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    "sender_name": "Lee McLamb",
    "subject": "[ans]  ANS-363  AMSAT Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2008-12-28T01:22:53Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-363\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The\nRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a\nworldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in\ndesigning, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital\nAmateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\n\[email protected]\n\n\nIn this edition:\n* SKN on OSCAR 2009 This Week\n* AO-51 Schedule to Support SKN and Kids Day\n* Richard Garriott Interview Available Online\n* ARISS 25th Commemorative Event to Feature L/V Repeater This Week\n* ARISS Status - 22 December 2008\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-363.01\nSKN on OSCAR 2009 This Week\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 363.01\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 28, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-363.01\n\nRay Soifer, W2RS extends the annual cordial invitation to all radio\namateurs worldwide to participate in AMSAT's Straight Key Night (SKN)\non OSCAR 2009.\n\nParticipating in SKN on OSCAR 2009 is easy. No rules, no scoring and\nno need to send in a log. Just operate CW through any OSCAR between\n0000 and 2400 UTC on 1 January 2009, using a straight hand key.\n\nIn keeping with the friendly nature of this event, all participants\nare encouraged to nominate someone they worked for \"Best Fist.\" Your\nnominee need not have the best fist of those you heard, just of those\nyou worked. Please send your nomination to [email protected]. A list of\nthose nominated will appear in ANS and The AMSAT Journal.\nCU SKN!\n\n[ANS thanks Ray Soifer, W2RS for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-363.02\nAO-51 Schedule to Support SKN and Kids Day\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 363.02\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 28, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-363.02\n\nAMSAT VP of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, reminds everyone \nthat AO-51 will\nbe configured to support two upcoming special events.  For the first time AO-51\nwill be configured to support CW operations during the annual SKN Event.\nFollowing SKN the uplink will be reconfigured back to the more \ntraditional FM/FM\nup and downlinks to support the ARRL's Kids Day event.\n\nDecember 29 - January 2\n\nFM Repeater, V/U\nUplink: 145.920 MHz FM\nDownlink: 435.300 MHz FM\n\nSSB/FM Repeater, V/U (CW QSOs only on Straight Key Night)\nUplink: 145.880 MHz USB\nDownlink: 435.150 MHz FM\n\nJanuary 3\n\nFM Repeater, V/U\nUplink: 145.920 MHz FM\nDownlink: 435.300 MHz FM\n\nFM Repeater, V/U (ARRL Kid's Day, QSOs between or with kids ONLY)\nUplink: 145.880 MHz FM\nDownlink: 435.150 MHz FM\n\n[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-363.03\nRichard Garriott Interview Available Online\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 363.03\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 28, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-363.03\n\nSpace traveler Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, ha been interviewed by science\nfiction writer Tracy Hickman about Garriott's recent visit to the\nInternational Space Station.  During the session, W5KWQ talked about his\nexperience of operating amateur radio on orbit and conversing with the ham\ncommunity worldwide.\n\nThe entire interview is 2 hours and 45 minutes in duration.  Its available\nin 3 installments. You will find it at\nhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/Dragonhearth\n\n[ANS thanks Newsline for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-363.04\nARISS 25th Commemorative Event to Feature L/V Repeater This Week\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 363.04\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 28, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-363.04\n\nTo date, the ISS crew has configured the radio to support cross-band repeater\noperations, they have supported some SSTV downlinks and we have had the\nopportunity to participate in a special test of 9600 baud packet \nradio operations\non the simplex frequency of 145.825 MHz.\n\nSpecifically, December 28-January 3, we plan to reconfigure the Crossband\nrepeater for a special experiment. This will be a test of our L-Band uplink\ncapability, which, to date, has not been proven out. Plan for an uplink of\n1269.65 MHz and and downlink on the standard frequency 145.80 MHz using low\npower. Given the substantial cable losses of the L-band system, we \nhope some \"big\nguns\" are able to penetrate through, keep up with doppler, and make the\nconnection.\n\nWe will provide more updates in the near future. We would like to remind\neveryone that ISS flight requirements related to EVA and vehicle activity may\nrequire the radio to be off for some portion of this schedule. And school\ncontacts and general QSO opportunities by the crew will also preempt this\nschedule for short periods of time. (But remember that if you hear these, you\nstill qualify for a commemorative certificate).\n\nFrank concluded, \"In the meantime, enjoy the ARISS ops on ISS! And\ncongratulations to Owen Garriott, W5LFL, on the 25th anniversary of \nhis historic\nflight!!\"\n\n[ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs\n  and ARISS International Chairman for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-363.05\nARISS Status - 22 December 2008\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 363.05\n  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDecember 28, 2008\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-363.05\n\n1. Upcoming School Contacts\n\nAn Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been\nscheduled with Technopolis in Mechelen, Belgium on Monday, December 29 at 11:43\nUTC via telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. The mission of Technopolis is to\nbring science and technology to the public. The center has permanent and\ntemporary exhibits and organizes workshops, school activities and \nother outreach\nactivities. The ARISS contact will be open to all school children 6 \n-18 years of\nage and will be supported through a workshop, lecture or science show.\n\n\n2. Canadian School Contact Successful\n\nStudents from King George Elementary School in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada\ntook part in a question and answer session with Sandra Magnus, KE5FYE. The\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact took place on\nMonday, December 15. Ten students were able to ask one question each of the\nastronaut as an audience of 320 looked on. Ray Boughen, Minister of Education\nProvincial Parliament, Dale McBain, City of Moose Jaw Mayor (both former\neducators) and Brenda Edwards, Director of Education for Prairie South School\nDivision attended. Television stations taped the event and interviewed the\nchildren.  Radio station CHAB interviewed the school \ncoordinator.  The Moose Jaw\nTimes Herald printed an article covering the contact.  See:\nhttp://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/index.cfm?sid=201052&sc=3\n\nThe story includes links to the contact video:\nhttp://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/index.cfm?main=broadcast&bcid=10109\n\nPrincipal Ward Milligan commented, \"It was an awesome 'once in a lifetime\nexperience' that will become more important in the lives of these students as\nthey look back upon this event in years to come.  Having a personal \ncontact with\nsomeone in space increased the students' interest in space by three fold.\nSandra Magnus was very enthusiastic and answered the students' questions in a\nmanner they could relate to.  She was very encouraging of the students.  It was\nan inspirational and moving experience.\"\n\n\n3. Italian Students Radio ISS\n\nOn Thursday, December 18, students from Scuola Elementare Faleriense \"Gianni\nRodari\" in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy participated in an Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) contact with Mike Fincke, KE5AIT as over\nthree hundred students, teachers and parents gathered for the event. Twenty-one\nstudents questioned the astronaut and Season's Greetings were exchanged. RAI3\nRegional Television and some local media and newspapers covered the event. The\naudio was fed into the EchoLink servers. For more information, including photos\nand audio, go to: www.ariss-eu.org/2008_12_18.htm\n\nThe Corriere News ran an article (in Italian):\nhttp://www.corrierenews.it/index.php/corrierenews3100/content/view/full/22025\n\nESA mentions the recent Marco Polo, Circolo Didattico San Giuseppe and Gianni\nRodari contacts in this story (also in Italian):\nhttp://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMXK4TTGOF_Italy_2.html\n\n\n4. ARISS International Meeting Held\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team meeting was\nheld on Tuesday, December 16. Agenda items included the next face-to-face\nmeeting, SuitSat-2 development status and the ARISS special event. Minutes have\nbeen posted to the ARISS Web site.  See:\nhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2008-12-16.htm\n\n\n5. Astronaut Training Status\n\nAstronaut Michael Barratt, KD5MIJ, took a refresher course on the Amateur Radio\non the International Space Station (ARISS) equipment and operations on\nWednesday, December 17. Barratt is looking forward to supporting the program\nduring his time on board the ISS as an Expedition 19 crew member. Expedition 19\nis the first half of the planned 6 person crew.\n\n\n6. ARRL QST Covers ARISS News\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) printed 4 Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station (ARISS) news items in its January 2009 \nissue of QST.\n\nUnder \"Media Hits\" (page 12) is a lengthy paragraph about how the \nmedia coverage\nfor Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, was very prolific.\n\nA story on pages 59-60 is about Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM, a student at Georgia\nTech who's a ham and was quite interested in ARISS. She was friends with a ham\nteacher at a middle school near her middle school; the teacher had applied for\nan ARISS contact.  The story is called \"DXpedition to Planet Mars\" and is about\nAndrea's involvement in the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS).  It \nsays at the\nend that she wants to be an astronaut.\n\nTwo columns under \"Happenings\" (page 63) are titled \"Richard Garriott; W5KWQ\nBack on Terra Firma\" which is about Richard and ARISS.  It carries two pictures\n- one of the students in Austin who contacted him during his mission in space\nand the other is a photo of Richard.\n\n\"Grants Focus on the Future of Amateur Radio\" (page 95) covers three \ngroups that\nwon ARRL Foundation grants. One grant was given to the Eagle Scouts of Indiana\nwho took part in an ARISS contact at the Space Jamboree 2008. The \ngrant received\nwas used to fund equipment for electronic building projects at the Space\nJamboree which helped scouts complete the electronics merit badge. \nThe equipment\nalso served other regional and national scout gatherings to introduce amateur\nradio. Another group that received an award was the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum\nwhich is scheduled for an ARISS contact on December 27. The money received\nfunded a ham station (and antenna) in the museum lobby.\n\n\n7. ARRL and AMSAT Articles on ARISS Special Event\n\nThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran a Web story about the 25th\nanniversary of ham radio in space. It includes the latest news covering the\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) special event. See:\nhttp://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/12/18/10509/?nc=1\n\nThe ARRL also issued a W1AW bulletin on the same subject and an article was\npublished in the ARRL Letter.  See: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/08/1219/\n\n[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]\n\n/EX\n\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's\nClub. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project\nFunds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are\navailable from the AMSAT Office.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nLee McLamb, KU4OS\nku4os at amsat dot org\n\n",
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