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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-312 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-312\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* AO-85 Testing November 8 and 9\n* US Radio Amateurs Back in Space and SA AMSAT Kletskous Update\n* SAREX Reflector Has Been Shut Down\n* ISS Astronauts Link-Up with ITU WRC-15 in Geneva\n* Help Wanted Astronauts\n* QB50 project 2016\n* BRICSAT-1 recovery challenge\n* Hawaii Launch of Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Fails\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-312\nANS-312 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 312\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nNovember 8, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-312\n\n\nAO-85 Testing November 8 and 9\n\n*Summary of AO-85 testing:*\n\n* Please do not try to uplink to AO-85 during the following times\n  (all of which occur while AO-85 is over North America) even though\n  the transponder will be active and you may hear activity.\n\n*Sunday November 8, 15:35 through 15:55 UTC*\n*Sunday November 8, 17:15 through 17:35 UTC*\n*Monday November 9, 00:05 through 00:25 UTC*\n*Monday November 9, 01:45 through 02:10 UTC*\n\nAll dates and times are UTC, all passes are Sunday local time in\nNorth America. Stations in North, Central, and northern South America\nare asked to comply.\n\nYou are encouraged to copy telemetry with FoxTelem during these\ntimes to forward to the server to help us analyze the test results.\n\n*Details of this AO-85 testing:*\n\nSunday, November 8 and into early Monday, November 9 (UTC) the Fox-1\nEngineering Team will be testing the COR (carrier operated relay)\nmode of AO-85. COR is the backup to the IHU failing, if IHU fails AO-\n85 should continue operating as a simple COR repeater with no CTCSS\nnecessary as long as there is power. In COR mode no telemetry or\nvoice ID is present because those are generated by the IHU.\n\nOrbit 443 ascending, at approximately 15:35 UTC over North America we\nwill test a telemetry high/low reset command. Following the command\nlook for Ground Resets = 2 in the Computer window of FoxTelem. Once\nthat is confirmed, we will command the IHU OFF on the same pass.\n\nPlease keep the uplink clear in order to help us test and monitor\nthe telemetry.\n\nOrbit 444 ascending, at approximately 17:15 UTC over North America\nAMSAT command and engineering stations will test the COR mode on the\nair to observe performance. Please keep the uplink clear so that we\nmay test without interference, to expedite the testing and allow for\ngood measurements. We may command IHU ON during the pass in order to\nobserve battery voltage in the telemetry. Please have FoxTelem\nrunning even if there is no telemetry seen, it may turn on at any\ntime during this pass.\n\nOrbit 448 descending, at approximately 00:05 UTC Monday over North\nAmerica we will command AO-85 IHU ON. Please keep the uplink clear in\norder to help us test and monitor the telemetry after the IHU is\nturned on.\n\nOrbit 449 descending, at approximately 01:45 UTC Monday over North\nAmerica if we were unable to command IHU ON on orbit 448, we will\nattempt to command again. Please keep the uplink clear in order to\nhelp us test and monitor the telemetry after the IHU is turned on.\n\nDuring the testing stations outside North, Central and northern South\nAmerica are invited to use the COR repeater mode and share your\nassessment of AO-85 receive sensitivity and audio on amsat-bb.\nStations in North, Central, and northern South America may use the COR\nrepeater on orbits 445 through 447 and are also invited to share your\nassessment of AO-85 receive sensitivity and audio on amsat-bb.\n\nPlease share this widely to help reach everyone who may be operating\nAO-85.\n\nThe AO-85 team thanks you for your support.\n\n[ANS thanks Jerry N0JY for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUS Radio Amateurs Back in Space and SA AMSAT Kletskous Update\n\nThe launch of the Fox 1A CubeSat on 8 October 2015 marked the return\nof satellites built by AMSAT North America (Amateur Radio Satellite\nCorporation). US amateurs were the first to build and launch\nsatellites just a few years after the Russians stunned the world with\nSputnik 1 in 1957. For several decades they led the pack and built\nbigger and better satellite. That that came to an end some five years\nago when free rides into space dried up.\n\nAMSAT had to refocus its activities and look at CubeSat as the best\nalternative possible option as free and more affordable launches\nbecame available. One of the options is the NASA ELaNa program.\nNASA and the Launch Services Program are partnering with several\nuniversities to launch small research satellites. These missions\nprovide NASA with valuable opportunities to test emerging\ntechnologies and economical commercial off-the-shelf components that\nmay be useful in future space missions. NASA nanosatellites are\ndesigned for a wide spectrum of space missions, including biology\nexperiments, testing advanced propulsion and communications\ntechnologies.\n\nCubeSats are only 10 x 10 x 10 cm and weigh under 1,3 kg. NASA’s\nKennedy Space Centre in Florida has adapted the Poly-Picosatellite\nOrbital Deployer (PPOD) to put these CubeSats into orbit. This\ndeployment system was designed and is manufactured by the California\nPolytechnic State University in partnership with Stanford University.\n\nFox-1A was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base as part of the\nELaNa-XII group of satellites. In addition, Fox-1C and Fox-1D are now\nscheduled to fly together under contract with Spaceflight, which is\nexpected to launch in first quarter 2016. Fox 1B also known as\nRadFXSat has been assigned a launch that is currently expected to take\nplace in November 2016 from Vandenberg Air Force Base as part of\nELaNa-XIV.\n\n“The next 14 months will be rewarding ones for our volunteers, who\nspent countless hours designing, documenting, collaborating,\nfabricating, testing and integrating ourFox-1 design into flight\nhardware,” AMSAT president Barry Baines said. “These satellites will\nbe used by radio amateurs, students, and scientists who will benefit\nfrom amateur radio capabilities on board, educational opportunities\nthat our spacecraft can provide to the classroom, and the scientific\ndata that will be available from payloads on board provided by\nuniversity students and faculties,” he said.\n\nOrganizationally, AMSAT has benefited tremendously from the Fox-1\nprogram as it provides the basis for training anew generation of\nsatellite builders who are now seasoned veterans, capable of tackling\nmore complex and challenging projects.\n\n“AMSAT’s reputation as a satellite innovator is enhanced as the Fox-1\ndesign allows seamless integration of scientific payloads that can\nbenefit from a reliable communications downlink capable of low speed\nand high speed data transmissions,” Baines said.\n\nFox-1A is the first FM repeater satellite in a 1U CubeSat form\nfactor, capable of sending low speed telemetry as well as payload\ndata while the FM repeater is in normal amateur service.\n\nFox-1B will fly with the Vanderbilt University radiation experiments\nexpected in 2016. Fox-1C will launch on Spaceflight’s maiden mission\nof the SHERPA multi-cubesat deployer planned for the 1st quarter of\n2016. U- and L-band uplinks with the VHF band downlink will be\navailable. Fox-1D will launch with Fox-1C. It will include the\nUniversity of Iowa HERCI experiment. IA Virginia Tech camera will\nalso be included. U- and L- band uplinks with the VHF band downlink\nwill be available. Fox-1E “Evolution” will carry a Mode J linear\ntransponder. The transponder is planned to be 30 kHz wide and will\nalso have a 1200 bps BPSK telemetry beacon.\n\nSouth African AMSAT’s (SA AMSAT) CubeSat, named Kletskous\n(chatterbox) is making good progress with the third generation space\nframe to be completed before the end of the year. Good progress is\nbeing made with all the subsystems and it is expected that by the end\nof February 2016, a breadboard layout will be tested. The breadboard\nlayout is also referred to as flatsat as all the subsystems are wired\ntogether on the test bench and tested as a fully operational satellite.\n\nSA AMSAT is also planning to include experimental projects and is\ninviting high school learners and tertiary education students to\nsubmit proposals for their science project to be included in\nKletskous and make use of the transponder facilities to have the data\nof their projects downloaded as part of the telemetry stream. Because\nof the size of a CubeSat and the limited power budget available,\nproposals must be for projects which have few components and require\nlittle power.\n\nFor more details about Kletskous visit\nwww.amsatsa.org.za.\nProposals should be submitted to [email protected] and reach the\nKletskous team by 28 February 2016.\n\nSee:\nhttp://www.ee.co.za/article/us-radio-amateurs-back-space.html\n\n\n[ANS thanks Hans, ZS6AKV for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSAREX Reflector Has Been Shut Down\n\nAs previously announced the SAREX Reflector was shut down November\n1. What follows is Frank Bauer's KA3HDO, AMSAT V.P. for Human\nSpaceflight Programs and the ARISS International Chair, final\ncomments to the SAREX Reflector.\n\n\"SAREX Reflector Participants:\n\nAs previously announced, on November 1, 2015 we are shutting down\nthe SAREX Reflector for future message postings.  This posting\nrepresents the SAREX reflector’s last message.\n\nIt is not clear when the SAREX reflector was first started, but from\na query to Paul Williamson, who started all the AMSAT reflectors, it\nhas been in operation since at least 1992.\n\nOver the years, many of you have used this forum to gather and share\ninformation on our “frequent flyer” SAREX missions on the Shuttle,\nour operations on the Space Station Mir and, since 2000, our\noperations on ISS.  But times have changed since the early 1990s.\nFor starters, we have moved from the SAREX activities on the Shuttle\nto ARISS on the International Space Station.  AMSAT, ARRL and the\nARISS international team of volunteers have also transitioned our\nARISS communications to you and are providing you many ways to get\ninformation on ARISS.  This includes the ARISS Web Site\nwww.ariss.org, the ISS Fan Club web site www.issfanclub.com and the\nAMSAT web site, www.amsat.org.  The ARISS team noticed that many on\nthe AMSAT BB reflector were not seeing late-breaking opportunities\nfor ARISS connections (School, SSTV, QSOs) unless these messages were\ncross-posted between SAREX and BB.  So the decision was made by me to\nmove all the SAREX real-time traffic over to BB and to end the SAREX\nreflector postings on this date.\n\nBefore we hit “send” and closeout this reflector, I encourage you to\nsign up and continue to get these messages on AMSAT-BB.  If you feel\nthere is too much traffic on BB, you can always sign up for the\ndigest mode, which combines many messages and sends them out\nperiodically (usually daily).  And don’t forget that the SAREX\narchives will still be available on the AMSAT web site, so you can\nresearch past messages.\n\nOn behalf of AMSAT-NA and the ARISS International Team, I want to\nthank you for your sustained participation in this phenomenal amateur\nradio human spaceflight journey.  Moreover, we look forward to your\nfurther participation and volunteer support in the future.\n\nWhile there are many ARISS volunteers to thank for their outstanding\nsupport, I want to send a particular shout out to Charlie Sufana,\nAJ9N, who has provided all SAREX reflector participants frequent\nupdates on ARISS status.  Thanks Charlie!\n\nAs I close this final e-mail, I want to announce that over the next\ncouple months, ARISS will be celebrating its 15ths anniversary of\ncontinuous operations on the ISS, starting with November 13, 2015\nwhen we conducted our first ham radio contacts on ISS and on December\n21, 2000 when we conducted our first school contact with the Burbank\nSchool in Burbank, Illinois.  Stay tuned on BB and our web site for\nham radio activities that we will be conducting over the year to\ncommemorate these historic events.\n\n73,\n\nFrank H. Bauer, KA3HDO\nAMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs\nARISS International Chair\"\n\n[ANS thanks SAREX and Frank KA3HDO for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nISS Astronauts Link-Up with ITU WRC-15 in Geneva\n\nThe ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) is taking\nplace in Geneva from November 2-27. On Tuesday, November 3 at 1241 UT\nthere was an amateur radio link-up between WRC-15 and two astronauts\non the International Space Station (ISS).\n\nThe contact took place using the permanent amateur radio station at\nthe ITU. The station’s normal call sign is 4U1ITU but during the\nconference the special call sign 4U1WRC is being used.\n\nStudents from Institut Florimont were able to use the ITU station to\ntalk to astronauts Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS and Kimiya Yui KG5BPH who\nwere using the  amateur radio station in the ISS Columbus module,\ncall sign OR4ISS.\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program\nestablished the first permanent amateur radio presence in space 15\nyears ago. The inaugural ARISS contact took place on December 21,\n2000, between a member of the ISS Expedition 1 crew and youngsters at\nLuther Burbank Elementary School near Chicago. Several pupils and a\nteacher got to chat using amateur radio with “Space Station Alpha”\nCommander William “Shep” Shepherd KD5GSL.\nThe ARISS program lets students worldwide experience the excitement\nof talking directly with crew members of the International Space\nStation, inspiring them to pursue interests in careers in science,\ntechnology, engineering and math, and engaging them with radio\nscience technology through amateur radio.\n\nA video of the contact event can be viewed at:\nhttps://youtu.be/ahdDiuFk2-Y\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and WRC15 for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHelp Wanted Astronauts\n\nNASA Press Release: Job Openings for Astronauts\n\nIn anticipation of returning human spaceflight launches to American\nsoil, and in preparation for the agency's journey to Mars, NASA\nannounced it will soon begin accepting applications for the next\nclass of astronaut candidates. With more human spacecraft in\ndevelopment in the United States today than at any other time in\nhistory, future astronauts will launch once again from the Space\nCoast of Florida on American-made commercial spacecraft, and carry\nout deep-space exploration missions that will advance a future human\nmission to Mars.\n\nThe agency will accept applications from Dec. 14 through mid-\nFebruary and expects to announce candidates selected in mid-2017.\nApplications for consideration as a NASA Astronaut will be accepted\nat:\n\nhttp://www.usajobs.gov\n\nThe next class of astronauts may fly on any of four different U.S.\nvessels during their careers: the International Space Station, two\ncommercial crew spacecraft currently in development by U.S.\ncompanies, and NASA's Orion deep-space exploration vehicle.\n\n>From pilots and engineers, to scientists and medical doctors, NASA\nselects qualified astronaut candidates from a diverse pool of U.S.\ncitizens with a wide variety of backgrounds.\n\n\"This next group of American space explorers will inspire the Mars\ngeneration to reach for new heights, and help us realize the goal of\nputting boot prints on the Red Planet,\" said NASA Administrator\nCharles Bolden. \"Those selected for this service will fly on U.S.\nmade spacecraft from American soil, advance critical science and\nresearch aboard the International Space Station, and help push the\nboundaries of technology in the proving ground of deep space.\"\n\nThe space agency is guiding an unprecedented transition to\ncommercial spacecraft for crew and cargo transport to the space\nstation. Flights in Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon\nwill facilitate adding a seventh crew member to each station mission,\neffectively doubling the amount of time astronauts will be able to\ndevote to research in space.\n\nFuture station crew members will continue the vital work advanced\nduring the last 15 years of continuous human habitation aboard the\norbiting laboratory, expanding scientific knowledge and demonstrating\nnew technologies. This work will include building on the regular six-\nmonth missions and this year's one-year mission, currently underway\naboard the station, which is striving for research breakthroughs not\npossible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic\nexploration into deep space.\n\nIn addition, NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft,\nnow in development, will launch astronauts on missions to the proving\nground of lunar orbit where NASA will learn to conduct complex\noperations in a deep space environment before moving on to longer\nduration missions on its journey to Mars.\n\n\"This is an exciting time to be a part of America's human space\nflight program,\" said Brian Kelly, director of Flight Operations at\nNASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. \"NASA has taken the next step\nin the evolution of our nation's human spaceflight program - and our\nU.S. astronauts will be at the forefront of these new and challenging\nspace flight missions. We encourage all qualified applicants to learn\nmore about the opportunities for astronauts at NASA and apply to join\nour flight operations team.\"\n\nTo date, NASA has selected more than 300 astronauts to fly on its\nincreasingly challenging missions to explore space and benefit life\non Earth. There are 47 astronauts in the active astronaut corps, and\nmore will be needed to crew future missions to the space station and\ndestinations in deep space.\n\nAstronaut candidates must have earned a bachelor's degree from an\naccredited institution in engineering, biological science, physical\nscience or mathematics. An advanced degree is desirable. Candidates\nalso must have at least three years of related, progressively\nresponsible professional experience, or at least 1,000 hours of pilot-\nin-command time in jet aircraft. Astronaut candidates must pass the\nNASA long-duration spaceflight physical.\n\nFor more information about a career as a NASA astronaut, and\napplication requirements, visit:\n\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/astronauts\n\n[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nQB50 project 2016\n\nAs reported to the AMSAT-BB, Mineo Wakita JE9PEL informs us \"For the\npurpose of the demonstration and development of CubeSats of the\ntechnology of the universities around the world, it is scheduled to\nbe launched all 50 satellites by Ukraine Tsiklon-4 rocket on February\n1, 2016. There are still also uncertainties, but I, JE9PEL\ninvestigated the current frequencies and summarized it in an Excel\nfile. I'm going to issue in the future this revised version.\"\n\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/51106qb5.png\nhttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/51106qb5.xls\nhttp://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/#1602\n\n[ANS thanks Mineo JE9PEL for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBRICSAT-1 recovery challenge\n\nIf anyone has 9600 baud satellite capability and is looking for a\nchallenge, you could be successful in recovering BRICSAT (NO83).\nBRICSAT simply has a negative power budget.  When it wakes up, it\nshould be possible to get in the command to tell it to turn off\nunnecessary loads and then let it achieve full recovery.  As is, it\nwakes up, sends a few feeble 20 second packets and dies again.\n\nBricsat has another excellent PSK31 transpodner on it too.  You can\ndetect BRICSAT when it awakes by the 20 second packet on the downlink\nOR by the occasional PSK31 beacon on 435.350 MHz (+/- Doppler).  Do\nnot be confused by PSAT which also has a PSK31 tranpsonder on the\nsame frequency.  But they have different audio tones for the beacon.\n\n> Downlink: 437.975 MHz, 9600 baud\n> Uplink: 145.825 MHz, 9600 baud\n> Latest “guess” at the TLE (not sure if this is BRICSat)\n> 1 90722U          15294.38156592 +.00051032 +00000-0 +11686-2 0 0166\n> 2 90722 054.9895 030.6075 0226665 199.3544 159.8861 15.1979213102332\n\nThe commands are simple keyboard dumb terminal commands.\nIf you think  you want to take on this challenge, contact us.\n(bruninga at usna.edu)\n\n\n[ANS thanks Bob WB4APR and Jin KB3UKS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nHawaii Launch of Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Fails\n\nThe November 4 inaugural launch of an experimental US military\nvehicle carrying several satellites with Amateur Radio payloads into\norbit failed in mid-flight shortly after taking off at 0345 UTC from\nHawaii. The experimental Super Strypi launch vehicle, carrying a\ncollection of small satellites into orbit as part of the ORS-4\nmission for the Department of Defense, was fired from a truss-mounted\nrail system from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, off Barking\nSands on Kauai. According to Spaceflightnow.com, the Super Strypi\nrocket is designed for low-cost, quick-reaction satellite launches.\nDestroyed in the demonstration flight were 13 small research\nspacecraft clustered on the mission for NASA researchers and\nuniversity students.\n\nNone of the satellites carried Amateur Radio transponders, but\nseveral were equipped to transmit beacon signals and telemetry on 2\nmeter, 70 centimeter, and 13 centimeter amateur frequencies. The\nsatellites lost included Argus, EDSN, HawaiiSat-1, ORS-Squared,\nPrintSat, STACEM, STU-1, and Supernova-Beta. PrintSat carried a 3D\nprinted structure and was designed to measure the performance of the\nmaterial over the course of its 3 year mission.\n\nSpaceflightnow.com said the experimental launcher apparently lost\ncontrol and broke up downrange from the launch site. The November 4\nmaiden flight took place following several delays. The test flight\nwas one of two planned demonstrations of the launcher.\n\nView the Super Strypi & ORS-4 Launch On PMRF 3 November 201 at\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsMegDZ_VFQ\n\nSpaceflightnow's detailed coverage of the event can be found at\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS312-Spaceflightnow\n\n[ANS thanks ARRL Newsletter for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ The scheduled contact with Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden was postponed\nbecause the scheduled astronaut was tied up in other activities. The\ncontact will be rescheduled for a later date.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between ITU World Radio\nCommunication Conference 2015 WRC-15, Geneva, Switzerland and\nAstronaut Kimiya Yui KG5BPH  using Callsign OR4ISS.\nThe contact began 2015-11-03 11:47 UTC and lasted about nine\nand a half minutes. Contact was direct via 4U1WRC.\nARISS Mentor was ON4WF.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Eleanor Palmer School,\nLondon, United Kingdom and Astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS using\nCallsign NA1SS.\nThe contact began 2015-11-03 11:47 UTC and lasted about nine\nand a half minutes. Contact telebridged via VK6MJ.\nARISS Mentor was MØXTD.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nBORG Monsbergergasse, Graz,  Austria, direct via OEØARISS. The ISS\ncallsign is presently scheduled to be  OR4ISS. The scheduled\nastronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS\nContact is a go  for: Mon 2015-11-09 09:42:15 UTC\n\nSte. Genevieve du Bois  Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods,\nMissouri, direct via NØKBA. The ISS  callsign is presently scheduled\nto be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Kjell  Lindgren KO5MOS\nThe contact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-12 16:25:16 UTC\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\nVery nice coverage, and features Keith, W5IU, with the ARISS contact\nwith Daggett Montessori School in Ft. Worth, Texas:\n\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS312-DaggettMontessori\n\n[ANS thanks JoAnne K9JKM and the Star-Telegram for the above\ninformation]\n\nARISS Contact Documentary\n\nWKTV did a really nice job producing a documentary of the October 23\nARISS contact with West Michigan Aviation Academy.\nHere is a link to the youtube video.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkOvN9CKB9M&authuser=0\n\n[ANS thanks Les Brown, Chief Pilot, West Michigan Aviation Academy\nand WKTV ro the above information]\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,\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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