n\n\nCornwall Live reports that radio amateur David Honess M6DNT has been \nawarded a\nprestigious space achievement honor for his Astro Pi work with the Tim Peake\nGB1SS Principia mission.\n\nDavid Honess M6DNT was presented with a Sir Arthur Clarke Award, on \nbehalf of\nthe Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and the British Interplanetary Society, for\nSpace Achievement – Industry/Project Individual.\n\nThis came after Mr Honess and his Astro Pi project which installed two\nRaspberry Pi’s (Izzy and Ed) on to the International Space Station as the\nplatform for students to run their own code in space and speak with \nMajor Tim\nPeake GB1SS.\n\nMr Honess has been “the driving force” behind getting two UK designed and\nmanufactured Astro Pi computers onto the International Space Station to \nprovide\na unique facility to inspire children and adults to learn to code.\n\nRead the full story at\nhttp://www.cornwalllive.com/west-cornwall-man-wins-award-for-space-achievement-\nafter-project-with-tim-peake/story-29893608-detail/story.html\n\nSir Arthur Clarke Awards Winners\nhttp://www.bis-space.com/2013/04/05/9719/sir-arthur-clarke-awards-winners\n\nYou can follow the two ISS Astro Pi’s Izzy and Ed at\nhttps://twitter.com/astro_pi_ir\nhttps://twitter.com/astro_pi_vis\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nReceive Pictures from Space – ISS SSTV Dec 8-9\n\n\nSlow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions are planned from the International\nSpace Station (ISS) on December 8-9, 2016.\n\nThe SSTV images will be transmitted as part of the MAI-75 Experiment on\n145.800 MHz FM using the Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver located in the \nRussian ISS\nService module.\n\nThe MAI-75 activities have been scheduled for the Russian crew on Dec 8 from\n12:35 to 18:00 GMT and Dec 9 from 12:40 to 17:40 GMT.\n\nNote the ISS transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM use the 5 kHz deviation \nstandard\nrather than the narrow 2.5 kHz used in Europe. If your transceiver has\nselectable FM filters try the wider filter.\n\nThe ISS Fan Club website will show you when the space station is in range\nhttp://www.issfanclub.com/\n\nISS SSTV information and links at\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/\n\nARISS-SSTV Images\nhttp://ariss-sstv.blogspot.co.uk/\n\nListen to the ISS when it is over Russia with the R4UAB WebSDR\nhttp://websdr.r4uab.ru/\n\nListen to the ISS when in range of London with the SUWS WebSDR\nhttp://websdr.suws.org.uk/\n\nIf you receive a full or partial picture from the Space Station your Local\nNewspaper may like to know\nhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/july/now-is-a-great-time-to-get-ham-\nradio-publicity.htm\n\nScheduled ARISS Contacts and APRS Operations will utilize the Ericson UHF\ntransceiver in the Columbia Module to allow multiple use of ARISS equipment\nonboard the ISS.\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAussie HAM to make an impact on Mars\n\n\nOn a salt lake in Central Australia early next year a radio amateur will\nconduct tests of a wide area radio network destined for the planet Mars.\n\nRobert Brand VK2URB, of Thunderstruck Aerospace, reports that it is an\nessential part of a project to develop the Mars Nano-Lander and Methane\ndetection system called MEDIAN, set to land in 2025.\n Approval will be sought from the Australian Civil Aviation Safety \nAuthority\nfor use of the air space for the test.\n\nThe project calls for 10 separate penetrators to be ejected from the \njettisoned\nheat shield at about 6km from the surface of Mars. They are to spear \ninto the\nsurface of Mars and form a ring about 8km wide. The radio systems will begin\nmeasuring distance between the other landers and map the network.\n\nRobert VK2URB says they will then switch to a random packet mode and begin\nsending messages to an orbiting craft.\n\nEven the orientation of each probe covering an area around the size of a \nsmall\ncity, will be detected and used to calculate the direction that wind, and\nhopefully any methane, on the thin Martian atmosphere.\n\nRobert VK2URB says that the audacious mission is a joint project with the\nUK Methane detection group at the University of Central Lancashire, and\nthe Australian Thunderstruck Aerospace team.\n\nRobert is the design architect of the landing system, the mapping, \norientation,\ncommunications, data relay, and the on-going non-methane science package. He\nsays that never before has a network of probes been landed anywhere \noutside of\nearth and have impactors with the intention of surviving the process.\n\nThe possibility of microbial life on Mars has been discussed by scientists\nsince the presence of methane gas on the red planet was found several \nyears ago.\n\nMEDIAN will map possible methane vent locations for a rover to \ninvestigate. If\nthe rover fails to land, the project will still relay local weather and\nsubsoil information back to earth.\n\nIt's expected that the tests in Central Australia will demonstrate the\nessential role that radio will play in mapping, locating, orienting the \nnetwork\nand then relaying data around the network. The tests will involve \ndropping a\nsimulated heat shield from 3km altitude and having the impactors fire at \n2.5km\nfeet to simulate the impact that each would have on Mars.\n\nEven the orientation of each probe will be detected and used to \ncalculate the\ndirection that wind is coming from in the thin Martian atmosphere. The\npenetrators will stay vertical and elevate the science and radio package \nabout\na meter off the surface allowing for better radio connectivity and clear\nwind profile.\n\nA meter diameter solar panel will provide adequate power and the network is\nexpected to survive for at least six months on Mars relaying weather and\nsub-surface information. An expected seven of the 10 spikes will survive\nthe impact.\n\nHam radio will provide essential communications for the tests and for \nthe event.\n\nIt is hoped a special event around the testing will attract the interests of\nham operators worldwide, and focus attention of the role that Australia is\nplaying in Space Missions.\n\n\n[ANS thanks Jim Linton VK3PC and the VK1WIA wireless news\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAO-7 Eclipses Return\n\n\nThe AMSAT satellite status page at\nhttp://www.amsat.org/status/\nindicates that as of the morning of 11/25/2016, AO-7 is once again entering\neclipse each orbit. This means that the 24 Hour mode change timer is\ninterrupted each orbit, and the satellite will be found primarily in \nMode U/v\n(aka Mode B).\n\nAs the satellite is powered solely by the now 42 year-old solar panels, it\nis very sensitive to strong uplink signals, particularly CW. Users should\nclosely monitor their downlink for excessive chirp, warbling or \"FM'ing\" and\nreduce power as necessary. More information including frequencies can be\nfound at\nhttp://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1031\n\n\n[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice President, Operations\nfor the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nW5RKN receives Satellite WAS, Satellite VUCC and WAC\n\n\nIn October 2016, Ron Parsens, W5RKN received the ARRL award for Satellite\nWAS #345 and Satellite VUCC #286 with 100 grids with 100 more grids ready\nto submit. Ron commented, \"I would urge everyone to use LoTW for these \nawards\nas that makes applying for the awards so much simpler. I also received the\nIARU WAC award using a satellite contact for Asia with JF2WXS on\nMarch 13, 1994 on AO-13. I had a paper QSL card but since he was still \nlisted\non QRZ.com, I emailed Ban and he uploaded the contact to LoTW.\nMuch thanks to all that provided the contacts, QSL cards and LoTW entries.\nIt was a lot of work, but a lot of fun.\"\n\n\n[ANS thanks Ron, W5RKN for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nISS Packet Digipeater on 437.550 MHz\n\n\nThe Ericsson UHF HT is using the ARISS 70cm frequency of 437.550 MHz. With\nthe move to 70cm, this means users of the packet digipeater will have to\nmake adjustments for Doppler on both the uplink and downlink. Even with\nthe change in frequency, the digipeater operates exactly as it did on\n145.825 MHz. For HTs or FM mobile transceivers, and possibly other radios\ncapable of operating on 70cm FM, programming a group of 5 memory channels\nwhich compensate for Doppler will allow for 70cm packet operation. Use the\nfollowing group of memory channels for the ISS packet digipeater on\n437.550 MHz:\n\nChannel Receive (MHz) Transmit (MHz) Offset\n 1 437.560 437.540 -0.02 MHz\n 2 437.555 437.545 -0.01 MHz\n 3 437.550 437.550 (no offset, \nsimplex)\n 4 437.545 437.555 +0.01 MHz\n 5 437.540 437.560 +0.02 MHz\n\nMemory channels in some radios will accept separate receive and transmit\nfrequencies, while others will accept the receive frequency and the offset\nsize/direction. Be ready to flip-flop between the first two memories after\na minute or so into the pass, and near the end flip-flop between 4 and 5.\nThere could be moments near AOS and LOS - and maybe other points in the\nmiddle - where the signal is just in between the two RX frequencies, and\nyour TNC or software won't decode it.\n\nMore useful advice for working the ISS packet digipeater is available from\nK9JKM’s document “Add ISS Packet Operation to Your Satellite Operation”,\navailable from the AMSAT Station and Operating Hints page at:\n\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2144\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA and Patrick, WD9EWK/VA7EWK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Events\n\n\nInformation about AMSAT activities at other important events around\nthe country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where\nAMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working\namateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with\nAMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations,\nforums, and/or demonstrations).\n\n*Saturday, 14 January 2017 – Thunderbird Hamfest 2017 in Phoenix AZ\n\n*Saturday, 4 February 2017 – Palm Springs Hamfest in Palm Springs CA\n\n*Friday-Sunday, 10-12 February 2017 Orlando HamCation in Orlando, FL\n\n*Friday and Saturday, 17-18 February 2017 – Yuma Hamfest in Yuma AZ\n\n*Friday-Sunday, March 31, April 1 & 2, 2017, NVCON in Las Vegas, NV\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nSuccessful Contacts\n\n* A telebridge contact via LU1CGB with students at Michel LOTTE\nJunior High School in Belle Isle, France was successful Mon 2016-11-28.\n\n* A telebridge contact via W6SRJ with students at Salesian High School\nin Wroclaw, Poland was successful Fri 2016-11-25.\n\nUpcoming Contacts\n\n* Collège Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France, telebridge via IK1SLD\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG\nContact is a go for: Thu 2016-12-08 15:19:45 UTC 74 deg\nThis contact might be on the downlink of 437.525 MHz\n\n* The Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci), Schenectady NY,\ndirect via W2IR\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD\nContact is a go for: Sat 2016-12-10 19:49:54 UTC 85 deg\n\n\nWatch\nhttp://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html\nfor information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSouth African SDR Workshop Completed Phase 1, Now Planning Phase 2\n\nLast Saturday it was hi-tech amateur radio at the National Amateur Radio \nCenter\n when Cor Rademeyer, ZS6CR and Anton Janovsky, ZR6AIC presented the\nSoftware Defined Radio Workshop. Known by its initials SDR, it is a \nsoftware way\nof creating a receiver and transmitter. During the workshop which \nincluded two\nvideos introducing the SDR concept, the two speakers created a two metre to\n70cm FM repeater using a dongle and a Raspberry Pi. The workshop, \npresented\nby AMSAT SA in cooperation with the SARL was attended by 37 radio amateurs\nand electronic hobbyists. A follow up workshop is planned for 18 \nFebruary when\nCor and Anton will take delegates through the steps of creating a \nsatellite receiver\nusing the RTL dongle and software. The workshop registration fee will \ninclude a\ndongle and memory stick with the required software. Full details will \nbecome\navailable on amsatsa.org.za in the next few weeks.\n\nThe various presentations and videos presented last Saturday, including \nhow to\nbuild a repeater with a Raspberry Pi will be posted on\nwww.amsatsa.org.za\nthis weekend. You will also be able to follow the links from\nwww.sarl.org.za.\n\n[ANS thanks SARL weekly news in English 2016-12-3 for the above information]\n\n\nFUNcube-1/AO73 Celebrates 3 Years in Space\n\nMonday, November 21, 2016, marked the third birthday in space for the \n985 gram\nspacecraft FUNcube-1 / AO73.\n\nFUNcube-1 was launched at 07:10 UT on November 21, 2013 and its first \nsignals\nwere received immediately after deployment over the Indian Ocean by \namateurs in\nSouth Africa. Since then it has been operating continuously in either its\neducation mode or, with the transponder active, in amateur mode when in \neclipse\nand at weekends.\n\nThe FUNcube team are very grateful to everyone who has been contributing \ntheir\ntelemetry records to the Data Warehouse and also to those who are using \nFUNcube-\n1 for educational outreach to schools and colleges around the world. This\nimportant part of our mission is intended to encourage young people to \ndevelop\nan interest and passion in all STEM subjects for their future.\nThe spacecraft is operating nominally – the telemetry indicates that all the\nsub-systems are fine. The battery voltages, solar panel charge currents \nand on\nboard temperatures are virtually unchanged since launch.\n\nIn addition to FUNcube-1, there are now similar FUNcube transponders \noperating\nin low earth orbit on the UKube-1 and EO79/QB50p1 CubeSats.\n\nThe team has recently contributed to the development of Nayif-1, which is\npresently awaiting launch, and is currently working on a number of further\nCubeSat and microsat projects.\n\nHappy Birthday AO73!\n\nGet your 73 on 73 Award, details at\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award/\n\nAO-73 (FUNcube-1) website\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/funcube/funcube-website/\n\nFUNcube Yahoo Group\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/funcube/yahoo-group/\n\nhttps://amsat-uk.org/2016/11/21/funcube-1-ao73-celebrates-3-years-in-space/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\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,\nJoe Spier, K6WAO\nk6wao at amsat dot org\n", "attachments": [] }