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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-152\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* AMSAT Prepares for ARRL Centennial Celebration\n* May/June 2014 AMSAT Journal is Ready\n* First Call for 2014 AMSAT Space Symposium Papers\n* AMSAT Forum and AMSAT/TAPR Banquet Videos from Dayton Hamvention\n* Soyuz-2 Launch June 28 Satellite List\n* Dnepr Launch June 19 Satellite List\n* LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Active until June 4\n* SPROUT Slow Scan TV and Digitalker Active\n* KLETSkous Linear Transponder Demonstration\n* TshepisoSAT / ZACUBE-1, Six Months on Orbit\n* 2014 FUNcube missions – May Update\n* Shin-En2 Satellite Linear Transponder Frequencies\n* Radio hams help attempts to command NASA spacecraft\n* Upcoming AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-152.01\nANS-152 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 152.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE June 01, 2014\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-152.01\n\n\n----------------------------------------------------- ----------------\n\n\nAMSAT Prepares for ARRL Centennial Celebration\n\n\nAMSAT is preparing for its participation at the ARRL Centennial\nCelebration and National Convention in Hartford Connecticut July 17\nthrough 19.\n\nOn Thursday an AMSAT team with present the all day Training Track,\n\"An Introduction to Amateur Satellites\", AMSAT President Barry Baines,\nWD4ASW will be the facilitator for the event which will begin at\n8:30 am and run through 4:30pm. Baines explains, \"The training\nsession is to serve as a 'Soup to Nuts' approach to getting started\nwith working Amateur Radio Satellites.\"\n\nBaines will lead the training with an Overview of the History of\nAmateur Radio in Space, including our future;\n\nDirector of Educational Outreach Joe Spier K6WAO will cover\nUnderstanding Orbits, Kepler Elements, and Doppler Shift;\n\nV.P. for Educational Outreach E. Mike McCardel KC8YLD will discuss\nSatellite Tracking and Tracking Software with an emphasis on SATPC32;\n\nDirector Field operations Patrick Stoddard WD9EWK/VA7EWK and Area\nCoordinator Peter Portanova W2JV will address Station Configuration\nand Satellite Operation including general operation, Easy Sats, FM\nBirds, CW and SSB Birds and telemetry;\n\nAMSAT Fox-1 Software Team Co-Leader Burns Fisher W2BFJ will present\nan overview and discuss the capabilities of AMSAT's Fox-1 Satellite\ndue to launch in 2015.\n\nAMSAT will also host a Forum, \"An Overview of AMSAT\" Friday at 2pm\nin room 25. Immediately following the Forum Peter Portanova W2JV will\npresent \"Working the Amateur Radio FM Satellites with Your HT\", in the\nsame room.\n\nThroughout the weekend AMSAT will be staffing Booths 500 and 501.\nThe booth will feature the legacy of Amateur Radio in Space with\nprototypes and models of OSCAR-1, AO-07, and Fox-1 on display.\n\nDuring the weekend an ARISS contact will be held nearby the\nconvention venue at the Connecticut Science Center. Local students\nwill be asking questions directly to an astronaut via Amateur Radio.\nThe contact time has yet to be determined.\n\nFor more information on the ARRL Centennial and National Convention\nvisit http://www.ARRL2014.org\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------------\n\n\nMay/June 2014 AMSAT Journal is Ready\n\n\nThe May/June 2014 AMSAT Journal is completed and is at the print\nshop. Look for it in your mailbox soon. In this issue you will find:\n\n+ AMSAT Announcements\n2014 Symposium First Call for Papers\n2014 Board of Directors Election Reminder\n\n+ Apogee View by Barry Baines, WD4ASW\n\n+ AMSAT Office Moves to New Quarters\n\n+ AMSAT at Ham Radio University by Peter Portanova, W2JV\n\n+ AMSAT at the Greater Houston Hamfest by Allen Mattis, N5AFV\nand Andy MacAllister, W5ACM\n\n+ Full Circle - 1983 to 2014 Inspiration of a Student by\nDr. Michael Butler, G4OCR\n\n+ The FUNcube Dongle and SDR Software School Experiments at\nUCF in Cuba by Hector Martinez, CO6CBF/KF5YXV\n\n+ Insights Into Fox-1 Development - The IHU and Telemetry Simulator\nby Burns Fisher, W2BFJ\n\n+ Stefan Wagener, VE4NSA Named ARISS Canadian Delegate\n\n+ WRAPS Rotor Enhancements Add a Second Beam and Circular\nPolarization by Mark Spencer, WA8SME\n\nOur editors, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM; Douglas Quagliana, KA2UPW/5;\nBernhard Jatzeck, VA6BMJ; and James Howard, K3JPH look forward to\nreceiving your articles, photos, and news. Please send your material\nto [email protected].\n\nThere is an AMSAT Journal Author's Guide posted at:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=1709\n\nFor circulation problems and address changes please contact Martha\nat the AMSAT Office ([email protected]) for fastest service. You can\nalso give Martha a call at: 301-822-4376.\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Journal Editors for the above information]\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------- -----\n\n\nFirst Call for 2014 AMSAT Space Symposium Papers\n\n\nThis is the first call for papers for the 2014 AMSAT Annual Meeting\nand Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 10-12, 2014,\nat the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton, Baltimore-Washington International\nAirport (BWI), Baltimore, Maryland. Proposals for papers, symposium\npresentations and poster presentations are invited on any topic of\ninterest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative\ntitle of your presentation as soon as possible, but no later than\nAugust 1. The final copy must be submitted by September 15 for\ninclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be\nsent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat.org\n\n\n[ANS thanks the 2014 Baltimore Symposium Committee for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------- -----\n\n\nAMSAT Forum and AMSAT/TAPR Banquet Videos from Dayton Hamvention\n\n\nLinks to videos from Dayton Hamvention 2014 have been posted on the\nAMSAT NA webpage. The videos are from the AMSAT/TAPR Banquet and the\nAMSAT Forum by Steve Belter, N9IP.\n\nThe videos included are presentations from:\nTom Clark, K3IO - 60 Years a Slave to Amateur Radio\nBarry Baines,WD4ASW - AMSAT Update\nJerry Buxton, N0JY - Fox Satellites Update\nHoward Long, G6LVB - FUNcube Satellite Update\nDrew Glasbrenner, K04MA - Satellites on the Horizon\nFrank Bauer, KA3HDO - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD - AMSAT Education Update\n\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?p=2766\n\n\n[ANS thanks Steve Belter, N9IP and AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------------\n\n\nSoyuz-2 Launch June 28 Satellite List\n\n\nLaunch of Soyuz-2.1b, Fregat-M\n[28 Jun 2014, 15:58 UTC, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan]\n\nSatellites Manifest\n\nAISSat-2, University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies,\nNorway Baumanets-2, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia\nDX-1, Dauria Aerospace, Russia\nMeteor-M-N2, NPP VNIIEM, Russia\nM3MSat, CSA/COM DEV, Canada\nRelek (MKA-PN-2), Lavochkin, Russia\nSkySat-2, Skybox Imaging, USA\nTechDemoSat-1, SSTL, UK\nUKube-1, UK Space Agency, UK\nVenta-1, Ventspils University, Latvia\n\nUKube-1\nTransponder uplink 435.040 - 435.020 MHz\nTransponder downlink 145.940 - 145.960 MHz (Inverting)\nTelemetry downlink 145.840 1200bps BPSK\nS Band downlink 2401.000 QPSK or OQPSK\nmyPocketQub 437.425 - 427.525 MHz\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/01/ukube-1-june-19-launch-date/\n\nFU Ncube-2 boards subsystem\nTransponder uplink 435.080 - 435.060 MHz\nTransponder downlink 145.930 - 145.950 MHz (Inverting)\nTelemetry downlink 145.915 1200bps BPSK\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2012/10/20/funcube-2-boards-delivered-to-clyde-< \nbr>space/\n\nDX-1\nUplink Command and Control 144.975 - 145.025 MHz\nDownlink Telemetry data 434.975 - 435.025 MHz\nUplink AIS ship tracking RX 162.0125 - 162.0375 MHz\nDownlink data 2269.500 - 2270.500 MHz\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/27/dx-1-microsatellite-baikonur/\n\n< br>[ANS thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------- -----\n\n\nDnepr Launch June 19 Satellite List\n\n\nLaunch of Dnepr\n[19 Jun 2014, 19:11 UTC, Dombarovsky SC, Russia]\n\nSatellite Manifest\n\n1. AeroCube6 (non-amateur)\nThe Aerospace Corporation, USA\n\n2. ANTELSat\nAntel (the national telecom service provider) and\nFING (Facultad de Ingenieria de la Universidad de la Republica),\nUruguay\n437.575MHz 1200bps AFSK, 2403.000MHz 1Mbit GFSK/MSK, 437.280MHz CW\n\n3. AprizeSat-9,10 (non-amateur)\nSpaceQuest, USA\n\n4. BRITE-Toronto(CANX-3E) (non-amateur)\nUTIAS (University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies), Canada\n\n5. BRITE-Montreal(CANX-3F) (non-amateur)\nUTIAS (University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies), Canada\n\n6. BugSat-2,3 (unknown)\nSatellogic S.A., Argentina\n\n7. Deimos-2 (non-amateur)\nSatrec Initiative (SATRECI), Spain\n\n8. ESTELLE\nUniversity of Tartu, Estonia\nUHF GMSK/BPSK downlinks up to 19k2 bps and a series of HDRT\nexperiments\nincluding 2.4GHz downlink using GFSK/BPSK at up to 1Mbps, 5.8GHz\ndownlink\nusing GFSK and BPSK at up to 10Mbps and 10GHz downlink at up to 10Mbps\n\n9. Hodoyoshi-3,4 (non-amateur)\nUniversity of Tokyo, Japan\n\n10.KazEOSat-1 (non-amateur)\nKazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS), Kazakhstan\n\n11.Kompsat-3A(Arirang-3A) (non-amateur)\nKorea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), South Korea\n\n12.Lemur-1 (unknown)\n\n13.NanosatC-Br1\nFederal University of Santa Maria, Brazil\nUplink UHF 1200bps FM, Downlink 145.865MHz 9600bps BPSK\n\n14.QB50p1/FUNCube-3\nThe Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium\n435.035-435.065MHz transponder uplink\n145.935-145.965MHz transponder downlink\n145.815MHz 1200bps BPSK packets\n\n15.QB50p2\nThe Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium\n145.880MHz 1200bps BPSK\n145.840MHz 9600bps FSK\n\n16.SaudiSat-4\nSaudi National Satellite Technology Program (NSTP), Saudi Arabia\nKa-Band Transponders\n\n17.Serpens (unknown)\n\n18.SkySat-3 (non-amateur)\nSkybox Imaging, USA\n\n19.TigriSat (non-amateur)\nLa Sapienza University of Rome, Italy\n\n20.UniSat-6\nGAUSS, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy\n437.425MHz 9600bps GMSK\n\n21.UNSA-SAT1\nQB50 & Instituto Astronomico y Aeroespacial Pedro Paulet, Peru\nDownlink 3.4GHz 230kbps BPSK\n\n\n[ANS thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------- -----\n\n\nLituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Active until June 4\n\n\nThe LituanicaSAT-1 team have announced the FM transponder should be\nactive until June 4, 2014.\n\nDear radio amateurs,\n\nDue to favorable orbit conditions LituanicaSAT-1 is now operating\nunder 100% sunlight until about 4th of June. Thus we have decided\nto turn the transponder on during this period. The CW fm beacon and\npacket telemetry are also on right now.\n\n73,\nLaurynas Maciulis\nLY1LM, LY5N\n\nLituanicaSAT-1 FrequenciesFrequency are approximately 435.1755 MHz\n(+/- 10 kHz Doppler shift) for the downlink and 145.950 MHz for the\nuplink with 67 Hz CTCSS.\n\nThe tiny satellite is just 10x10x10 cm with a mass of 1.090 kg yet\nit has a VGA camera and a 145/435 MHz FM voice transponder, designed\nand built by Lithuanian radio amateurs.\n\nThe prototype of the FM repeater has been operating in the home of\nits designer Žilvinas Batisa LY3H in Elektre.nai, Lithuania.\nFurther information at\nhttp://ly3h.epalete.com/?p=303\n\nFM transponder operating techniques\nhttp://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=44412\n\nLituanicaSAT-1 CubeSat\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/27/lituanicasat-1-cubesat/\n\nReports should be sent to:\nly5n at qrz.lt\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------------\n\n\nSPROUT Slow Scan TV and Digitalker Active\n\n\nSlow Scan TV (SSTV) images in Scottie 1 format have been successfully\nreceived from the amateur radio satellite SPROUT on 437.600 MHz FM\n(+/- 9 kHz Doppler shift). The Digitalker has also been active.\n\nSPROUT, a 20 x 20 x 22 cm amateur radio nano-satellite with a mass\nof 7.1 kg, launched successfully with the L-band (1236.5 MHz/1257.5\nMHz/1278.5 MHz) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite ALOS-2 on\nMay 24, 2014 at 0305 UT. SPROUT is now in a 654 km, 97.9 degree\ninclination Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).\n\nSPROUT (Space Research On Unique Technology) was built by students\nfrom Nihon University and its objectives are:\n\n1. Operation of satellite by radio amateurs.\n\nA FM Digitalker will enable the satellite to speak to amateurs around\nthe world. The Voice Message Box will record transmissions from radio\namateurs and play them back.\n\nPre-loaded images from the Message Gallery can be transmitted using\nSlow Scan TV (SSTV).\nPictures of the Earth can be transmitted by SSTV and radio amateurs\ncan receive it using free software such as MMSSTV. As part of the\nEarth mapping project the team ask radio amateurs to contribute\npictures they have received from the satellite for display on the\nSPROUT website.\n\nThe satellite also has a packet radio Digipeater and Text Message Box\nfunction.\nDemonstration of the deployment of the combined membrane structure\nand verification of the design method of the structure SPROUT has a\ntriangular membrane supported by two tubes like framework. They are\nfolded and stored in the satellite before the launch. After the\nlaunch, the nitrogen gas is injected into the tubes in space, and\nthey extend, so that the membrane deploys (called “combined membrane\nstructure”).\n\n3. Demonstration of attitude determination and control of a\nnanosatellite using the sun sensors, gyros, geomagnetic sensor and\nmagnetic torquers.\n\nCallsign: JQ1ZJQ\nSize: 214x210x220 mm\nWeight: 7.1 kg\nMode: 1200bps AFSK, 9600bps GMSK\nCW downlink 437.525 MHz\nFM packet downlink 437.525 MHz\nDigipeater uplink 437.600 MHz\nDigitalker downlink 437.600 MHz\nSSTV downlink 437.600 MHz\n\nSPROUT English website\nhttp://sat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/sprout-e/\n\nSPROUT Japanese website\nhttp://sat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/sprout/\n\nNihon-Univ. Miyazaki Laboratory on Facebook\nhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Nihon-Univ-Miyazaki-Laboratory/406566642818860\n\nTelemetry Software http://sat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/sprout-e\n/2-Software-e.html\n\nTele metry format\nhttp://sat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/sprout-e/2-Formats%20of%20\ntelemetr y-e.html\n\nSPROUT launch data page\nhttp://sat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/sprout-e/2-Launch%20data-e.html\n\nTLE’s from the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)\nare also available at\nhttp://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt\n\nAdding new satellites to SatPC32, Gpredict and Nova\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/23/adding-new-satellites-to-satpc32/\n\nFree Slow Scan TV (SSTV) software MMSSTV\nhttp://hamsoft.ca/pages/mmsstv.php\n\nThe JE9PEL website has information on other satellites on this launch\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/jaxalos2.htm\n\n\n[AN S thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------------\n\nKLETSkous Linear Transponder Demonstration\n\n\nA video shows a demonstration, given on May 24, 2014, of the KLETSkous\n1U Cubesat amateur radio transponder.\n\nA 435/145 Linear transponder is planned with a bandwidth of 20 kHz.\n\nCurrently the team are considering frequencies in the 435.100 to\n435.140 MHz range for the uplink and 145.860 to 145.980 MHz for the\ndownlink.\n\nThe scientific payload will be an experiment analysing “Worm Holes”.\nThis experiment will try and find the portholes between Sun and Earth.\n\nFurther information at\nhttp://zr6aic.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/KLETSkous\nand at http://www.amsatsa.org.za/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------------\n\n\nTshepisoSAT / ZACUBE-1, Six Months on Orbit\n\n\nThe South African CPUT TshepisoSAT team were invited to give a\nmission update at the SA AMSAT‘s Space Symposium on Saturday, May 24,\n2014 at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria.\n\nThe event was well attended and even had representatives from SANSA\nin attendance. Presentations on other CubeSats included Denel\nDynamics’ DynaCube, FUNcube-1 and SA AMSAT’s own KLETSkous project.\n\nThis paper gives a brief introduction to the F’SATI programme, the\nconstructed CubeSat and mission. An outline of the milestones reached\nthus far with the Tshepiso nano-satellite are given, the outstanding\nactivities that must still be completed and challenges faced. Some\nof the images captured by the satellite are also presented.\n\nRead TshepisoSAT, six months on orbit.\nhttp://www.cput.ac.za/blogs/fsati/files/2014/05/Paper-SA-AMSAT-Spa ce-\nSymposium-Pretoria-2014.pdf\n\nCPUT F’SATI News\nhttp://www.cput.ac.za/blogs/fsati/blog/\n\nSouthern African Amateur Radio Satellite Association (SA AMSAT)\nhttp://www.amsatsa.org.za/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------------\n\n\n2014 FUNcube missions – May Update\n\n\nThe FUNcube team have received confirmation that UKube-1, which is\nhosting the FUNcube-2 payload, is now scheduled for a Soyuz-2-1b\nFregat-M launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Saturday, June 28 with\nthe following day as a back-up. The launch time has been quoted as\n15:58:28 UT with separation some 9253 seconds later.\n\nThe team still understand that, immediately after deployment and\nactivation, UKube-1 will commence transmitting a CW beacon and that\nthis will be later followed by an AX25, 1200 bps BPSK beacon. Both\nbeacons will be on 145.840 MHz. The FUNcube-2 payload, with its\ntelemetry downlink for educational outreach, is expected to be tested\nlater.\n\nFUNcube-3 is the transponder only payload on the QB50 precursor\nCubeSat “QB50P1\". This mission is now scheduled to launch on June 19\non a Dnepr launch vehicle from Dombarovsky near Yasny. The launch\ntime has been quoted as 19:11:11 UT but this has not yet been\nconfirmed. The initial beacon signals, from the main transceiver,\nare also expected to be AX.25, 1200 bps BPSK packets on 145.815 MHz.\n\nAgain more information will be provided as soon as it becomes\navailable!\n\nUKube-1 communications subsystem:\n• 145.840 MHz Telemetry, CW, 1k2 BPSK\n• 2401.0 MHz S Band Downlink\n• 437.425-437.525 MHz UKSEDS myPocketQub Downlink\n• 145.915 MHz FUNcube beacon\n• FUNcube 400 mW inverting SSB/CW transponder\n- 435.080-435.060 MHz Uplink LSB\n- 145.930-145.950 MHz Downlink USB\n\nQB50p1 communications subsystem:\n• 145.815 MHz 1200 bps BPSK telemetry\n• FUNcube inverting 400 mW SSB/CW transponder\n- 435.035-435.065 MHz Uplink LSB\n- 145.935-145.965 MHz Downlink USB\n\nFUNcube website http://www.funcube.org.uk/\n\nFUNcube Yahoo Group http://amsat-uk.org/funcube/yahoo-group/\n\nFUNcube Forum http://forum.funcube.org.uk/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------------\n\n\nShin-En2 Satellite Linear Transponder Frequencies\n\n\nThe IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel has announced\nfrequencies for the Shin-En2 linear transponder.\n\nShin-En2 is a 2.85 kg satellite measuring 490×490×475 mm built by\nstudents at Kagoshima University in Japan which will carry a 145 to\n435 MHz linear transponder into a deep space orbit.\n\nThe aims of the mission are:\n• To establish communication technologies with a long range as far as\nthe moon.\n• To establish a new technology of the ultra-light-weight satellite.\nProposing a WSJT 29dBm UHF downlink and a 29dBm 20 kHz linear\ntransponder and a CW beacon all on UHF with a VHF uplink for the\ntransponder.\n\nThe orbit will be quite different from the previous satellites.\nShin-En2 will have an elliptic orbit around the Sun and travel to a\ndeep space orbit between Venus and Mars. Its inclination will be\nalmost zero, which means Shin-En2 will stay in the Earth’s equatorial\nplane.\n\nThe distance from the Sun will be between 0.7 and 1.3 AU. An\nAstronomical Unit (AU) is 149,597,871 km.\n\nShin-En2 IARU coordinated frequencies:\n• 437.505 MHz CW beacon\n• 437.385 MHz WSJT telemetry\n• Inverting SSB/CW transponder\n- 145.940-145.960 MHz uplink LSB\n- 435.280-435.260 MHz downlink USB\n\nShin-En2 is expected to launch in the 4th quarter of 2014 with\nanother amateur radio satellite ARTSAT2:DESPATCH on a H-IIA rocket\nwith the asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 as the main payload.\n\nKagoshima University satellite development team\nhttp://tinyurl.com/Kagoshima-Satellite\n\nShin-En2 English Website\nhttp://www.eee.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/~fuku-lab/sinen,english.html\n\nARTSAT2:DESPATCH – Art and Ham Radio in Deep Space\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/03/art-and-ham-radio-in-deep-space/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------------\n\n\nRadio hams help attempts to command NASA spacecraft\n\n\nAn IEEE article describes how volunteers, including many radio\namateurs, are attempting command a 35-year-old NASA spacecraft, the\nInternational Sun-Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3).\n\nRachel Courtland interviews Dennis Wingo KD4ETA about the project and\nmentions the Bochum facility where AMSAT-DL members will be using\ntheir 20 metre dish antenna to help establish communications.\n\nSoftware-defined radio peripherals built by Ettus Research (founded\nby Matt Ettus N2MJI) have been purchased, which can be used to\nimplement modulator and demodulator programs that would once have\nhad to be built in hardware.\n\nRead the IEEE article at\nhttp://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/space-hackers-\nprepare-to-reboot-35-year-old-spacecraft\n\nThe Watts Up With That website has a more detailed article on the\nproject. The section about the AMSAT-DL Bochum facility mentions two\nof the team, Achim Vollhardt DH2VA and Mario Lorenz DL5MLO. The\nproblems caused by ITAR are noted.\n\nRead the Watts Up With That article ISEE-3 Reboot Project: Aiming for\nFirst Contact at\nhttp://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/05/15/update-isee-3-reboot-project-\naiming-for-first-contact/\n\nISEE-3 / ICE Telecommunications Summary\nhttp://mdkenny.customer.netspace.net.au/ISEE-3.pdf\n\nDennis Wingo KD4ETA blog http://denniswingo.wordpress.com/\n\nCan radio amateurs command the ISEE-3 / ICE spacecraft ?\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/19/can-radio-amateurs-command-the-isee-3-ice-spacecraft/\n\nRadio amateurs receive NASA ISEE-3 / ICE Spacecraft\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/09/radio-amateurs-receive-nasa-ise e-3ice-\nspacecraft/\n\nITAR restrictions on US radio amateurs to be eased\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/19/itar-restrictions-to-be-eased/\nISEE-3/ICE on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ISEE3returns\n\n\n[ANS thanks IEEE & AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------------\n\n\nUpcoming AMSAT 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\nSaturday, 7 June 2014 – Kachina Amateur Radio Club‘s White Mountain\nHamfest in Show Low AZ (eastern Arizona, south of US-60/AZ-77/AZ-260)\n– AMSAT will have a table at this hamfest, and satellite\ndemonstrations are planned.\n\nFriday and Saturday, 13-14 June 2014 – Ham-Com in Plano TX (north of\nDallas)\n\nThursday through Sunday, 17-20 July 2014 – ARRL Centennial Convention\nin Hartford CT. AMSAT will host a day-long Satellite Workshop on\nThursday, and have a booth at the convention along with an AMSAT\nForum and demonstrations throughout the convention.\n\nFriday through Sunday, 12-14 September 2014 – ARRL Southwestern\nDivision Convention 2014 in San Diego CA (north of the city center,\nnear Montgomery Field airport & I-805/CA-163 interchange) – AMSAT\nwill have a booth at this convention, there will be on-air\ndemonstrations using satellites throughout the convention, and a\npresentation on amateur satellites and AMSAT\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nUpcoming Contacts\nThere will be a lapse in contacts during the period from 2014-05-12 to\n2014-06-15. Licensed crew members will join crew on board the ISS and\ncontacts are expected to resume in late June.\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------- -----------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts from All Over\n\n\nCanadian Hams Attempt to Cross the Pond on Two Meters\n\nA group of Amateur Radio operators from Atlantic Canada will operate\nfrom Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, from 4-12 July 2014 in a bid to\ncomplete a 2 meter Trans-Atlantic QSO and claim the Brendan Trophy.\n\nThe expedition will operate from Maidenhead Grid GN37os on 144.155\nMHz. It will run 750 watts into a 30 meter long rope yagi with a gain of\nmore than 23 dB over a dipole. The group will concentrate its efforts on\nJT65B, a digital mode that offers greatly enhanced performance over\nmore conventional modes. It will have the capability to use other modes\nincluding CW and SSB if conditions warrant however. The callsign used\nwill be VC1T.\n\nMembers of the expedition include Fred Archibald, VE1FA, Roger\nSturtevant, VE1SKY, Helen Archibald VA1YL, Rich Pieniaszek, VA1CHP, and\nAl Penney, VO1NO. The Brendan Trophy is a series of awards offered by\nthe Irish Radio Transmitters Society to the first Amateur Radio operators to\ncomplete a 2 meter Trans-Atlantic QSO.\n\nDetails on the expedition can be found on the team's website\nwww.brendanquest.org. Real time information on operating modes and\nschedules will be posted during the expedition on the team's web site, the\nON4KST site and the G4CQM Shoutbox. Facebook users are also welcome\nto join the group's page \"Brendan Quest 2M meterTrans-Atlantic Attempt\n2014.\n\nBackground Information:\n\n2014 Transatlantic Two Meter \"Brendan Quest\" Objectives:\n\n1. Complete one or more legal, confirmed, two-way QSOs between North\nAmerica and Europe on the Amateur Radio 2 meter band using terrestrial\npropagation modes;\n\n2. Complete such contacts using both \"traditional\" (CW or SSB) and\n\"non traditional\" (JT65B or ISCAT) modes; and;\n\n3. Failing the above, to be heard in Europe.\n\nOperators (North America): Fred Archibald VE1FA; Helen Archibald\nVA1YL; Al Penney VO1NO; Rich Pieniaczek VA1CHP; Roger Sturtevant\nVE1SKY.\n\nOperation: 4 to 12 July 2014.\nCall: A special event callsign will be used - VC1T.\nFrequency and Modes: 144.155 MHz +/- 20 Hz operating 24 hours a day\nfor the entire period, transmitting full legal power on even minutes and\nreceiving on odd minutes using JT65B. Other modes may be attempted\nas required. Audible transatlantic JT65B reception and QSO will be\nfollowed by a CW attempt.\n\nNorth America QTH: Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada.\nLatitude 47.76942 North, Longitude 52.76384 West\nElevation: 65 feet (20 meters) above sea level.\nGrid Square: GN37os.\nIOTA island NA-027.\nAntenna height is 85 feet (26 meters) above sea level on a bluff on\nthe edge of the Atlantic. There is no land between the transmit location and\nEurope through bearing range of 013 to 108 degrees True. The transmit\nlocation is 3040 km from Irish coast, 3400 km from Poldhu, and 23 km from\nMarconi's 1901 reception site.\n\nAntenna: Horizontally polarized \"rope ladder\" Yagi, with 43 elements\nconsisting of 1 reflector, 1 driven element and 41 directors,\nsuspended and aligned on 2 strands of Kevlar rope 65 cm apart. Its overall\nlength is 30 meters. Because the ground slopes towards the ocean, the\nheight of the antenna varies from 6 meters above ground at the reflector,\nto 8.5 meters at the opposite end. Its feedpoint impedance is 50 ohms,\nand it will employ a ferrite choke balun.\nThe SWR is 1.1 to 1.2. Forward gain is 23.9 dB over a dipole. The\nfront to back ratio is 32 db, while the front to side ratio is greater than\n25 db (270 degrees). The take off angle of the main lobe is 4.5 degrees. The\nbeamwidth is 15.6 degrees at the -3db points, and beam thickness is\n4.7 degrees at the -3db points. When driven with 750W, the Effective\nRadiated Power in the center of the major lobe should be about 150kW.\n\nAntenna coverage in Europe at -3db points: Based on an antenna\nazimuth of 062 degrees True and a beamwidth of 15.8 degrees at the -3db\npoints, the antenna beam width will be 069 degrees to 054 degrees True, so\nstraight line propagation will cover all Ireland, UK, and parts of \nNorway, France,\nand Holland. Of course propagation paths may be skewed.\n\n[ANS thanks the Make More Miles on VHF Newsletter for the above\ninformation]\n\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\n",
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