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ANS-181
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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.
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Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
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In this edition:
* ESA Education Office announce six CubeSats chosen for Phase 1 Initiative
* 13 Colonies Special Event Includes Satellite Operations
* 2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Starts July 19, 2013
* Two Lithuanian Amateur Radio CubeSats Plan 2013 Launch To ISS
* July Space Station Spacewalks To Be Previewed And Broadcast On NASA TV
* Upcoming ARISS Contacts
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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ANS-181 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 181.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
June 30, 2013
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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ESA Education Office announce six CubeSats chosen for Phase 1 Initiative
Six student teams and their supervisors have gathered at ESA's ESTEC
centre in The Netherlands for the kick-off of the new Fly Your Satellite!
Programme under the ESA Education Office.
On June 26-28, ESA experts will introduce the objectives and present
the activities to be performed during the first phase of the programme.
In January, ESA's Education Office announced the 'Fly Your
Satellite!' initiative. This is aimed at offering student teams the
opportunity to become familiar with good engineering practice to
build and perform satellite testing in order to increase the chances
of a successful mission. The 2013 edition of the programme is however
only focusing on testing selected university-built satellites that
are already at an advanced stage of development.
'Fly Your Satellite!' builds on the success of the 'CubeSats for the
Vega Maiden Flight' pilot programme. This culminated in 2012 with the
launch of seven student-built CubeSats on the first flight of the new
ESA Vega launcher.
The focus of the kick-off meeting will consist of coordinating the
activity to be performed during the first phase of Fly Your
Satellite! enabling the teams to complete the construction of their
satellite. This will include extensive satellite testing in ambient
conditions under the supervision of ESA specialists who will decide
which satellites should participate in the next phase of the
programme.
The second phase will see the satellites tested in the simulated
conditions of outer space and in those the satellites will experience
at launch. These will include vibration and thermal-vacuum tests.
The six CubeSats chosen for Phase 1 are:
Robusta-1B from France will validate a radiation test methodology
for specific transistor components.
Oufti-1 from Belgium will demonstrate the D-STAR digital
communication protocol and validate high-efficiency solar cells.
ConSat-1 from Canada will analyse radiation characteristics in the
South-Atlantic Anomaly, and test technology payloads.
[email protected] from Italy will test an Active-Attitude Determination
Control System.
AAUSAT4 from Denmark will test an improved version of student built
AIS (Automated Identification System) receivers.
Politech.1 from Spain will carry a student built C-band
communication system, a "GEODEYE" Earth Observation camera for
academic purposes, and solar wind experiments.
Read the full ESA article at
http://www.esa.int/Education/ESA_and_student_teams_kick-off_Fly_Your_Satell…
Fly Your Satellite! initiative
http://www.esa.int/Education/Students_are_you_ready_to_fly_your_satellites_…
space
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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13 Colonies Special Event Includes Satellite Operations
The 13 Colonies Special Event Stations will be active on the air
for Independence Week, July 1-6, 2013. Get all of the details at
http://www.13colonies.info/
On the high frequency amateur bands the 13 Colonies stations will
operate from 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Savings Time (1300Z), on
July 1st, to 12:00 PM (midnight) Eastern Daylight Savings Time,
July 6 (0400Z, July 7).
The 13 Colonies Satellite Stations will be active as shown in
the table below:
STATE SE CALL STATION CALL OPERATOR
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NY K2A WB2OQQ Pete
VA K2B NL7VX Steve
CT K2D WA8SME Mark
DE K2E KB2M Jeffrey
MD K2F WA3SWJ Bruce
MA K2H KB1PVH David
NJ K2I KB2M Jeffrey
NC K2J N8MH Mark
SC K2L K4YYL Art
PA K2M WB3U Elizabeth (FM Birds Only)
K3BFS Richard (Linear Birds Only)
Any satellite station can work the 13 Colonies states off the birds.
Please indicate your contacts are Satellite. More information can be
found at http://www.13colonies.info/Satellites.htm
[ANS thanks the 13 Colonies Special Event for the above information]
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2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Starts July 19, 2013
The 2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will start late
afternoon on Friday, July 19 and will run through until the afternoon
on Sunday, July 21 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, UK.
It will be preceded by a "Hands-on" CubeSat Workshop. This free
workshop will take place at the nearby University of Surrey on Friday,
July 19 and this will be followed, at the hotel, by the usual
Colloquium "Beginners Session" in the late afternoon.
It is anticipated that both the FUNcube-1 and FUNcube-2 missions will
be launched later this year and the FUNcube team will be on hand to
talk about the missions and the planned educational outreach. A full
demonstration of the Engineering Model, which has been performing
flawlessly for almost a year, will also be provided.
Further details and booking information at
http://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2013/
[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]
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Two Lithuanian Amateur Radio CubeSats Plan 2013 Launch To ISS
It is hoped that two Lithuanian satellites will be among the
CubeSats sent by Nanoracks LLC to the International Space Station
(ISS) on the SpaceX CRS-3 mission in November, 2013. They will be
deployed from the ISS by the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-
SSOD) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
The Kaunas University of Technology is developing LituanicaSAT-1
while the Lithuanian Space Federation is working on LitSat-1.
2013 is the 80th anniversary of the historic flight by Lithuanian
pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Gire.nas in the airplane Lituanica.
On July 15, 1933, they took off from Floyd Bennett Field in New York
and flew across the Atlantic Ocean, covering a distance of 6,411
kilometers without landing, in 37 hours and 11 minutes. Tragically
they crashed by the village of Kuhdamm, near Soldin, Germany just 650
km from their destination of Kaunas in Lithuania.
LituanicaSAT-1 plans to carry a VGA camera, GPS receiver, 9k6 AX25
FSK telemetry beacon and a 150 mW V/U FM voice transponder.
Links:
• Google English web http://tinyurl.com/KosmonautaiLituanicaSAT-1
• Google English Wiki http://tinyurl.com/WikiLituanicaSAT-1
• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Lituanicasat1
LitSat-1 is understood to be planning a U/V linear transponder for
SSB/CW communications.
Links:
• Lithuanian Space Association in Google English
http://tinyurl.com/LithuanianSpaceAssociation
• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/palydovas
• Google English article http://tinyurl.com/LitSat-1-Article
Google English article on the two Lithuanian CubeSats
http://tinyurl.com/LithuanianCubeSats
1933 Lituanica flight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanica
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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JULY SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS TO BE PREVIEWED AND BROADCAST ON NASA TV
WASHINGTON -- Two Expedition 36 astronauts will venture outside the
International Space Station twice in July on spacewalks to prepare
for a new Russian module and perform additional installations on the
station's backbone.
NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will host a NASA Television
briefing to preview the spacewalks at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 2.
Reporters may attend the briefing at Johnson and other participating
NASA centers, or ask questions by calling Johnson's newsroom at
281-483-5111 no later than 1:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Briefers will include:
-- David Korth, NASA spacewalk flight director
-- Ernest Bell, Spacewalk 22 spacewalk officer
-- Karina Eversley, Spacewalk 23 spacewalk officer
Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the
European Space Agency will conduct the spacewalks July 9 and July 16
from the station's Quest airlock. Each spacewalk is scheduled to last
6 1/2 hours. Cassidy and Parmitano will replace a space-to-ground
communications receiver and wireless video equipment and install
power and cables for a Russian multipurpose laboratory module that
will be launched later this year. The new module will serve as a
research facility, docking port and airlock for future Russian
spacewalks and will replace the Pirs module.
Cassidy, who is designated EV1 for the spacewalks, will wear a U.S.
extravehicular mobility suit bearing red stripes. The spacewalks will
be the fifth and sixth of Cassidy's career. Parmitano, who is
designated EV2, will wear a spacesuit with no stripes and will be
making the first two spacewalks of his career. He will become the
first Italian astronaut to walk in space. Both spacewalkers will wear
helmet cameras to provide up close views of their work.
NASA TV coverage of the spacewalks will begin at 7 a.m. on both July 9
and July 16. Both spacewalks are scheduled to begin at 8:10 a.m.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the International Space Station and its
crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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Upcoming ARISS contact with Scuola Secondaria grado "Arturo Toscanini",
Capiago Intimiano, Italy and Scuola Media Massimiliano Kolbe, Vercurago,
Lecco, Italy
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Scuola Secondaria 1? grado "Arturo Toscanini",
Capiago Intimiano, Italy and Scuola Media Massimiliano Kolbe,
Vercurago, Lecco, Italy on 29 June. The event is scheduled to begin
at approximately 11:50 UTC.
The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30
seconds. The contact will be a combination of direct and telebridge
with the contact starting with IK1SLD, then proceeds to IZ2WLC and
finishes back with IK1SLD . The contact should be audible over Italy.
Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz
downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Italian.
Scuola Secondaria 1? grado "Arturo Toscanini", Capiago Intimiano,
Italy
The school is located in Capiago Intimiano, a small town in the
north part of Italy, 7 km far from Como. Como and the surrounding
area can be clearly seen from space due to the unique shape of Lario
lake (like a Y upside down). It tooks the name from "Arturo
Toscanini", a famous musician and conductor lived across the end of
19th century and early 20th.
There are 10 classes and the students are from 11 years old to 14.
Scuola Media Massimiliano Kolbe, Vercurago, Lecco, Italy
Local secondary school with students aged from 10 to 14. It's
located in a building, built in 1950 by the government, originally
used as a sanatorium converted into school in late 1970.
Vercurago is a small town not far from Lecco, built on the shores of
Garlate's lake (as it comes out of Lario lake and become Adda river).
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time
allows:
1. Why did you decide to become an astronaut?
2. How do you recycle water?
3. How did you feel on your first day in space?
4. What are the main characteristics of the Earth seen from space?
5. What was your first impression of the ISS?
6. How the northern lights appear from space?
7. How is life in space for six months with only five other people?
8. What is the most difficult activity you've carried out in space?
9. When you see the Earth from the space, what do you think?
10. How do you treat waste?
11. Is the Sun different seen from the space?
12. How do you shave in space?
13. What do you usually do in your free time?
14. How does life in orbit influence vital functions?
15. When you'll come back to the Earth, what will be the first thing
you'll do?
16. When the Earth is in the dark, which are the brightest cities?
17. Can you see pollution on the Earth from the ISS?
18. What kind of studies did you attend to become an astronaut?
19. Which was the strongest emotion you felt when you passed quickly
from the Earth to space?
20. What is the human construction visible from the space station?
21. How hard was the training before departure?
22. What do you eat in space?
23. What did you miss more from the earth?
24. Have you ever experimented how spiders build webs in space?
25. Have you ever had any serious technical problems on the ISS?
26. What kind of experiments are you carrying out?
27. What do you like most about your job?
28. What is the most ambitious project for the future?
PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be obtained by
subscribing to the SAREX maillist. To subscribe, go to
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/ and choose "How to
Subscribe".
Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS).
To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status
Next planned event(s):
1. Association Intercultura Onlus, Frascati, Italy, telebridge
Sat, 06July2013, 17:02 UTC 40 deg via W6SRJ
ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering
the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA,
CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from
participating countries.
ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the
excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-
board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and
communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS
can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and
learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on
the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio
Amateurs of Canada).
(ANS thanks David Jordan, AA4KN for this ARISS update)
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Satelite Shorts From All Over
Kevin, N4UFO reported on June 25 he was able to work three
transatlantic contacts via AO-7. The stations he contacted included
EA8HB, CT3FM, and G7BTA. Kevin noted, "I must say... three QSOs in one
pass, WOW! That was a lot of fun! AO-7 is a grand old bird, long may
she live! I just had to share how exciting it was!" (via N4UFO on
starcomm-bb)
In the July 2013 edition of the ARRL publication of QST, ARRL Chief
Executive Officer, David Sumner, K1ZZ, presents a feature on CubeSats.
Steve Ford, WB8IMY, presents a column, Eclectic Technology, titled
"More Satellites on the Way", a listing of the 7 satellites due to be
launched in 2013. (via www.arrl.org )
A CubeSat presentation was given by AMSAT Francophone to a
scientific conference held by the Radio Club of Paris F6KVP on May
29, 2013.
A video of the presentation has been made available on the web.
AMSAT-Francophone site in Google English:
http://tinyurl.com/AMSAT-Francophone
Radio Club of Paris F6KVP in Google English:
http://tinyurl.com/RadioClubParis
F6KVP on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/F6KVP
(via AMSAT-UK)
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/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,
Joe Spier, K6WAO
k6wao at amsat dot org
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-167
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:
* HAM Video for the ISS Announced by ARISS
* AMSAT Videos from Dayton Hamvention
* AMSAT Area Coordinator Kevin Smith, N3HKQ, now SK
* RECENT AMSAT AWARDS
* Fox-2 MPPT Team Selected In TI Design Contest
* AMSAT Field Day 2013 - One More Time
* Wilse Morgan WX7P (ex-KL7CQ) SK
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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ANS-167 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 167.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
DATE June 16, 2013
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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HAM Video for the ISS Announced by ARISS
ARISS-Europe Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF has drafted an overview
of a new "Ham Video" DATV downlink
system on S-Band being developed for placement on the International
Space Station later this year.
The equipment is being developed by Kayser Italia under contract
with the European Space Agency using
a Canon XF-305 camera provided by NASA. The equipment is currently
slated for deployment to the ISS on
Japan Space Agency's HTV-4 in August 2013. HTV is Japan's H-II
Transfer Vehicle for resupplying the
International Space Station.
Gaston's paper provides an overview of both the equipment that is
being placed on the ISS as well as
discusses ground station requirements. The ESA contract calls for
Kayser Italia to provide five
ground stations for placement in Europe that will be "chained" to
provide overlapping video reception
coverage, with the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) serving as
a central server site for
receiving video from these ground stations and making it freely
available to others via the internet.
It is hoped that amateurs will support other ground station "chains"
in other countries as multiple
stations are needed to provide up to 15 minutes of video in support
of school contacts.
Gaston's paper with block diagram and photographs of key components
will be available soon on the
AMSAT website (www.amsat.org).
[ANS thanks ANS thanks Gaston Bartels, ON4WF for this information
for the above information]
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AMSAT Videos from Dayton Hamvention
A series of videos taken during the AMSAT Forum during The Dayton
Hamvention have been released.
+ AMSAT ARISS Program Status, by Frank KA3HDO - 2013 Dayton Hamvention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hju20svHK5k
+ AMSAT Education and You, by Mark N8MH - 2013 Dayton Hamvention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXzCRiNaTXw&feature=youtu.be
+ AMSAT Status Report, by Barry WD4ASW - 2013 Dayton Hamvention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGj5_wjomzI&feature=youtu.be
+ FUNcube Satellites, by Howard G6LVB - 2013 Dayton Hamvention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NSD39MNKe0&feature=youtu.be
+ Fox Classroom Experiments, by Spence WA8SME - 2013 Dayton Hamvent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl8HCBEGv4Q
+ Fox-1 Status Update, by Tony AA2TX - 2013 Dayton Hamvention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gub5182mowg
You can view these videos, collectively, and lots of other AMSAT
video content by going to:
www.amsat.org and click on "AMSAT YOUTUBE CHANNEL"
or by going to www.youtube.com/AMSATNA
[ANS thanks AMSAT Steve N9IPand Andrew KO4MA,for the above
information]
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AMSAT Area Coordinator Kevin Smith, N3HKQ, now SK
Kevin Smith, N3HKQ, age 59, passed away suddenly Monday night, 10
June. He had successfully battled a blood disorder for several
years, but was stricken Monday morning.
Kevin was an AMSAT Area Coordinator for many years and co-chaired
the team that hosted the 2007 AMSAT Symposium in Pittsburgh, PA.
Prior to that, he was a key player in executing an ARISS contact from
Upper St. Clair (PA) High School. An enthusiastic member of the
Wireless Association of the South Hills (WASH) local club, Kevin was
always upbeat and positive, and looked forward to the satellite
contacts at Field Day, even after the loss of AO-13 and AO-40, and to
VHF/UHF operating. He worked hard at the easy contacts, developing
ingenious lightweight hand-held antennas and means of controlling two
radios to make it all work for the one satellite contact. He moved
on to the microwaves, building a 10 GHz kit when he could have bought
the completed DownEast Microwave transverter, and was working on one
of the W1GHZ transverters for 2.4 GHz. A few weekends ago, several
WASH members did some work on his VHF/UHF antennas, and Kevin was
looking forward to the VHF contest this past weekend. `He is known
to have made at least one 2-meter QSO.
Kevin is survived by his wife Peg, married son, Michael, and married
daughter, Jen. His obituary may be found at,
http://obituaries.triblive.com/listing/226203/Kevin-Smith/
In lieu of flowers, Kevin's family suggests memorial donations be
made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the MDS Foundation, or to
Be the Match.
[ANS thanks Jim Sanford, WB4GCS for the above information.]
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RECENT AMSAT AWARDS
Here is our latest induction into some of the AMSAT awards
community. There is a pretty good batch since the last report in
April.
The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for
making their first satellite QSO.
Jim Whitfield, K5JAW
The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award.
Alessio Vacondio, IK4IDY, #555
The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications
Achievement Award.
Joseph Fouquet, N5JF, #US185
The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award.
George Carr, WA5KBH, #163
Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY, #164
Alessio Vacondio, IK4IDY, #165
The following have earned the AMSAT W4AMI Award.
Alessio Vacondio, IK4IDY, #80
The following have earned the AMSAT W4AMI 5000 Award.
Doug Papay, KD8CAO, #30
[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information]
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Fox-2 MPPT Team Selected In TI Design Contest
AMSAT sponsored a senior design project at the Rochester Institute
of Technology this academic year.
The students included senior EE majors:
Bryce Salmi KB1LQC
Brent Salmi KB1LQD
Ian MacKenzie KB3OCF
and Dan Corriero.
The project was to develop an MPPT circuit that could be used on a
future Fox-2 (3U) CubeSat. The students completed a working prototype
which was on display in our engineering booth at Dayton last month.
With my agreement and encouragement, the students entered this
project into Texas Instruments' 2013 Analog Design Contest for
university students.
See: http://tinyurl.com/mf6nzhr
I am happy to pass along the great news that the AMSAT MPPT project
was selected as one of the top 10 semi-finalists and the students
were invited on an all-expenses paid trip to TI's contest summit to
be held July 21-23 in Dallas where the final winners will be
announced.
Congratulations to the Fox-2 MPPT team!
[ANS thanks Tony AA2TX for the above information]
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AMSAT Dayton Volunteers Thanked / Asked for Feedback
First and most important, I want to thank each of you for your
assistance at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention.
I'm thrilled with our presence at Dayton this year. In my opinion,
it went well because of the efforts of the 40+ volunteers who
assisted in so many different ways. You made a difference.
As I'm wrapping up my Dayton notes, I'm looking for suggestions.
How can AMSAT make our presence next year at Dayton more effective?
Was there anything we did that made things more difficult for the
hams who stopped at the booth?
What can we do to attract more potential members and communicate the
excitement we feel about building, launching, and operating
satellites?
Thanks again for all of your help. It was truly a privilege working
with you!
73,Steve N9IP
Contact Dave with your feedback - seb at wintek dot com
[ANS thanks Steve N9IP for the above information]
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AMSAT Field Day 2013 - One More Time
Every year AMSAT promotes a satellite version of Field Day during
the ARRL annual operating event which is held on the 4^th weekend in
June. This year Field Day will take place from 1800 UTC on Saturday
June 22, 2013 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 23, 2013.
SaudiSat-Oscar-50 will be the only operational FM transponder
satellite this year. If you are considering only FM voice operating
for your AMSAT Field Day focus the single uplink/downlink channel
will be extremely challenging. As in prior years, this intense
congestion on FM LEO satellites drives the limitation in the rules
allowing their use to one-QSO-per-FM-satellite. This includes the
International Space Station. You will be allowed one QSO if the ISS
is operating Voice. You will also be allowed one digital QSO with the
ISS or any other digital, non-store-and-forward, packet satellite (if
operational).
If you have worked the satellites on Field Day in recent years, you
may have noticed a lot of good contacts can be made on the linear
transponder satellites including VO-52, FO-29, and AO-7. During Field
Day the transponders come alive like 20 meters on a weekend. The
transponders on these satellites will support multiple simultaneous
SSB or CW contacts.
The AMSAT Field Day 2013 event is open to all Amateur Radio
operators. Amateurs are to use the exchange as specified in ARRL
rules for Field Day. The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of
all amateur satellites, both analog and digital.
For the complete listing of the AMSAT Field Day Rules please refer
to the documents posted on-line at:
http://www.amsatnet.com/2013fd.docxhttp://www.amsatnet.com/2013fd.pdf
[ANS thanks AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO
for the above information]
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Wilse Morgan WX7P (ex-KL7CQ) SK
Wilse Morgan, WX7P (formerly KL7CQ) passed away June 13 in Rice,
Washington. He is survived by his wife, Gimmie AL7LB.
An ARRL Life Member, Wilse was an Assistant Section Manager for
Eastern Washington and was very active on satellites, PSK31, DXing
and contesting. In 2009 he was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio
Hall of Fame.
During his 20 year tenure in Alaska as KL7CQ, he taught courses in
Amateur Radio at the University of Alaska and at Anchorage Community
College, graduating more than 800 licensed hams. As a Volunteer
Examiner, Wilse was involved in the very first VEC exam in the nation
and was the first VE certified by the local FCC office in Anchorage.
For more information
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/wilse-morgan-wx7p-ex-kl7cq-skhttp://www.sdxa.org/http://www.sdxa.org/?p=3321
[ANS thanks AMSAT The ARRL and Patrick, WD9EWK/VA7EWK for the above
information]
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ARISS News
Succesful Contacts
+ A Succesful contact was completed with Belarus State Universtity,
Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
Contact began 2013-06-04 21:00 and lasted about 9 minutes and 30
seconds. Contact was direct.
+ A succssful contact was completed with participants at Astronomy
Camp, Tucson, AZ and Christopher J. Cassidy, KF5KDR, on 08 June. The
event began at 19:55 UTC. The duration of the contact was
approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact was telebridged
between NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact was audible over portions of
Australia and adjacent areas. The contact was conducted in English.
Astronomy Camp is a week-long residential program held at Kitt Peak
National Observatory and the Catalina Observatories near Tucson,
Arizona. Several thousand teenagers from 49 states and 20 countries
have attended the program since 1988, participating in an informal
education program involving hands-on activities in astronomy and
related subjects. The camp also operates workshops for adult leaders
in Girl Scouts, USA.
The ARISS contact dovetails well with the camp's projects involving
radio astronomy. The students engage in experiments with
electromagnetic energy, construct crystal radios, and tour the radio
telescope facilities at Kitt Peak, including climbing into the
antenna structure.
Upcoming Contacts
Liceo Scientifico Galileo Galilei, Catania, Italy, telebridge via
VK4KHZ
Contact is a go for: Sat 2013-06-22 14:57:26 UTC 41 deg
ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due
to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at
present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts.
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.
Current occupants of the ISS include
Exp. 35/36 on orbit
Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS
Aleksandr Misurkin
Christopher J. Cassidy KF5KDR
Exp. 36/37 on orbit
Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI
Karen L. Nyberg
Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 823.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 806.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in
the file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
[ANS thanks ARISS, Dave AA4KN, and Charlie AJ9N, for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ APRS Messenger Android app now released
http://tinyurl.com/l2tes3v
+ World QRP Day Monday 17 June
Monday 17 June, is World QRP Day. Switch off the amplifier, turn
down the power on your rig and try QRP power. How many kilometres
per watt can you achieve. You will be amazed at what you can
achieve with QRP. Best is, aim an antenna skyward and connect via
a satellite using 5 watts or less.
+ According to Frank, K4FEG, Look for AO-7 to be in Mode "B" the
entire duration of Field Day.
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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,
EMike McCardel, KC8YLD
kc8yld at amsat dot org
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
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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 <http://amsat.org>.
In this edition:
* Fox-1 Receives IARU Frequency Coordination Letter
* _Reminder_: Deadline for AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations
Approaching
* AMSAT Field Day 2013
* AMSAT Online Satellite Pass Predictions Webpage Restored
* 2013 Dayton Hamvention AMSAT Forum Presentations Now on YouTube.com
* New Video on Ham Radio Satellite SO-50 on FM handheld
* South Africa Radio Amateur of the Year Awards 2013 Nominations Closes
June 10
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June 9, 2013
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Fox-1 Receives IARU Frequency Coordination Letter
On June 4 the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Amateur Satellite
Frequency Coordination Board accepted the following frequencies for our
AMSAT Fox-1 cubesat:
+ 435.180 MHz Uplink
+ 145.980 MHz Downlink
Fox-1 will serve as a communications relay for amateurs worldwide via
the onboard FM repeater system. Fox-1 is currently scheduled to launch
into a 470 x 780 km at 64 degrees inclination orbit from Vandenburg
during 2014 on the NASA ElanaXII mission with ARC1, BisonSat, Lightsail
& R2S(NEO).
The Fox-1 Engineering Team will deliver the satellite for integration
with the launch vehicle during May, 2014 with the launch scheduled for
November, 2014. The Fox cubesats are designed to host advanced science
payloads to support future science missions that help us to continue
qualify for NASA ELaNa (free) launches. President Barry Baines says,
"AMSAT's focus on STEM education and development of a cubesat platform
capable of flying a science mission with a reliable communications link
resulted in the selection of Fox-1 in the third round and RadFxSat
(Fox-1B) in the fourth round of NASA's Cubesat Launch Initiative."
The Fox-1 satellite will include a space radiation experiment from
Vanderbilt University and a JPEG Digital Camera from Virginia Tech. The
Vanderbilt Low Energy Proton experiment will detect single-event upsets
in memory devices and will operate all the time. The experiment data
will be downlinked with the satellite telemetry. The camera will operate
when the satellite is in the high-speed digital data mode and will take
one photo each minute. Watch the AMSAT Journal, the AMSAT web site
(http://www.amsat.org) and the AMSAT News Service for more details to
follow.
[ANS thanks the Fox-1 Team for the above information]
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_Reminder_
Deadline for AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Approaching
It is time to submit nominations for the upcoming open seats on the
AMSAT-NA Board of Directors. A nomination requires either one Member
Society or five current individual members in good standing to
nominate an AMSAT member for the position. Four director's terms
expire this year: Barry Baines, WD4ASW, Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, Drew
Glasbrenner, K04MA, and Tony Monteiro, AA2TX.
In addition to traditional submission of written nominations, which
remains unchanged and is the preferred method, nominations may be
made by electronic means. These include e-mail, FAX, or electronic
image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to
MARTHA at AMSAT.ORG <http://AMSAT.ORG> or faxed to 301-608-3410.
Written nominations, consisting of names, calls and individual sig-
natures should be mailed to:
AMSAT-NA
850 Sligo Ave #600
Silver Spring, MD, 20910
No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than
June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional
written nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than
this, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST
be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days
following the close of nominations on June 15th.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION
ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]
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AMSAT Field Day 2013
Every year AMSAT promotes a satellite version of Field Day during the
ARRL annual operating event which is held on the 4^th weekend in June.
This year Field Day will take place from 1800 UTC on Saturday June 22,
2013 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 23, 2013.
SaudiSat-Oscar-50 will be the only operational FM transponder satellite
this year. If you are considering only FM voice operating for your AMSAT
Field Day focus the single uplink/downlink channel will be extremely
challenging. As in prior years, this intense congestion on FM LEO
satellites drives the limitation in the rules allowing their use to
one-QSO-per-FM-satellite. This includes the International Space Station.
You will be allowed one QSO if the ISS is operating Voice. You will also
be allowed one digital QSO with the ISS or any other digital,
non-store-and-forward, packet satellite (if operational).
If you have worked the satellites on Field Day in recent years, you may
have noticed a lot of good contacts can be made on the linear
transponder satellites including VO-52, FO-29, and AO-7. During Field
Day the transponders come alive like 20 meters on a weekend. The
transponders on these satellites will support multiple simultaneous SSB
or CW contacts.
The AMSAT Field Day 2013 event is open to all Amateur Radio operators.
Amateurs are to use the exchange as specified in ARRL rules for Field
Day. The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of all amateur
satellites, both analog and digital.
For the complete listing of the AMSAT Field Day Rules please refer to
the documents posted on-line at:
·http://www.amsatnet.com/2013fd.docx
·http://www.amsatnet.com/2013fd.pdf
[ANS thanks AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO for
the above information]
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AMSAT Online Satellite Pass Predictions Webpage Restored
A favorite feature of the AMSAT website has been restored. The AMSAT
Online Satellite Pass Predictions Webpage back on AMSAT's webpage.
Please visit:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/index.php
After a team effort by Emily, N1DID,Bryce, KB1LQC, Brent, KB1LQD, and
Rick, W2GPS, the pass predictions are working again.
They can also be found at the PASS PREDICTION link on www.amsat.org
<http://www.amsat.org>
[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P for the above information]
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2013 Dayton Hamvention AMSAT Forum Presentations now on youtube.com
Two presentations from the AMSAT Forum at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention have
been posted on the AMSATNA channel on YouTube.
Title:AMSAT Status Report, by Barry WD4ASW - 2013 Dayton Hamvention
In the first of six videos from the AMSAT Forum at the 2013 Dayton
Hamvention, AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, presents an update on
AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation.Barry's talk covers a
review of AMSAT's mission and vision, recent history, Journal, regulatory
environment, 2013 Symposium plans, and where AMSAT is headed.
Title:Fox-1 Status Update, by Tony AA2TX - 2013 Dayton Hamvention
AMSAT VP for Engineering Tony Monteiro, AA2TX, provided an
up-to-the-minute review of AMSAT-NA's next satellite, Fox-1, at the AMSAT
Forum at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention.The first of a number of satellites
planned for Project Fox, Tony reviews the motivation for building a
CubeSat, the components that comprise Fox-1, and the capabilities and
experiments included.He describes the launch assigned by NASA for Fox-1
and gives a brief look at future Project Fox satellites.
You can find these videos and many others on the AMSATNA channel at:
http://www.youtube.com/AMSATNA
Additional presentations from the AMSAT Forum should become available next
week.
[ANS thanks Steve Belter, N9IP for the above information]
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New Video on Ham Radio Satellite SO-50 on FM handheld
David Mercado KK4MND has produced a video showing how easy it is to
receive the amateur radio satellite SO-50.
This video demonstrates how to communicate via Amateur Ham Radio
Satellite using an inexpensive $50 Baofeng UV5R Dual Band Radio and
MFJ dual band antenna from Amazon. Among the stations heard are Hector
Martinez CO6CBF, Dave Beumer W0DHB and James Bayne KI4SIY.
Watch Ham Radio Satellite w/Baofeng UV5R MFJ on Saudisat SO-50
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2013/ham_radio_satellite_so50_on_fm_ha…
SO50 frequencies
Uplink - 145.850 MHz with 67 HZ CTCSS
(initial 74.4 Hz CTCSS tone required if satellite has not already been
activated)
Downlink - 436.800 MHz
SO-50 article by Howard Long G6LVB
http://www.g6lvb.com/Articles/operatingSO50.htm
SO-50
http://amsat-uk.org/2012/01/30/working-the-fm-sat-so-50/
[ANS thanks Southgate Amateur Radio News' Website for this June 3, 2013
announcement for the above information]
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South Africa Radio Amateur of the Year Awards 2013 Nominations Closes
June 10
Nominations are now invited for the 2013 MTN Radio Amateur of The Year
Awards :
GARTH MILNE TECHNICAL INNOVATION AWARD
The award is made for the support, development and application of
Technological Innovation in Amateur in South Africa. The recipient will
be a person who has promoted the use of technology in amateur radio at
club level, nationally, at schools or tertiary education institution
MTN RADIO AMATEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD
The award is made for the support and development of the Amateur Radio
Service in South Africa, not for individual achievements such as DXCC
and other operational awards or contests. The recipient will be a
person who has given of his or her expertise and time to the promotion
of Amateur Radio in South Africa.
MTN AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Annually the South African Amateur Radio Development Trust is
recognizing a radio amateur or a group of radio amateurs for service to
the community. Community service can be assistance to a handicapped
radio amateur, communications support during a sporting event or a
disaster situation like a road accident or a natural disaster like a
flood, veld fires, or an earthquake. Nominations are invited for an
individual or a group of people like a radio club, or an association.
NOMINATIONS
Nominations must reach the South African Amateur Radio Development Trust
by not later than 10 June 2013
P O Box 90438, Garsfontein 0042.
Fax: 012 991-5651
Email to: saardt(a)intekom.co.za <mailto:[email protected]>
[We thank AMSAT SA's Website for the above information]
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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,
Joe Spier, K6WAO
k6wao at amsat dot org
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