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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/YZ4325WQOILANV3I2L2TWFAEOCZIM3JD/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "YZ4325WQOILANV3I2L2TWFAEOCZIM3JD", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/YZ4325WQOILANV3I2L2TWFAEOCZIM3JD/", "sender": { "address": "kd4iz (a) frawg.org", "mailman_id": "1fdf0f044fe749019e5f691eda02fd28", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/1fdf0f044fe749019e5f691eda02fd28/emails/" }, "sender_name": "[email protected]", "subject": "[ANS] ANS-122 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin", "date": "2021-05-01T23:50:29Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-122\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information\nservice of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes\nnews related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities\nof a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest\nin designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and\ndigital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in\nSpace as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to: [email protected]\n\nYou can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins\nvia the ANS List; to join this list see:\nhttps://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* PSAT2 (NO-104) VHF is alive!\n* ND9M/mm daily postings to AMSAT-BB opens rare grid opportunities\n* ARISS-USA Volunteer Search Underway\n* AMSAT Bylaws Amendment (REPEAT POST)\n* Space Oddity? WISA Woodsat to launch by end of year\n* No Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 30, 2021\n* ARISS News\n* Upcoming Satellite Operations\n* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nANS-122 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 122.01\nTo: All RADIO AMATEURS\nFrom: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation\n712 H Street NE Suite 1653\nWashington, DC 20002\n\nDATE 2021 May 02\n\nPSAT2 (NO-104) VHF is alive!\n\nBob Bruninga writes: PSAT2 VHF awoke from an 8 month slumber on 26 Apr 2021.\nWe have no idea why. Its telemetry looks fine. Volts between 6.2 and 7.0\nvolts (5 NiCds). Exterior temps between -18 and +22 C. See\nhttp://aprs.org/psat2.html\nPSAT2 will NOT be in APRS mode but a brand new experimental mode for DTMF\nuplink and VOICE downlink. So you preload your grid and callsign into a 16\ndigit DTMF memory in your radio and when the satellite hears this it will\nassign a QSO number and QSL the grid by voice and then also generate an APRS\npacket for collection by APRS operators. There is even a way to send back a\nDTMF QSL so you can make it a 2-way DTMF. contact.\nSuccessful DTMF grids and messages will appear on a special URL on the PSAT2\npage (above). To QSL, you key in that stations 2 digit QSL number and then\ndump your pre-loaded QSL DTMF message.\nSince this is the first time this transponder is on the air and because a\nDTMF uplink takes maybe 4 seconds, we don't want the uplink saturated by a\nbunch of newbees initially until we see if it actually works. So read the\ndocs and be sure you know what you are doing.\nThere is a user operating manual available on the PSAT2 web page:\nhttp://aprs.org/psat2.html\n\n[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nND9M/mm daily postings to AMSAT-BB has opened rare grid opportunities\n\nJim Clary, ND9M is operating maritime mobile during a supply cruise from\nFlorida to the Western Pacific. He has been regularly posting the grids he\nmay be able to activate to AMSAT-BB as he travels. Since he is traveling\nthough some rarely activated grids on the way, he is activating as many as\nhis shipboard duties will allow.\nJim has been active on SSB and CW through a number of satellites. He is\ncurrently in the Pacific and headed toward Saipan. Many of the mid-Pacific\ngrids are only in the satellite footprints for KH6, so he most likely will\nnot be QRV for the mainland. His daily narrative on the AMSAT-BB has been\ninteresting to follow.\n\n[ANS thanks Jim Clary, ND9M for the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n Join the 2021 President's Club!\n Score your 2\" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin.\n This gold finished coin comes with\nFull Color Certificate and Embroidered \"Remove Before Flight\" Key Tag\n Donate today at\n https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/\n You won't want to miss it!\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nARISS-USA Volunteer Search Underway\n\nApril 29, 2021 - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, Inc.\n(ARISS-USA) is seeking volunteers to support our mission: \nTo provide and operate Amateur Radio systems on the International Space\nStation (ISS) and elsewhere to inspire, educate, and engage youth and\ncommunities in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics\n(STEAM) and to support ISS backup communications. ARISS-USA, is a 501(c)(3)\ncharitable, educational and scientific non-profit that was recently\nincorporated in the state of Maryland in the USA. \n\nWe are seeking volunteers with a can-do, collaborative attitude who can work\neffectively as part of a team to support a variety of functions and roles.\nWe have volunteer openings in several senior leadership roles, including:\nAssociate Director\nTreasurer\nSecretary\nDirector of Business Development\nDirector of Volunteer Resources\nDirector of Public Engagement\nDirector of Engineering\n\nWe also have openings for volunteers who would support functions within the\nabove teams as well as openings within the ARISS-USA Operations, Engineering\nand Education teams. \n\nDescriptions of each of these roles are given in Article 8.6 of the\nARISS-USA bylaws that can be referenced at: \nhttps://ariss-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ARISS-USA-Bylaws-Web-Site.p\ndf\n\nCandidates accepted into senior leadership positions will be required to\nfirst serve in a six-month probationary period. All candidates for senior\nleadership positions must be U.S. citizens.\n\nIf you are interested in making a difference as an ARISS-USA team member,\nplease send your resume or CV to [email protected]. Include a cover\nletter that explains what position you are interested in supporting.\n\nWe thank everyone for your interest and support to ARISS!\n\nAd Astra! (To the Stars!)\n\nFrank H. Bauer, KA3HDO\nARISS-USA Executive Director\n\n[ANS thanks David Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAMSAT Bylaws Amendment (REPEAT POST)\n\nThe AMSAT Board of Directors approved an amendment to our Bylaws on March 2,\n2021. As required by our Bylaws, a notice of the amendment was mailed to\nall members. AMSAT members may also view the documents by logging on to the\nMember Portal. Along with a copy of the Bylaws Committee Report to our Board\nof Directors, members will find a \"red-line\" version of the changes that\nwill allow you to see exactly what has been added and what has been removed.\n\nTo view each document, please click the following links:\n\n \"Red-Line\" version of our Bylaws, as approved by the AMSAT Board of\nDirectors during a Special Meeting, held on March 2, 2021. \nhttps://launch.amsat.org/resources/Documents/Bylaws_Amended_Draft_Redline.pd\nf\n Report of the AMSAT Bylaws Committee: Recommended Revisions to the\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation Bylaws\nhttps://launch.amsat.org/resources/Documents/Report%20of%20the%20Bylaws%20Co\nmmittee.pdf\n\nIn accordance with Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation Bylaws, as amended in\n1989, Article IV requires AMSAT to provide written notice to all members of\nthe approved amendments to our Bylaws. This approved amendment will be\neffective thirty days from the mailing of this letter, unless written\nobjection is received from at least ten percent of the Members, in which\ncase a vote shall be conducted by the Secretary in the manner specified for\nelection of Directors.\n\nWritten notice was mailed on April 9, 2021. As such, any objection should\nbe sent to AMSAT, PO Box 27, Washington, DC 20044-0027 and must be received\nby May 9, 2021. I apologize for requiring you to mail in your objections,\nbut this is a requirement of our Bylaws (as amended in 1989) and exactly why\nwe feel it is necessary to bring our Bylaws into the 21st Century.\n\nAs part of our modernization efforts, we felt a review and update of our\nBylaws was essential to ensure AMSAT's continued success. A summary of\nthose changes is listed below.\n\n * The Bylaws have been amended to allow for electronic communications with\nour members, voting in our elections, and the conduct of meetings.\n * The Bylaws have been amended to clarify the member application process,\nthe grace period for lapses in membership, and the membership inclusion date\nfor establishing election roles.\n * The Bylaws have been amended to further define the duties and\nresponsibilities of the Officers.\n * The Bylaws have been amended to require three years of continuous\nmembership for nominees for the position of Director and that Directors be\nrequired to remain in good standing throughout their elected term.\n\n[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President, for the above\ninformation]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,\n and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through\n AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards\n Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.\n https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nSpace Oddity? WISA Woodsat to launch by end of year\n\nThe WISA Woodsat project, which is being sponsored by a plywood supplier in\nan unconventional PR drive, could place a wooden satellite in orbit by the\nend of the year, testing the suitability of treated wood as a cheap space\nmaterial.\nThe wooden satellite is based on a basic, versatile CubeSat format, Kitsat,\nwhich is designed with educational use in mind. It retails for just $1,500.\nThe Woodsat project, based in Finland, began with students across the\ncountry contributing parts to a CubeSat launched by balloon. See\nhttps://bit.ly/3eEmV0h for more information in the press release from WISA\non the E&T Engineering and Technology website.\nThe IARU posting for Woodsat indicates that there are several amateur radio\nexperiments on board including photo downlinking. See https://bit.ly/3aPrp2X\nfor additional infoprmation\n\n[ANS thanks JoAnne Maenpaa K9JKM, the staff of E&T, and the IARU for the\nabove information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nAMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all\nbegins with GOLF-TEE - a technology demonstrator for deployable solar\npanels, propulsion, and attitude control. Come along for the ride. The\njourney will be worth it!\n\n https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nNo Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for April 29, 2021\n\nNo changes are noted for the current week however, Keplarians have been\nupdated and are available on the AMSAT website at: https://bit.ly/3xChPtT\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above\ninformation]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?\n Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff\n from our Zazzle store!\n 25% of the purchase price of each product goes\n towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space\n https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n--------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nARISS NEWS: Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of April 29, 2021\n\nGreen Bank Elementary Middle School, Green Bank, WV, direct via N8RV. The\nISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The downlink frequency is\npresently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the\noperation mode can be found at\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html. The scheduled\nastronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP \nContact is go for: Fri 2021-05-07 12:35:51 UTC 30 deg\n\nISS Status Update as of 28 April\n\nNoting the change to cross-band repeater on May 7:\nCurrent Status of ISS Stations as of 04/26/2021\n\nColumbus Module radios:\nIORS (Kenwood D710GA) - STATUS - ACTIVE. supporting packet operation\n(145.825 MHz). Next mode change to cross band repeater targeting May 7.\nSupporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice repeater ops.\nOFF from May 5 - May 6 to support ISS communications testing.\n\nService Module radios:\nKenwood D710E - STATUS - Radio usually off. Supporting ROS scheduled voice\ncontacts and SSTV. \nOFF from May 5 - May 6 to support ISS communications testing.\n\nhttps://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html\n\n[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors\nfor the above information]\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\n AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur\n radio package, including two-way communication capability, to\n be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.\n\n Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/\n\n+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+\n\nUpcoming Satellite Operations\n\nQuick Hits:\n\nN6AJ: FROM DM05 TO EM04, I will be headed to OK from CA around May 17 , DM74\nAND DM75 is on the list for sure. I will be on FM and SSB. As it closer I\nhope to have a schedule.\n\nKX9X & N9NCY: Happy to announce @Nancy_N9NCY and I will be celebrating my\nbirthday in style in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, grids EN57 & EN67. Look\nfor us on the birds from July 15-19. Maybe some POTA, too. \n\nW7LT: EN36/37/38/46/47/48/57/58 for late May is on my radar.\n\nMajor Roves:\n\nSee the article on ND9M/mm Pacific operations in this newletter above.\n\nCM93 Possibility: N6DNM Very long shot, but might want to put it on your\ncalendar for May 15th, if you can figure out where it is and for #SOTA\nfolks, that would be W6/SC-336, Santa Rosa Island, activated only once\nbefore.\n\nPlease submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com\nUpdated 04/25/2021\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager for the above\ninformation]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events\n\nOn the Air event: AMSAT Italia:\nMembers of AMSAT Italia commemorate Gagarin's flight into space until the\nend of the year with the callsign II0SAT on HF and via satellite.\n\nAMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford K6CLS is planning the following\npresentations:\nAustin ARC - May 4\nUniversity of Arizona - June 1\nConejo Valley (CA) - October 21\nSaratoga ARC - May 5\nMICROHams - May 18\nWellesley ARC - June 15\nWhite Mountain ARC - June 2\nWest Valley (CA) ARC - June 9\n\nThink a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun \"How to Work the Easy\nSatellites\" Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention or\nclub? Always includes are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS . and\npre-presentation questions are solicited and welcome. Send Clint an email or\ncall!\nClint Bradford K6LCS, http://www.work-sat.com. Tel:909-999-SATS (7287)\n\n[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, Larry Manaev,\nRN3AG, and Clint Bradford, K6CLS AMSAT Ambassador for the above information]\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ CubeSat for under $1,000?\nA post on Hackaday looks at building a low cost satellite - a CubeSat\nWant to build your own CubeSat but have been put off by the price? There may\nbe a solution in the works - [RG Sat] has challenged himself to design and\nbuild one for less than $1,000. \nHis idea isn't just a pipe dream, either. In the the fifteen months since he\nbegan the project, [RG Sat] has designed and built the avionics and\nelectrical power system circuit boards, and is currently testing his sun\ntracker design. For additional information see: https://bit.ly/2Rc5lbW\n\n[ANS thanks Southgate Amateur Radio News for the above information]\n\n+ Recent activity on the 23cm band RNSS Coexistence Studies\nThe Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum Affairs, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports on\nthe work being done in defending the interests of the Amateur Services in\nthe 1240-1300 MHz band. For details, see https://bit.ly/3eFI4XJ\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT UK for the above information]\n\n+100 Million Dataframes for the SatNOGS DB. \nSatNOGS is the largest network of open-source satellite ground stations and\nworks to identify and track satellites worldwide. SatNOGS is developed and\nmaintained by the Libre Space Foundation, which supports the creation of\nopen-source space technologies based on the Libre Space Manifesto\nprinciples. Recently, the project reached a significant milestone with the\nSatNOGS DB storing its 100 millionth dataframe. The frame was captured from\nFALCONSAT-3 (a previously DARPA-, now amateur-, controlled picosatellite for\ntesting ambient plasma and micro propulsion attitude control systems). More\nat: https://bit.ly/3xyXOEx\n\n[ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information]\n\n+China launches Tianhe space station core module into orbit\nHELSINKI - China successfully launched a 22-metric-ton module April 28,\nbeginning an intense period of missions for constructing the nation's own\nspace station.\nA Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket lifted off from the coastal Wenchang\nspaceport at 11:23 p.m. Eastern. The Tianhe space station core module\nseparated from the first stage after 490 seconds of flight.\nSolar array deployment occurred just over an hour after launch. Li Shangfu,\nchief commander of the China Manned Spaceflight Program, announced launch\nsuccess shortly after. More at: https://bit.ly/32XRQir\n\n[ANS thanks Andrew Jones of Spacenews.com for the above information]\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 donors to\nAMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.\nApplication forms are available from the AMSAT Store.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at\none-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled\nin at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a\nmaximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact info [at]\namsat.org for additional student membership information.\n\n73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,\nThis week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ\nkd4iz at frawg dot org\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }