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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-215 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-215\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* July/August 2014 AMSAT Journal is Ready and at the Print Shop\n* AMSAT ARRL Centennial Videos Added to www.AMSAT.org\n* AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium Videos Now Available\n* Enhanced FUNcube-1 Dashboard App now available\n* AMSAT Events\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-215.01\nANS-215 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 215.01\n >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE August 3, 2014\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-215.01\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJuly/August 2014 AMSAT Journal is Ready and at the Print Shop\n\n\nJoAnne, K9JKM reports that the July/August 2014 AMSAT Journal has\nbeen sent to the print shop. Look for your copy in your mailbox in a\ncouple of weeks depending on the post office. Thanks to all of our\ncontributors and Editors:\nBernhard, VA6BMJ; Douglas, KA2UPW/5; James, K3JPH for their help\ngetting this issue ready.\n\nIn this issue you will find ...\n\n+ AMSAT Announcements: Call for 2014 AMSAT Space Symposium Papers\n+ Apogee View by Barry Baines - WD4ASW\n+ Fox-1C to Launch on Spaceflight's SHERPA in 3Q 2015\n+ Get Ready for Fox-1 Hamfest Handout\n+ AMSAT at ARRL Centennial Celebration in Hartford\n+ Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and 2014 AMSAT BOD\nElection Notice by Alan Biddle - WA4SCA\n+ AMSAT at Dayton 2014 by Keith Baker - KB1SF/VA3KSF\n+ AMSAT Engineering 2014 - Virtual Teamwork by Jerry Buxton - N0JY\n+ AMSAT at Ham-Com 2014\n+ New President's Club Donor Drive Announcement\n+ Star Comm Group Satellite Operating Awards by Damon Runion - WA4HFN\n+ June 19 DNEPR Launch Lofts 37 Satellites\n+ AMSAT Field Day 2014 by Bruce Paige - KK5DO\n+ UKube-1 With FUNcube-2 Transponder Aboard Launched on July 8\nby Graham Shirville - G3VZV\n\nA color preview of the cover page has been posted to the AMSAT North\nAmerica Facebook page.\n\nThe AMSAT Journal welcomes all your input about Amateur Radio in\nspace. We'll do all the final formatting and layout for you. All we\nneed are your article in text, MS-Word, or OpenOffice format. Please\nsend photos separately as JPG or BMP files in as high resolution as\npossible. We have a writer's guide posted at\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=1709\n-and-feel free to contact the editor directly with your questions.\nSample articles from previous issues are posted at:\nhttp://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=2074\n\nThe AMSAT Journal is sent to all members bi-monthly. We report on all\naspects of Amateur Radio in space including launches, equipment,\noperating techniques, antennas, activities, and membership news. Not\nyet a member? You can find out how to join at:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=1095\n\nPlease send your articles, photos, and news to [email protected] or\[email protected].\n\n\n[ANS thanks the AMSAT Journal Editor Team for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT ARRL Centennial Videos Added to www.AMSAT.org\n\n\nThe following are videos of Patrick WD9EWK demonstrating working\nsatellites during the ARRL Centennial. Two of the 3 use audio Patrick\nrecorded, with a slideshow complete with pictures and descriptions\nof the audio and other stuff related to AMSAT at Hartford.\n\nThis is a slideshow from the AO-7 demonstration Patrick gave, after\nour training seminar wrapped up on the Thursday of that weekend (17\nJuly):\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5TjXbuLv5s\n\nThis is a slideshow from the NA1SS contact on Saturday (19\nJuly) morning:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoFbhPXsUx0\n\nThis is an actual video from the AO-7 demonstration at the end\nof the convention on Saturday (19 July). Thanks Peter W2JV for\nrunning the camera for this video!:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHd91H_t88o\n\nSee the AMSAT Presentations at the 2014 ARRL Centennial webpage:\nhttp://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2914\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT-UK Space Colloquium Videos Now Available\n\n\nThanks to the hard work of volunteers from the British Amateur\nTelevision Club (BATC) videos of the presentations given to the AMSAT-\nUK International Space Colloquium held in Guildford on July 26-27,\n2014 are now available to view online or download to your PC.\n\nLinks to the presentation videos, PDF’s of the slides and the\nschedule are at\nhttp://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2014/presentation-videos/\n\nYou can also access them by following these steps:\n• Go to http://www.batc.tv/\n• Click on the ‘Film Archive’ icon\n• Select ‘AMSATUK 2014? from the Category drop down menu\n• Click on ‘Select Category’\n• Select the video you wish to watch from the Stream drop down menu\n• Click on ‘Select Stream’\n• Click the play icon ‘>’ on the player\n• Clicking on the icon to the left of the player volume control will\ngive you full screen display.\n• To download the video file to your PC right-click on the ‘Click\nHere’ link under the player.\n\nAMSAT-UK publishes an newsletter, OSCAR News, that is full of\nAmateur Satellite information. A sample issue of OSCAR News can be\ndownloaded here.\nJoin AMSAT-UK online at http://tinyurl.com/JoinAMSAT-UK/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nEnhanced FUNcube-1 Dashboard App now available\n\n\nAThis weekend saw the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium take\nplace and Jim Heck G3WGM and Ciaran Morgan M0XTD together gave a\npresentation on the FUNcube-1 CubeSat mission.\n\nThe presentation included the announcement of a new version of the\nFUNcube-1 Dashboard. This has greatly improved decoding performance\nfor weak signals – especially for Dongle users. Additionally the\nDashboard can now activate the Bias-T pre-amp power from the Dongle.\n\nThe new version can now be downloaded and the guidance notes have\nbeen updated to provide full information about it.\n\nAll users are encouraged to install this new version to improve\ntheir system performance and further increase the amount of data\nbeing captured in the Warehouse.\n\nReports will be very welcome on the FUNcube forum\nhttp://forum.funcube.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=195\n\nDashboard App – Telemetry Decoder\nhttp://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/\n\nData Warehouse – Telemetry Archive\nhttp://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAMSAT Events\n\n\nIformation 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* Saturday, 2 August 2014 – Fairbanks Hamfest in Fairbanks AK\n* Friday through Sunday, 12-14 September 2014 – ARRL Southwestern\nDivision Convention 2014 in San Diego CA (near Montgomery Field and I-\n805/CA-163 interchange)\n* Saturday, 8 November 2014 – Tucson Hamfest 2014 in Marana AZ\n(along I-10 west frontage road, east of exit 236)\n* Saturday, 6 December 2014 – Superstition Superfest 2014 in Mesa\nAZ (Mesa Community College, Dobson Road between Southern Avenue & US-\n60 exit 177)\n* Saturday, 10 January 2015 – Thunderbird Hamfest in Phoenix AZ\n(43rd Avenue, between Greenway and Bell Roads)\n* Friday and Saturday, 20-21 February 2015 – Yuma Hamfest in Yuma\nAZ (Yuma County Fairgrounds, 32nd Street between Pacific Avenue &\nAvenue 3E, south of I-8 exit 3)\n\n\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n\nUpcoming Contacts\n\n* A direct contact via 8J3AK with students at Amino Kita\nElementary School, Kyotango, Japan is scheduled for Wed 2014-08-06\n10:25:43 UTC 68 deg.\n\nAmino Kita Elementary School was opened on April 1, 1983. Our school\nis located at the northernmost tip of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. We\nhave 244 students now, who all study hard and pursue sports actively.\nOur school is surrounded by a rich, natural environment.\n\nThe location of our school is recognized as a part of Quasi-National\nPark and the National Geo Park. It is also only 100 meters away from\nthe beach. Students in the 6th grade swim one kilometer in the sea\nevery year. During the current season, summer, a lot of lights from\nsquid fishing boats can be seen in the sea at night. Maybe you can\nsee them from the ISS?\n\nOur school has beautiful grounds covered with green grass. At\nrecess, our students play in the grounds full of energy. There are\nstraight hallways more than 100 meters long in our school. They are\nsometimes used in our arithmetic classes to learn how to measure\ndistance.\n\nThe members of our space club will ask you some questions today.\nThese questions were thought of by all of the students. It is a new\nclub that began this year. They are studying the stars and moon, and\npracticing English hard so that they can make contact with you. All\nof the people in our school are really looking forward to getting in\ntouch with the astronauts in the ISS.\n\nLatest News\n\n* A telebridge contact with Scouts at Space Jam 8, Rantoul Airport\n& Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul IL, USA was successfu on Sat\n2014-08-02 12:23:19 UTC 60 deg via W6SRJ in Santa Rosa, CA, USA.\n\nARISS reports\n\"The contact Space Jam 8 just had a very successful contact with\nGreg. We had 24 questions answered that were on the list plus 2\nextra ones for a total of 26.\n\nI only heard one very very very brief change in signal strength but\nGreg was rock solid through the entire pass. He actually called\nW6SRJ first.\n\nThe Space Jam 8 group was heading off to their next project of the\nday, launching a balloon with ham radio on board. They also reported\nthat there was at least 1 TV station there.\"\n\nSpaceJam 8 provided the following information -\nGreetings to all stations from the participants and volunteers of\nSpace Jam 8 in Rantoul, Illinois. Though primarily a weekend Scouting\nand STEM education event, we are open to all interested youth. Boy\nScouts, Girl Scouts and Venturing Crews from 22 states and this year\nCanada have come together in an educational and fun format to learn\nmore about the life skills that will prepare them for the\nincreasingly complex technological future. While it is well known\nthat Scouting teaches pioneering skills like camping and wilderness\nsurvival, the new pioneers and wilderness are in outer space and we\nare working hard at 44 technology oriented Merit Badges and\nactivities, plus some fun things like the Duct Tape Merit Badge and\nexperiencing 1/3 gravity. Talking to the astronauts on the ISS is an\nunforgettable part of the experience at Space Jam and that's next on\nour list. We will not know for many years whether one of these youths\nbecomes an astronaut themselves but it is certain that they are all\npart of tomorrow's leaders.\n\nFind more information about Space Jam at\nhttp://spacejamboree.com/pages/about.\n\n\n* A telebridge contact with students participating in the ESA 2014\nSpace Camp, Rossall School, Fleetwood, United Kingdom was successful\nTue 2014-07-29 14:01:13 UTC 53 deg via W6SRJ.\n\nAudio on Echolink and Web stream was transmitted.\n\nThis annual camp is organized by the ESA Space Camp Committee takes\nplace in a different European country each summer for 2 weeks. This\nyear the camp takes place between 27 July and 10 August where 185\nyoung space explorers aged 8 to 17 will meet each other in the UK at\nRossall School. The children come from the following ESA\nestablishments (UK, France, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands and\nGermany).\n\nThis will be the 20th Space Camp organized by ESA. This year the\nchildren will also be involved in celebrating this milestone with\nmarking 50 years of ESA. Children, their parents and educators from\nthe area will join the ESA campers on this special celebration day.\n\nRossall is a boarding school situated on a beautiful 160-acre site,\nthere is plenty of room for extensive sports and cultural facilities,\nincluding a swimming pool, squash and tennis courts, as well as a\nfitness room and a climbing wall.\n\nThe ESC 2014 program will feature a balanced mix of sports such as\nflag rugby, life-guarding, kayaking and martial arts. The theme for\ncamp will be ‘Reach for the Stars!’ Well-equipped IT labs, classrooms\nand an on-site planetarium will be instrumental in setting up a space\neducation program that will keep the children motivated with new and\nexciting hands-on activities and educational tasks involving space-\nrelated themes, as well as learning about the culture of the host\ncountry.\n\nAs with all ESA Space Camps, there will be specific emphasis placed\non socialization and respect among the participants. We hope to make\nthe camp a really unique experience for juniors and teenagers who are\nin the process of becoming citizens of a multicultural society.\n\n\n* On July 25, 2014, A direct contact via RZ9WWB with students\nparticipating in Gagarin From Space at Vii Youth Rally Of Radio\nAmateurs In Bashkiria, Ufa,Russia was successful 2014-07-25 21:38\nUTC.\n\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\n* $248 Billion for Manufacture and Launch of 1,155 Satellites Over\nNext Decade\n\nAccording to Euroconsult's newly released research report,\nSatellites to be Built and Launched, 115 satellites will be launched\non average yearly over the next decade (2014-2023).\nIn comparison with last year's forecast, the number of satellites is\nstable while market value is growing, thus translating the growing\neconomic importance of the sector, for both governments and\ncommercial satellite companies.\n\nGovernments all over the world will be responsible for more than 75%\nof the $248 billion in revenues expected from the manufacturing and\nlaunch of these 1,155 satellites.\nGovernments' dominance of the space industry continues to increase\nas established space countries replace and expand their in-orbit\nsatellite systems and more countries acquire their first operational\nsatellite systems, usually for communications and broadcasting or for\nEarth observation and imagery intelligence.\nNearly 90% of the government market value will remain concentrated\nin the 10 countries with an established space industry, but growth in\nthe government market will derive from new satellite systems in 35\nnascent space countries, creating a market of $2 billion on average\nper year to be provided principally by foreign suppliers as local\nindustry capabilities develop simultaneously.\n\nAccording to Rachel Villain, Principal Advisor at Euroconsult and\neditor of the report, \"governments in established space countries\ncontinue to drive innovation for satellite systems with benefits to\nlocal industries and the foreign governments to which they export.\"\nIn the commercial space sector, Euroconsult anticipates a total of\n350 satellites to be launched over the decade, most of which will be\nfor the replacement of capacity existing in-orbit.\nThese satellites will be equally divided between the geostationary\norbit (GEO) and lower altitude orbits (MEO and LEO); 83% of market\nvalue remains concentrated in the geostationary orbit, the\ndestination of 300+ satellites operated by 30 commercial companies\nfor communications and broadcasting services.\n\nStill, the constellations to be launched in non-geostationary orbits\nfor communications services and Earth observation imagery should\nrepresent a market of $1 billion per year on average over the decade.\nTechnology advances in satellite payloads and higher competition in\nlaunch services allow the continuous improvement of CAPEX efficiency\nof commercial GEO satellites for communications and broadcasting\nservices.\n\nElectric propulsion will definitively be part of the economic\nequation, even if only five all-electric commercial satellites are\nnow under construction.\n\n[ANS thanks spacemart.com for the above information]\n\n\n* US aerospace firm outlines New Zealand-based space program\n\nA United States aerospace company is aiming to make New Zealand one\nof the exclusive group of countries with a space program by promising\na revolutionary new satellite-carrying rocket for a fraction of the\ncurrent satellite launch costs.\n\nRocket Lab announced Tuesday that it had developed a light- weight,\ncarbon-composite rocket, named Electron, at its Auckland plant and\nhoped to offer small satellite launches for less than 5 million U.S.\ndollars, compared with a current average price of 133 million U.S.\ndollars.\nThe company, which has received research and development funding\nfrom the government, was being backed by Silicon Valley venture\ncapital firm Khosla Ventures, Rocket Lab founder and New Zealander\nPeter Beck said in a statement.\nThe lead-time for businesses to launch a satellite would be cut from\nyears to just weeks and the company already had commercial\ncommitments for 30 launches, said Beck.\n\nAt 18 meters in length, 1 meter in diameter and weighing more than\n10 tones, Electron would be the first vehicle of its class capable of\ndelivering payloads up to 100 kg into low Earth orbit at an altitude\nof about 160 km.\n\nBusinesses faced a severe barrier in launching satellites as rockets\nhad remained prohibitively large and expensive, despite the trend for\nsatellites to become smaller, more capable and more affordable, he\nsaid.\n\"Along with benefits for commercial enterprises, cheaper and faster\nspace access has the potential to lead to more accurate weather\nprediction, global high speed Internet access, as well as real-time\nmonitoring of the impacts of human development,\" said Beck.\nNew Zealand was in an ideal launch position for a variety of\ndifferent types of orbits and plans were underway to build a space\nport at several potential locations.\n\nPowered by liquid oxygen and kerosene, Electron would have a lift-\noff mass of 10,500 kg and a possible top speed of 27,500 km per hour.\n\n[ANS thanks space-travel.com for the above information]\n\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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