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ANS-175 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Paul Stoetzer 23 Jun '24

23 Jun '24

*AMSAT News Service* *ANS-175* *June 23, 2024* In this edition: - ELaNa 43 Launch Carrying MESAT-1 Scheduled for June 27, 2024 - AMSAT Board of Directors Nominees Announced - AMSAT Mail Alias Service to End August 1, 2024 - Video of AMSAT Engineering Q&A Sessions Available - Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for June 21, 2024 - ARISS News - Upcoming Satellite Operations - AMSAT Ambassador Activities - Satellite Shorts From All Over The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, 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 https://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 You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/ ------------------------------ Save the Date! Symposium 2024 *Photo by Robert DuBois* Mark your calendar now for the 2024 AMSAT Symposium, *October 25-27, 2024 *at the Doubletree by Hilton Tampa Rocky Point Waterfront in Tampa, Florida! Watch for announcements concerning further details as plans are formulated. ------------------------------ ELaNa 43 Launch Carrying MESAT-1 Scheduled for June 27, 2024 The University of Maine's MESAT-1 carrying a telemetry transmitter and linear transponder provided by AMSAT and experiments designed by schools in Maine will head into orbit as early as late this week as part of NASA's ELaNa 43 launch. The ELaNa 43 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites 43) mission includes eight CubeSats flying on Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket for its “Noise of Summer” launch from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The 30-minute launch window will open at 9 p.m. PDT Wednesday, June 26 (12 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 27). Telemetry can be received using the same FoxTelem program that was used for most of AMSAT's recent payloads. We urge readers to download the latest FoxTelem (V1.12z3) from https://www.amsat.org/tlm/leaderboard.php?id=0&db=FOXDB. This program will decode telemetry from MESAT-1 (as well as AO-91) and forward the results to AMSAT's central server for use by AMSAT engineering as well as by Maine engineers and students. MESAT-1 will study local temperatures across city and rural areas to determine phytoplankton concentration in bodies of water to help predict algal blooms and also contains a linear transponder for amateurs to use. Watch ANS and other media for information about when the transponder will be activated. For more information on this satellite, visit https://www.mainesat.org/mesat1/ *MESAT-1 – Launch June 27, 2024* Uplink LSB 145.910 MHz through 145.940 MHz Downlink USB 435.810 MHz through 435.840 MHz AMSAT LTM-1 Transponder – 1200 bps FoxTelem BPSK beacon 435.800 MHz *[ANS thanks NASA and AMSAT Engineering for the above information]* ------------------------------ AMSAT Board of Directors Nominees Announced The nomination period for the 2024 AMSAT Board of Directors Election ended on June 15th. The following candidates have been duly nominated: - Mark Hammond, N8MH - Frank Karnauskas, N1UW - Bruce Paige, KK5DO - Paul Stoetzer, N8HM - Douglas Tabor, N6UA As three seats on the Board of Directors are up for election this year, the three candidates receiving the largest number of votes shall be declared elected to the seats. The two candidates receiving the next largest number of votes shall be declared First Alternate and Second Alternate, respectively. The voting process will be conducted via AMSAT's Wild Apricot membership system and will commence on July 15th. Instructions for voting will be emailed to all members in good standing as of July 1st by July 15th. The voting period shall conclude on September 15th and results will be announced not later than September 30th. Biographies of the candidates will be available for review online and published in the next edition of *The AMSAT Journal*. *[ANS thanks Jeff Davis, KE9V, AMSAT Secretary, for the above information]* ------------------------------ AMSAT Mail Alias Service to End August 1, 2024 A long-standing member service, the AMSAT Mail Alias Service is scheduled to end on August 1, 2024. A mail alias on AMSAT.ORG permitted people to send an email to members without knowing their actual internet email address. They just needed to know their amateur radio callsign. Unfortunately, the unchecked rise in domain name hacking and email account high-jacking has made it impossible to sustain this service at a cost-effective level. The number of callsign(a)amsat.org email accounts that had been hijacked and converted to zombie spam accounts over the years had led many internet service providers and gateway centers to ban all @ amsat.org email addresses, including those business accounts of AMSAT officers and officials. The tireless efforts of AMSAT’s all volunteer IT staff has worked for years to repair much of the damage, but AMSAT still get complaints from members who are not getting their personal emails, ANS bulletins or AMSAT-BB posts because of persistent delivery problems. It has come to the point where the AMSAT volunteer IT staff can no longer keep up with the maintenance requirements to keep the alias mail list clean and to work with email gateways to remove blocks. And, after considerable investigation into alternative paid email services, AMSAT leadership decided that the money required to keep an email alias system alive would be better spent on building and flying satellites for its members. Persons using the Mail Alias Service should begin to migrate to different email accounts so they do not lose receipt of personal emails, AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins, AMSAT-BB posts, or official messages from AMSAT itself. Members are especially asked to make sure they are NOT using a callsign(a)amsat.org as their registered email address in the AMSAT membership portal. Members can easily change their registered member email address by logging into the portal and updating their profile. *[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]* ------------------------------ Video of AMSAT Engineering Q&A Sessions Available AMSAT Vice President – Engineering, Jerry Buxton, NØJY, hosted Q&A “social gathering” live streams on YouTube and Twitch, as he mentioned in his Hamvention “They Cancelled All My Flights” video where he followed up and answered questions on developments with GOLF, Fox Plus, and other projects. Archived videos of these sessions can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@n0jy/streams *Note: If you read this at the time of publication, the final session may be ongoing as it is scheduled to run from 00:01 UTC to 02:00 UTC on Sunday, June 23rd.* *[ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President - Engineering, for the above information]* ------------------------------ *The 2024 Coins Are Here Now!Help Support GOLF and Fox Plus.**Join <https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/> the AMSAT President’s Club today!* ------------------------------ Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for June 21, 2024 Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/ This week there are no additions or deletions to the AMSAT TLE distribution. *[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information]* ------------------------------ *Need new satellite antennas? Purchase an M2 LEO-Pack from the **AMSAT Store! <https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/>**When you purchase through **AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards **Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.* ------------------------------ ARISS News Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide. *Complejo Educativo Nuestra Señora de Fátima N° 1139 and N° 8119, Pérez, Argentina, Telebridge via VK6MJ* The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled crewmember is Jeanette Epps KF5QNU The ARISS mentor is VE6JBJ Contact is go for: Thu 2024-06-27 13:38:07 UTC 56 deg As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down), If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater. So give a listen, you just never 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. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html *[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information]* ------------------------------ Upcoming Satellite OperationsQuick Hits: From Randy,* ND0C*: From 24 June thru 7 July, we will be on another family camping vacation, which means another satellite roving expedition! This time, thru *WI to MI and back thru IL and IA.* No super rare grids but several that may be needed by many. The grids and passes will depend on where/when we happen to be while on the road or camping. This will be all LEO sats: FM & SSB. As always, I will try for EU passes on RS-44 when possible. Looking forward to pushing past the 100 grids-roved milestone. More info to come. ******************************************************************** *JA2QJI/8* will be QRV on GreenCube/IO-117 from *QN05* on 25th June. See hams.at for any additional details. ******************************************************************** From Mike, *N8MR*: I will be in *EN57*, with roves to *EN67* from Friday, June 28 thru Saturday, July 6. Using an Icom 9700, Arrow and Alaskan antennas. Listening for Europe on linear eastern passes. *I can rove to EN56, only if needed.* Posting passes to hams.at a day in advance. All QSOs to LoTW as N8MR. ******************************************************************** *HB0/DK9JC* should be QRV from *JN47* on GreenCube/IO-117 on 26th June. See hams.at for any updates. Major Roves: *VP5/AA5UK* will be QRV from *FL31* from 23rd June through 5th July. This operation will be holiday style but will cover HF/LEO/MEO. Head over to his VP5/AA5UK QRZ page for all the info you can shake a stick at. *[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT Rover Page Manager, and Alex Ners, K6VHF, for the above information]* ------------------------------ * Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?* Get an AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff from our Zazzle store <https://www.zazzle.com/store/amsat_gear>! 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space ------------------------------ AMSAT Ambassador Activities AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events. AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, says, "Think a 75-minute presentation on "working the easy satellites" would be appropriate for your club or event? Let me know by emailing me at k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com or calling me at 909-999-SATS (7287)!" Clint has NEVER given the exact same show twice: EACH of the 150+ presentations so far has been customized/tailored to their audiences. Scheduled Events *“Moon Day” Frontiers of Flight Museum* *July 20, 2024* Love Field in Dallas, Texas AMSAT volunteers needed! Contact tschuessler(at) amsat.org for more information. *Huntsville Hamfest**August 17-18, 2024* Huntsville, AL AMSAT Booth and Forum N8DEU and W4FCL *Northeast HamXpostion**August 22-25, 2024* Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center 181 Boston Post Road W Marlborough, MA 01752 *Greater Louisville Hamfest**September 7, 2024* Shepherdsville, KY AMSAT Forum and Information Table W4FCL *Central Kentucky Hamfest**October 5, 2024* Lexington, KY AMSAT and Educational Satellites Forum and Information Table AI4SR and W4FCL *North Star Radio Convention**October 5, 2024* Hennepin Technical College (North Campus) Brooklyn Park, Minn. AMSAT Forum and Information Table KØJM and ADØHJ *2024 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting**October 25-27, 2024* Doubletree by Hilton Tampa Rocky Point Waterfront 3050 N Rocky Point Dr W Tampa, FL 33607 *[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6LCS, and AMSAT for the above information]* ------------------------------ Satellite Shorts from All Over + If you participated in AMSAT Field Day, remember to submit your summary sheet and any photos or comments by July 23, 2024. Submission details can be found at https://www.amsat.org/field-day/ ------------------------------ Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/ In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to: - Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization). - 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 student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. - Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms. Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information. *73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!* *This week's ANS Editor,* *Paul Stoetzer, N8HM* *n8hm [at] amsat.org <http://amsat.org>* *ANS is a service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653, Washington, DC 20002*

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Fwd: Re: Engineering Q&A Social Begins at 19:00 UTC
by Paul Stoetzer 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

The last of Jerry’s Q&A sessions starts at 00:01 UTC. Tune in at: https://www.twitch.tv/n0jy https://www.youtube.com/n0jy 73, Paul, N8HM ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Date: Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 15:06 Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Engineering Q&A Social Begins at 19:00 UTC To: Paul Stoetzer <prstoetzer(a)gmail.com> CC: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Jerry will also be streaming at: - Saturday June 22 at 00:01 – 02:00 UTC (Friday evening-night in the Americas) - Saturday June 22 at 19:00 – 21:00 UTC (anybody free that afternoon) - Sunday June 23 at 00:01 – 02:00 UTC (Saturday evening-night in the Americas) On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 2:40 PM Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > AMSAT Vice President - Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, will be conducting > a Q&A Social all about AMSAT Engineering on his Twitch and YouTube channels > at 19:00 UTC today. > > Tune in at: > > https://www.twitch.tv/n0jy > > https://www.youtube.com/n0jy > > 73, > > Paul Stoetzer, N8HM > Executive Vice President > AMSAT > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: Any (significant) chances for an astronaut participating on Field Day?
by Clint Bradford 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

Although she loves amateur radio, the entire crew has some important projects that will probably take precedence the next week or so … But if the equipment is ON, go ahead and see if anyone’s around! Clint K6LCS > On Jun 20, 2024, at 8:17 PM, Greg D via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > It's been years since we had an ISS member running a station for Field Day,

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Re: Yaesu G-5500 issue
by mikflathead＠aol.com 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

I have not had an issue with mine but I would check to see if you have voltage going to the feedback potentiometers first. That supply would have both az and el in common. Mike On Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 08:36:38 AM EDT, jeff griffin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: After Sitting for 6 months my rotor is acting up. It was working 100 % When I left for the winter. Big issue is it isn't displaying any AZ EL data on the display, and appears to be sending bad data the the LVBTracker. The rotor operates manually but there is no AZ EL data displayed. When I try to track a sat with SatPC32 it seems that that the 5500 is also sending bad data to the LVBTracker as the antenna EL runs away , and the AZ data is also way off. So my question is did anyone also have this issue? I'm thinking it's in the control box as bot AZ and EL are affected. As I can't see the antenna from my operating position I'm off the sats until I can fix this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 73 Jeff kb2m ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: Yaesu G-5500 issue
by Bill Booth 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

On 22/06/2024 8:36 a.m., jeff griffin via AMSAT-BB wrote: > the 5500 is also sending bad data to the LVBTracker Sounds like both pots in the rotor are dirty. You can check this easly as I believe the leads from the pots are seperate from the rotor to the control box so could easly be measured with an ohm meter. Check the schematic and see. -- Bill Booth VE3NXK Sundridge ON, Canada Lat: 45.741365 Long: -79.457429 Grid Square FN05gr Visit my weather WebCam at http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference.

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Yaesu G-5500 issue
by jeff griffin 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

After Sitting for 6 months my rotor is acting up. It was working 100 % When I left for the winter. Big issue is it isn't displaying any AZ EL data on the display, and appears to be sending bad data the the LVBTracker. The rotor operates manually but there is no AZ EL data displayed. When I try to track a sat with SatPC32 it seems that that the 5500 is also sending bad data to the LVBTracker as the antenna EL runs away , and the AZ data is also way off. So my question is did anyone also have this issue? I'm thinking it's in the control box as bot AZ and EL are affected. As I can't see the antenna from my operating position I'm off the sats until I can fix this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 73 Jeff kb2m

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Re: Using N1MM software for FD Sat logging
by Stephan Greene 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

N1MM has a general purpose satellite log template, but do not use it for FD! Here's what I do: Create a new log using the ARRL FD template and add the appropriate station and operator data. I run N1MM stand-alone (not connected to the radio or to a club logging network). I assign arbitrary HF - thru microwave "bands" to each satellite I work (AMSAT FD rules treat each satellite as a separate "Band"). E.g., I enter 1800 in the frequency window for AO-7, 3500 for RS-44, etc. At start of a pass, I enter the appropriate band and log QSOs. N1MM takes care of dupe checking etc. After the contest, I export the data and edit in Excel, changing the bands to satellites for the AMSAT FD. For ARRL, I put in the appropriate TX and RX bands and email it to whomever is submitting our club's FD score to ARRL. Since I am not operating on HF, connecting my laptop to a club network will totally mess things up. I am running the club VHF station between satellite passes, so I'm reserving the "50000 kHz band" for the 6M QSOs. I've found that if you connect N1MM to the radio and doppler correction is running, N1MM interprets the frequency changes as a QSY and clears the logging window! And if I entered the correct RX and TX bands (e.g. 144000 or 435000 kHz), N1MM will treat QSOs with the same station on different satellites as dupes. I've noticed it usually takes me a few QSOs to reprogram my brain to send the FD call and exchange instead of the usual home call and grid! 73 & Good Luck this weekend (and stay cool if you are in the extreme heat zone!) Steve KS1G FM18 (FD: K4LRG 2A(?) VA) On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM Charlie Sufana via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > The local club is using the N1MM logging program for FD and I will be > running the sat station this year. The use of N1MM is new for recording > the sat contacts but I am not finding anything specific. So I must be > missing something. Is anyone else using the N1MM program to record your > Sat FD contacts? If so, what have you got set up in N1MM? > > Thanks for the help. > > 73, > Charlie Sufana AJ9N >

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Using N1MM software for FD Sat logging
by aj9n＠aol.com 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Hi all, The local club is using the N1MM logging program for FD and I will be running the sat station this year. The use of N1MM is new for recording the sat contacts but I am not finding anything specific. So I must be missing something. Is anyone else using the N1MM program to record your Sat FD contacts? If so, what have you got set up in N1MM? Thanks for the help. 73,Charlie Sufana AJ9N

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TEVEL-2
by david.greenberg 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Hello All, TEVEL-2 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today 21.06.24 20:19U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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TEVEL-5
by david.greenberg 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Hello All, TEVEL-5 FM transponder has been activated, starting from today 21.06.24 19:24U for 72 hours.73,David 4X1DGנשלח מה-Galaxy שלי

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