May 2018 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

AO73
by Graham Shirville 29 May '18

29 May '18

Hi All, AO73/FUNcube-1 is now in autonomous doe for the rest of the week. The transponder is on when the spacecraft is in eclipse. 73 Graham G3VZV

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(no subject)
by Mike S 29 May '18

29 May '18

http://screen.bowlgc.com Mike S

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WD9EWK satellite activity around central/northern AZ on 1-2 June
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 29 May '18

29 May '18

Hi! While attending the Prescott Hamfest this Friday and Saturday, I will have some time after each day to venture away from Prescott and operate from different locations. The DM34/DM35 line is about 30 miles north of Prescott via AZ-89, and is a nice spot for working satellites, for example. Is there any interest in working grids like DM35, DM44, or possibly DM45 on either Friday or Saturday evening? Or even something like DM25 to the northwest of Prescott along I-40? Please e-mail me directly, or send me a tweet or DM to my @WD9EWK Twitter account, if there are some grids in this area that you might want to hear on the satellites Friday or Saturday evening. The hamfest runs until 4pm/2300 UTC on Friday, and 3pm/2200 UTC Saturday. It would be after these times, when I would be able to depart Prescott for some other grids. I don't know how late I plan on staying out both nights, but I will end up back home sometime on Saturday night, possibly late that night, depending on where my post-hamfest Arizona road trip goes. I will have my TH-D72 squawking to the APRS network as WD9EWK-9, and this will be visible online at (among other places) http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 in a browser window. Updates will be posted on my @WD9EWK Twitter account, which can be viewed in a browser window at http://twitter.com/WD9EWK without a Twitter account. Just like with the QSOs made during the hamfest, I'll upload any other QSOs I make this weekend to Logbook of the World. If you'd like a QSL card, please e-mail me the QSO details. If you are in the log, I'll send a card. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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AMSAT @ Prescott AZ hamfest, 1-2 June 2018
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 29 May '18

29 May '18

Hi! I will have an AMSAT booth at the Prescott Hamfest, which is also serving as the 2018 ARRL Arizona State Convention, this Friday and Saturday (1-2 June 2018). The hamfest will be at the Prescott campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, on the north side of Prescott along Willow Creek Road, west of AZ-89 and south of the end of the AZ-89A (Pioneer Parkway) freeway. More information about the hamfest is available at: http://www.prescotthamfest.com/ During the two-day event, I will have demonstrations on amateur satellite operating. If you hear WD9EWK on the satellites during the hamfest, please fell free to call and be a part of the fun. The hamfest site is in grid DM34, in Arizona's Yavapai County. While at the hamfest, I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to send out updates, and pictures of the hamfest. If you are not on Twitter, you can still view these updates without having to get a Twitter account. Simply follow this link to view my tweets in a browser window: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK After the hamfest, all QSOs made with WD9EWK during these demonstrations will be uploaded to Logbook of the World. If you wish to receive a QSL card for any contacts made with WD9EWK during the hamfest, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. If you are in the log, I will send you a QSL card. There is no need to first send me a QSL card or SASE. Thanks in advance, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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AMSAT at the HamRadio 2018 in Friedrichshafen
by Peter Guelzow 28 May '18

28 May '18

AMSAT at the HamRadio 2018 in Friedrichshafen AMSAT-DL will again be present at Ham Radio 2018 from June 1 to June 3 in Friedrichshafen. Visit us at booth #567 in hall A1 Furthermore, a lecture "Es'hail-2 with AMSAT P4-A transponder" is planned for Saturday at 12:00 o'clock in room London area.

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(no subject)
by Mark Thompson 28 May '18

28 May '18

http://buy.v4events.com Mark Thompson

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ESERO Germany opened in Bochum
by Peter Guelzow 28 May '18

28 May '18

AMSAT-Deutschland e.V. and the Bochum Observatory are part of ESA’s current education iniative. On May 16, 2018, the newly founded European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO) in Germany, or ESERO Germany for short, was officially launched at a ceremony at the Bochum Planetarium. So far there have been 11 such ESERO offices in 13 different European countries - Germany was not yet there. After a lengthy selection process, Bochum was finally selected as the location for Germany. In cooperation with the Ruhr-University Bochum, the Bochum Observatory, the AMSAT-DL and other partners are founding members of this educational and scientific consortium. This is a joint project of the European Space Agency ESA, the German Aerospace Center DLR and other partners with the core objective of integrating space research into school programmes and thus promoting the interest and skills of students in MINT subjects (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology). The Bochum Observatory and AMSAT-DL are proud to be part of ESERO and are looking forward to contributing their expertise to the project! Link: http://amsat-dl.org/index.php/news-mainmenu-97/256-esero-germany-in-bochum-…

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Antennas used for AO-92 L/V, & a comment about AO-92 this morning...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 27 May '18

27 May '18

Hi! It has been almost 4 months since AO-92 was opened up for general use, and the first L/V activation. I have tried to work the L/V configuration anytime it is active, whether I am home or away from home. I have worked approximately 20 different stations over this time. Most of the time, I have used a 5-element Comet CY-1205 Yagi with my Alinco DJ-G7T HT for my 1.2 GHz uplink. Sometimes, I go with a Chinese-made 10-element Yagi I ordered from an eBay seller. >From working different stations across the country, it seems like other stations I work are using larger antennas than mine - maybe the same 10-element Yagi I use, the 16-element Comet CYA-1216E Yagi, Yagis with more than 16 elements, or some have used a helix. My question is this: other than the HT duckies used by a couple of stations early on, does anyone besides me use an antenna smaller than a 10-element Yagi to work AO-92 L/V? If so, what are you using? I am not so concerned about transmitter power, as there are a few of us using HTs with 1W output on the 1.2 GHz band, and we are able to work AO-92 at that power level. A comment about the AO-92 pass around 1625 UTC this morning... This was not a high pass out here in Arizona, with maximum elevation around 13 degrees to the east. I have worked stations to the east around this elevation in the past, so I went out to try for more contacts. Near the midpoint of the pass here, I heard a station make 2 long CQ calls on the pass. There should be no need to make CQ calls, let alone long CQ calls, on any FM satellite. The 145.880 MHz AO-92 downlink is easy to hear. There are ample opportunities to get this set up, by working other AO-92 passes in the normal U/V configuration. If the issue is getting the uplink frequency and/or antenna aligned with the satellite, full-duplex operation should ensure that there is no need for a long transmission to be heard through the satellite. If you want to hear the audio I recorded from this pass, it is in my Dropbox space at http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ . Look in the Satellite_Audio-2018 folder, and find the MP3 file with the name starting with "20180527-1626UTC47" for the recording. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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IC-901H
by radiomb 27 May '18

27 May '18

I am looking for an IC-910H. A member in a local club has one for sale. What would be a fair price for it, it works and does not have 1.2G module. Also any ideas on finding the 1.2 module and a fair price for it. I was going to wait for the new IC-9700 but Icom said it might be a year out yet. Itching to get on the linear birds.73 Mike K4MIA | | Virus-free. www.avast.com |

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ANS-147 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 26 May '18

26 May '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-147 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: * Help Requested to Monitor for Signals From Chinese Lunar Sats * Updates to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution * Digital Communications Conference (DCC) Call for Papers * Invitation to the 2018 NASA AAQ Workshop - September 7, 2018 * China Microsatellite Symposium 2018 * 25 Year Archive of Keplerian Elements Now on AMSAT Web Site * Satellite Shorts SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-147.01 ANS-147 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 147.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE May 27, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-147.01 Help Requested to Monitor for Signals From Chinese Lunar Sats After their launch on 2018-05-20 at 21:28 UTC, LJ 1 and LJ 2 were maneuvered onto a track to the Moon. Several amateurs received telemetry from the satellites. But now LJ 1 appears to encounter problems. Quoting Wei BG2BHC: "Can you help to find amateurs in the US to help to monitor DSLWP-A on 435.425 and 436.425 now? We lost the contact of satellite A on S band after an orbit adjustment. We just tried to switch on UHF, but we don't know if it works or not. If operating, 435.425 MHz should be 500bps GMSK and JT4 alternately. 436.425 MHz should be 250 bps GMSK. Both transmit once in 5 minutes. LONGJIANG 1 - NORAD CAT ID 43471 LONGJIANG 2 - NORAD CAT ID 43472 [Nico, PA0DLO, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Updates to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced that three cubesat carrying Amateur Radio payloads were deployed from the ISS on May 11 at around 1030 UTC. See AMSAT News Service bulletin ANS-133 for details. The following cubesats have been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE distribution and are designated by Space-Track as follows: 1KUNS-PF (Kenya)- NORAD CAT ID 43466 (a 3U cubesat with a 1200 bps or 9600 bps telemetry beacon at 437.300 MHz) UBAKUSAT (Turkey)- NORAD CAT ID 43467 (a 3U cubesat with a CW beacon at 437.225 MHz, a telemetry beacon at 435.325 MHZ, and a linear transponder with a 435.200 - 435.250 MHz downlink / 145.940 - 145.990 MHz uplink) Irazu (Costa Rica) - NORAD CAT ID 43468 (a 1U cubesat with a 9600 bps telemetry beacon at 436.500 MHz) Nico Janssen (PA0DLO) reminds us that it is still too early to tell if the above CAT ID's are correct for each object. There may be changes. [ANS thanks Ray, WA5QGD, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Communications Conference (DCC) Call for Papers Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) and publication in the Conference Proceedings. Annual conference proceedings are published by the ARRL. Presentation at the conference is not required for publication. Submission of papers are due by July 31st, 2018 and should be submitted to Maty Weinberg, ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 or via the Internet to maty(a)arrl.org The ARRL and TAPR DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques. This year, the DCC is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 14- 16. Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories, experimental results, and practical applications. Topics include, but are not limited to: • Software Defined Radio (SDR) • Digital voice (D-Star, P25, WinDRM, FDMDV, DRMDV, G4GUO) • Digital satellite communications • Global position system • Precise Timing • Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) • Short messaging (a mode of APRS) • Digital Signal Processing (DSP) • HF digital modes • Internet interoperability with Amateur Radio networks • Spread spectrum • IEEE 802.11 and other Part 15 license-exempt systems adaptable for A mateur Radio • Using TCP/IP networking over Amateur Radio • Mesh and peer to peer wireless networking • Emergency and Homeland Defense backup digital communications in Amateur Radio • Updates on AX.25 and other wireless networking protocols • Topics that advanced the Amateur Radio art Go to https://tinyurl.com/y7wgm6vh to view the guidelines for paper submissions [ANS thanks the TAPR PSR for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Invitation to the 2018 NASA AAQ Workshop - September 7, 2018 You are invited to participate in the 2018 NASA Academy of Aerospace Quality {AAQ) Workshop. This event will take place at Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio on Friday, September 7 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The event targets academics (faculty, researchers, students) involved with space related activities such as cube sat, small sat, high altitude balloon, rocket and more. It is also designed for those wishing to be involved with NASA space related projects. The event will feature speakers and a poster session. Travel stipends from NASA are available to attendees on a limited basis and will favor those giving a presentation or poster. There is no registration charge for attending the event but registration in advance is required. Please register at the link below by July 31. http://spider2.eng.auburn.edu/AAQ/registration.html The NASA Academy of Aerospace Quality is an open access virtual academy of educational modules, lessons learned, standards, case studies and more related to quality assurance for space related projects, especially those from academic based teams. The website is: http://aaq.auburn.edu Links to the agenda and materials from previous NASA AAQ Workshops can be found at the link below: http://aaq.eng.auburn.edu/events [ANS thanks Alice Smith and Jeff Smith for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- China Microsatellite Symposium 2018 The China Microsatellite Symposium(CMS2018), (www.microsatsymp.com) will be held at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an China on 18th – 20th November 2018. The symposium includes keynote presentations and several sessions which will focus on the design experience, scientific missions, launch opportunities and all new technologies about microsatellites. In addition, another import session, International CubeSat and Mission Contest will be held on 20th November 2018, after which a free launch opportunity of 3U CubeSat or 1U payload capacity will be awarded to the winner of the first prize. Participants can get information and submit the works through the official website of our contest: www.cubesatcontest.org. The submission deadlines for the abstract of CMS2018 and work of CubeSat contest are both August 31, 2018. You could submit abstract and get information on the website www.microsatsymp.com Along with the symposium, there will also be a related exhibition, during which you can find the updated progress of CubeSat, launchers and other related technology. For exhibitors, you could also get information about booth on the website. The event is supported by China National Space Administration, International Astronautical Federation, Chinese Society of Astronautics and Chinese Institute of Command and Control. If you have any questions, please contact service(a)microsatsymp.com. [ANS thanks Ray Nugent for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Year Archive of Keplerian Elements Now on AMSAT Web Site AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager Ray Hoad, WA5QGD has made his archive of orbital elements for active amateur satellites back to October 1993. Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P has posted this on the AMSAT web site at: http://www.amsat.org/tle/historical/ Joe commented, "Thanks for all those bulletins, Ray. That represents a lot of work over 25 years!" [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD and Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts (Venice, LA, USA) Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA, and Clayton Coleman, W5PFG’s plan to activate maidenhead gridsquare EL58hx on Memorial Day weekend, 2018, is rescheduled due to unsafe weather conditions. The National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center confirms 70% potential for a tropical depression to form in the next five days with potential to move into the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. Rainfall predicted to hit the Louisiana coast combined with additional moisture from the potential depression would inhibit safe access to the operating location. The new dates for the expedition are June 7-9, 2018. AMSAT Vice President Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY has made his Engineering presentation at the 2018 Dayton Hamvention AMSAT forum available on-line: http://amsat.us/?p=189 There is a PDF version for viewing, and the original pptx version. You may reuse the information in this presentation in its entirety as a presentation, or by the use excerpts from this presentation to enhance your own pre- sentation, so long as you do not alter the original wording when making your own slides. (via @N0JY on Twitter) Members of the Radio Club Croatian Flora Fauna will be active as 9A90P from Vela Palagruza Island (CI-084, LH 0057) between June 16-23rd. Operators mentioned are Marijan/9A1MB, Radovan/ 9A2SC, Zeljko/9A3DF, Branko/9A3ST, Kiko/9A4WY, Vito/9A5VS, Neven/9A5YY and Emir/9A6AA. Activity will be on 80-6 meters near the IOTA frequencies using CW, SSB, the Digital modes and the satellites. QSL 9A90P via 9A2MF. ADDED NOTE. Look for some operators to possibly operate (using their own callsign) from neighboring islands: Mala Palagruza (EU-090, CI-461) and Galijula Island (EU-090, CI-462). (thanks to Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1365) --------------------------------------------------------------------- /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, KT4TZ kt4tz at amsat dot org

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