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[ans] ANS-286B AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Dee 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-286B ************************************************************** *** 2008 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting *** *** October 24-26 in Atlanta, Georgia *** ************************************************************** ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org In this edition: * AMSAT Symposium 2 Weeks Away * More info on XW-1 * AMSAT Awards * SSTV Adventures * ARISS Status - 6 October 2008 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-286.01 AMSAT Symposium 2 Weeks Away AMSAT News Service Bulletin 286.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 12, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-286.01 The AMSAT Symposium is only 2 weeks away. Scheduled in Atlanta this year, there are many new ideas and directions the BOD wants to steer the organization towards. Remember, the BOD meeting is open to the general membership. You can sit in the audience and watch the progress of the BOD as they finalize decisions. The rest of the weekend will include a fine lineup of presentations by those "rocket scientists" we've heard so much about. Talk to the various committee members and ask your important burning questions on your favorite subjects. Saturday night is the Banquet for all to enjoy. Join the fun and sign up at the AMSAT website by following the keys to the symposium forum. Special Note: Daniel Schultz, N8FQV will be that Banquet speaker at the 2008 AMSAT Symposium. Dan will be talking about the upcoming Hubble Repair Mission. Be sure and sign up soon for the Symposium and Banquet, it is only two weeks away. You can count on Dan presenting and entertaining and informative talk and bring along some great NASA photographs. Information and reservations for the 2008 Symposium can be found on the AMSAT web site at www.amsat.org . ICOM has donated an IC-910 to give away to one of the people attending the Symposium, so register soon and attend. Thanks, Gould [ANS thanks the 2008 Symposium Committee & Gould, WA4SXM, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-286.02 More info on XW-1 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 286.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 12, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-286.02 Here are some details about upcoming Chinese XW-1: > > Orbit: Sun Synchronous Orbit > Altitude: 499km > Inclination: 98 degrees > Period: 94 minutes > > Weight: 35kg > Size: 550mm * 350mm > Temperature: -20 to +45C > Power: Li ion battery: 16Ah > Long-term maximum power: 8W > Short-term maximum power: 18W > > Payload: > Amateur radio payload: 5.2kg > Youngster's experiment payload: 1.6kg > CMOS camera: 0.2kg > > About amateur radio payload: > Beacon: 435Mhz, CW 20dBm > Linear transponder: RX: 145Mhz, TX: 435Mhz, 40KHz, 30dBm > FM Transponder: RX: 145Mhz, TX: 435Mhz, 16KHz, 30dBm > Digital store and forward transponder: RX: 145Mhz, TX: 435Mhz, 16KHz, 30dBm > > 145Mhz RX Antenna: 2dBi, 135 degree, LHCP, unpacked by remote control after entering the orbit. > 435Mhz TX antenna: 2dBi, 135 degree, RHCP, unpacked by remote control after entering the orbit. > [ANS thanks Michael, BD5RV/4, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-286.03 AMSAT Awards AMSAT News Service Bulletin 286.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 12, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-286.03 I am catching up with awards that were delayed due to hurricane Ike. If you don't see your name in this list, drop me an email as I might have lost an email or two. We would like to welcome the following to the satellite community. They have made their first satellite contact and are now members of the AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club. Cherouvim Christos, SW1EIX Joseph Seibert, AL1F David Worboys, KG4ZLB The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Robert Netzband, NA2H #467 Allen Vinegar, W8KHP #468 Marc Sullivan, WA2S #469 Peter Carr, WW3O #470 Eddie Lawrence, KF4ZMT #471 David Gendle, K4DLG #472 Tim Lilley, N3TL #473 Dwight Fletcher, N1RCN #474 The following have earned the AMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Robert Netzband, NA2H #US123 Allen Vinegar, W8KHP #US124 Luc Leblanc, VE2DWE #US125 Marc Sullivan, WA2S #US126 The following have earned the AMSAT W4AMI Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Doug Papay, KD8CAO #52 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards [ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-286.04 SSTV Adventures AMSAT News Service Bulletin 286.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 12, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-286.04 The ARISS team has a lot of exciting activities planned for the next few weeks, including the flight of Soyuz 17S to space station with Richard Garriott, W5KWQ and Mike Fincke, KE5AIT on-board. The following represents some new information and capabilities that we are rolling out to the community to prepare for Richard's and Mike's flight. Please go to www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, www.arrl.org and www.issfanclub.com for real-time information updates. The ARISS SSTV team announces the new ARISS SSTV Web Gallery and Blog. A website has been established to enable amateur radio operators to share their pictures received from the International Space Station's SSTV system. People wishing to view photos captured from the ISS or upload their own captured pictures can go to http://www.amsat.com/ARISS_SSTV/. There is also a blog in which the ARISS SSTV Team will post announcements and additional information about the project. The blog can be viewed at http://www.ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/. To prepare for the upcoming SSTV operations, you are welcome to "try out" the new Web Gallery by posting past SSTV images (on-orbit and terrestrial). These will be deleted prior to the ARISS SSTV events that are planned for this weekend and during ISS Expedition 17 and Richard Garriott's flight (see below). ISS SSTV Operations Planned for October 12 The ARISS team received word from ARISS Russia delegate Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, that the current ISS crew expect to transmit SSTV on October 12 from 18:00-21:00 UTC. This is your opportunity to test out your SSTV reception capability and to post images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery. The planned downlink for this operation will be 145.80 MHz with Robot 36 as the expected SSTV mode of operation. Good luck receiving SSTV images this weekend, and from the ISS during Richard Garriott's flight. Richard Garriott Operations As stated previously, Richard plans to perform several school contacts and downlink SSTV images during his flight. He also plans to contact the general ham community in his free time and perform random scout contacts during Jamboree on the Air. SSTV downlinks are planned on 145.80. SSTV uplinks are not currently planned. The standard general contact frequencies will be used to support the Jamboree on the Air and general QSO passes. So that you are not calling CQ for naught, Richard's school contacts, thanks to Will Marchant, KC6ROL, Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, and Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, are tentatively scheduled as follows: Challenger Learning Center Combined Contact #1, telebridge via W6SRJ; on Thu 2008-10-16 16:39 UTC Howard B. Owens Science Center's Challenger Center (Lanham, MD) Challenger Learning Center of Columbia (Columbia, SC) Verizon Challenger Learning Center at MOSI (Tampa, FL) Brownsburg Challenger Learning Center (Brownsburg, IN) Budbrooke Primary School, Warwick, England, direct via GB4OBS Fri 2008-10-17 11:05 UTC Challenger Learning Center Combined Contact #2, telebridge via W6SRJ; on Fri 2008-10-17 15:30 UTC Indianapolis Challenger Learning Center (Indianapolis, IN) Challenger Learning Center at Paducah (Paducah, KY) Challenger Learning Center St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) Austin Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy, Austin, TX, direct via K5LBJ Sun 2008-10-19 13:14 UTC Pinehurst School, Ashland, Oregon, telebridge via W6SRJ Mon 2008-10-20 15:13 UTC National Planetarium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN Tues 2008-10-21 08:30 UTC 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs ARISS International Chairman [ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-286.05 ARISS Status - 06 October 2008 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 286.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 12, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-286.05 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report October 6, 2008 1. Upcoming School Contacts Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani in Conversano, Bari, Italy has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, October 7 at 11:29 UTC. Students have been introduced to amateur radio and have covered the importance of space missions. Media coverage is expected to include newspapers, radio and television. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled with Buchanan High School in Clovis, California on Saturday, October 11 at 16:10 UTC. Telebridge station NN1SS in Greenbelt, Maryland will assist with the contact. This event has been requested to coincide with the school’s “Columbia Mission,” a student-organized mock shuttle mission. Challenger Learning Centers in Lanham, Maryland, Columbia, South Carolina, Tampa, Florida and Brownsburg, Indiana have been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, October 16 at 16:39 UTC. The contact will be made possible through telebridge station W6SRJ in Santa Rosa, California. Budbrooke Primary School in Warwick, Warwickshire, England has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, October 17 at 11:05 UTC. Students have been learning about space exploration and how it has changed in the last 40 years. Spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, intends to take part in this contact. Challenger Learning Centers in Indianapolis, Indiana, Paducah, Kentucky and St. Louis, Missouri have been slated for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, October 17 at 15:30 UTC. Telebridge station W6SRJ will assist with the contact. The Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) High School in Austin, Texas has been scheduled for a direct Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Sunday, October 19 at 13:14 UTC. The school is an advanced academic magnet school in the Austin Independent School District and hosts gifted and talented students from all over the District. Ninth through twelfth graders are enrolled in the “SciTech” course in which they develop skills in mechanical engineering and computer processing, and “Planet Earth” which focuses on the dynamic relationship between the planet and its life, tracing it through the Earth’s geologic history. They are also taking “Anatomy and Physiology” and “Medical Microbiology.” Space and space travel has been incorporated into these courses. An elective course in Amateur Radio is offered as part of the curriculum and covers radio waves and frequencies, antenna systems and designs, and satellite tracking and communications. Spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, expects to take part in this contact. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Pinehurst School in Ashland, Oregon on Monday, October 20 at 15:13 UTC via the telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Pinehurst is a small rural school with grades K-8. Students have been learning about the International Space Station and the history and technology of space travel. They have also been engaged in amateur radio projects. Guest speakers have been scheduled to give presentations on space related subjects. Newspaper, television and radio coverage is anticipated. The National Planetarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, on Tuesday, October 21 at 08:30 UTC. The contact was requested for “The National Space Challenge, Prime Minister’s Trophy 2008,” which will be held on October 21-25, 2008. The National Space Challenge is a program that was created in an effort to instill talents and desire in students, especially those at the primary school levels, towards the understanding of space. A total of 32 schools are involved in this challenge, and each school will send two student participants. Students have been building solar system models. They have participated in quizzes and treasure hunts that involve space related objects. They have also participated in public speaking, giving presentations about various space topics. At night, telescope workshops and observation sessions have allowed students to observe and learn more about space objects. Media coverage is planned. 2. Astronaut Training Status On Thursday, September 25, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP, participated in a simulated contact during an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) training session. Noguchi is an Expedition 20 crewmember and will fly in November 2009. 3. ARISS Presentations at 2008 AMSAT-NA Symposium The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) will hold its Annual Meeting and Space Symposium on October 24-26 in Atlanta, Georgia. ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) Hardware Manager Lou McFadin, W5DID, will give a presentation on the SuitSat-2 status and ARISS Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, will give an update on the ARISS program. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Dee Interdonato, NB2F nb2f at amsat dot org _______________________________________________ Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans

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Question answered
by Tim Tapio 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

A google search found the response I was looking for. 73 de Tim, K4SHF FM04

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AO7 DX - best possible?
by Dr. Jay Garlitz 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

I have worked and confirmed by QSL what appears to be an AO7 DX record, LU2DPW (GF05gi) to W4DFU at the University of Florida Club Station (EL89tp), 7537 KM according to TinyLocator software. See www.gatorradio.org <http://www.gatorradio.org/> for the card and info. It took CW to do so with not much more time other than to exchange calls, grids and reports. I have heard OH8MBN in CW once from the home QTH (EL89wo). That calculates at 7813KM and is probably not enough time to exchange all info. Perhaps with a perfect pass and schedule.just to wet everyone's appetite as to what is possible on AO7.so get on and work some DX! 73, Jay AA4FL

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SSTV images test from ISS at 12 October 2008.
by Cor 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Hello All, Current Exp.17 crew will trie to send SSTV test images at 12 Oct. 2008 between 18:00 - 21:00UTC (on 145.800Mhz FM). This images do not come from Richard Garriott because he is now in the SoyuzTMA13 on the way to ISS. Richard Garriott first SSTV images will be expected at 14Oct. 2008. More information (from ARISS) is to see below. 73's Cor PD0RKC http://iss.ontwikkel.nl October 12, 2008 RICHARD GARRIOTT LAUNCHES TO SPACE On Sunday, October 12, Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, is scheduled to begin his journey to the International Space Station (ISS) as he blasts off into space via a Russian Soyuz and docks with the ISS two days later; he is due to return to Earth on Thursday, October 23. Richard, the sixth private citizen to be accepted by the Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA) for a short-term mission on the ISS, is the son of Owen Garriott, W5LFL. In 1983, Owen was the first ham to make QSOs from space. Richard said he plans to build on his father's legacy by also making QSOs from the ISS: He plans to perform several school contacts and downlink slow scan television images during his flight, as well as contact the general ham community in his free time and perform random scout contacts during Jamboree on the Air (JOTA). Richard and Owen have been working as a team to plan how to cram in all of the objectives Richard hopes to achieve in space, including scientific experiments. Richard and Owen sent this message to all hams: "We are both very pleased and appreciative of the ARISS and ARRL support in making the voice and SSTV ham operations more fun, interesting to the public, and valuable for research on Richard's flight this October. One of the most exciting aspects of living and working in space is the chance to look back at the Earth. Owen had one of the first opportunities to do this 35 years ago on Skylab. He also had the first opportunity to talk with the ham community from space 25 years ago aboard [NASA shuttle mission] STS-9. Richard now has the opportunity to connect with the ham community almost exactly 25 years after his father's shuttle flight and 35 years after Skylab. One of Richard's primary objectives with his flight is to photograph the Earth 35 years after the first orbital laboratory and look for changes on the Earth in the intervening time." "While Richard is at the ISS window, he will be operating the amateur SSTV equipment and sending its images down to hams around the world. These downlinks can then be sent to an ARISS central repository for delayed and wider use. We further expect to be able to compare many of the images with near simultaneous, handheld, high resolution digital photo images". "We are very excited to share this experience with the Amateur Radio community, and thank our fellow hams for their support of this project." A website has been established to enable amateur radio operators to share their pictures received from the International Space Station's SSTV system. People wishing to view photos captured from the ISS or upload their own captured pictures can go to http://www.amsat.com/ARISS_SSTV/. There is also a blog in which the ARISS SSTV Team will post announcements and additional information about the project. The blog can be viewed at http://www.ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/. The ARISS team received word from ARISS Russia delegate Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, that the current ISS crew expect to transmit SSTV on October 12 from 18:00-21:00 UTC. This is your opportunity to test out your SSTV reception capability and to post images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery. The planned downlink for this operation will be 145.80 MHz with Robot 36 as the expected SSTV mode of operation. 73 Gaston Bertels, ON4WF ARISS-Europe chairman

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Re: Anyone running a PREDICT server I can test access with?
by James French 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

That was it. Because it was missing those two files, it just couldn't do anything which caused the closers and crashes. I can't explain it WHY those two files would not be included but it seems to the way things are done when setting up for the repositories. Thanks, James W8ISS ===== On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 19:59 -0700, Greg D. wrote: > Hi James, > > Well, it looks like it created your qth file ok, so it's not a permissions thing. But you don't seem to have a satellite database nor elements. I've attached mine, just for starters. Toss them in your ~/.predict directory, and see if that helps. We're on different versions, but hopefully they didn't change much. > > Hope this works, otherwise I'm out of ideas... > > Greg KO6TH > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Anyone running a PREDICT server I can test access with? > > From: w8iss(a)wideopenwest.com > > To: ko6th_greg(a)hotmail.com > > Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:58:54 -0400 > > > > This is what I get when I ' ls -l ' for /.predict: > > > > w8iss-debian:/home/w8iss/.predict# ls -l > > total 8 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 w8iss w8iss 27 2008-10-11 19:08 predict.qth > > -rw-r--r-- 1 w8iss w8iss 29 2008-10-11 16:24 predict.qth~ > > w8iss-debian:/home/w8iss/.predict# > > > > I don't get past the first initial screen of adding my qth...:( > > > > James W8ISSS > > ===== > > On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 16:50 -0700, Greg D. wrote: > >> What do you have in your ~/.predict directory? There should be something like this: > >> > >> greg@p3200:~> ll ~/.predict > >> total 24 > >> -rw-r--r-- 1 greg users 6967 2007-10-01 20:08 predict.db > >> -rw-r--r-- 1 greg users 24 2008-03-09 10:58 predict.qth > >> -rw-r--r-- 1 greg users 3540 2008-09-28 10:24 predict.tle > >> greg@p3200:~> > >> > >> I'm guessing that it's trying to write the predict.qth file, and getting an error. Can you update the Keps without it bombing out? > >> > >> Greg KO6TH > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------- > >>> Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Anyone running a PREDICT server I can test access with? > >>> From: w8iss(a)wideopenwest.com > >>> To: ko6th_greg(a)hotmail.com > >>> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:40:59 -0400 > >>> > >>> I am currently on the latest Debian, 4.0 with all updates installed. > >>> I have had this same problem on Ubuntu also. Does the same thing even > >>> under root. > >>> > >>> Version of PREDICT is 2.2.3. I start it up and it gives me the greeting > >>> screen and then I can go to edit in my station info. Right after I hit > >>> enter for my altitude, it jumps out to the w8iss-debian:/home/w8iss# > >>> > >>> I have used PREDICT in the past and would like to have it again for the > >>> voice announcements mainly plus have the server access from ANY of my > >>> machines on my network. I am trying to cut back on how many machines are > >>> running during the day. I can have as many as four machines running > >>> just because I need all those serial ports for things...:( plus one box > >>> is a dedicated MythTV setup that I am thinking I might put PREDICT on > >>> for the server as I don't run a monitor or TV to it unless I am watching > >>> recordings. > >>> > >>> James W8ISS > >>> ===== > >>> On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 15:24 -0700, Greg D. wrote: > >>>> Hi James, > >>>> > >>>> Wow, never seen this. Sounds like you have a files permissions issue somewhere. What version, and how was it compiled? Where do you run it from? > >>>> > >>>> I'm running a modified version of Predict 2.2.1 on my system (but it's behind a firewall, so you won't be able to connect to it). I cd to the directory where the program is (where it was compiled), and run it from there. The TLE and QTH files are in ~/.predict, which, of course, I have r/w access to (mode 755). The files themselves are 644. If I recall, everything was done from my own account, not root. > >>>> > >>>> Greg KO6TH > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ---------------------------------------- > >>>>> From: w8iss(a)wideopenwest.com > >>>>> To: AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org > >>>>> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:59:20 -0400 > >>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Anyone running a PREDICT server I can test access with? > >>>>> > >>>>> I can't get PREDICT to run on my linux systems for some reason and would > >>>>> like to access a online PREDICT server for my PREDICT-GSAT program until > >>>>> I can fiqure out why PREDICT won't run on any of my systems. > >>>>> > >>>>> FYI, I have PREDICT loaded but it keeps going to the edit location > >>>>> screen each time I start. I enter my information each time and it shuts > >>>>> down each time. > >>>>> > >>>>> James W8ISS > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > >>>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? 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AO51 SSTV report over Europe (3 stations seen)
by Henk, PA3GUO 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Sunday 7:30utc Following stations seen via SSTV on 435.300 LX1BB EA3DME EA4ETR This is an ISS preparation activity, but even without ISS trials this would be a fun mode to have a few days a month. Henk, PA3GUO

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AO-51 SSTV
by WCP 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

How much power are you using for up link SSTV on 1268? Any one using W95sstv to receive?

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Anyone running a PREDICT server I can test access with?
by James French 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

I can't get PREDICT to run on my linux systems for some reason and would like to access a online PREDICT server for my PREDICT-GSAT program until I can fiqure out why PREDICT won't run on any of my systems. FYI, I have PREDICT loaded but it keeps going to the edit location screen each time I start. I enter my information each time and it shuts down each time. James W8ISS

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Jim Benson
by Anthony Monteiro 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Dear friends, Spacedev announced that founder Jim Benson died yesterday. He was 63. Some of you may remember him from the 1999 AMSAT Space Symposium where he was the guest speaker at the banquet. Spacedev provided several components of the rocket motor used on SpaceShipOne to win the Ansari X Prize on October 4, 2004 (the 47th anniversary of Sputnik 1.) For more information, please see www.spacedev.com 73, Tony AA2TX

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To LX1BB SSTV AO-51 Mode LU
by Dave Aitch 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

Hello OM. Received three SSTV pictures from you via AO-51. The pictures improved with each transmission you made. 73, Dave. G1OCN. AMSAT UK 5766 Portland. Dorset. IO80SM.

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