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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-020 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-020\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\nan\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:\[email protected]\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* SKN on OSCAR 2013 Best Fist Nominations Due\n* AMSAT-DC Workshop on Portable Satellite Ground Stations\n* WIA Reports Australian Given an AMSAT Accolade\n* WA8SME Preamps Back in Stock - ARRL SatCat for FT-817 Kit on Sale\n* ARISS News, Successful Contacts, Proposal Window Closes Jan 28\n* NASA Announces Student Internships for Summer\n* Unilever Buys 22 Flights On XCOR Lynx Suborbiter For AXE Campaign\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n* European student codes reach ISS\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-020.01\nANS-020 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 020.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDATE, 2012\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-020.01\n\n\nSKN on OSCAR 2013 Best Fist Nominations Due\n\nMany thanks to all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night on\nOSCAR 2013. If you have not already done so, please take a moment to\nnominate someone you worked for Best Fist. Remember, your nominee\nneed not have the best fist of those you heard, only of those you\nworked. Send your nomination to w2rs at amsat.org.\n\nThis year's event is dedicated to the memory of John Thompson,\nW1BIH/PJ9JT, who passed away in 2012, aged 96. Although known\nprimarily as an HF DXer and contester, John was also active on OSCAR,\nmostly on CW.\n\nThose nominated will be recognized in an ANS bulletin in early Feb-\nruary, and in The AMSAT Journal.\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Soifer, W2RS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-DC Workshop on Portable Satellite Ground Stations\n\nThe AMSAT-DC Group is planning for a Spring Workshop 2013, to take\nplace on Saturday, March 23, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center\nin Greenbelt, Maryland. It will be a nearly all-day event.\n\nThis is a workshop for those who wish to learn more about satellite\noperations and develop their own portable ground station. Partici-\npants will bring their wares to assemble, show, and explain to others\nthat which will feature one or more of the following:\n\n+ One's own laptop computer, with appropriate software installed,\n  such as for satellite tracking, SDR receiver control, antenna\n  control (optional), audio recording, time stamp track, and any\n  of many other apps.\n\n+ The FUNcube Dongle Pro receiver or equivalent. We will emphasize\n  receiving only, and not the transmit side at this particular time.\n\n+ One or more antennas for 146 MHz and 436 MHz, Arrow, Elk, or\n  homebrew on a camera tripod, small mast, homebrew PVC, or hand-\n  held.\n\n+ Everything, or almost everything, ought to be designed to be\n  powered from a regulated 12-volt DC source of your choosing.\n  A table will be provided with a shared 120VAC wall outlet with-\n  in about 50 feet.\n\nVolunteers are invited to join the planning committee (contact Pat\nat [email protected].) Registration information will be announced by\nFebruary 15 via the AMSAT News Service (ANS), and on the AMSAT Cal-\nendar of Events under http://www.amsat.org\n\nThe workshop cost is expected to be low (for incidental items) or\nfree to AMSAT members. Any non-US citizen who would like to attend\nmust contact Pat by February 15 at the latest.\n\nTo volunteer or ask questions contact Pat at [email protected].\n\nLinks for antenna ideas:\nhttp://arrowantennas.com/\nhttp://www.elkantennas.com/\nhttp://www.g6lvb.com/homebrewarrow.htm\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/information/faqs/crow/index.php\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/Az_El_Pos.pdf\nhttp://www.wa5vjb.com/references/Cheap%20Antennas-LEOs.pdf\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/downloads/iROTOR.pdf\nhttp://www.arrl.org/shop/The-ARRL-Satellite-Handbook/\nhttp://ac6v.com/antprojects.htm\n\nLinks for software ideas:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/software.php\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/\nhttp://www.moetronix.com/spectravue.htm\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/information/faqs/resguide.pdf\nhttp://sdrsharp.com/\n\nLinks for receiver ideas:\nhttp://www.funcubedongle.com/\nhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/intro/sats_faq.html\nhttp://tinyurl.com/cdo9tyo (Spectravue Configuration)\nhttp://sdrsharp.com/\n\nAMSAT-DC\nhttp://patkilroy.com/amsat-dc/\n\n[ANS thanks Pat Kilroy, N8PK, AMSAT Area Coordinator, Maryland-DC\n for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nWIA Reports Australian Given an AMSAT Accolade\n\nIt was a very humble Tony Hutchison VK5ZAI who received an award\nfrom AMSAT North America for the voluntary work he has done for\nthe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) pro-\ngram.\n\nIn accepting the award, Tony VK5ZAI said it was a very nice hon-\nour which made him feel humble.\n\n\"I look at it as a combined effort for all those that have helped\nover the last 20 years because I couldn't have done it alone,\" he\nsaid.\n\nIn praise of ARISS, Tony VK5ZAI said, \"They're a great group to work\nwith and he has made many friends through it and amateur radio.\"\n\nHe is the Australian ARISS Coordinator and a Telebridge Earth Station\ninvolved in many contacts between the ISS and schools.\n\nThe Channel 7 Today Tonight show interviewed Tony VK5ZAI in early\n2012, when he gave some great insights as to how Amateur Radio can\nprovide support for NASA, as well as raise public awareness through\nthe ARISS schools program.\n\nThe segment has been posted to YouTube and NOW features as a prelude\nto many Australian school contacts with the ISS.\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fUsoo_oaNkw\n\nAMSAT's Award Citation to Tony stated, \"For your support and leader-\nship to ARISS as the key coordinator and mentor of all the ARISS\nschools in Australia. AMSAT also commends you for your sustained sup-\nport as the premier ARISS telebridge station operator. Your efforts\nand can-do spirit are an inspiration to us all.\"\n\n[ANS thanks the Wireless Institute of Australia and AMSAT-NA for the\n above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nWA8SME Preamps Back in Stock - ARRL SatCat for FT-817 Kit on Sale\n\nOne of the AMSAT Store guys, Alan Biddle, WA4SCA reports the initial\nrun of broadband preamps were sold out. This week Alan wrote, \"The\nAMSAT Store now has the popular broadband preamps back in stock. They\ncan be found on the top page at: http://store.amsat.org/catalog/\nThanks to all who have ordered them, and by doing so  supported AMSAT\noperations!\"\n\nThe QST October 2012 SatCat Interface for FT-817 is now on sale by\nthe ARRL. The satellite computer aided tuning interface described\nin October, 2012 QST (pp. 40-43) for use with SatPC32 and the Yaesu\nFT-817 radio is being offered for sale by the ARRL Education & Tech-\nnology Program (ETP).\n\nThe interface was developed by Mark Spencer, WA8SME, as part of re-\nsource development for the ARRL ETP and is priced to recover cost\nplus a small increment toward development as well as a cost share\ndonation to AMSAT.\n\nFor more details of the kit, and to place your order go to:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/ft-817-satellite-interface-available-as-a-kit\n\n[ANS thanks Alan Biddle, WA4SCA and the ARRL for the above\n  information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\nRecent succesful ARISS contacts include\n\nEcole Les Muriers, Saint Maur Des Fosses, France on 07 Jan.\n\nThe contact was direct between OR4ISS and F6KMX/p.\nSaint-Maur-des-Fossés is a small city (77,000 people) located at\nabout 15 km South-East of PARIS, separated from the capital by the\nlarge Vincennes Forest, and located on the top of a loop formed by\nthe river Marne. The name of the city is inspired from the Chateau of\nSaint Maur, which was frequently visited by the queen Marie de\nMedicis in the 16th Century. The school Les Muriers is educating\nabout 500 children in 17 classrooms, aged from 8 to 11 and preparing\ntheir access to Middle school. The children's of a classroom of 22\n(CM2/ 5th grade) developed with their teacher, the dream of a direct\ncontact, via ham radio, with an astronaut of the ISS. This year, the\nchildren are studying the life in space, working on the comprehension\nof the Space Station and are participating to science and ham-radio\nactivities organized by the Radio-club station of St-Maur (F6KMX).\n\n+++++++++++++++++\n\nMissoula Family YMCA, Missoula, MT on 08 Jan.\n\nMissoula Family YMCA hosted an ARISS contact January 8, 2013 at\n16:14 UTC at Target Range School in Missoula, Montana.  It was\nconducted in English and was direct between NA1SS and W7PX.  Students\ntalked to the crew aboard the ISS with the assistance of the Hellgate\nAmateur Radio Club and asked a pool of questions generated from the\nstudent winners of an essay contest.  The students represent grades 3\n- 9 and attend the following Missoula county schools; Target Range,\nLoyola, St. Josesph's, Russell, Hellgate Elementary, Lowell and Chief\nCharlo. The Missoula Family YMCA has been committed to incorporating\nacademic programs to help students figure out their place in the\nworld.  We think of the ARISS contact as the real world application\nof our students' studies of science, technology, engineering and math\n(STEM). Our participation in the ARISS event can help us achieve this\ngoal and continue to excite the interest in our youth and to promote\nNASA STEM activities. Missoula is located along the Clark Fork and\nBitterroot rivers in Western Montana and at the convergence of five\nmountain ranges. Thus is often described as being the \"Hub of Five\nValleys\". The 2010 Census put the population of Missoula at 66,788\nand has been the second largest city in Montana. The city is also\nhome to four high schools, five middle schools, sixteen elementary\nschools, two private schools and The University of Montana.\n\n+++++++++++++++++\n\nAn International Space Station school contact was completed by Royal\nCanadian Air Cadets- Newfoundland Cadet Detachment, St. John's,\nNewfoundland, Canada on 12 Jan. The contact was conducted in English\nand was direct between NA1SS and VO1BZM.\n\nIn preparation for the upcoming ARISS Contact Event, the cadets of\n515 Air Cadets along with the local Air Cadet Squadrons focused on the\naerospace portion of their training program. The Squadron's training\nstaff added in extra classes in this subject area including lessons\nfocused around various Canadian Astronauts to help familiarize the\ncadets with Chris Hadfield's career and background. We also\nencouraged the cadets in the squadrons to check out Col Hadfield's\nFacebook page and Twitter feed along with looking at various websites\nwith lots of information about the International Space Station. We\nhave canvassed the cadets over the last few weeks to develop the\nquestions they will get to ask and in the coming weeks. They\nconducted a practice run through with those selected to ask\nquestions. Everyone involved in this event was very enthusiastic and\nenjoyed the opportunity of participating in this as once in a life\ntime learning event.\n\n+++++++++++++++++\n\nAn International Space Station school contact was successful with\nparticipants at Saint Rose Elementary School, Saint John, New\nBrunswick, Canada on 17 Jan. The contact was direct between NA1SS and\nVE9LC and was conducted in English.\n\nStudents in grades three to five from Saint Rose School excitedly\nprepared for their upcoming communication with International Space\nStation Canadian Commander, Chris Hadfield. In preparation for this\neducational event, they took part in a Saint John Astronomy Club\npresentation by Kurt Nason. A kick-off assembly with special guest\nGreg D'Entremont in Novemeber. At this assembly, SRS students met\ntheir ten Barnhill Memorial School partners who will be asking\nCommander Hadfield student created questions. In the month of\nDecember, each class worked on space projects linked to curriculum\noutcomes. Some classroom projects linked to the K-2 curriculum, You\nand Your World, while some students in grades 3-5 worked on Science\nconnections individually, in small group, or as a class. Event day\nsaw some of the projects highlighted. Their final lead-up event of\nthe 2012 calendar year was December 17th when students enjoyed a\npresentation by UNBSJ Space Studies Professor, Phil Backman. The\n\"Saint Rose School Space Walk\" took place on January 9th. Students\nwalked from classroom to classroom to observe projects, ask\nquestionsof project creators, and selected the projects highlighted\non eventday.  The week culminated with the Science East Planetarium\nin the gymnasium that all students visited throughout the day for\nclass presentations.\n\nA video of the contact can be found at\n\nhttp://tinyurl.com/a5fv8qk\n\nThe  video is under “LifeStyle”,\nThen, within LifeStyle, select  “Misc.”\nThe title is “Students talk to Space  Station”.\n\n+++++++++++++++++\n\nNASA Teaching from Space is currently accepting proposals for ARISS\ncontacts to be scheduled May-November 2013.  Find details on\nrequirements and submitting a proposal below. The current proposal\nwindow closes January 28.\n\nUS Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school\nproposals.  For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill\nout a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or\nnot.  Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor\nwill be assigned to assist the school.\n\nNASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a\nproposal.You must go through NASA to get the proposal material.\nContact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-\[email protected] or by calling them at (281) 244-2320.\n\nThe following US states and entities have never had an ARISS\ncontact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, North\nDakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming,\nAmerican Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin\nIslands.\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and the ARRL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNASA Announces Student Internships for Summer\n\nCollege Level Internships\n\nNASA says they are accepting applications for college level summer\ninternship positions among several NASA field centers.  \"But don't\nwait until the deadline,\" advises NASA mentor and fellow AMSAT\nmember, Pat Kilroy, N8PK.  \"The opportunities to work on a CubeSat\nteam, for example, are exciting but pretty competitive.\"\n\nIt is thought that students who know the \"AMSAT way\" and who have an\nAmateur Radio license and some hands on experience have a distinct\nadvantage in the midst of such competition.\n\n\"That worked for me,\" said Pat.\n\nStudents can view opportunities and apply for them in one place.  To\nstart, the prospective student should go to:\n\nhttps://intern.nasa.gov/\n\nthen click the Student Opportunities tab then select Internships,\nwhich will bring you to the OSSI:NIFS page describing the overall\ninternship program.\n\nUsing the Search Opportunities tab from there, scroll down to the\nbottom for the \"Enter keywords\" box and enter \"cubesat\" without the\nquotes to view the variety of different opportunities in this field.\n\nPat Kilroy will be the lead mentor for two of the opportunities\ndescribed.  The first, under the title of \"CubeSat Engineering Design\nTeam Project,\" applicants are called to develop a CubeSat spacecraft\nbus (i.e., the solar panel and battery charging, power regulation and\ndistribution \"EPS\" subsystem, the RF communications \"COM\" subsystem,\nthe command and data handling/processing avionics \"C&DH\" subsystem,\nthe attitude determination and control \"ADAC\" subsystem, and the\nmechanical structures \"MECH\" subsystem) and one instrument (i.e., a\ncamera/telescope payload).  Hardware and software skills will be well\nrepresented.  The team will need a student Systems Engineer as well.\nEach intern will consult with a NASA engineer in their area of\nspecialty throughout the summer.\n\nIn the second, under the title \"PICetSat Module Development,\" one or\ntwo student interns are called to perform any of a number of tasks,\nincluding one to develop a \"dual-use\" ground station for CubeSats and\nhigh-altitude balloon and sounding rocket experiments.  This task\nwill involve satellite and balloon tracking, RF systems, test\nequipment and antennas and antenna control automation.\n\nAdditional details are available on the OSSI:NIFS site including how\nto contact the lead mentor for technical questions, and the procedure\non how to apply for one of these Goddard Greenbelt positions as well\nas many others.\n\nHigh School Internship Applications at NASA\n\nThe application process for high school students to apply for a\nsummer internship can be found on the same OSSI:NIFS Web site as\ngiven above for the summer at one of many locations around the\ncountry. As noted in the opportunity description already mentioned,\nup to two local high school seniors will be selected to participate\non the CubeSat team in Greenbelt.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information.]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUnilever Buys 22 Flights On XCOR Lynx Suborbiter For AXE Campaign\nby Staff Writers\nMojave CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2013\n\nCommercial spaceflight is entering the main stream and looking (and\nsmelling) quite good! United Kingdom-based Unilever Group, and Space\nExpedition Corporation (SXC) announced a 22 flight purchase on XCOR\nAerospace's Lynx Mark II suborbital spacecraft for Unilever's\nspace-themed AXEApollo campaign for the AXE brand of men's cologne,\nbody spray, shower gels and other personal care products.\n\nUnilever will award the first flight to a lucky winner selected from a\ndrawing just after the Super Bowl on February 3rd, and the 21 other\nwinners will come from a year long, 60 country promotional campaign.\n\nThat larger campaign includes a 100+ person December 2013 space camp\nfor early stage winners in Orlando called the AXE Apollo Space Academy\n(A.A.S.A.).\n\nThe campaign also includes legendary Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin and\na 30 second Super Bowl advertisement. For a chance to win, register at\nwww.AXEApollo.com.\n\n\"When a global brand leader like Unilever makes a significant\ncommitment to a product like our Lynx, it is a clear sign that\ncommercial spaceflight has entered the main stream of worldwide\ncommerce and truly is the Next Big Thing,\" stated Andrew Nelson, Chief\nOperating Officer of XCOR Aerospace, \"Expect to keep seeing more good\nnews from SXC as they ramp up in 2013!\"\n\n[ANS thanks space-travel.com for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nEuropean student codes reach ISS\n\nEuropean finalists.\nOperating droids in space was no obstacle for a German-Italian\nalliance to reach the finish line of the Zero Robotics tournament.\nThe European winners commanded mini-robots to dodge virtual dust\nclouds and rendezvous with disabled satellites, all in the\nweightlessness of the International Space Station.\n\nThis year's competition gave over 130 high-school students from\nacross Europe the opportunity to operate droids in space by coding\nsoftware.\n\nSix alliances made of teams from Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal\nwitnessed how their computer codes worked in the Space Station from\nESA's ESTEC space research and technology centre in the Netherlands\n\nThe RetroSpheres space game involved two mini-robots racing through\na course using the least amount of fuel. During the three-minute\nprogrammed dance, the volleyball-sized spheres moved using 12 squirts\nof compressed gas.\n\nCompetitors could collect extra fuel from decommissioned satellites\nand deorbit the satellites for extra points while navigating through\ntheir opponent's dust clouds.\n\n\"It is really special to see what these students have created and\nget to operate their algorithms in space,\" said NASA's Kevin Ford on\nthe Station. The astronaut, together with crewmate Tom Marshburn, set\nup the matches from Japan's Kibo laboratory.\n\nThe team with the most fuel left over in the European finals was the\nBEER alliance - the Brotherhood of Esteemed European Researchers.\nGerman and Italian high-school students developed the software that\ncalculated the winning path for their robot in an exciting final game\nthat demonstrated Newton's laws of motion.\n\nRobotic future\nThe challenge to control these robots remotely began in the United\nStates, where an adventurous professor from the Massachusetts\nInstitute of Technology found inspiration from the Star Wars saga.\nThe mini-spacecraft have been used on the Station since 2006 to try\nout manoeuvres.\n\nESA astronaut Andre Kuipers, who ran the competition from the\nStation last year, hosted the event from ESTEC. \"Europe is embarking\non robotic-related missions. Robots are and will be of great help in\nspace,\" he noted.\n\nSpacecraft fuel consumption - carbon dioxide in this case - was a\nprogramming issue for the students. \"Most of us knew nothing about\ncomputer science before this competition. Teamwork and creative\nstrategies helped us to succeed,\" explained Jaime Sevilla, one of the\nSpanish players.\n\nTeachers were pleased to see their pupils learn to communicate with\neach other, gaining technical knowledge and boosting their enthusiasm.\n\n[ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Tom, K8TL reports a successful December 27 contact with Jari OH2FQV\n  via FO-29. At 7170 km distance this may be a new distance record\n  for this satellite. Tom noted was about a minute between AOS and\n  LOS between the two stations.\n\n+ Luis, EC4TR reports a successful contact between Spain and Brazil\n  with Paulo, PV8DX via AO-7 mode B on January 11.\n\n+ AMSAT-India invites interested satellite operators to view the A-I\n  President's Message and 2012 Accomplishments in a presentation at:\n  http://amsatindia.org/reports/AI-2012.pdf (via Nitin, VU3TYG)\n\n+ The latest TAPR PSR Digital Journal for Autumn 2012 is now avail-\n  able at: http://www.tapr.org/psr/psr120.pdf\n\n+ Ivo Klinkert, PA1IVO, has posted his article, \"A Multi-purpose\n  Portable Setup,\" on his web at:\n  http://ivok.home.xs4all.nl/pa1ivo/portable_satellite_setup.html\n  The article already appeared in the March 2012 issue of the AMSAT-DL\n\n  Journal and later in two issues of OSCAR NEWS (July and September\n  2012), but the on-line version includes more images.\n\n+ In Series Five, Episode Twenty-Six, of the ICQ Amateur/Ham Radio\n  Podcast Martin M1MRB reviews the Raspberry Pi Linux-based single\n  board computer's uses for Amateur Radio:\n  http://tinyurl.com/ICQ-Podcasts-Pi\n\n+ Here is a WebSDR receiver, located in Playa de Muchavista - Camp-\n  ello (Alicante - Spain), operated by EA5CV & EA5DOM which allows\n  you to tune two microwave bands: 10.3 GHz and 2320 MHz:\n  http://maxiplaya.dyndns.org:8901/   (via Michel, F6HTJ)\n\n+ Soyuz rockets will be taking Americans to ISS\n  http://tinyurl.com/baabs67         (via Space Daily)\n\n+ China to launch 20 spacecrafts in 2013\n  http://tinyurl.com/al62yml         (via Space Daily)\n\n[ANS thanks everyone 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,\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n\n",
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