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ANS-217.02 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced, Tickets Now Available
by Paul Stoetzer 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-217.02 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. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced, Tickets Now Available SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-217.02 ANS-217.02 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 217.02 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE August 5, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-217.02 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced, Tickets Now Available AMSAT is pleased to announce that the AMSAT Symposium Saturday Evening Banquet on Saturday, October 19th will feature a panel of guest speakers presenting “The Foundations of AMSAT” followed by a question and answer period. Guest speakers will include: Lance Ginner, K6GSJ (Project OSCAR) George Jacobs, W3ASK (Author, Diplomat) Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK (Founding President of AMSAT) Dr. Owen Mace (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne) Richard Tonkin (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne) Jan King, W3GEY (Founding member of AMSAT and Australis-OSCAR 5 Project Manager) The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting will be held on Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia at The Hilton Arlington. Symposium registration is available for $60 from now until September 15th. Banquet tickets are $55. Tickets are now available on the AMSAT Store at https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/ Tickets are also now available for the Sunday tour. On Sunday, October 20th, a bus tour will take attendees to the the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the National Air and Space Museum. Two large hangars display thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde, and the Space Shuttle Discovery. Bus capacity is limited to 35 attendees. Tickets are $30 per person. Attendees who wish to drive may also join the tour group. Parking at the Udvar-Hazy Center is $15. On Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, will lead a walking tour of the National Mall. No reservations are required. Transportation to the National Mall will be via the Washington Metro. Additional information, including hotel reservation information is available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office 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. 73 and Remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space, This week's ANS Contributing Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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LOTW update
by Andrew Glasbrenner 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

The ARRL updated LOTW to include BO-102, NO-103, and NO-104 this morning. Happy logging! 73, Drew KO4MA

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50th Anniversary awards question
by skristof＠etczone.com 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

For the "50TH ANNIVERSARY AMSAT SATELLITE FRIENDS OF 50 AWARD" do the contacts have to be 50 different individuals (i.e. 50 different callsigns) or just a contact with anybody on 50 different days (could be a QSO with the same person on 50 different days)? Steve AI9IN

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ANS-217 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy-OSCAR 104 (NO-104)
by Paul Stoetzer 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-217 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. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy- OSCAR 104 (NO-104) SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-217.01 ANS-217 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 217.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE August 5, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-217.01 BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy- OSCAR 104 (NO-104) On June 25, 2019, the United States Naval Academy PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 cubesats were launched on a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 were developed by Naval Academy students in the USNA Satellite Lab and operated in cooperation with the USNA Amateur Radio Club. PSAT2 carries a PSK31 transponder, digipeater, SSTV-downlinked camera images, and a DTMF to voice/APRS system. BRICSAT2 carries a digipeater and thruster experiment. Both satellites are currently active. At the request of the Naval Academy Amateur Radio Club, AMSAT hereby designates BRICSAT2 as Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103), and PSAT2 as Navy- OSCAR 104 (NO-104). We congratulate the owners and operators, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them a long mission and continued success on this and future projects. 73, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator [ANS thanks AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, 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. 73 and Remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space, This week's ANS Contributing Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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CY9C
by jeff griffin 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

CY9C is active on the linear birds. Just worked him on XW-2A.. 73 Jeff kb2m

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PSAT2 DTMF messages now enabled
by Robert Bruninga 05 Aug '19

05 Aug '19

PY5LF pointed out that the DTMF grid uplink has been working fine on PSAT2, and generating QSO numbers, but that the QSL response so people can make two-way contacts was not working. That was because we did not have DTMF Messaging enabled. The QSL response is a message and so we enabled that this morning. To QSL a GRID QSO number you simply send back a message #40 with his QSO number to complete the exchange. See the other 90 or so DTMF messages on PSAT2: http://aprs.org/psat2.html Bob, Wb4APR

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UISS Satgate Mode
by Robert Smith 04 Aug '19

04 Aug '19

Aloha I recently obtained the UISS Satgate module. After downloading and installing I ran into several problems (self induced I am sure): 1. When trying to connect to satgate.aprsca.net:14580, I recv. the error message “Can’t connect to Satgate.aprsca.net:14580.” This happens when using the “Connect” command in the module. In Prgm. settings the host is satgate.aprsca.net. The validation no. I am using is a 5 digit no. I recvd. from UIView many years ago (I had a viable satgate back when but discontinued for several years). 2. My “normal” UISS no longer displays incoming traffic nor the digipeat of my packets in RED. This situation exists whether I am in UISS only or have both UISS and and the Satgate open. 3. I am able to view incoming packets with some accessory routines but wud like to get back to seeing those nice “RED” incomings and obviously I would like a functional satgate Any guidance appreciated. Mahalo Respectfully, And 73 Robert, NH7WN Honolulu Sent from my iPhone

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PO-101?
by skristof＠etczone.com 04 Aug '19

04 Aug '19

Did anybody else try PO-101 just now (around 1900 UTC)? I didn't hear a thing. I also tried calling but didn't hear myself and got no responses. Steve AI9IN

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FPGA iCEBreaker Workshop - digital communications for amateur satellites
by Michelle Thompson 04 Aug '19

04 Aug '19

Greetings all! Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are one of three fundamental types of digital architectures used for communications R&D. The others are general purpose processors and graphical processing units (GPUs). This fall, in San Diego, California, there will be an FPGA course sponsored by Open Research Institute. There are 10 spots with amateur space communications as the focus of the work. FPGAs are a primary technology in modern satellite communications. They're used in R&D and in deployment. It is difficult to get started with FPGA design for several reasons. The tools have traditionally been proprietary. The companies that make the tools price them for large corporations to buy. Coursework for FPGA design is rare. This is where iCEBreaker makes a difference. An iCEBreaker Workshop 10 pack has been made available, and arrived today. This kit is described at this link https://www.crowdsupply.com/1bitsquared/icebreaker-fpga We (me and a few other local volunteers) will use this hardware to put on a course for anyone interested in amateur radio satellite and terrestrial development. All course materials will be published. The first course will be in San Diego. If you're in the area, please get in touch! MakerPlace and CoLab are the likely sites. Later workshops could be at places like Symposium, Xenia, or Hamcation. The full course cannot be accomplished in a day, but a workshop could get the basics across and provide a substantial boost to motivated amateur satellite engineering volunteers. Let me know what you think! more soon, -Michelle W5NYV

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AM1SAT Event Sept 9-15, 2019
by Robert Bankston 04 Aug '19

04 Aug '19

AMSAT-EA will be on the air with the AM1SAT callsign from September 9 to 15 to celebrate IberRadio 2019. The goal is to operate from every EA grid on all available satellites with the AM1SAT callsign. Please visit https://www.amsat-ea.org/ for more info, or download the AM1SAT info sheet https://www.amsat-ea.org/app/download/11555713/AMSAT+EA+-+AM1SAT+CONTEST+RU… 73, Robert Bankston, KE4ALVice-President, User ServicesRadio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)

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