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ANS-210 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by JoAnne K9JKM 28 Jul '18

28 Jul '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-210 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * OSCAR Number Administrator William “Bill” Tynan, W3XO Steps Down, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, named AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator * Lee McLamb, KT4TZ, Senior Editor, AMSAT News Service Steps Down * 2018 36th AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Registration Now on AMSAT * Changes to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution of 7-26-2018 * AMSAT Awards Update * AMSAT Web - Upcoming Satellite Operations Page has a New Manager * ARISS News Release No. 18-09 Announcing Russian Slow Scan TV Event * K8BL Roving Trip To AK BP64 * Upcoming Satellite Operations * CAMSAT CAS-6 Satellite Receives IARU Frequency Coordination * ExseedSat Cubesat Applies for IARU Frequency Coordination * South Africa Radio Amateurs Aiming to Link up with Scientists * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-210.01 ANS-210 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 210.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. July 29, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-210.01 OSCAR Number Administrator William “Bill” Tynan, W3XO Steps Down, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, named AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator William “Bill” Tynan, W3XO has stepped down as the AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator citing poor health. Bill has been granting applicants who qualify OSCAR numbers for over two decades since the late-1990’s. Even Bill cannot remember the first number he issued, but believes it was either TO-31 or SO-35. In any case, he has issued at least 57 OSCAR numbers. This is over 60%, or very close to two-thirds, of all the OSCAR numbers issued. I want to thank Bill for his many dedicated years of service to AMSAT. I have named Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice-President, Operations of New Port Richey, FL as the AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator. Ever since the launch of OSCAR 1 in 1961, it has been traditional for amateur radio satellites to carry the name OSCAR, for “Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio”. At the request of the original Project OSCAR organization, AMSAT-NA now administers the numbering of OSCAR satellites according to the following policy. The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) and AMSAT-NA have adopted the paper Information for Developers of Satellites Planned to Use Frequency Bands Allocated to the Amateur-Satellite Service, which can be found on the IARU satellite frequency coordination page. The following requirements must be satisfied in order to obtain an OSCAR designation: 1) The spacecraft’s use of frequencies in the amateur bands must have been coordinated before launch through established IARU/AMSAT frequency coordination. 2) The spacecraft must have successfully achieved orbit and/or have been successfully deployed. 3) Once in orbit, one or more transmitters must have been successfully activated in the amateur satellite service. 4) After the above requirements have been met, the organization or organizations which are the builders/owners of the spacecraft must request that AMSAT-NA assign a consecutive OSCAR number to the space craft as follows: a) The request must be in writing (e-mail or fax is acceptable also) and be signed by the chief executive officer of the organization making the request. If more than one organization was responsible for building/owning the spacecraft, all must participate in this request. b) The request must certify that the above three requirements have been met. c) In addition, it must certify that the organization or organizations making the request are familiar with the IARU paper referred to above, and that the spacecraft’s operation in the amateur satellite service is and will remain consistent with the intent of this IARU paper, and the laws of the responsible national administration. d) The request must specify the country under whose laws the spacecraft is operating. e) It is customary to refer to OSCAR satellites by a hyphenated name, of which the first part is typically selected by the owner/builder, e.g., UoSAT-OSCAR 11. For some purposes, such as Keplerian tracking bulletins, such names are commonly abbreviated to initials, e.g., UO-11. The request should indicate preferred name in this format; AMSAT-NA will assign the number. f) The request should be addressed to the Board of Directors of AMSAT-NA at: Email: bod(a)amsat.org or post at: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA) 10605 Concord St, #304 Kensington, MD 20895 5) In the case of multiple payloads sharing the same booster, the amateur radio satellite that is placed into orbit first (first off the launch stack) will normally receive the earlier OSCAR number. Please note that there is no requirement for an OSCAR number to be assigned to a satellite in order for it to be legitimately recognized and used in the amateur satellite service. However OSCAR numbers are a proud tradition of amateur radio, one that we hope to keep going for many years to come. [ANS thanks Joe Spier, K6WAO AMSAT-NA President for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee McLamb, KT4TZ, Senior Editor, AMSAT News Service Steps Down Lee McLamb, KT4TZ, Senior Editor, AMSAT News Service has resigned after many years producing and shepherding the weekly ANS. As I came from being an ANS weekly Rotating Editor, I know what dedication it takes to produce the ANS. I want to thank Lee for his over 15 of service to AMSAT, including his roles as AMSAT Executive Vice President, and BOD alternates. If you would like to help AMSAT by becoming an ANS rotating editor, please contact me at: k6wao(a)amsat.org [ANS thanks Joe Spier, K6WAO AMSAT-NA President for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2018 36th AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Registration Now on AMSAT Registrations and Banquet tickets are available on the AMSAT Store for the 2018 36th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting and the Banquet. The Symposium and Banquet will be held in Huntsville, Alabama on November 2-4. The venue is the US Space and Rocket Center. Registration for the Symposium is $60 through September 30th, $65 through October 26th, and $70 at the door. Banquet tickets are $50, please provide your callsign, name and name of your guest in the notes section of the AMSAT store checkout. The Banquet will be held under the rocket in the Saturn V hall. For more information on the Symposium as well as information and a link to the hotel. Please see: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ [ANS thanks 2018 AMSAT Symposium Committee for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution of 7-26-2018 The two cubesats from the ISS deployment of April 13,2018 have been identified and have been renamed as follows: Object NZ - NORAD CAT ID 43551 is now EnduroSat One Object PA - NORAD CAT ID 43552 is now EQUISat Per Nico Janssen (PA0DLO): Detailed doppler measurements show that EnduroSat One (downlink 437.050 MHz) is object 43551 (1998-067NZ) and EQUiSat (downlink 435.550 MHz) is object 43552 (1998-067PA). No signals received from MemSat (downlink 437.350 MHz) and RadSat-g (downlink 437.425 MHz). [ANS thanks Ray, WA5QGD, AMSAT Keplerian Elements Manager for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Awards Update Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards reports, "Since my last post and actually since the beginning of 2018, I have been posting all the Rover Awards on my Twitter account and tagging @AMSAT. I will include all the Rover Awards here for those that do not have Twitter." AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO Thomas Hetland, DL8DXW Bernd Preusker, DO1UB German School Club Station DL0IKT German School Club Station DL0TSD Daivd Dean, AE7ID Adam Donahue, KE0JWQ Mitchell Ahrenstoff, AD0HJ Stephen Szabo, WB4OMM Michael Clark, N4WQH ------ AMSAT Communications Achievement Award David Stanley, WI4L, #580 Randy Kohlwey, WI7P, #581 (This is Randy's Second go around after moving his QTH) Marissa Robledo 11-year old, W4AQT, #582 Paul Overn, KE0PBR, #583 Mitchell Ahrenstorff, AD0HJ, #584 ------ AMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award David Stanley, WI4L, #US206 Marissa Robledo 11-year old, W4AQT, #US207 Paul Overn, KE0PBR, #US208 ------ AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Randy Kohlway, WI7P, #182 (This is Randy's Second go around after moving his QTH) ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award Adrian Liggins, VA3NNA, #95 Steve Nordahl, NS3L, #96 ------ AMSAT Rover Award (New for 2018) Rover Call ===== ======== 001 AC0RA 002 WD9EWK 003 NJ4Y 004 M0IDA 005 KG5GJT 006 EB1AO 007 N7AGF 008 N4YHC 009 W0S 010 KE0PBR 011 K5IX 012 AK4WQ 013 WI7P 014 K5ND 015 N6UA 016 N9IP 017 N4UFO 018 K7TAB 019 K8BL 020 AD0DX 021 HB9WDF 022 KE4AL 023 KE9AJ 024 AA8CH 025 WY7AA 026 KE8FZT 027 KX9X [ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Web - Upcoming Satellite Operations Page has a New Manager Robert Bankston, KE4AL, is now managing the news on AMSAT-NA's Upcoming Satellite Operates webpage: https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/ Robert has posted a handful of upcoming GridExpeditions, with more coming as stations finalize their operating plans. If you are planning a roving trip, please email Robert a brief description at ke4al at yahoo.com, so he can make sure your announce- ment is publicized. Check the Upcoming Satellite Operations page often for the latest satellite rover operating announcements. [ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Release No. 18-09 Announcing Russian Slow Scan TV Event July 27, 2018: ARISS Russia is planning another of their popular MAI Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment events. Transmissions are scheduled to begin at 16:00 UTC on July 30, then powered down at 19:30 UTC. The next day (July 31), the system will be active from 13:25-19:15 UTC. Downlink should be on the traditional 145.80 MHz frequency and the operating mode will likely be PD120. When this event becomes active, SSTV images are downlinked from the International Space Station (ISS) at the frequency of 145.80 MHz and can be received using ham radio equipment as simple as a 2 meter handheld radio or a common scanner receiver the covers the 2 meter ham band. After connecting the audio output of the radio receiver into the audio input of a computer running free software such as MMSSTV, the SSTV images can be displayed. Please note that the event is dependent on other activities, schedules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to change at any time. Please check for news and the most current information on the AMSAT.org and ARISS.org websites, the AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org, the ARISS facebook at Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) and ARISS twitter @ARISS_status. 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), the Center for the Advancement of Science in space (CASIS) and 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 public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. Also join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org [ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- K8BL Roving Trip To AK BP64 Bob, K8BL is heading to Alaska on a "Bucket Trip" starting August 2 to Fairbanks until August 8. Bob wrote, "I'll be taking my regular Rover Gear - IC820H & Arrow w/tripod. I plan to activate BP64 and a couple nearby Grids - holiday style. That means I'll pop up on various Satellites with no strict schedule other than a Twitter Message with a few hours notice. I log as K8BL/KL7 and will upload to LoTW upon my return." Other destinations on Bob's trip include Alaska being his 43rd State visited; 2) Arctic Circle; 3) Denali Visit; 4) 112th Grid activated and hopefully more; 5) Northern Lights - KYFC; 6) Almost Midnight Sun [ANS thanks Bob, K8TL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations Kauai, Hawaii (BL01 and BL02) – July 25 through August 2, 2018 Justin, K5EM, is heading to Kauai for a vacation. While there he will focus on linear satellites from BL01, BL02, and the BL01/BL02 gridline. Justin has posted a few tips on his Twitter page, which is publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/k5em, to help him and you increase your chances of making a contact. MN & ND (EN37, EN38/EN28, EN18/EN08, EN07/EN17, EN27) – July 27-30, 2018 KE4AL, will be visiting his in-laws in Hibbing, MN. While there, Robert will introduce his father-in-law, George KE0GXQ, to satellites and the art of roving. Plan is to practice in EN37, then head out Saturday to activate EN38/28, EN18/EN08 and EN07/EN17. After overnighting in Grand Forks, ND, they stop in EN27, before arriving back in EN37 on Sunday. Satellite passes will include both FM and linears, with specific pass announcements posted on Twitter, viewable publicly at https://twitter.com/KE4ALabama Nova Scotia (FN65 and FN67) – August 2-5, 2018 Brent, VY2HF will be operating from FN65 August 2-3 and FN67 August 3-5. Pass announcements will be posted to Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/vy2hf Bonneville Salt Flats, UT (DN30) – August 10-17, 2018 R.J., WY7AA, is heading to Speedweek at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Enroute and while there, he also plans to activate DN51, DN41, DN40, and DN20). Specific pass announcements will be posted to Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/WY7AA Vancouver Island/Olympia National Park (CO60, CO70, CN79) – August 12-13, 2018. Ron, AD0DX, will be in the Vancouver / Vancouver Island area and at Olympia National Park. He will make a special trip to CO60 on Sunday Aug 12th evening and in Campbell River, BC for 24 hours over Aug 12 and 13 so there should be lots of opportunities for CO70 and CO79. More information is available on AD0DX’s QRZ page, to include planned grid activation for his return trip home. Updates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx Santa Rosa Island (CM93 and CM94) – August 20-22, 2018 Ron, AD0DX, using the call sign W6R, will be operating from Santa Rosa Island in the Channel Islands August 20-22 to activate grid square CM93, with a few passes from the CM93/CM94 grid line. Ron will be mainly active on the FM satellites AO-91, AO-92 and SO-50. Just learning to operate on the linear birds, he hopes to be active on FO-29, CAS-4A and CAS-4B. More information is available on AD0DX’s QRZ page, with updates while on the island will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al(a)yahoo.com [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMSAT CAS-6 Satellite Receives IARU Frequency Coordination Alan Kung, BA1DU reported that CAMSAT plans to launch CAS-6, a 50 kg micro-satellite approx. 490 x 499 x 430 mm. A sea launch is planned for September, 2018 from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology into a 579 x 579 km 45 degree orbit. The mission will include: + VHF CW Telemetry Beacon + U/V Mode 20 kHz Linear Transponder + AX.25 4.8k baud GMSK telemetry downlink + Deployable Antennas + Solar Panels, Lithium ion battery and power controller + Integrated Housekeeping Unit + Three-axis stabilization system + Atmospheric Wind detector + S-band TT&C system (non-amateur radio band) + X-band Data link system (non-amateur radio band) The following frequencies have been coordinated by the IARU: + VHF/UHF linear transponder Uplink: 435.280 MHz Downlink: 145.925 MHz + CW telemetry beacon: 145.910 MHz, + Telemetry: 145.890 MHz http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=622 [ANS thanks CAMSAT, IARU, and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ExseedSat Cubesat Applies for IARU Frequency Coordination Ashar Farhan, VU2ESE, Exseed Space Innovations Pvt, Ltd. reported that ExseedSat, a 1U cubesat that will provide a multifunction UHF/VHF Narrow-Band FM (NBFM) amateur communication satellite is planned for a SpaceX launch from Vandenberg in October 2018. ExseedSat is a 1U cubesat that will provide a multifunction UHF/VHF NBFM amateur communication satellite with various configurable modes, including: + UHF to VHF, single channel, narrow band FM transponder with CTCSS, 67 Hz squelch + VHF to UHF, single channel, narrow band FM transponder with CTCSS, 67 Hz squelch + Power output selectable between 1 watt and 0.5 watt + Digipeat feature with APRS on UHF uplink and VHF downlink + Melody mode : It will play a simple melody of a few notes on special occasions or events. Planned orbital life of two years, depending upon how long the battery lasts and when the satellite de-orbits naturally. http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=636 [ANS thanks Ashar Farhan, VU2ESE, IARU, and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- South Africa Radio Amateurs Aiming to Link up with Scientists July 26th, 2018, Published in Articles: EngineerIT by Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, features editor, EngineerIT Two South African amateur radio associations, the South African Radio League (SARL) and AMSAT SA, are planning to launch an umbrella associ- ation that will link up with scientists in various electronic and physics disciplines to enhance research opportunities. The two organ- isations are currently involved in propagation research on 5 MHz, and a study of the rapid increases in the radio frequency noise floor, its causes and possible mitigation, and the possible slowing down of the noise pollution which will ultimately render the radio spectrum useless for communication, particularly for weak signal communication. The new organisation will be known as Amateur Radio Science Citizen Investigation, or HamSCI SA. It is based on the successful HamSCI which has been operating in the US and the UK for several years. The concept of HamSCI was started by US scientists who study upper atmospheric and space physics and who are also licensed radio amateurs. HamSCI SA will be a platform for the publicity and promotion of citizen science projects. The SARL and AMSAT SA invite interested persons to join the HamSCI SA initiative and offer their expertise. “It will work two ways”, says SARL president, Nico van Rensburg. “It will create interesting activities for radio amateurs, in particularly for the new generation of young people who have been bitten by the ‘radio bug’ but need more challenges than just communications. For the scientific community it means that they can involve many more people in their projects and make a contribution to make science popular.” Access the entire article and graphics at: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-210-SouthAfricaScience (http://www.ee.co.za) [ANS thanks AMSAT SA and Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + The Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has been showing a short feature (10 min.) about amateur radio entitled "Radio Hams". The feature is from 1939. If you missed it on TCM, it is also viewable on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BPcpQMbUPE + ExoMars Rover Naming Competition! The UK Space Agency has launched a competition to name a rover that is going to Mars to search for signs of life. ESA's 2020 ExoMars rover is due to land on Mars in the spring of 2021 after launch on a Roscosmos Proton launcher. The ExoMars rover will carry a drill and a suite of instruments dedicated to exobiology and geochemistry research. The ExoMars rover competition is being run by the UK Space Agency. Complete your entry form on-line at: https://events.airbus.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=200179103& (via ESA amd UK Space Agency) + AMSAT EA will be on air on all available satellites with the callsign AM1SAT from September 10 to 17 to celebrate IberRadio 2018 - IV Radiocommunications Fair, the biggest HAM party event in Spain and Portugal (http://www.iberradio.es/en/), that will open its doors during the 15-16 weekend. Main grid will be IN70 but other ones will be activated as well. Our operators will work transatlantic QSOs too. QSLs by LOTW and eqsl. Any questions, please write to contacto (at) amsat-ea.org (via Félix Páez EA4GQS - AMSAT EA) + WI9LL has designed clips for use with the Arrow II Portable hand held satellite antenna that can be fabricated on your 3D printer. The .stl files can be found on Thingiverse at the following links: RG58 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2838880 RG8X and LMR240 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2839035 http://wi9ll.com/arrow-ii-portable-satellite-antenna-clips/ + "Crazy Danish Hacker" has posted a new video on his YouTube channel that shows how to pick up amateur radio voice signals from the International Space Station (ISS). In his video he uses a telescopic whip attached directly to his RTL-SDR which is placed outside with a view of the sky. See: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-210-RTL-SDR + An article "Send APRS data/telemetry via Xastir command line" may be of interest to Linux packet users: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-210-XASTR-PacketCommand + Although the HAMTV DVB-S video transmission system aboard the ISS is temporarily out of service this article will show you how to receive the signal with an RTL-SDR (and other equipment) when the video transmissions resume: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-210-HamTV-SDR --------------------------------------------------------------------- /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 and remember to help keep amateur radio in space, and behave. This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org

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ANS-203 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 21 Jul '18

21 Jul '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-203 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: * 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots * Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 7-18-2018 * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19 * Faculty Positions Opening This Summer at the Hawaii Space Flight Lab SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-203.01 ANS-203 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 203.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE July 22, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-203.01 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT- NA members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the AMSAT-NA office will not be counted. New ballots labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" and printed on yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members. Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates: Tom Clark, K3IO Mark Hammond, N8MH Scott Harvey, KA7FVV Bruce Paige, KK5DO Peter Portanova, W2JV The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received. [ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex Two companies — U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and British start-up Orbex — seeking to carve out a share of the burgeoning small satellite launch market plan to fly their rockets from a remote site on the northern shore of Scotland, British government and industry officials announced Monday. The proposed launch facility would be built on A’Mhoine Peninsula, a sparsely- populated stretch of land overlooking the sea. The first launch from Sutherland could happen in the early 2020s. British government officials said the development of a U.K. spaceport would give the nation’s industry broader access to the space market. British companies, such as SSTL in England and Clyde Space in Scotland, are already counted among the global leaders in constructing small satellites. Scottish Secretary David Mundell said the Sutherland launch site could create hundreds of new jobs. Lockheed Martin is reportedly interested in launching a variant of Rocket Lab’s Electron booster from the Sutherland site. The U.S. aerospace contractor is a strategic investor in Rocket Lab, which already operates an orbital spaceport in New Zealand, and is planning to develop a U.S. launch pad for the Electron vehicle, which has made two test flights to date. Rocket Lab said in a statement late Monday that it is “evaluating launch opportunities” from the Sutherland spaceport in Scotland. “Electron is well-positioned to be the first orbital rocket launched from U.K. soil,” said Peter Beck, Rocket Lab’s founder and CEO. “We’re excited to review the opportunity to develop a launch service to support the U.K. space industry’s growth. “Every aspect of Rocket Lab’s launch model is designed to offer rapid, repeatable and precise delivery to orbit for small satellites,” Beck said in a statement. “The development of launch sites around the globe that can support Electron launches is crucial to delivering unprecedented access to orbit.” [ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 7-18-2018 The nine cubesats (JAXA) that were deployed on April 13,2018 from the ISS have been added this week as follows: Object NU - NORAD CAT ID 43546 Object NV - NORAD CAT ID 43547 Object NW - NORAD CAT ID 43548 Object NX - NORAD CAT ID 43549 Object NY - NORAD CAT ID 43550 Object NZ - NORAD CAT ID 43551 Object PA - NORAD CAT ID 43552 Object PB - NORAD CAT ID 43553 Object PC - NORAD CAT ID 43554 These objects are too close together to be positively identified. The objects deployed are RainCube, Radix, CubeRRT, HaloSat, TEMPEST-D, EnduroSat AD, EQUISat, MemSat and RadSat-g Only the following operate in the Amateur bands: EduroSat AD 437.050MHz CW, GFSK 9k6 EQUISat 435.550MHz CW, FSK 9k6 MemSat 437.350MHz BPSK 9k6 (per IARU Coordination status) [ANS thanks Nico Janssen (PA0DLO), IARU and AMSAT-UK for the above info} --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19 Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan, direct via 8N3SD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-07-23 09:47:14 UTC 43 deg ISS R&D Conference-San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school Quest Institute for Quality Education, San Jose, CA, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-07-26 20:22:10 UTC 48 deg ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.80 MHz. [ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Faculty Positions Opening This Summer at the Hawaii Space Flight Lab There are two new tenure track faculty positions opening this summer to work with the Hawaii Space Flight Lab on Small Satellite research. These two positions are for an Assistant Researcher and the other for an Associate Researcher. The position announcement can be found at: http://workatuh.hawaii.edu/Jobs/NAdvert/28814/4956642/1/postdate/desc This is the HSFL website: https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/ and a brief overview of the lab in PDF format can be found in this link: https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HSFL- Overview-2018-07-01.pdf The HSFL team will be at SmallSat so anyone interested can meet the team and learn more about HSFL. [ANS thanks Miguel Nunes 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, Lee McLamb, KT4TZ kt4tz at amsat dot org

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ANS-198 SPECIAL BULLETIN: 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots
by E.Mike McCardel 17 Jul '18

17 Jul '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-198 SPECIAL BULLETIN: 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots 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: * 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-198.01 ANS-198 SPECIAL AMSAT News Service Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 198.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. July 17, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-198.01 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots To Be Mailed Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT- NA members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the AMSAT-NA office will not be counted. New ballots labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" and printed on yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members. Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates: Tom Clark, K3IO Mark Hammond, N8MH Scott Harvey, KA7FVV Bruce Paige, KK5DO Peter Portanova, W2JV The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received. [ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary 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 aa8em at amsat dot org

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ANS-190 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AMSAT-NA Files Comments on FCC Docket
by JoAnne Maenpaa 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-190.01 In this Special Bulletin: * AMSAT-NA Files Comments on FCC Docket #18-86 Small Satellite Licensing Procedures SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-190.01 ANS-190 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 190.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE July 9, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-190.01 On July 9, 2018, AMSAT filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission on their Notice of Proposed Rulemaking In the Matter of Streamlining Licensing Procedures for Small Satellites (International Bureau Docket #18-86). AMSAT's comments as filed can be found at: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/10709067911864 (A copy of AMSAT's comments document can be accessed on the ECFS page, using the Document Download link) In the comments, AMSAT reviewed the significant contributions made by the organization and the amateur radio community. The comments note that the many scientific and technological achievements made by AMSAT satellites directly led to many groups, including government, non-profit, and commercial organizations becoming interested in developing small satellites of their own. AMSAT also discussed the suitability of authorizing certain satellites built by universities and non-profit organizations in the amateur satellite service and expressed opposition to satellites licensed as experimental under Part 5 of the Commission's regulations operating in the amateur satellite service bands. Interested parties may file reply comments on or before August 7, 2018. [ANS thanks AMSAT Executive Vice-President, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for the above information] /EX

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ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 08 Jul '18

08 Jul '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-189 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: * AMSAT Symposium Call For Papers - First Call * International Balloon Satellite Launch Challenge JULY 2018 * 145.825 MHz APRS Cubesats Enroute to ISS for August Deployment * China Microsatellite Symposium and International CubeSat and Mission Contest * "Moon Day" Volunteers Requested * University of Manitoba Wins the 4th CSDC! * AMSAT Field Day submissions are due Monday, July 9 * ISS SSTV Transmissions Continue * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-189.01 ANS-189 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 189.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. July 8, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-189.01 AMSAT Symposium Call For Papers - First Call This is the first call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of November 2 - 4 at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. 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. 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 [ANS thanks Dan N8FGV for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- International Balloon Satellite Launch Challenge JULY 2018 The 1st FREE OF COST International Balloon 'Satellite' Launch CHALLENGE is open across the Globe for participants below 21 years of age. Leveraging the power of technology, the State of Rajasthan in India has become the "Digitalization Hub of India". In the upcoming three- day technology carnival by the Government of Rajasthan- "Rajasthan Digifest 2018", held at Jaipur (known as the Pink city of the world) there will be a plethora of opportunities for everyone. From insightful workshops to varied exciting events, the fest would have a lot to offer. Taking a step further, Government of Rajasthan in collaboration with Space Kidz India, is organizing an "International Balloon Challenge" on the 25th & 26th July 2018. This challenge has been initiated to mark a tribute towards our former President and reputed Scientist Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Set with the motto- 'Dream. Imagine. Believe", it is an open competition for everyone aged below 21 years. The participant will have the opportunity to fly their payload 'near space' in a balloon FREE OF COST. Following are some notable points in respect to the challenge: • The payload must fit inside a 1U Cube3 and the weight should be 500 grams including the battery. • No hazardous chemicals are allowed. • Biological experiments containing living micro-organisms shall not be allowed. • Only Original Ideas will be entertained. • Any findings of plagiarisms can get the participant eliminated and permanently banned from participating in the future. • If approved by Space Kids India you can also come directly to the venue and fly your payload. • Accommodation and food facility for teams coming directly will be provided for two days. Payload should reach our Chennai Office (Add. given below) on or before the 18th of July 2018. Space Kidz India, No.1-B, Nutech Narayana Apartments, 48, Thirumalai Pillai Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 600 017, India Space Kidz India and Government of Rajasthan invites students for this exciting and adventurous 'International Balloon Challenge' to be held on 25th & 26th July 2018. The competition not only looks inspiring & challenging, but will help the participants to meet like- minded people from different nook and corner of the world uniting together with a strong competitive edge. It's time to help our younger generation to showcase their skills and let their dreams fly high! Our Contacts for further clarification: Mr. Rifath +919518535615 shaarookrsr(a)live.com Mr. Vijay +917708574647 vijaypp01(a)gmail.com Mr. Priyadharshan +918220333449 prabhupriyadharshan(a)gmail.com Mr. Tanishq +919940515800 forutanishq(a)gmail.com Mr. Yagna +919912752744 yagnasai7(a)gmail.com Dr. Srimathy +914448535376 spacekidzindia(a)gmail.com [ANS thanks SpaceKidz India Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 145.825 MHz APRS Cubesats Enroute to ISS for August Deployment The June 29, 2018 SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of the Dragon cargo capsule included cubesats of the BIRDS-2 satellite constellation. All cubesats in the BIRDS-2 constellation MAYA-1, BHUTAN-1 and UiTMSAT-1 have identical designs and utilize the same radio frequencies. While independently made, the operation and control of the three cubesats will be shared by the three teams after they are released from the ISS early in August. They will be operational for six months. "The three will form a constellation, orbiting the earth from different places. This will provide the countries more opportun- ities to make measurements and run experiments, than just with using one cubesat," explained Joel Joseph Marciano Jr., manager of the PHL-Microsat program in the Philippines. The primary mission of BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation is to provide digital message relay service to the amateur radio community by means of an APRS digipeater onboard. The APRS digipeater onboard BIRDS-2 CubeSats will use 145.825 MHz for both receive and transmit which isa standard configurations used by other satellites such as ARISS and LAPAN-A2. Another mission of the BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation is to demonstrate a store-and-forward (S&F) system. In this mission, their goal is to investigate technical challenges through ex- periments on appropriate data format, multiple access scheme, file-handling protocol while complying with limited operational time and power constraints. The BIRDS-2 CubeSat S&F system will collect data from remote ground sensors, store them onboard and download them to the different BIRDS-2 ground stations network. Additional experiments will use the BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation to enhance research and experiment in the fields of single latch-up event detection, magnetic field measurements using a COTS aniso- tropic magnetometer, and flight testing of a COTS GPS chip which can be used for future CubeSat missions if proven effective. Stu- dents will also explore a passive attitude stabilization mechanism consisting of magnets and hysteresis dampers for proper orientation of camera on a CubeSat. All measurements and image data will be shared with the public on BIRDS-2 project website. Moveover, BIRDS-2 CubeSat constellation will expand amateur radio communication experiment on the operation of CubeSat constellation via a network of UHF/VHF amateur radio ground stations (started in the BIRDS-1 CubeSat constellation project). BIRDS-2 hopes to promote awareness of amateur radio communication and amateur satellites among the general public and students, especially in the participating nations of BIRDS-2 Project: Bhutan, Malaysia, Philippines, and Japan. The IARU has coordinated 437.375 MHz CW beacon for a downlink and 145.825 MHz for the APRS experiment. Philippine news coverage of MAYA-1 can be accessed at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS189-MAYA-1 http://tinyurl.com/ANS-BIRDS2-cubesats Visit the BIRDS-2 website at: http://birds2.birds-project.com/ [ANS thanks the BIRDS-2 Project, Kyushu Institute of Technology and the IARU for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- China Microsatellite Symposium and International CubeSat and Mission Contest The China Microsatellite Symposium(CMS2018), (www.microsatsymp.com) will be held at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an China on 18th – 20th November 2018. The symposium includes keynote presentations and several sessions which will focus on the design experience, scientific missions, launch opportunities and all new technologies about microsatellites. International CubeSat and Mission Contest will be held on 20th November 2018, after which a free launch opportunity of 3U CubeSat or 1U payload capacity (provided by Expace Technology Co., Ltd.) will be awarded to the winner of the first prize. Participants can get information and submit the works through the official website of our contest: www.cubesatcontest.org. The submission deadlines for the abstract of CMS2018 and work of CubeSat contest are both August 31, 2018. The papers accepted will be indexed by China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and the proceedings of the symposium will be submitted to IEEE Xplore, some of the excellent papers will be recommended for publication in the AEROSPACE CHINA. You could submit abstract and get information on the website www.microsatsymp.com Along with the symposium, there will also be a related exhibition, during which you can find the updated progress of CubeSat, launchers and other related technology. For exhibitors, you could also get information about booth on the website. The event is supported by China National Space Administration, International Astronautical Federation, Chinese Society of Astronautics and Chinese Institute of Command and Control. Please forward this information to your colleagues and anyone that may be interested in this symposium. You could also find the brochures in the attachment. On behalf of the organizing committee of the China Microsatellite Symposium, we sincerely invite you to attend the symposium. If you have any questions, please contact us! Dr. Yu Xiaozhou, Mr.Pang Weijian Email: service (at) microsatsymp.com: pangwj (at) mail.nwpu.edu.cn Tel: +86 18291419293 National United Engineering Laboratory of Microsatellite Technology and Application,Northwestern Polytechnical University 127 Youyi Xilu, Xi'an, ShaanXi Province, China Phone:008629 88492103 Fax:008629 88492103 Mobile:008615902909698 [ANS thanks Yuxiao Zhou (via cubesat.org) for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Moon Day" Volunteers Requested Tom Schuessler, N5HYP, is looking to recruit additional volunteers from the AMSAT community in North Texas, Central Texas or elsewhere, to help promote "Amateur Radio in Space" to a large public STEM event. "Moon Day" at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field in Dallas Texas on July 21, 2018 is the largest space themed STEM event in Texas. Last year saw 1500 people attend the 6 hour event. https://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day/ Again this year, Tom Schuessler will be heading an exhibit and satellite demos for AMSAT. They will have a table inside the Museum, (Alongside the Dallas Amateur Radio Club Table), and a demonstration area outside. I will be setting up the outside activities and hope to work as many satellite passes as possible during the 10A-4P run of the show. I'm looking for AMSAT people to both help with the inside table and also with the outside demonstrations. Joe Spier has promised me that he will send me the FOX "Engineering Model" but I am looking for additional demonstration aids to illustrate satellite orbits and other aspects of space communications like various types of antennas. Being a STEM event, there will be many young people in attendance, (General public as well as Boy and Girl Scouts), and they get a chance to earn a STEM patch by answering questions from exhibitors like US. We really need people and content for Moon Day so please consider spending Saturday, July 21 with us. Contact Tom Schuessler for more information. N5hyp (at) arrl.net Tom also notes that next year, 2019, is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Moon Day event is planning a big splash. Looking at moon phase predictions for next year indicates that conditions would be favorable for a portable EME station as part of the mix. We will be looking for volunteers to assist this lofty goal. Keep that in the back of your mind and I will bring it up next year. [ANS thanks Tom N5HYP for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- University of Manitoba Wins the 4th CSDC! Congratulations to the University of Manitoba team, which earned First Place in this fourth offering of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge! The CSDC launch simulation testing took place at the Canadian Space Agency's David Florida Laboratory (DFL) in Ottawa this past week, concluding yesterday. In all, a total of nine teams had the opportunity to fully test all three axes of their cubesats - two more than previously achieved. As the competition drew to a close, the judges (and several of the DFL employees) were impressed by the level of design maturity and understanding, preparedness, and professionalism of the UofM team throughout the test campaign. This is the first CSDC win for the UofM, which has been a strong and enthusiastic participant in every CSDC since its inception. Not everything went perfectly, however: an accelerometer - a sensor which is attached to record the accelerations at a particular location - fell off during the vibration test, and may have shorted or damaged a circuit board that was underneath it. The judges' deliberations for second and third place were far more difficult, with five teams being considered. This is a testament to the high level of spacecraft engineering capability which has developed at Canadian universities over the course of these past four competitions - especially considering that, in the first CSDC, only three teams were able to complete their cubesats in time for testing. Second place honours were given to the University of Victoria, and Concordia University was third. The Educational Outreach Award was also presented, to the University of Alberta. Their team developed several modules of age-specific educational materials for the presentations which they gave to elementary and secondary schools. Honourable mentions went to: Simon Fraser University (participating for their first time in the CSDC) for their efforts which reached an estimated 3,500 people over the course of this offering; and, the University of Manitoba, whose educational outreach efforts have been admirable since the inception of the CSDC (and whose Educational Outreach efforts in the first CSDC prompted the creation of the award). The CSDC Management Society (CSCDMS), the not-for-profit organisation which organises the CSDC, would like to again thank the Canadian Space Agency's David Florida Laboratory for allowing us the use of the facility, and for being so accommodating to us over this past week. Additionally, as this concludes the fourth offering of the competition, the CSDCMS would also like to thank the many sponsors, judges, and companies which have all contributed to make the CSDC a success. Please see this article on our web page for more photos of the testing campaign. And, stay tuned for Selfie-Sat in CSDC-5, which will begin in September. About the CSDCMS: The Canadian Satellite Design Challenge Management Society is a federally-incorporated not-for-profit organisation co-registered in British Columbia and headquartered in Vancouver. It is managed and operated by a volunteer Board of Directors. For more information on the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge or the CSDCMS, please visit our website at www.csdcms.ca, or contact: Larry Reeves CSDCMS President LReeves (at) CSDCMS.ca Ph: +1 778-988-6343 [ANS thanks the CSDCMS for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Field Day submissions are due Monday, July 9 A quick reminder. AMSAT Field Day submissions are due Monday, July 9, 2018 by 11:59 PM Central Time. This is earlier than the ARRL due date. You will get a reply email that your submission was received. email submissions to: kk5do (at) amsat.org or kk5do (at) arrl.net. The Satellite Summary Sheet should be used for submission of the AMSAT Field Day competition and be received by KK5DO by 11:59 P.M. CDT, Monday, July 9, 2018. Complete rules and criteria can be found at: https://www.amsat.org/field-day/ [ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISS SSTV Transmissions Continue SSTV transmissions from the Russian Service module on the International Space Station started June 29 on 145.800 MHz FM and they are still continuing There may well be further transmissions up until July 13 when the equipment being used for the SSTV will be required for a school contact. David Boult G7HCE in Exeter noted that some adjustments have been made by the cosmonauts and the images are now being sent uncropped. For the first week the edges of the pictures were missing. The images commemorate the various satellites that were hand- deployed from the ISS. These will include the first satellite deployment from ISS: Suitsat-1/Radioskaf-1 which was developed by ARISS and deployed in February 2006. The transmissions are being made on 145.800 MHz FM using the PD-120 SSTV mode. Note the ISS transmissions use the 5 kHz deviation FM standard rather than the narrow 2.5 kHz used in Europe. If your transceiver has selectable FM filters try using the wider filter. Handheld transceivers generally have a single wide filter fitted as standard and you should get good results outdoors using just a 1/4 wave whip antenna. The ISS Fan Club site will show you when the space station is in range http://www.issfanclub.com/ ISS SSTV information and links at https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/ [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Recent Successful ARISS Contacts + 2018-06-27 10:32 UTC between Alexander Gerst KF5ONO using callsign DPØISS and Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium, Leverkusen, Germany. Contact was direct via DLØIL. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ. + 2018-06-27 10:32 UTC between ASTRONAUT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO, using callsign DPØISS, and Schickhardt-Gymnasium, Herrenberg, Germany, contact was direct via DLØSGH ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ. + 2018-07-02 15:35 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT, using ISS callsign NA1SS and Pearl Technology STEM Academy, Peoria Heights, IL, contact direct via W9DWJ. ARISS Mentor was Dave AA4KN. + 2018-07-03 08:32 UTC bewtween Alexander Gerst KF5ONO, using ISS callsign DPØISS and Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium, Bonn, Germany, contact was direct via DLØIL. ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE), Kennedy Space Center, FL (CASIS#4). Contact is telebridge via W6SRJ. The ISS callsign is yet to be determined. The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU. Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-07-13 14:00:22 UTC. [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + 6U CubeSat Design Specification Rev 1.0 - Released The 6U CubeSat Design Standard has now been fully reviewed and is available for download as Revision 1.0. Please visit cubesat.org to view and download the 6U CDS. [ANS thanks The CubeSat Team at Cal Poly, SLO for the above information] + Interview about ISS SSTV on local TV station James M0JFP of the Chertsey Radio Club was interviewed by That's Surrey TV, about the recent Slow Scan TV transmissions from the International Space Station The images transmitted commemorated the various satellites that had been hand-deployed from the ISS. Watch the video at https://tinyurl.com/ANS189-SurreyTV ISS SSTV https://amsat-uk.org/2018/06/27/receive-sstv-from-space/ That's TV Surrey http://www.thats.tv/surrey/ https://twitter.com/ThatsSurreyTV [ANS thanks Southgate ARN for the above information] + Software for STEM high altitude balloon flight projects is posted in the article at: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/pytrack-skygate-hab-software/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK via twitter for the above information.] + CalPoly 2018 Cubesat Developers Workshop Presentations Available 2018 PRESENTATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW! YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCENz0fNHsDR8Kz3jM6C_VWw PDF Presentations: http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~workshop/archive/2018/ [ANS thanks cubesat.org 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 aa8em at amsat dot org

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ANS-185 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Chris Bradley (AA0CB) 01 Jul '18

01 Jul '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-182 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: * Digital Communications Conference (DCC) Call for Papers * Invitation to the 2018 NASA AAQ Workshop - September 7, 2018 * China Microsatellite Symposium 2018 * K4R Dry Tortugas EL84 Roving Trip on Schedule for July 6 * Upcoming ARISS contacts * AMSAT Rover Award Updates * VUCC Awards-Endorsements for June 2018 * WMPLOTA 7/2 EN74 EN75 EN84 EN85 Rove * AMSAT-NA President to attend AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2018 * AMSAT BOD Nominees * Satellite Shorts SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-182.01 ANS-182 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 182.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE JULY 1, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-185.01 Digital Communications Conference (DCC) Call for Papers Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) and publication in the Conference Proceedings. Annual conference proceedings are published by the ARRL. Presentation at the conference is not required for publication. Submission of papers are due by July 31st, 2018 and should be submitted to Maty Weinberg, ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 or via the Internet to maty at arrl.org The ARRL and TAPR DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques. This year, the DCC is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 14- 16. Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories, experimental results, and practical applications. Topics include, but are not limited to: • Software Defined Radio (SDR) • Digital voice (D-Star, P25, WinDRM, FDMDV, DRMDV, G4GUO) • Digital satellite communications • Global position system • Precise Timing • Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) • Short messaging (a mode of APRS) • Digital Signal Processing (DSP) • HF digital modes • Internet interoperability with Amateur Radio networks • Spread spectrum • IEEE 802.11 and other Part 15 license-exempt systems adaptable for A mateur Radio • Using TCP/IP networking over Amateur Radio • Mesh and peer to peer wireless networking • Emergency and Homeland Defense backup digital communications in Amateur Radio • Updates on AX.25 and other wireless networking protocols • Topics that advanced the Amateur Radio art Go to https://tinyurl.com/y7wgm6vh to view the guidelines for paper submissions [ANS thanks the TAPR PSR for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Invitation to the 2018 NASA AAQ Workshop - September 7, 2018 You are invited to participate in the 2018 NASA Academy of Aerospace Quality {AAQ) Workshop. This event will take place at Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio on Friday, September 7 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The event targets academics (faculty, researchers, students) involved with space related activities such as cube sat, small sat, high altitude balloon, rocket and more. It is also designed for those wishing to be involved with NASA space related projects. The event will feature speakers and a poster session. Travel stipends from NASA are available to attendees on a limited basis and will favor those giving a presentation or poster. There is no registration charge for attending the event but registration in advance is required. Please register at the link below by July 31. http://spider2.eng.auburn.edu/AAQ/registration.html The NASA Academy of Aerospace Quality is an open access virtual academy of educational modules, lessons learned, standards, case studies and more related to quality assurance for space related projects, especially those from academic based teams. The website is: http://aaq.auburn.edu Links to the agenda and materials from previous NASA AAQ Workshops can be found at the link below: http://aaq.eng.auburn.edu/events [ANS thanks Alice Smith and Jeff Smith for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- China Microsatellite Symposium 2018 The China Microsatellite Symposium(CMS2018), (www.microsatsymp.com) will be held at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an China on 18th - 20th November 2018. The symposium includes keynote presentations and several sessions which will focus on the design experience, scientific missions, launch opportunities and all new technologies about microsatellites. In addition, another import session, International CubeSat and Mission Contest will be held on 20th November 2018, after which a free launch opportunity of 3U CubeSat or 1U payload capacity will be awarded to the winner of the first prize. Participants can get information and submit the works through the official website of our contest: www.cubesatcontest.org. The submission deadlines for the abstract of CMS2018 and work of CubeSat contest are both August 31, 2018. You could submit abstract and get information on the website www.microsatsymp.com Along with the symposium, there will also be a related exhibition, during which you can find the updated progress of CubeSat, launchers and other related technology. For exhibitors, you could also get information about booth on the website. The event is supported by China National Space Administration, International Astronautical Federation, Chinese Society of Astronautics and Chinese Institute of Command and Control. If you have any questions, please contact service at microsatsymp.com. [ANS thanks Ray Nugent for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- K4R Dry Tortugas EL84 Roving Trip on Schedule for July 6 Robert KE4AL, Rich N4ESS, and Matthew, NJ4Y will be arriving on Garden Key, EL84np in the Dry Tortugas mid-day on Friday July 6, staying all day Saturday, and then leaving Sunday morning July 8. The team will be using the callsign K4R, and all logs will be uploaded to LOTW after the trip. Paper cards will be available on request via NJ4Y. They will also be able to tweet via a satellite messenger from the island, to our public twitter account at twitter.com/k4r_EL84 The K4R QRZ page is up to date with our info, as well as k4r2018.com. Their goal is to work anyone within ~7500km who needs EL84 on satel- lites. Check out the pass listing link at the above web pages and let them know if you have a special schedule request from the outer reaches of our range, especially in EU and South America. [ANS thanks Matthew, NJ4Y for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- UPCOMING ARISS CONTACTS Pearl Technology STEM Academy, Peoria Heights, IL, direct via W9DWJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-07-02 15:35:42 UTC Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium, Bonn, Germany, direct via DLØIL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-07-03 08:32:16 UTC ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 129 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 103 The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2018-06-28 19:30 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1234. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 11821. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS The successful school list has been updated as of 2018-06-28 19:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_cor rection .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Exp. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Exp. 56 on orbit Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Sergei Propopev [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Rover Award Updates AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO, says that congratulations are in order for the newest Rover Award operators, Chris, AA8CH, for earning award #024; and, Robert, WY7AA for earning Award #025. The AMSAT Rover award is granted to stations who achieve a combined 25 points using any combination of a list of achievements during their roving operations via amateur radio satellites. All of these combinations, including instructions of how to apply are posted at: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-rover-award/ - or from the main page - www.amsat.org --> Services --> Awards --> AMSAT Rover Award Examples of the point scoring include (access the Awards web page for details of multiplier points, etc.): + 1 point for each grid square activated outside your home grid square using a single-channel FM satellite transponder + 2 points for each grid square activated outside your home grid square using a linear (SSB/CW) satellite transponder. + 3 points for each grid square activated outside your home grid square using a digital mode satellite transponder. + 1 additional point for added to each grid square score for activating a state, province, or DX entity outside your home entities + 5 points for for advertising your grid operation using an open and public social media account, tagging @amsat or #amsat at least 24 hours in advance of the activation. + 5 points for photographing your grid operation and posting them afterwards using an open and public social media account, tagging @amsat or #amsat. + 10 points for activating a grid square while operating Maritime Mobile. + 15 points for 15 points for documenting your grid activation in an article published in the AMSAT Journal. AMSAT Rover Award winners to date include the following stations: Rover Call Date Issued ===== ============ =========== 001 AC0RA 02 Jan 2018 002 WD9EWK 05 Jan 2018 003 NJ4Y 08 Jan 2018 004 M0IDA 09 Jan 2018 005 KG5GJT 12 Jan 2018 006 EB1AO 18 Jan 2018 007 N7AGF 22 Jan 2018 008 N4YHC 29 Jan 2018 009 W0S 07 Feb 2018 010 KE0PBR 08 Feb 2018 011 K5IX 18 Feb 2018 012 AK4WQ 23 Feb 2018 013 WI7P 25 Feb 2018 014 K5ND 09 Mar 2018 015 N6UA 12 Mar 2018 016 N9IP 16 Mar 2018 017 N4UFO 04 Apr 2018 018 K7TAB 27 Apr 2018 019 K8BL 10 May 2018 020 AD0DX 16 May 2018 021 HB9WDF 28 May 2018 022 KE4AL 28 May 2018 023 KE9AJ 30 May 2018 024 AA8CH 27 Jun 2018 025 WY7AA 29 Jun 2018 [ANS thanks AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- WMPLOTA 7/2 EN74 EN75 EN84 EN85 Rove 7/2/18 Objects AOS (U) LOS Period 1. EN74 WM1432 Cadillac XW-2D 00:01 00:09 XW-2F 00:05 00:13 SO-50 00:12 00:25 2. EN74 WM2014 Houghton Lake SO-50 01:54 02:03 (*Low Pass Attempt) AO-92 02:03 02:13 AO-73 02:32 02:38 (*Low Pass Attempt) Falconsat-3 02:43 02:53 FO-29 02:45 02:55 (*Low Pass Attempt) AO-85 02:59 03:06 (*Low Pass Attempt) AO-92 03:37 03:46 3. EN74 WM5159 West Branch XW-2B 11:57 12:07 AO-07 12:06 12:22 4. EN84 WM5376 Tawas XW-2B 13:33 13:39 (*Low Pass Attempt) AO-07 14:01 14:04 (*Low Pass Attempt) XW-2A 14:13 14:22 AO-73 14:15 14:26 SO-50 14:27 14:38 AO-92 15:05 15:14 5. EN85 WM2358 Alpena AO-92 16:39 16:47 AO-91 17:16 17:30 6. EN75 WM1542 Gaylord AO-91 18:52 19:06 AO-07 19:19 19:39 7. EN75 WM2417 Petosky XW-2C 21:49 21:58 XW-2D 22:12 22:22 XW-2F 22:15 22:25 AO-85 22:15 22:28 8. EN75 WM2100 Cheboygan XW-2C 23:22 23:32 AO-73 23:35 23:45 XW-2D 23:47 23:56 XW-2F 23:50 23:59 AO-85 23:57 00:08 7/3/18 EN75 Holiday Style Maybe Wish me luck on my first real rove, all stops are in a new VUCC circle, please work me if there is room. Manual tuning on linear birds, please be patient. [ANS thanks Andrew, KE8FZT for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Awards-Endorsements for June 2018 Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period June 1, 2018 through July 1, 2018. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL 01 Jun 01 Jul N8HM 1054 1068 AA5PK 1011 1042 N9IP 609 618 XE1AO 584 598 WD9EWK 441 450 AA9LC 299 416 AF5CC 314 338 VA3NNA 179 300 KC9ELU 220 229 W7JSD 189 215 G0ABI 200 206 KE8FZT 175 200 PT2AP 172 200 PS8ET 157 180 KE0PBR New 122 W3ARD New 119 N3ROY New 102 AD0DX New 101 W5PFG (DM95) New 100 W5PFG (EM12) New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at <mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for June 1, 2018 and July 1, 2018. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the work! [ANS thanks Ron, W5RKN for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-NA President to attend AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2018 AMSAT-UK is very happy to announce that the dates of the next AMSAT-UK Colloquium will be October 13-14, 2018. The AMSAT-UK Colloquium, incorporated into the RSGB Convention, will take place at the Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ. The AMSAT-UK Committee are pleased to announce that Joe Spier, K6WAO will be presenting a paper entitled '50 Years of AMSAT and Beyond' AMSAT-UK invites speakers, to cover topics about Amateur satellites, CubeSats, Nanosats, Space, High Altitude Balloons and associated activities, for this event. Those wishing to speak should contact Dave, G4DPZ, dave at g4dpz dot me dot uk AMSAT-UK Colloquium web page: https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ The schedule will be at http://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/rsgb-convention- programme/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] -------------------------------------------------------------------- FP/KV1J 3 - 17 July 2018 GN17 Includes Satellite Operation Eric, KV1J will be active on the Sats from the French island of Miquelon from 3 July through 17 July as FP/KV1J. This will be his 12th trip to the island. He mostly operate the low bands and 6 meters. When the WX is good, he will try to get outside and work the linear birds. Occasionally, he plans to also be on the FM birds using a pair of FT-817s and an Arrow antenna. Most of the time he will be grid GN17. If he is on the main island of St Pierre or if he can borrow a car a drive to Langlade, he will be GN16. The island has limited internet. His email is kv1j (at) arrl.net More information at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July18.html [ANS thanks Eric KV1J / FP/KV1J for the above information and wishes him success on his trip] -------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT BOD Nominees The 2018 candidates, in alphabetical order by last name are: Tom Clark, K3IO Mark Hammond, N8MH Scott Harvey, KA7FVV Bruce Paige, KK5DO Peter Portanova, W2JV 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, 2018 and must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018 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 Clayton, W5PFG for the above information and wishes him success on his trip] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts + Stations in the USA mid-west and Canada will have the opportunity to hear the ISS on 145.800 MHz for a school contact with the Pearl Technology STEM Academy, Peoria Heights, IL. This will be a direct contact between NA1SS and W9DWJ. The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT. The contact is planned for: Mon 2018-07-02 at 15:35:42 UTC. (via ARISS) + AMSAT has discovered a pagination problem from printer error in the May/June issue of the AMSAT Journal. Please take a look at the issue you just received and, if you see any missing or duplicate pages, let Martha know ASAP at the AMSAT office at martha(a)amsat.org. + Congrats to Sean Kutzko, KX9X, on winning the June QST Cover Plaque for his article "Get on the Satellites for ARRL Field Day." The article has been reprinted on the AMSAT website with the ARRL's permission. Although Field Day is over for an another Year Sean's article gives good operating tips for every pass. Check it out! https://www.amsat.org/get-on-the-satellites-for-field-day/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- /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, Chris Bradley, AA0CB aa0cb at amsat dot org

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