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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-02 17:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 May '16

02 May '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-02 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ashfield Primary School, Otley, West Yorkshire, UK, direct via GB1APS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-05-05 08:08:09 UTC 46 deg All Saints STEAM Academy (AS2A), Middletown, Rhode Island, direct via N1ASA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-05-06 16:43:47 UTC 56 deg Watch for the live simulcast at livestream.com/accounts/9685187/events/5301163 The Kings School, Ottery St Mary, Devon, UK, direct via GB1OSM The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-05-09 09:26:30 UTC 62 deg (***) Watch for HamTV during this contact. (***) H.A.L. School, Lucknow, India, telebridge via K6DUE (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN (***) Contact is a go for Option #7: Thu 2016-05-12 08:11:20 UTC 79 deg (***) AstroNuts Kids Space Club Academy, Duncan Observatory, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***) Contact is a go for Option #1: Sat 2016-05-14 17:37:12 UTC 33 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 117 Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-05-02 17:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1052. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1017. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-05-01 01:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Alfa/Spid RAS/HR
by Norm n3ykf 02 May '16

02 May '16

Picked up one of these NIB for just over half sale price, including the MD-02 control box. Works well. Had it spinning around for 7 days. Last park found the antenna where it was supposed to be. No mechanical re-alignment was performed during testing. Satpc32 would only drive it if the MD-02 was set to accept GS-232. Tried this first. Software spun the rotator around 850 degrees in one direction. Took two days to accomplish this feat. Ran the box allllllll the way back to 0. Used PST rotator with the same setup. GS-232 via usb. No problems in 5 days. Think I found the problem with PST rotator. Haven't gotten to play with it to see. Schematics were easy to follow. Documentation was typicial chinglish. Mechanically, it's built like a tank. Quality control is typical eastern European/former Soviet republic style. Check out the drill shaving embedded in the grease: https://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/25825497034/in/dateposted/ How the manufacturer suggests running control and RF cables throught the mast baffles me. This is a shot with the cable grommet plate removed: https://www.flickr.com/photos/n3ykf/26364148821/in/dateposted/ The top of the casting has a hole that measures approximately 1" Get the cables in there? Sure! I give it about two months of heavy use before erosion of cable jacket causes shorts. Lots of exposed electronics inside. Who wants +24VDC on the coax shield? Used a recycled AT power supply for +12V and a 6A +24VDC for motor B+. Antenna was an 2m Elk for testing. Next up is adding buckets of concrete. Norm n3ykf

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-02 05:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 May '16

02 May '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-02 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Ashfield Primary School, Otley, West Yorkshire, UK, direct via GB1APS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-05-05 08:08:09 UTC 46 deg All Saints STEAM Academy (AS2A), Middletown, Rhode Island, direct via N1ASA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-05-06 16:43:47 UTC 56 deg Watch for the live simulcast at livestream.com/accounts/9685187/events/5301163 (***) **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 117 Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-05-02 05:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1052. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1017. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-05-01 01:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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WD9EWK on SO-50 @ DM25/35 line, 2250 UTC today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 01 May '16

01 May '16

Hi! Just arrived in Kingman AZ, & I will work the 2250 UTC SO-50 pass on the DM25/DM35 line (114 degrees west). Just this pass, as I still have 3 hours or so for the drive home. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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FO-29 and AO-85 from Lake Mead, coming up...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 01 May '16

01 May '16

Hi!! I forgot to mention that I will also try for AO-85, once I stop working stations on the 1925 UTC FO-29 passes here at Lake Mead. I have a 60-degree AO-85 pass at 1936-1951 UTC, but will probably miss the first few minutes of that if I am still working stations on FO-29. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK

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WD9EWK @ Lake Mead for 1925 UTC FO-29 pass today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 01 May '16

01 May '16

Hi! The convention here has wrapped up, and I will be on the next FO-29 pass at 1925 UTC at Lake Mead, east of Las Vegas. The lake is a National Recreation Area, and ARRL NPOTA site RC13. It is in grid DM26nc. I will try to set my uplink at 145.925 or 145.930 MHz, but will be working full-duplex and may move around if I'm not working many stations up there. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - near Henderson, Nevada http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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SO-50 from DM25/26, 1415 UTC today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 01 May '16

01 May '16

Hi! Before returning to the ARRL Nevada State Convention for the final half-day of activities, I will work an SO-50 pass from the south end of Las Vegas, on the DM25/DM26 grid boundary (36 Degrees North). This is where I operated from yesterday, except today is sunny and no rain to be seen here. The pass starts around 1415 UTC here. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-01 01:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 30 Apr '16

30 Apr '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-05-01 01:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Diego Valeri”, Campolongo Maggiore, Italy, direct via IZ3YRA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact was successful: Fri 2016-04-29 08:34:08 UTC 64 deg (***) Ashfield Primary School, Otley, West Yorkshire, UK, direct via GB1APS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-05-05 08:08:09 UTC 46 deg All Saints STEAM Academy (AS2A), Middletown, Rhode Island, direct via N1ASA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN or Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-05-06 16:43:47 UTC 56 deg **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 117 Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-05-01 01:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1052. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1017. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-05-01 01:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ANS-122 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 30 Apr '16

30 Apr '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-122 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including 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. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Three New CubeSats Now in Orbit * Tomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat Celebrates University Anniversary * Audio Recordings of FO-12 and AO-15 Requested * ZACUBE-1 Beacon Preparations to be Presented at AMSAT SA Space Symposium * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule * Possible Satellite Activation CY9C St. Paul Island August 2016 * IARU Region 2 Call for EmComm Workshop Papers, Presentations SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-122.01 ANS-122 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 122.01 From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD. May 1, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-122.01 Three New CubeSats Now in Orbit Signals have been received from the three CubeSats launched April 25 on Soyuz flight VS14 from the Kourou spaceport in South America. The three CubeSats were developed by student teams under the European Space Agency (ESA) Education Office “Fly Your Satellite!” program, which is aimed at training the next generation of aerospace professionals. The satellites are OUFTI-1, Université of Liège, Belgium; e-st@r-II, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy; AAUSAT-4, University of Aalborg, Denmark. The signal from the e-st@r satellite 1200 bps beacon is very weak which may indicate an antenna deployment issue or unexpectedly low transmit power. ESA report the e-st@r team is working to consolidate the radio communication link with their satellite. OUFTI-1 carries the first dedicated amateur D-Star satellite transponder, further information and frequencies of all three CubeSats are at https://amsat-uk.org/2016/04/05/d-star-satellite-to-launch-from-kourou/ Daniel Estévez EA4GPZ used a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and a handheld Arrow Satellite antenna to receive a signal from AAUSAT-4, call sign OZ4CUB. http://destevez.net/2016/04/first-signals-from-aausat-4/ OUFTI-1 reports http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?cat=321 e-st@r reports http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?cat=84 AAUSAT-4 reports http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?cat=8 [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat Celebrates University Anniversary The Russian Tomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat is different from other CubeSats – it has a handle! The 3U CubeSat was launched from Baikonur to the ISS on March 31, 2016 in a Progress-MS-2 cargo vessel. It will be deployed by hand during a future Russian spacewalk (EVA), which is why it has a handle. The satellite was developed by students at the Tomsk Polytechnic University to test new space materials technology and will be the world’s first space vehicle with a 3D-printed structure. In May 2016 Tomsk Polytechnic University celebrates its 120th anniversary. As part of the celebrations on May 10-11 Tomsk-TPU-120 will be activated in the ISS and will transmit a greeting to Earth inhabitants, recorded by students of the university in 10 languages: Russian, English, German, French, Chinese, Arabic, Tatar, Indian, Kazakh and Portuguese. The greeting signal will be transmitted once a minute on 437.025 MHz FM. One of the Kenwood transceivers on the ISS will provide a simulcast of the signal on 145.800 MHz FM. Dmitry Pashkov R4UAB reports that on May 5 the Russian ISS crew will charge the satellite battery, connect the antenna and configure the Kenwood transceiver for simulcast operation, they will then make a test transmission. Dmitry operates a WebSDR which you can use to receive the transmissions when the ISS is over Russia http://websdr.r4uab.ru/ The next Russian spacewalk appears to be EVA-43 which expected to take place in early 2017 http://spaceflight101.com/iss/iss-calendar/ Use Google translator to read original article by Dmitry Pashkov R4UAB http://r4uab.ru/?p=11845 World’s First 3D-printed Satellite http://tpu.ru/en/news-events/760/ [ANS thanks Gunter's Space Page, R4UAB, and AMSAT-UK for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Audio Recordings of FO-12 and AO-15 Requested Mathias, DD1US, maintains a homepage at www.dd1us.de Included is a section called "Sounds from Space". More than 1000 recordings of various satellite and space objects have been collected and are available for listening. Mathias is still searching for various recordings of Amateur Radio Satellites, especially for Fuji-OSCAR-12 and UoSAT-OSCAR-15. If you have old tapes or cassettes with recordings of Ham Radio Satellites he will be happy to digitize them and add them to the archive. [ANS thanks Mathias, DD1US, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ZACUBE-1 Beacon Preparations to be Presented at AMSAT SA Space Symposium Students from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology will present a paper at the AMSAT SA Space Symposium on the high frequency beacon transmitter developed to test a three element direction finding array constructed at SANSA Space Science in Hermanus to receive the 14 099 kHz HF beacon signal from ZACUBE-1 and future ZACUBE-i space weather missions. A ground-based transmitter was developed for verification and calibration of this array. The signal will be used to verify the operation of the hardware and software used to determine the direction of arrival of the incoming signal. More about the symposium on 28 May 2016, details on the many papers to be presented and how to register for the event can be found on www.amsatsa.org.za [ANS thanks the SARL weekly news in English 2016-4-30 for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Ashfield Primary School, Otley, West Yorkshire, UK, direct via GB1APS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-05-05 08:08:09 UTC 46 deg (***) All Saints STEAM Academy (AS2A), Middletown, Rhode Island, direct via N1ASA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN or Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-05-06 16:43:47 UTC 56 deg (***) [ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Possible Satellite Activation CY9C St. Paul Island August 2016 CY9C, ST. PAUL ISLAND DXPEDITION (August 19-29th). Randy, N0TG, reports the following on April 16th: As was reported previously, we will have two separate sites...separated approximately 1.5 miles. Site 1 will be the Atlantic Cove site with 6 operators. We will try to keep 4-5 radios running and more if 12/10m opens. Our plan is to have a RTTY station active at all times. From this site 160 will be given lots of attention with the Battle Creek Special antenna. Site 2 - the Northeast Point separate island will be enhanced to include 4 -5 operators active at all times, thus the dxpedition in total can potentially have 8-10 radios working most of the time. We are seriously considering 6m EME and Satellite, however, we need to work out the planning details. And, as always, budget matters are a significant consideration as we expand operations. We appreciate the support by many to date. The desire is to make this a very complete operation that will offer fun and meeting needs for all interests. The CY9C Web page is: http://www.CY9Dxpedition.com [ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1263 for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- IARU Region 2 Call for EmComm Workshop Papers, Presentations International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 (IARU-R2) will hold an Emergency Communications Workshop in Chile this fall, in conjunction with the 19th IARU Region 2 General Assembly. The conference committee is inviting papers and presentations the event. The workshop on October 11 in Viña del Mar, Chile, will offer an opportunity for Region 2 emergency coordinators and other national- level Amateur Radio emergency communication experts to network and to share information on Amateur Radio emergency response as well as to augment the capabilities of the region’s amateurs to react to large-scale, multinational communication emergencies. The event is open to radio amateurs in IARU Region 2 with high-level expertise in providing disaster and emergency communication. Attendees will be responsible for their travel and lodging costs. A block of rooms will be available at the O’Higgins Hotel in downtown Viña del Mar. Link to Register online: http://www.arrl.org/news/iaru-region-2-calls-for-emergency-communications- workshop-papers-presentations Call for Papers Delegates representing IARU Region 2 member societies, national or international Amateur Radio emergency communication organizations, or national/international- level subject matter experts in Amateur Radio emergency communication are invited to submit proposals and informational papers. Topics must be related to Amateur Radio emergency communication, disaster response, technology, or operating standards. Documents must be in electronic form (MS Word or Power Point). When laying out the document format, use A4 paper with at least 3-centimeter margins on all sides. The title page should have a top margin of at least 6 centimeters. Do not insert page headers or footers. The deadline to submit is July 1. The IARU Region 2 Emergency Communications Workshop Committee will select the most appropriate papers for presentation. All other submitted materials will be compiled for distribution to all delegates and will be posted on the Region 2 website for downloading. Direct submissions in English to ecw(a)iaru-r2.org; direct submissions in Spanish to tce(a)iaru-r2.org. The Emergency Communications Workshop will be held on Tuesday, October 11, at the Hotel O’Higgins in Viña del Mar from 9 AM until 6 PM. [ANS thanks the ARRL and IARU 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 addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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