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ANS-178 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 25 Jun '16

25 Jun '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-178 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: * Fox-1Clif and Fox-1D Launch Window Update * 2016 AMSAT Symposium Call for Papers * AMSAT-SA Invites SDR Transponder Developers * Sathyabamasat Update * AMSAT P4 Information Published * UKube-1 Transponder Remains Active * Bahamas Satellite Activation * Final Call For Speakers For The AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2016 * CY9C St. Paul Island Expedition June Update * 2016 Candidates for the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Announced * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-178.01 ANS-178 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 178.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. June 26, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-178.01 Fox-1Clif and Fox-1D Launch Window Update AMSAT has been informed that the launch period for Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D has been moved and is now commencing on September 1, 2016 and ending on November 30, 2016. Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D will be integrated onto the Spaceflight SHERPA platform for its maiden flight aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launching into a sun-synchronous orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Fox- 1Cliff and Fox-1D carry university experiments from Pennsylvania State-Erie, Vanderbilt, University of Iowa, cameras provided by Virginia Tech, as well as amateur radio voice repeaters capable of U/V or L/V operation. [ANS thanks AMSAT and Paul N8HM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 AMSAT Symposium Call for Papers This is the first call for papers for the 2016 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of November 10- 14, 2016. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, but no later than September 15th. The final copy must be submitted by October 15th for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(at)amsat.org The 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting will be held aboard the cruise ship Carnival Liberty departing from the port of Galveston, Texas on November 10, 2016 and returning to port on November 14, 2016. [ANS thanks 2016 Symposium Committee for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-SA Invites SDR Transponder Developers AMSAT SA is accelerating the development of its Kletskous transponder by introducing a parallel development process. Two RF experts have recent joined the team, they are Leon Lessing ZS6LMG and Francois Visser ZS1CED. At its recent strategy meeting the association discussed its long term plans which includes the development of a Software Defined Radio transponder and other digital payloads. Radio Amateurs who have an interest in being part of discussions on these projects are invited to send their contact details including their Skype address to saamsat(a)intekom.com.za. For more information on SDR visit the AMSAT SA website at www.amsatsa.org.za and download the SDR presentation delivered by Deon Coetzee ZR1DE at the recently held space symposium. Join the conversation! {ANS thanks the SARL weekly news in English 2016-6-25 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sathyabamasat Update Forwarding a message received at the AMSAT Office. Keps sent by the Sathyabamasat team leader: I am Dr. K. Vasanth, team leader for sathyabamasat. Please find the TLE of sathyabamasat that was launched in PSLV c34 on 22 June 2016 by ISRO SATHYABAMASAT 1 99995U 16040Z 16175. 20805119 -.00000069 00000-0 00000+0 0 9993 2 99995 97.5054 234.3601 0013199 239.3342 211.7362 15.18710336 154 Kindly track our satellite and send me the tracked results if possible. E-mail vasanthecek at gmail dot com Thank you for the help regards Dr. K. Vasanth [ANS thanks the Sathyabamasat Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT P4 Information Published AMSAT-DL published information on Friday about their P4 mission: http://tinyurl.com/ANS178-amsat-p4-a-es-hail-2 (posted in German but on-line translation services are useful) The AMSAT-DL Phase 4 brochure is available at: http://amsat-dl.org/images/stories/satellites/Eshail-2/P4A_Leaflet.pdf AMSAT-UK covers this news also: https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/24/phase-4a-transponder-video/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- UKube-1 Transponder Remains Active UKube-1's transponder continues to remain active. Users will find that their signals may disappear during short periods when the satellite's primary beacon is active. Once the primary beacon's transmission is finished, the transponder will go back to normal. The 145.15 MHz telemetry from FUNcube-2 is being copied a bit higher at 145.16 MHz. Users have noted that the transponder uplink is roughly 13-15 KHz high as well. [ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bahamas Satellite Activation Gabriel Zeifman, KM4RTS, made a successful satellite activation of the Bahamas as C6AGZ on Sunday, June 19. He reports that his Logbook of the World certificate has been approved and he will soon be uploading the contacts. Following his activation of the Bahamas, he activated several grid squares via satellite on a trip to Oklahoma City where he will reside following his recent college graduation. A relative newcomer to satellites, Gabriel has been steadily improving his portable station and now operates all FM and linear SSB transponders with ease using a pair of Yaesu FT-817ND transceivers and an Arrow II satellite antenna. [ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Call For Speakers For The AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2016 Final call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2016 which will be held from Saturday, July 29 to Sunday, July 31, 2016 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, United Kingdom: https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ AMSAT-UK invites speakers, to cover topics about Amateur satellites, CubeSats, Nanosats, space and associated activities, for this event. They are also invited to submit papers for subsequent publishing on the AMSAT-UK web site or Oscar News. Those wishing to participate should contact Dave, G4DPZ, dave at g4dpz dot me dot uk [ANS thanks Dave, G4DPZ for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- CY9C St. Paul Island Expedition June Update CY9C ST. PAUL ISLAND DXPEDITION (Update, dated June 18th). Randy, N0TG, reports: The countdown is on; just 60 days 'til activation. Procurement of final materials and supplies is in process and being shipped to team member K8LEE - Wayne. Wayne and Jay-K4ZLE will rent a cargo van for transport of most of the gear to our staging area in Canada departing their homes around 12 August. Phil, VA3QR, will be driving to the staging area with the generators and several other items. And, lastly Murray, WA4DAN, will also drive to Dingwall, Canada, with several yagi's. Other team members will be flying. The team is excited and looking forward to a very inclusive operation, i.e, satellite, 2 meter EME, RTTY, CW, SSB. We also have plans to include working Tech and General Class. We appreciate the visits to our website and those who have taken the "NEED SURVEY". We are gearing up to assure we meet the band and mode needs expressed, as well as, concentrating on successful contacts on the long and difficult propagation paths to various locations in Oceania, Japan, India, Asiatic Russia, western USA and VE, etc. Our thanks for the financial support; that helps greatly on the upfront cost of the dxpedition. Website: http://www.CY9DXpedition.com [ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1270 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 Candidates for the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Announced The 2016 candidates, in alphabetical order by last names are: Tom Clark, K3IO Clayton Coleman, W5PFG Mark Hammond, N8MH Bruce Paige, KK5DO Paul Stoetzer, N8HM This year AMSAT-NA will be electing three voting members of the Board of Directors. These will go to the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternates chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received. Ballots will be mailed to the AMSAT-NA membership by July 15, 2016 and must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2016 in order to be counted. Those sent outside North America will go by air mail. If you have not received your ballot package in a reasonable time for your location, please contact the AMSAT office. Completed ballots should be returned as promptly as possible, and those from outside North America preferably by air mail. Election of Board members is both an obligation as well as an opportunity by our membership to help shape the future direction of AMSAT. Please take the time to review the candidate statements that will accompany the ballot and determine who you wish to see on the Board. You have the option to vote for up to three candidates. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + A Successful contact was made between Gagarin From Space, "Slavic Commonwealth" Sochi, Russia and Cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka RN3FU using Callsign RS0ISS. The contact began 2016-06-19 09:30 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via R2Ø16SS. ARISS Mentor was Sergey RV3DR. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Ufa, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Contact is a go for Thu 2016-06-30 07:55 UTC Justus-Knecht-Gymnasium, Bruchsal, Germany, direct via DN1JKG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-07-01 08:31:23 UTC [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] Exp. 46 back on earth. Congratulations on a job well done! Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + John 9H5G reports that I'll once again be active in C6 from January. I expect to activate the following grids: FL 05, 15, 14, 24, 23, 22, and possibly 21. Some of these will be /MM as they lack land. Unless I magically come across a pair of 817s or the like I'll only be on the FM birds although I may do some APRS once I get that figured out. [ANS thanks John 9H5G for the aboive information] + Congratulations to Frank Westphal for the Got Grids Award #16 For more info on these free awards go to www.starcommgroup.org These awards are free we only ask that you make a donation to Amsat if you can. [ANS thanks Damon WA4HFN for the above information] + 2016 ARRL / TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference ) Hilton Saint Petersburg Bayfront Hotel Tampa, FL September 16 - 19, 2016 DCC Information at: www.tapr.org/dcc [ANS thanks Mark Thompson for the above information] + Satellite presentations in September - So CA Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his satellite presentations in two venues in Southern CaliforniaSeptember. Thursday, September 1, 2016, 7:30 PM Downey Amateur Radio Club First Baptist Church, Room 120, in Downey, California. The church is between 2nd and 3rd streets, at 8348 E. 3rd St. Use 2nd St, East from Downey Ave (one block north of Firestone Blvd.) adjacent to City Hall. Entrance via double glass doors on the north side of 2nd St. Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 7:00 PM Sitting Bull Academy Library, 19445 Sitting Bull Road, Apple Valley. CA. [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information] + Free Downloads: Mars Explorers Wanted Posters Mars needs you! In the future, Mars will need all kinds of explorers, farmers, surveyors, teachers … but most of all, YOU! Join NASA on the Journey to Mars as we explore with robots and, one day, send humans there. Download a Mars poster that speaks to you. Each of the eight posters represents a different type of explorer NASA is seeking. You can view them online, print them and share them with your friends. Check out the posters at http://tinyurl.com/ANS178-MoreOnMars And for more information about Mars, visit http://mars.nasa.gov/ [ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- June 23, 2016 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, AA8EM (former KC8YLD) kc8yld at amsat dot org

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ANS-171 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Joseph Spier 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-171 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: * 2016 Candidates for the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Announced * May/June 2016 Issue of The AMSAT Journal Sent To Press * Amateur Radio Geostationary Satellite Phase 4B Information * ISRO PSLV-C34 will Launch 20 Satellites from Space Centre at Andhra Pradesh June 22 * Data Modes on Ham Radio Satellites * LibreCube Initiative Invites Comments on CubeSat PC Board Standardization * Special Calls From Brazil on the Satellites * Special Event Station K1D to Operate Satellites on Field Day 2016 * ARISS Delivers the Excitement of Space Exploration to UK Students * NASA Astronaut Scott Tingle Earns Amateur Radio License, KG5NZA * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-171.01 ANS-171 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 171.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE June 19, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-171.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 Candidates for the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Announced The 2016 candidates, in alphabetical order by last names are: Tom Clark, K3IO Clayton Coleman, W5PFG Mark Hammond, N8MH Bruce Paige, KK5DO Paul Stoetzer, N8HM This year AMSAT-NA will be electing three voting members of the Board of Directors. These will go to the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternates chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received. Ballots will be mailed to the AMSAT-NA membership by July 15, 2016 and must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2016 in order to be counted. Those sent outside North America will go by air mail. If you have not received your ballot package in a reasonable time for your location, please contact the AMSAT office. Completed ballots should be returned as promptly as possible, and those from outside North America preferably by air mail. Election of Board members is both an obligation as well as an opportunity by our membership to help shape the future direction of AMSAT. Please take the time to review the candidate statements that will accompany the ballot and determine who you wish to see on the Board. You have the option to vote for up to three candidates. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- May/June 2016 Issue of The AMSAT Journal Sent To Press The May/June 2016 issue of The AMSAT Journal has gone to press and should be arriving in member's mailboxes soon. In this issue: *Dateline Dayton - Notes from Hamvention 2016 - Joe Kornowski, KB6IGK and Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF *Tom Clark, K3IO, Receives ARRL President's Award *GNU Radio Companion Protoype for a Dual Analog/Digtal Transponder System for the AMSAT GEO Mission - Dr. William C. Headley, KM4KAL, Dr. Robert McGwier, N4HY, and Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO *Orbital Debrief - Paul Stoetzer, N8HM *Member Footprints - John Smith, KI4RO *An Arduino Controlled GPS Corrected VFO - Gene Marcus, W3PM/GM4YRE *On the Grids - Melvin C. Vye, W8MV *AMSAT Activites at Greater Houston Hamfest 2016 - Allen F. Mattis, N5AVF and Andy MacAllister, W5ACM *GOTA Station Demos Satellites to Over 400 Students - Richard Siff, WA4BUE [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio Geostationary Satellite Phase 4B Information At website hosted by the Hume Center for National Security and Technology at Virginia Tech lists the relevant information available for the Phase 4B HEO Satellite. The beginning parts of the brochure state: Hands on, Minds on; RF and Security Research at Virginia Tech: • On-orbit learning laboratory to develop new capabilities in satellite communications and amateur radio • Digital protocols to enable push-to-talk, WiFi, streaming video, etc. • Onboard processing - geolocation, co-channel, machine learning • App development and real time experimentation • Beam steering and coordinated collection • User authentication and prioritization • Open cryptography AMSAT Phase4B Project Program Specifications: • SDR-based 5 & 10 GHz amateur satellite payload being designed to take advantage of a geosynchronous launch opportunity • Rideshare opportunity on the US Air Force Remote Sensing Program Office Wide Field of View (WFOV) geosynchronous satellite being designed by Millennium Space Systems • Software-defined radio (SDR) payload from Rincon Research Corporation Dr. McGwier has promised upcoming articles for the AMSAT Journal and QST. see the full description at: http://www.hume.vt.edu/geo/ [ANS thanks Bob McGwier, N4HY, and the Hume Center for National Security and Technology at Virginia Tech, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISRO PSLV-C34 will Launch 20 Satellites from Space Centre at Andhra Pradesh June 22 The Indian Space Agency has announced that it would be launching twenty satellites from its Sriharikota barrier Island base off the southeast coast on June 22. According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will lift off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh with 20 satellites at 9.25 am that day. While the rocket’s main cargo will be India’s 725.5 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation, the other 19 satellites weighing around 560 kg are from Canada, Germany, Indonesia and the United States as well as one satellite each from Sathyabama University, Chennai, and the College of Engineering, Pune, said the Indiatoday.in report. The satellites will be launched from the second launch pad with a total payload of 1,288 kg. The whole mission will take approximately 26 minutes for its completion. The images sent by the Cartosat satellite will be useful for cartographic, urban, rural, coastal land use, water distribution and other applications. The Cartosat series of satellites was originated in India and is a part of Indian Remote Sensing Program. According to Indiatoday.in, the Swayam satellite weighing 1kg from Pune will provide point-to-point messaging services to the HAM radio community. HAM Radio, or Amateur Radio, is a popular service that brings people, electronics and communication together. People use ham radio to talk across town, around the world, or even into space, all without the Internet or mobile phones. The 1.5 kg Sathyabamasat from Sathyabama University will collect data on greenhouse gases. Satellite Uplink Downlink Beacon Mode ------------ ------- -------- ------- --------------- BEESAT-4 . 435.950 435.950 4800bps GMSK,CW BIROS . 437.525 . 4800bps GMSK LAPAN-A3 435.880 145.880 145.825 FM,APRS Max Valier . 145.860 145.960 CW Sathyabamasat . 145.980 . 2400bps BPSK Swayam COEP . 437.025 437.025 1200bps BPSK,CW Venta-1 . . 437.325 CW ------------ ------- -------- ------- --------------- see http://www.newsgram.com/in-a-single-mission-on-june-22-isro-will-launch-20- satellites-from-space-centre-at-andhra-pradesh/ https://amsat-uk.org/2016/05/25/amateur-satellite-launch-from-india/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and newsgram.com for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Data Modes on Ham Radio Satellites Tony Bombardiere, K2MO has released a video showing operation of PSK31, PSK63, and Hellshreiber on the amateur radio satellites. He demonstrates WinPSK and IZ8BLY’s Hellschreiber which both have satellite capabilities. Essentially, the applications make it easy for the operator to monitor digital signals on the satellites downlink while simultaneously transmitting on the satellites uplink; it’s accomplished by utilizing the sound cards full-duplex operation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaaHy02g9cM https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/17/data-modes-on-ham-radio-satellites/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Tony Bombardiere, K2MO, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- LibreCube Initiative Invites Comments on CubeSat PC Board Standardization On June 16 Cubesat.org announced on their cubesat(a)cubesat.org e-mail list that the LibreCube Initiative, a community-driven initiative to provide open source solutions for space and earth exploration, is seeking input to formalize the mechanical specification of the stacked PC/104 circuit boards utilized in most CubeSat designs. The LibreSat project invites inline comments into the draft document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vEx4Wg5NjpI21a7JNdPjHnXPRjmNMTzArlYTK1sg 1Ng/edit?usp=sharing You may also discuss about it in the forum: http://librecube.net/forums/topic/librecube-board-specification/ When finalized, this specification shall become binding for future LibreCube open source CubeSat projects, but may be useful to other members of the CubeSat community as well. More information about the LibreCube project can be found on their web page: http://www.librecube.net The e-mail contact provided on the announcement is: Email: artur.scholz(a)librecube.net [ANS thanks CubeSat.org and LibreCube.net for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Calls From Brazil on the Satellites The Brazilian Amateur Radio Satellite Community of ARSATC, is celebrating its first "birthday" on the air with the calls ZV8SAT, ZX9SAT, ZV1SAT, and ZV2SAT until the end of the month. They will be QRV on the Satellites; QSL for all calls via PT9BM and LoTW. More information is on-line at: http://www.arsatc.org/home.html [ANS thanks the DXNL 1993 - June 15, 2016 DX Newsletter for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Event Station K1D to Operate Satellites on Field Day 2016 Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday. Field Day 2016 is June 25-26. In an effort to encourage more kids and their families to get involved in the hobby, the kids at Ham Radio (dot) World are working to put an all-kids Special Event ARRL Field Day station on the air in 2016. This station will have the special event call sign of K1D and it will be set-up, operated, and put away by kids who are ham radio operators. Kids of all ages and their parents (both licensed hams and non-hams alike) are encouraged to come out and participate in this exciting event. New hams and even non-hams can experience the excitement of talking to people around the world with the Get On the Air (GOTA) station, which will have the callsign K4G. Both stations will operate from grid EL99IA in Deland, Florida, USA. The kids will be on the HF bands and on the Amateur Radio satellites. K1D will be joined by AMSAT’s Vice-President Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, who will be a kid-for-a-day to help get the kids on the linear satellites. Look for them and give them a shout! The K1D Special Event Field Day station will be built by the kids prior to the Field Day activities. The kids have built a solar power solution–from scratch–to use to power their K1D Special Event Field Day station. Kyocera Solar and West Mountain Radio have graciously donated parts to this solar power supply – THANK YOU! They also plan on using a Genasun MPPT Charge Controller to manage charging the battery. Emmett of Radiowavz.com is providing a Sentinel Expedition Hex Beam for K1D. Finally, the kids have built their own W7FG True Ladder Line antenna with parts provided by TrueLadderLine.com and are building additional antennas to use for Field Day. Keep watching Ham Radio (dot) World for videos of the kids as they build their Special Event Station. Join WX4TVJ (Zechariah), who was licensed at 12 years old, AE4FH (Faith Hannah), who was licensed at 10 years old, KM4IPF (Hope), who was licensed at 8 years old, & 7 year old Grace (KM4TXT)for Field Day 2016. Listen for them on the air and give them a break by making K1D one of your 2016 Field Day contacts. For helping to encourage youth in amateur radio, stations who work K1D and/or K4G during the 2016 ARRL Field Day will be eligible for a special K1D/K4G Commemorative QSL card. More information at http://hamradio.world/ [ANS thanks James, WX4TV for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Delivers the Excitement of Space Exploration to UK Students Two stories shared in UK media capture the excitement and reward of the UK’s ARISS ham radio operations team’s efforts in connection with Tim Peake’s Principia Mission. Carole Cadwalladr, a writer from The Guardian (a UK national newspaper) was present for the ARISS contact on May 9 at The King’s School, Ottery St. Mary in Devon, UK. In the Sunday, May 29 edition, she posted a story that beautifully captures the spirit of space adventure and how the ARISS program brings that excitement to students, their educators, and their communities in profound ways. The story is at: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/29/tim-peake-ground-control- revive-science-interest-schools-space TXFactor produced a documentary about the ARISS program’s interface with Tim Peake’s Principia Mission. The documentary describes the process UK schools undertook to apply for a scheduled radio interview with Peake, and preparations for the contact opportunity by the King’s School in Devon. It details the station set up by the ARISS UK Operations team which accomplished successful radio contacts between 10 UK schools during Peake's Principia endeavor. Seven of these ten contacts included the reception of HamTV signals both at the school (using a mobile based ATV reception facility) and a 3.8m dish located at the Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station. Watch the video on YouTube at: http://www.txfactor.co.uk/txf011.shtml [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA Astronaut Scott Tingle Earns Amateur Radio License, KG5NZA NASA Astronaut Scott Tingle Earns Amateur Radio License. He is now the owner of call sign KG5NZA and will support ARISS on upcoming ISS Expeditions 53 and 54. NASA Astronaut Scott D. Tingle has just earned his Amateur Radio license, passing his exam on June 3, 2016. The FCC issued the call sign, KG5NZA, to him on June 8. In January, as he began some NASA training in Russia he requested the license study material. He had heard about ARISS during his astronaut training, and in January, decided to study on his own. The astronaut training program runs for at least two years, is intense, and heavily loaded with all types of required studies, and Amateur Radio is optional. Tingle earned his technician license and plans to use it to support ARISS during his scheduled time on the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 53 crew. Launch is tentatively planned for fall of 2017. His stay continues into Expedition 54. Tingle graduated from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 1988 with a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in fluid mechanics and propulsion. A captain in the United States Navy, he has served as a combat pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan and has earned copious awards and commendations. He was selected for the astronaut program in 2009 as one of 14 members of NASA Astronaut Group 20, and graduated in 2011. ARISS Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said, "The ARISS Team is excited to see continuing great interest among the Astronauts and Astronaut Candidates who are looking forward to supporting Amateur Radio activities through the ARISS platform." About ARISS Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, go to: www.ariss.org www.amsat.org www.arrl.org Also, join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status [ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN and ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *Wednesday, 6 July 2016 – Chehalis Valley Amateur Radio Society meeting in Chehalis WA *Saturday, 13 August 2016 – KL7KC Hamfest in Fairbanks AK [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Sucessful Contacts * A telebridge contact via VK4KHZ with students at Briargreen Public School, Nepean, ON, Canada was successful Mon 2016-06-13 at 15:19:15 UTC 31 deg. Astronaut Timothy Peake, KG5BVI answered 15 questions for an audience of 250 students along with parents and visitors. Briargreen is an amazing K-6 open-concept school nestled in a suburban community of west Ottawa in Ontario, Canada. It is a caring community of diverse students, teachers and parents, who love to share both our in-class and out-of-class experiences with each other. Some of our noteworthy special events include our Kindergarten Chinese New Year parade, Terry Fox Run activities and junior community games days. Our learning community has some of the most wonderful students in the world! Visit our website at briargreenps.ocdsb.ca/Pages/home.aspx * Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign was scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut was Tim Kopra KE5UDN A telebridge contact via W6SRJ with students at Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia was successful Mon 2016-06-06 08:39:31 UTC 31 deg. The audience assembled in the school’s 500 seat sports stadium. All seats were filled with an additional 100 persons standing as astronaut Tim Kopra, KE5UDN provided answers to questions from students. Glenmore High School is a modern, progressive secondary school providing quality education for students from years 7 to 12. Since its establishment in 1975 Glenmore High School has earned a reputation for high quality educational programs and services which develop a passion in students for learning and life. Glenmore SHS runs an extension Science/Math program named “SCOPE” where students enroll and work through year levels at an accelerated rate, which allows them to finish traditional schooling early and conduct further studies at our local university, to which we are partnered (Central Queensland University), during their final year of schooling. Students in the “SCOPE- Science” program are encouraged to participate in our schools astronomy club and robotics club as an extra curricula activity. The schools astronomy club works with local primary schools, teaching about space and running viewing evenings. * Bouze Island Elementary and Junior High School, Homeji, Japan, direct via 8N3B The ISS callsign was scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut was Timothy Peake KG5BVI A direct contact via 8N3B with students at Bouze Island Elementary and Junior High School, Homeji, Japan, was successful Sat 2016-06-04 08:31:09 UTC 74 deg. Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI answered 16 questions for students and an audience of 500. Watch a video of the interview at http://www.ariss.jp/bouze/bouze.wmv Bouze Island is one of the Ieshima small Islands which are located in the Seto Inland sea of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. There are about 1400 people on the island and are part of the marine products industry. They live with simplicity and are friendly. But the students of this Island have not had a chance for scientific experience as part of their school education because of their remote location. There are 140 persons in the elementary school and 100 persons in the junior high school. Upcoming Contacts * Chuvash Republic, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Contact is a go for Sun 2016-06-19 09:30 UTC Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled. [ANS thanks ARISS, Dave, AA4KN, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over AMSAT Argentina Balloon Flight with Crossband Repeater AMSAT Argentina plans a high altitude balloon launch carrying a crossband repeater from Las Heras in the Mendoza province on July 9, 2016. Launch is currently planned for 10:00 AM local time, depending on weather conditions. AMSAT Argentina will also present news of their satellite plans. NEA-1 Repeater Information -------------------------- Uplink: 145.725 Mhz FM (123.0 Hz CTCSS) Downlink: 436.725 Mhz FM APRS information will be relayed via: http://aprs.fi/?call lu7aa-1 BALLOON NEA - 1 [ANS thanks AMSAT Argentina for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org

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ANS-164 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 11 Jun '16

11 Jun '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-164 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: * 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nomination Deadline This Week * ARRL Network Maintenance Set for Sunday, June 12 * 38 Years of Satellite Contacts Nets Satellite WAS for K8BL * Special Event Station K1D to Operate Satellites on Field Day 2016 * K6R Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93 * Download Planetary Society's LightSail-2 Morse Beacon as a Ringtone SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-164.01 ANS-164 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 164.01 From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD. June 12, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-164.01 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nomination Deadline This Week It's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election. Three director's terms expire this year: Tom Clark, K3IO, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, and Lou McFadin, W5DID. In addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one year terms. A valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for Director. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and call, and the nominating individual's names, calls and individual signatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St, #304 Kensington, MD 20895-2526. In addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which is the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone 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 or Faxed to (301)822-4371. 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 AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Network Maintenance Set for Sunday, June 12 The ARRL IT Department will conduct network maintenance on Sunday, June 12, to improve reliability and security. The work will occur between 1100 UTC and 2300 UTC. During this period some or all systems may be temporarily unavailable, including the website. Among services that will be affected are the ARRL Store, the National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) page, Logbook of The World (LoTW), the DXCC page, and the ARRL VEC page. E-mail also will be offline, but all messages will be queued for later delivery. Telephone service to ARRL Headquarters also may be affected. ARRL apologizes for any inconvenience. [ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 Years of Satellite Contacts Nets Satellite WAS for K8BL Congratulations are in order to Bob Liddy, K8BL, for achieving Worked All States via satellite and earning WAS Satellite Award #341. The con- tacts for his award spanned 38 years. Bob's oldest satellite QSL card was from W7LSV in Oregon, 10/13/78 for an Oscar 8 Mode A CW contact. Bob's last state contacted was North Dakota W0N for a contact with Wyatt, AC0RA, via SO50 FM on 11/13/15. An AMSAT member since 1979, Bob wrote via the amsat-bb, "Earlier this year, I was going through my paper QSL's getting ready to make some submissions for various ARRL Awards at the Dayton Hamvention. Sorting through the cards, I made a stack of Satellite QSL's. I started to notice that I had quite a few States confirmed and wondered if I was finally close to WAS even though I wasn't really int he hunt very seriously. Would you believe I had them ALL worked but was only missing a QSL from Vermont?!! Happily, it was Nick, KB1RVT who I KNEW was always good for a confirmation which he quickly returned confirming our contact via SO-50 FM on 1/4/16. 50 Paper QSL's, 38 Years!! WHEW!! Thanks to all who helped." [ANS thanks -and, congratulates - Bob Liddy, K8BL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Event Station K1D to Operate Satellites on Field Day 2016 Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday. Field Day 2016 is June 25-26. In an effort to encourage more kids and their families to get involved in the hobby, the kids at Ham Radio (dot) World are working to put an all-kids Special Event ARRL Field Day station on the air in 2016. This station will have the special event call sign of K1D and it will be set-up, operated, and put away by kids who are ham radio operators. Kids of all ages and their parents (both licensed hams and non-hams alike) are encouraged to come out and participate in this exciting event. New hams and even non-hams can experience the excitement of talking to people around the world with the Get On the Air (GOTA) station, which will have the callsign K4G. Both stations will operate from grid EL99IA in Deland, Florida, USA. The kids will be on the HF bands and on the Amateur Radio satellites. K1D will be joined by AMSAT’s Vice-President Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, who will be a kid-for-a-day to help get the kids on the linear satellites. Look for them and give them a shout! The K1D Special Event Field Day station will be built by the kids prior to the Field Day activities. The kids have built a solar power solution–from scratch–to use to power their K1D Special Event Field Day station. Kyocera Solar and West Mountain Radio have graciously donated parts to this solar power supply – THANK YOU! They also plan on using a Genasun MPPT Charge Controller to manage charging the battery. Emmett of Radiowavz.com is providing a Sentinel Expedition Hex Beam for K1D. Finally, the kids have built their own W7FG True Ladder Line antenna with parts provided by TrueLadderLine.com and are building additional antennas to use for Field Day. Keep watching Ham Radio (dot) World for videos of the kids as they build their Special Event Station. Join WX4TVJ (Zechariah), who was licensed at 12 years old, AE4FH (Faith Hannah), who was licensed at 10 years old, KM4IPF (Hope), who was licensed at 8 years old, & 7 year old Grace (KM4TXT)for Field Day 2016. Listen for them on the air and give them a break by making K1D one of your 2016 Field Day contacts. For helping to encourage youth in amateur radio, stations who work K1D and/or K4G during the 2016 ARRL Field Day will be eligible for a special K1D/K4G Commemorative QSL card. More information at http://hamradio.world/ [ANS thanks James, WX4TV for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- K6R Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93 The K6R Satellite Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93 is a go for September 16th-18th, 2016. Permissions have been secured and arrangements made to get to the island, spend 2 nights camping, and operate on a number of Satellite passes – as well as some terrestrial and HF too. Updates will be on the K6R QRZ.com page at https://www.qrz.com/lookup/K6R and over the coming months FAQs, pictures, and more information will be added. [ANS thanks Wyatt, AC0RA & Dave, KG5CCI, for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Download Planetary Society's LightSail-2 Morse Beacon as a Ringtone On the Planetary Society's Blog Jason Davis wrote about reception of the morse code beacon from the upcoming LightSail-2 mission ... "Many off-the-shelf CubeSat software packages also have an option to transmit Morse code beacons, and for the LightSail 2 mission, we're activating this feature. Every 45 seconds, the spacecraft will transmit "L-S-2," and radio operators tuned in to the spacecraft's 437.325 megahertz frequency should be able to hear it." The Blog provides details of how to make the LightSail-2 morse code beacon into a ringtone on your phone: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2016/20160609-lightsail-2-morse- code.html [ANS thanks the Planetary Society for the above information and wishes them success with their LightSail-2 mission] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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ANS-157 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Joseph Spier 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-157 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: * 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice * French Schools to Talk to ISS * A Dozen Schools/Organizations Move Closer to Hosting a Ham Radio Contact with the ISS Crew * Amateur Satellite Launch from India * ÑUSAT-1 SSB/CW Transponder Satellite Launched * ZF2AE from Grand Cayman via Satellite * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-157.01 ANS-157 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 157.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE June 5, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-157.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Notice It's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election. Three director's terms expire this year: Tom Clark, K3IO, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, and Lou McFadin, W5DID. In addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one year terms. A valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for Director. Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and call, and the nominating individual's names, calls and individual signatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St, #304 Kensington, MD 20895-2526. In addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which is the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone 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 or Faxed to (301)822-4371. 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 AMSAT-NA Secretary, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- French Schools to Talk to ISS ARISS-F and AMSAT-F have announced the 13 French schools that have been selected for amateur radio contacts with ISS astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG. He is planned to launch to the International Space Station in November 2016. The 13 French schools selected represents 66% of planned ARISS contacts for Europe. AMSAT-F article in Google English http://tinyurl.com/ARISS-Thomas-Pesquet ARISS-F list of selected schools http://tinyurl.com/ARISS-F Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG on Twitter https://twitter.com/Thom_astro [ANS thanks ARISS-F and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- A Dozen Schools/Organizations Move Closer to Hosting a Ham Radio Contact with the ISS Crew The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program has announced that 12 schools or organizations that submitted proposals to host an Amateur Radio contact with a member of the ISS crew have moved into the next stage of the selection process. Contacts would take place during the first half of 2017. The 12 semifinalists, in eight states, must now complete an acceptable equipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the ham radio contact. Once the ARISS technical team approves the equipment plan, the selected schools/organizations will be scheduled, matching their availability and flexibility with the scheduling opportunities that NASA can offer. The schools and organizations are: Blair Pointe Upper Elementary School, Peru, Indiana Brook Haven School, Sebastopol, California Greater Niagara Frontier Council BSA, Buffalo, New York McBride High School, Long Beach, California Palmetto Scholars Academy, North Charleston, South Carolina Rainbow Middle School, Rainbow City, Alabama SCaN/Glenn Research Center, Brook Park, Ohio Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas St Joseph School, Ronkonkoma, New York Student Space Technology Association, Knoxville, Tennessee Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School, Rockwall, Texas Warwick Valley Central School District, Warwick, New York The primary goal of the ARISS program is to engage young people in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) activities and raise their awareness of space exploration, space communications and related areas of study and career possibilities. [ANS thanks ARISS and the ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Satellite Launch from India Mineo Wakita JE9PEL reports on the Indian ISRO PSLV-C34 amateur radio satellite launch planned for June 10, 2016 at 0355 UT into a 500 km 98 degree inclination orbit. Main Payload, Cartosat-2C, Earth Observing PSLV-XL(C-34), Satish Dharwan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India Satellite Uplink Downlink Beacon Mode ------------ ------- -------- ------- --------------- BEESAT-4 . 435.950 435.950 4800bps GMSK,CW BIROS . 437.525 . 4800bps GMSK LAPAN-A3 . . . Non-Amateur Max Valier . 145.860 145.960 CW Sathyabamasat . 145.980 . 2400bps BPSK Swayam COEP . 437.025 437.025 1200bps BPSK,CW Venta-1 . . 437.325 CW ------------ ------- -------- ------- --------------- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/be4lapan.htm Among the satellites being launched is Swayam-1 developed by students at the College of Engineering Pune (COEP). It will provide a text messaging facility using the COEPSAT protocol. see http://amsatindia.org/coep-satellite-swayam-project/ http://www.coep.org.in/csat/track-swayam/ UPDATE: Yono YD0NXX reports the Indonesian built LAPAN-A3 does not have an amateur radio payload. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ÑUSAT-1 SSB/CW Transponder Satellite Launched ÑUSAT-1, carrying an amateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder and a 436 MHz telemetry beacon, was launched May 30, 2016 at 0317 UT on a CZ-4B rocket from Taiyuan. With ÑUSAT-1 on the launch was its sister satellite ÑUSAT-2 which has a 437 MHz beacon. UPDATE May 30, 2016 at 1300 UT: ÑUSAT-1 and ÑUSAT-1 launched and deployed successfully, signals reported from both telemetry beacons. Satellogic reports “All Systems: Nominal”. AMSAT-LU reports both satellites are sending strong TLM on 436.445/437.445 at 9K6/19K2 GFSK. During first few days they are being stabilized, after that the U/V linear transponder will be activated on ÑUSAT-1. A notice will be given on the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB). As we quoted when the announcement of the launching of this experiment, Amsat Argentina has been working for several years to keep alive the dream of many Argentine amateurs to get back into Space with their own satellite as a follow- on of the legendary 1990’s LUSAT-1, reaping the benefits of Technological advancement of our days. We believe technical activities and developments of experiments in near space share the same goals: preserving the human group, enhancing their capabilities as well as disseminate and guiding the education and development of the activity, meanwhile contributing to Space available resources. Our agreement with Satellogic Enterprises, which already launched three low orbit satellites: Captain Beto, Manolito y Tita, two of which transmit telemetry and data currently in UHF identifying themselves with callsign LU7AA, allowed us to ride a linear analog amateur radio transponder and corresponding antenna aboard one of their next satellite, ÑUSAT-1 AMSAT-LU provides simultaneously, support for this mission and the ÑUSAT-2 mission, by operating one of the control stations at Tortuguitas, Prov. Of Bs.As. The experiment Amsat-LU developed, evolved from original design of our colleague and partner William, PE1RAH, while electronic adaptation, mechanical and software was made by the LU Satellite Experiment group, mounted on a 10 x 10 centimeters radiating plate, in which components of the power supply as well as a duplexer and dual band antenna where also incorporated. This set was installed on the Ñusat-1 bus, which supplies power and becomes part of several other experiments this satellite will make. The transponder receives UHF which is broadcasted in VHF, has a bandwidth of 30 kHz. with an output power of 250 mW. 435.935 ~ 435.965 are LSB/CW uplink passband 145.965 ~ 145.935 are USB/CW downlink passband 145.900 Basic CW Telemetry The launch will be from a Chinese launcher in a polar orbit at 500 km. height, with inclination of 97 degrees from Equator. see http://www.amsat.org.ar https://www.facebook.com/Amsat.LU http://lusex.org.ar http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-Argentia for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ZF2AE from Grand Cayman via Satellite Cayman Islands (EK99) - Adrian, AA5UK will be QRV as ZF2AE from Grand Cayman, IOTA NA-016 from June 27, 2016 - July 2, 2016. Activity is holiday style on 40 to 6 meters mostly RTTY/PSK, including satellite activity from grid EK99HI41RB. He will also be active in the DL DX RTTY contest in the Single Operator, Multiband, Single Radio category. QSL to home call, bureau, LOTW preferred. For pass updates, see @AA5UK on Twitter http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3921 [ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *Friday and Saturday, 10-11 June 2016 – Ham-Com 2016 in Irving TX *Saturday, 11 June 2016 – Prescott Hamfest in Prescott AZ *Wednesday, 6 July 2016 – Chehalis Valley Amateur Radio Society meeting in Chehalis WA *Saturday, 13 August 2016 – KL7KC Hamfest in Fairbanks AK [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Sucessful Contacts * Venta School, Carp, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact was successful: Mon 2016-05-30 19:01:25 UTC 32 deg A telebridge contact via IK1SLD with students at Venta School,Carp, Ontario, Canada was successful 2016-05-30 19:01:25 UTC 32 deg. Astronaut Jeff Williams answered 12 questions for an audience of 150 students and teachers. Venta Preparatory School is a small co-ed day and boarding school from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 10, located just outside of Ottawa in Carp, Ontario. We foster and continually enhance an environment where each student can grow and achieve their highest potential. Upcoming Contacts * Bouze Island Elementary and Junior High School, Homeji, Japan, direct via 8N3B The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-06-04 08:31:09 UTC 74 deg Bouze Island is one of the Ieshima small Islands which are located in the Seto Inland sea of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. There are about 1400 people on the island and are part of the marine products industry. They live with simplicity and are friendly. But the students of this Island have not had a chance for scientific experience as part of their school education because of their remote location. There are 140 persons in the elementary school and 100 persons in the junior high school. * Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-06-06 08:39:31 UTC 31 deg Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled. [ANS thanks ARISS, Dave, AA4KN, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over N5AFV Reaches 57,000 Satellite Contacts George, WA5KBH reports on the AMSAT-BB that on the FO29 west pass on May 29 I had the privilege of being Allen's (N5AFV) 57,000th contact! Well done, My Good friend!!! And Hector (W5CBF) was his 57,001th! [ANS thanks George, WA5KBH for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org

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