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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/VPB6TSF3YII5MEHPCUYZ555XUQJ6Q6ZA/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "VPB6TSF3YII5MEHPCUYZ555XUQJ6Q6ZA", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/VPB6TSF3YII5MEHPCUYZ555XUQJ6Q6ZA/", "sender": { "address": "ku4os (a) cfl.rr.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Lee McLamb", "subject": "[ans] ANS-029 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins", "date": "2017-01-29T04:33:05Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "\nAMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-029\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* Colloquium Videos for 2009-2012 Posted on YouTube\n* ARRL LoTW Adds Additional Satellite Entries\n* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-27\n* Get Your Iridium Fix Before It’s Too Late!\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-029.01\nANS-029 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 029.01\n From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE January 29, 2017\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-029.01\n\n\nColloquium Videos for 2009-2012 Posted on YouTube\n\nAMSAT-UK reports that thanks to Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG and @BATC online \nvideos\nof talks given at AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2009-2012 are now posted at\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK/videos\n\nThe videos were made by members of the British Amateur Television Club \n(BATC)\nand stored on the club’s streaming site. Dedicated BATC members have \ncarried out\nthe world-wide streaming and recording of the AMSAT-UK International Space\nColloquium since 2007.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARRL LoTW Adds Additional Satellite Entries\n\nARRL LoTW/IT staff announce an update release containing additions and \nchanges\nmade since the release of config.xml 10.4\n\nThe changes in config.xml 10.5 are:\n\n - In the Satellite enumeration, added entries for:\n - \"BY70-1\": Bayi Kepu Weixing 1\n - \"IO-86\": Indonesia-OSCAR 86 (LAPAN-ORARI)\n - \"SAREX\" for 2-way contacts made using the Shuttle Amateur Radio\n Experiment (SAREX) packet digipeater\n - \"MIREX\": for 2-way contacts made using the Mir packet digipeater\n\n [ANS thanks Sean, KX9X, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-01-27\n\nCours Saint Maur, Monaco, Monaco, telebridge via LU1CGB\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG\nContact is a go for: Thu 2017-02-02 08:38:27 UTC 75 deg via LU1CGB\nRescheduled due to Service Module spatial constraint.\n\nSouth Street School, Danbury CT, telebridge via ON4ISS\nThe ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS\nThe scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD\nContact is a go for: Thu 2017-02-02 18:49:14 UTC 80 deg\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nGet Your Iridium Fix Before It’s Too Late!\n\nThe shock and dazzle of Iridium flares will soon be a thing of the past. \nHere's\nhow to make the most of seeing them before a new generation of spacecraft\nreplaces the Iridium satellites.\n\nEach of the approximately 66 Iridiums in orbit have three door-sized \naluminum\nantennae treated with highly reflective, silver-coated Teflon for \ntemperature\ncontrol.\n\nWhen the angle between observer and satellite is just right, sunlight \nreflecting\noff an antenna can cause the satellite to surge from invisibility up to\nmagnitude –8.5 in a matter of seconds. If you've never seen one, the searing\nbrilliance may make you recoil instinctively. On rare occasions, flares can\nreach magnitude –9.5. That's 100 times brighter than Venus!\n\nSadly, that era will soon draw to a close. On January 14th, SpaceX’s \nFalcon 9\ndelivered the first 10 of a new generation of Iridium NEXT satellites to \nlow-\nEarth orbit, starting the process to replace the older units in a maneuver\ncalled slot-swapping. While the new birds will provide faster data rates and\nenhanced global communications, their antenna design is completely \ndifferent and\nnot expected to produce significant flares.\n\nHeavens Above is one of the easiest sites to get you looking in the \nright place\nat the right time. The Heavens Above website allows for easy figuring and\nfinding of Iridium flares.\n\nJust sign in and give it your location, then click the Iridium Flares \nlink under\nthe Satellites heading on the left side of the homepage. A table will \npop open\nwith a week's worth of passes that includes pertinent information like\nbrightness, altitude, and magnitude of the flare at flare center, the \nbrightest\npossible magnitude for a particular pass. Clicking on the date will \nproduce a\nmap showing the flare's path and ground track where the flare will appear\nbrightest. When that path passes near or over your location, you'll see a –8\ndazzler. If not, you can use the map to drive to the sweet spot and \nawait the\ndisplay.\n\nThe transition to the Iridium NEXT generation will be gradual but \ncertain, so\nmake the most of the opportunities that remain. If you're a teacher, do your\nhomework and plan an outing to show a daytime flare to your science class.\nAnything that gets people talking more about the sky is a good thing, and I\nguarantee those kids will never forget the sight.\n\n[ANS thanks Bob King, and Sky and Telescope for the above information]\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,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }