August 2018 - ANS - mailman.amsat.org

ANS-238 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Joe Spier 26 Aug '18

26 Aug '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-238.01 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 dot 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: * AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers * Reports Indicate ARISS Packet Module Operational Again * AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due September 15, 2018 * JAMSAT NEXUS CubeSat Scheduled to Launch * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SUN @ AMSAT $ANS-238.01 ANS-238.01 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 238.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. August 26, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-238.01 AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers AMSAT has issued the second call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL on the weekend of November 2-4. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. Prospects should send a tentative title of their 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 Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Reports Indicate ARISS Packet Module Operational Again After engaging several sources, it appears ISS packet is currently working again at 145.825 MHz. No replacement gear has been delivered to the ISS yet, so we are still working with the current equipment. We may still experience off times until the current equipment is replaced. A replacement module is expected to fly to the International Space Station on a Progress 71 resupply mission in November. ARISS will continue to update you as reports are received. [ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due September 15, 2018 Corrected ballots were mailed and members should have received them. The new ballots, labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" are printed on yellow-colored cardstock. Using the Yellow Ballots, 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 Candidate biographies can be viewed at: https://www.amsat.org/bios2018/ 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. Ballots must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018 in order to be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent via 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. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- JAMSAT NEXUS CubeSat Scheduled to Launch The Japan AMSAT Association (JAMSAT) and students at the Nippon University are jointly developing a CubeSat called NEXUS which will have a 145 to 435 MHz (Mode-J) transponder and a 38 kbps data downlink. Nippon University students have previously developed the SEEDS and SPROUT satellites. NEXUS is an achronym of “Next Education X (cross) Unique Satellite”, it will be 1U CubeSat with a mass of between 1 and 1.5 kg. The NEXUS team hope to: + Provide amateur radio communications via the 145/435 MHz transponder and SSTV + Download pictures from the 640×480 pixel camera + Operate the data downlink at 38400 bps QPSK + Compare the performance of the data downlink when using AFSK, GMSK and QPSK modes A launch opportunity has been identified by the end of this year or early next year by Epsilon rocket. NEXUS website in Google English http://tinyurl.com/NEXUS-Satellite NEXUS Blog http://tinyurl.com/NEXUS-Sat-Blog JAMSAT in Google English http://tinyurl.com/JAMSAT [ANS thanks JAMSAT and AMSAT-UK for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations as of 8/24/2018 + Svalbard (JQ78tf) – August 20-23 and 27-30, 2018 Raffaello, OH8FKS, will be operating from Svalbard August 20-23 and 27-30, using the callsign JW/OH8FKS/P. He will be active in the evening starting from approximately 1900z on FM and SSB satellites. Raffaello is operating 1/2 duplex, using an FT-817 and Arrow II. Look for him on M satellites AO-91/AO-92/AO-85/SO-50 and SSB FO-29/AO-7/XW-n. On SSB satellites, Raffaello will be operating on a fixed uplink frequency 10 KHz above center. QSL information available on QRZ. Geneva Switzerland – August 20-29, 2018 + Brennan, N4QX, will be visiting Geneva Switzerland August 19-29, operating under the call HB9/N4QX. This will be a holiday style, FM only trip. Specific pass and grid activations will be posted on his Twitter page, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice + North Edwards, CA (DM15) – August 25-31, 2018 David, AD7DB, will be in DM15 Saturday, August 25th. This will be an FM only activation. Planned passes are : AO85 1758z; AO92 1835z; AO91 1923z; AO85 1939z. Contacts will be logged to LOTW, or card QSL with your’s and SASE. Keep an eye on David’s Twitter page for updates, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad7db + Lawrence, KS (EM28, EM29) – August 26-28, 2018 Greg, N4KGL, will be in activating the EM28/EM29 gridline, while in Lawrence Kansas. More specific plans are forthcoming. + Kansas QSO Party (DM97) – August 26 Ron will be participating in the Kansas QSO Party from DM97. Updates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx + Eastern Sierra (DM07, DM08) – August 27, August 31, and September 1, 2018 I will be in the Eastern Sierra next week working from DM-07. I plan to work AO-85, AO-91 & AO-92 passes on 8/27 at 11:55 10:59 & 13:12 PDT respectively. I also plan to work the same satellites from the DM-07/08 line on 8/31 at 10:39, 13:25 and 10:50 respectively. Then again on Saturday 9/1 from the same location for the late morning/afternoon passes. However, if the fish are biting, I will most likely be holding my fishing pole instead of my antenna pole! Hope to catch some of you on the birds. -73, Bob, N6REK + DM56, DM57, DM58, DM59 – September 1-3, 2018 Ron, AD0DX, is heading out again. This time, he will be operating in DM56, DM57, DM58, and DM59. Updates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) yahoo.com Updated August 24, 2018 [ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + Shri Timli Vidyapeet, Devikhet, India, telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-08-27 08:06:33 UTC 88 deg via ON4ISS + Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal, NY, direct via K2ZRO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-08-28 16:41:36 UTC 88 deg + Integrierte Gesamtschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz – Scharmbeck, Germany and Gymnasium Soltau, Soltau, Germany, direct via DN3HB and DN5ABG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is a go for: Sat 2018-09-01 08:36:33 UTC 32 deg [ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + There will be an AMSAT village at EMFcamp. The Electromagnetic Field event takes place at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire Aug 31-Sept 2. Electromagnetic Field (EMF) is a non-profit UK camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things: hackers, geeks, scientists, engineers, artists, and crafters. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] + The FCC has issued call sign WJ2XLT to LeoLabs for satellite and space debris tracking from Menlo Park CA at 2.9-3 GHz with a transmission power of 2,500,000 W. The licensee requested that details be withheld from the public for 10 years. [ANS thanks Experimental Radio Service for the above information.] + Chinese state missile maker CASIC and its commercial space subsidiary Expace is preparing to launch its Kuaizhou-1A (Y8) solid rocket before the end of September, carrying the Centispace-1-1S test satellite into 700 km SSO. This mission will be additional to the approximately 35 being planned by main space contractor CASC for 2018.This means that together with CASC, emerging players like Expace, Landspace and potentially OneSpace, there could be around 40 Chinese launches in 2018. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Andrew Jones 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 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space, For EMike, AA8EM This week's Contributing ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org

1 0

ANS-232 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Harbin Institute of Technology Lunar Satellites Designated as Lunar-, OSCAR 93 (LO-93) and as Lunar-OSCAR 94 (LO-94)
by Joe Spier 20 Aug '18

20 Aug '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-232.01 In this Special Bulletin: * Harbin Institute of Technology Lunar Satellites Designated as Lunar- OSCAR 93 (LO-93) and as Lunar-OSCAR 94 (LO-94) SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-232.01 ANS-232 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 232.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE August 20, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-232.01 On May 20th, 2018, a pair of microsatellites, DSLWP-A and DSLWP-B, were successfully launched into a lunar transfer orbit aboard a Chinese CZ-4C launch vehicle. Telemetry signals were soon received from both satellites, although DSLWP-A was lost the following day. On May 25th, DSLWP-B was successfully placed in lunar orbit. Since then, it has continued transmitting GMSK and JT4G telemetry data, including SSDV digital images, and a short message relay service. More than 40 amateur radio operators around the world have successfully received the satellite. At the request of the Harbin Institute of Technology, AMSAT hereby designates DSLWP-A as Lunar-OSCAR 93 (LO-93) and DSLWP-B as Lunar- OSCAR 94 (LO-94). We congratulate the owners and operators of LO-93 and LO-94, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on this and future projects. 73, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator [ANS thanks AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space, This week's ANS Contributing Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org

1 0

ANS-231 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Chris Bradley (AA0CB) 19 Aug '18

19 Aug '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-231.01 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 dot 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: * AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers * Call for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC * AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due September 15, 2018 * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-231.01 ANS-231.01 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 231.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. August 19, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-231.01 AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers AMSAT has issued the second call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL on the weekend of November 2-4. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. Prospects should send a tentative title of their 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 Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC, Albuquerque, New Mexico September 14-16, 2018 The ARRL and TAPR DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques. Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories, experimental results, and practical applications. All digital topics are covered at the DCC including digital voice, data & video, SDR, DSP, precise timing, spread spectrum, networking technologies and mesh networking. Technical papers are being solicited for presentation at the ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) and printed in the annual Conference Proceedings published by the ARRL. Presentation at the conference is not required for publication although authors who attend receive priority for a scheduling a presentation during the technical forums. If you would like to present a technical topic at the DCC and not submit a technical paper email the topic of your presentation to the TAPR Office at: taproffice at tapr dot org Submission of technical papers for publication should be submitted ASAP to Maty Weinberg, ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 or via the Internet to maty at arrl dot org More details about technical papers and guidelines for paper submissions are available at: http://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers [ANS thanks Mark Thompson for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on Commercial Spacecraft NASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station - an endeavor that will return astronaut launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle's retirement in 2011. "Today, our country's dreams of greater achievements in space are within our grasp," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "This accomplished group of American astronauts, flying on new spacecraft developed by our commercial partners Boeing and SpaceX, will launch a new era of human spaceflight. Today's announcement advances our great American vision and strengthens the nation's leadership in space." The agency assigned nine astronauts to crew the first test flight and mission of both Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon. NASA has worked closely with the companies throughout design, development and testing to ensure the systems meet NASA's safety and performance requirements. "The men and women we assign to these first flights are at the forefront of this exciting new time for human spaceflight," said Mark Geyer, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "It will be thrilling to see our astronauts lift off from American soil, and we can't wait to see them aboard the International Space Station." Additional crew members will be assigned by NASA's international partners at a later date. NASA's continuous presence on the space station for almost 18 years has enabled technology demonstrations and research in biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, human health, physical sciences. This research has led to dramatic improvements in technology, infrastructure and medicine, and thousands of spinoff technologies that have improved quality of life here on Earth. The new spaceflight capability provided by Boeing and SpaceX will allow NASA to maintain a crew of seven astronauts on the space station, thereby maximizing scientific research that leads to breakthroughs and also aids in understanding and mitigating the challenges of long-duration spaceflight. NASA's Commercial Crew Program is facilitating the development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability with the goal of achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit. The public-private partnerships fostered by the program will stimulate growth in a robust commercial space industry and spark life-changing innovations for future generations. Further information at https://tinyurl.com/nasa-commercial-crew. [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due September 15, 2018 Corrected ballots were mailed and members should have received them. The new ballots, labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" are printed on yellow-colored cardstock. Using the Yellow Ballots, 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 Candidate biographies can be viewed at: https://www.amsat.org/bios2018/ 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. Ballots must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018 in order to be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent via 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. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations as of 9/19/2018 Geneva Switzerland - August 20-22, 2018 Brennan, N4QX, will be visiting Geneva Switzerland August 19-29, operating under the call HB9/N4QX. This will be a holiday style, FM only trip. Specific pass and grid activations will be posted on his Twitter page, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice 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 Minnesota (EN27) - August 25-31, 2018 Kirk, N0KK, will be in EN27, with possible road trips to EN16/17 and EN36, August 10th and 11th. Kirk Will attempt as many FM passes as possible on AO-91/92, SO-50. Specific pass announcements will be posted to Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/radiozerokk Lawrence, KS (EM28, EM29) - August 26-28, 2018 Greg, N4KGL, will be in activating the EM28/EM29 gridline, while in Lawrence Kansas. More specific plans are forthcoming. Kansas QSO Party (DM97) - August 26 Ron, AD0X will be participating in the Kansas QSO Party from DM97. Updates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx Please submit additions or corrections to ke4al at yahoo dot com. [ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-08-17 02:30 UTC Friedrich-Franz-Gymnasium Parchim, Parchim, Germany, direct via DC1RSN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Contact is a go for: Sat 2018-08-25 09:52:16 UTC 58 deg Vidya Mandir Inter College, Meerut, India, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-08-23 08:22:00 UTC 47 deg Glenden State School, Glenden, Queensland, Australia, 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: Fri 2018-08-24 09:45:17 UTC 54 deg [ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- + ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 131 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 106 [ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Rocket Fever" in Downey CA, 18 August 2018 AMSAT will be part of a larger effort representing amateur radio at "Rocket Fever", an event at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California. This event will take place on Saturday, 18 August 2018. More information about the event is available at: http://columbiaspacescience.org/news-events/event/rocket-fever-4/ The Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach and the Downey Amateur Radio Club will be the local radio clubs spearheading the amateur radio booth at the event: http://aralb.org/ (ARALB) http://darcarc.wordpress.com/ (Downey ARC) During the day, there will be demonstrations using different satellites from the grounds of the Columbia center. Most likely, WD9EWK will be the call sign used for these demonstrations. If you hear the demonstrations on the air, please feel free to call and join in. The Columbia center is in grid DM03, Los Angeles County. If WD9EWK is used for the satellite demonstrations, I will upload the QSOs to Logbook of the World after the event, and QSL cards will be available on request (no QSL card or SASE is needed; just e-mail me with QSO details). During this event, I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to post updates and pictures. Even if you don't use Twitter, these posts are available to anyone using a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK + While many are preparing for the first Phase 4 amateur payload in a geostationary satellite, the first Phase 5 amateur payload is already operational in an elliptical orbit around the Moon. The last transmissions from LongJiang 2 were on 2018-08-05 from 00:30 to 02:30 UTC and from 07:30 to 09:30 UTC on 435.400 MHz and 436.400 MHz. Various experiments are being carried out with GMSK and JT4G downlink signals. Stations with 'normal' amateur equipment can receive the downlinks quite well. Downlink signals have even been received with no more than an Arrow antenna, no preamp. DK5LA was the first to have his signals relayed through LongJiang 2 on 2018-07-15. On August 4, the first picture of an onboard camera was downlinked with SSDV. Other experiments will follow later. Why not give LongJiang 2 a try? [ANS thanks Nico, PA0DLO for the above information.] + The South Indian Ocian has many active satellite operators in the region, mainly from Mauritius (3B8), Reunion (FR), South Africa (ZS) as well as from Madagascar 5R8 sometimes. In spite many countries reachable particularly on FO-29 they report not hearing much traffic except for regular QSO's with Thailand thanks to Kob, E21EJC. Active operators reachable around the Indian Ocean (West Africa, Middle-East, Asia and Oceania) may not be looking that way as they are not expecting any traffic and also due to time difference. Stations in the South Indian Ocean area would like to QSO with others in that part of the globe. "Look for us on the birds!" [ANS thanks Jean Marc, 3B8DU for the above information.] + The AMSAT-UK payload for the ESEO satellite was delivered to Italy last week. The mode LV transponder and the antennas will be integrated into the satellite over the next few weeks. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and David Bowman, G0MRF for the above information.] + There will be an AMSAT village at EMFcamp. The Electromagnetic Field event takes place at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire Aug 31-Sept 2. Electromagnetic Field (EMF) is a non-profit UK camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things: hackers, geeks, scientists, engineers, artists, and crafters. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] + The FCC has issued call sign WJ2XLT to LeoLabs for satellite and space debris tracking from Menlo Park CA at 2.9-3 GHz with a transmission power of 2,500,000 W. The licensee requested that details be withheld from the public for 10 years. [ANS thanks Experimental Radio Service for the above information.] + Chinese state missile maker CASIC and its commercial space subsidiary Expace is preparing to launch its Kuaizhou-1A (Y8) solid rocket before the end of September, carrying the Centispace-1-1S test satellite into 700 km SSO. This mission will be additional to the approximately 35 being planned by main space contractor CASC for 2018.This means that together with CASC, emerging players like Expace, Landspace and potentially OneSpace, there could be around 40 Chinese launches in 2018. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Andrew Jones 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 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW n1uw at amsat dot org

1 0

ANS-224.02 AMSAT News Service Weekly News Bulletin
by Joe Spier 12 Aug '18

12 Aug '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE Supplement ANS-224.02 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat dot 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: * YOTA Group Earns AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club Awards SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-224.02 ANS-224 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 224.02 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. August 12, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-224.02 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOTA Group Earns AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club Awards Faith Hannah Lea, AE4FH, reports from the YOTA Camp in South Africa, that about 20 youth members from the Camp made their first satellite contacts. The group had launched a BACAR (Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio) - a high altitude balloon with various radio equipment on-board to explore near-space. While waiting for the data to return from the BACAR package, the YOTA group operated from grid KG43 on multiple satellites, ranging from SO-50, AO-91, & AO-92. "All the YOTA ZS9 members, who made their first satellite contact will receive the AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club Award" said Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director, Contests & Awards. Thirteen-year-old Faith Hannah Lea, AE4FH, of Palm Coast, Florida, is the only representative of International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 (IARU R-2) at the Youngster On The Air Camp 2018 this week in South Africa. The YOTA ZS 2018 Camp has eighty participants aged from 16 to 25, and from over 30 countries that have been invited to attend a fun-filled week of Amateur Radio from the 8th to the 15th August 2018. More information is available at: http://hamradio.world/ https://www.ham-yota.com/category/yota-2018/ http://www.arrl.org/news/young-us-radio-amateur-will-be-sole-iaru-region- 2-attendee-at-yota-camp (ANS thanks the ARRL, AMSAT-NA, SARL, YOTA, and Faith, AE4FH 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 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space, This week's ANS Reviewer, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org

1 0

ANS-224 AMSAT News Service Weekly News Bulletin
by Frank Karnauskas 12 Aug '18

12 Aug '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-224 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 dot 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: * Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. "Bill" Tynan, W3XO, SK * Indonesian Amateurs Using IO-86 for Earthquake Ecomm * BIRDS-2 Transmit Plans Announced * SiriusSat-1/SiriusSat-2 Decoding Tips * AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers * Call for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC * SSO-A Mission to Set Record for Number of Satellites Launched * NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on Commercial Spacecraft * AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due September 15, 2018 * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-224.01 ANS-224 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 224.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. August 12, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-224.01 Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. "Bill" Tynan, W3XO, SK It is with great sadness that AMSAT reports one of its founding directors and charter members, William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, passed away peacefully at his home on Tierra Linda Ranch in Kerrville Texas, on August 7, 2018. He was 91. Bill was born October 12, 1926 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. But, throughout his adult, life, he left an indelible mark on Amateur Radio with a long list of "firsts" since becoming licensed as W3KMV in early 1946. Indeed, Bill was in the forefront of Amateur Radio's growth and importance in many ways. His singularly distinctive accomplishments to our Amateur Radio Service were, quite literally, "out of this world." His active Amateur Radio interest really began in the mid-30s when he was a young boy. During the Second World War, and after obtaining a Restricted Radio Telephone Permit, he operated in the War Emergency Radio Service (WERS), donating his time to the effort to the citizens of Montgomery County, Maryland and, later, to the District of Columbia by operating WERS systems on 2 1/2 meter VHF (then called UHF). Of course, this occurred during a time when all Amateur Radio activity had been suspended for the duration of the War. His wartime activity would later spark his interest in the frequencies above 30 MHz, and he became an active VHF/UHF enthusiast almost since obtaining his first Ham ticket. However, it was his work in helping others exploit the VHF/UHF spectrum that best characterized Bill's numerous accomplishments and contributions to Amateur Radio. For example, in early 1969, Bill attended the charter meeting in Washington, DC to investigate the feasibility of carrying on the work of Project OSCAR, a group of West Coast Hams that had built and launched the very first satellites carrying Amateur Radio. The meeting later led to the establishment of today's Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). Bill was elected to the first Board of Directors of the new organization, and was later named Vice President for Operations. Bill performed yeoman service in this position during the OSCAR 6 era, principally because that particular satellite had a nasty habit of unexpectedly changing operating modes "on its own". Bill's superb efforts coordinated the work of dozens of worldwide command stations to keep OSCAR 6 (then the only OSCAR satellite in orbit) up and running for the world's Amateur Radio Operators to use. His outstanding work allowed critical Amateur Radio propagation and other experiments, as well as other, more routine communications, to continue virtually unabated. His singular efforts extended use of a critical, space-based experimental Amateur Radio resource that otherwise would have been given up for lost. Later, Bill's strong reputation for getting things done, and his expertise as a leading expert in the VHF/UHF arena, led to a request from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that he assume duties as Contributing Editor for QST Magazine's "World above 50 MHz" column. Under his superb guidance, and during the next 18 years, Bill kept the column both fresh and alive, while providing Hams worldwide with a powerful forum to advocate and nurture such new Amateur Radio technologies as long-haul VHF/UHF, moonbounce, DX and contest work, as well as emerging meteor scatter and satellite communications. However, while Bill Tynan's first love was VHF and UHF work, his heart and soul were always with AMSAT. Not surprisingly, it is with AMSAT that Bill's positive impacts on Ham Radio were destined to become some of his longest lasting contributions to our Service. For example, since his earliest days in AMSAT, Bill was intrigued with the possibility of Hams on the ground being able to talk to Hams in space. Later, in the mid-1970's, he actively explored the idea of Amateur Radio operation from aboard the Skylab space station while Owen Garriott, W5LFL, was to be a part of that crew. Unfortunately, NASA did not approve this proposal, stating that it was too late to modify the station to provide for an antenna. However, later, as the Shuttle program was beginning (and on behalf of AMSAT) Bill authored the very first draft proposal to allow Amateur Radio operation from the Space Shuttle. His idea was soon picked up by the ARRL, and it resulted in a formal, joint AMSAT/ARRL proposal to NASA to allow this activity. Needless to say, Bill's superb vision led directly to Owen Garriott's historic first use of Ham Radio from space during the STS-9 mission, thus marking the birth of the (then) very popular SAREX program. In 1986, Bill was again elected to the AMSAT Board of Directors, and, in 1991, just as the Phase 3D project (which later became AMSAT- OSCAR 40 on orbit) was beginning to gain momentum, Bill assumed duties as President of the organization at a most critical period in its history. As with his previous callings, Bill wasted no time in making his lasting mark on the organization. As one of his first efforts, he was instrumental in pulling a team of over two hundred volunteer people from 13 different countries together with the common goal of building and launching the largest, most complex, and most expensive Amateur Radio satellite ever attempted. When he finally stepped down from his post as AMSAT President in late 1998, his repeated, annual re-election to this high post made his one of the longest running terms as President in the organization's history. In addition to his solid accomplishments in furthering Amateur Radio, Bill remained a very active Radio Amateur. He was a life member of the ARRL, a life member of AMSAT (membership number 10), and was an active member of the Central States VHF Society, also serving on its Board of Directors. He was its President in 1992 and put on the organization's annual conference that year. Bill was also a member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association, the Radio Club of America, the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) as well as the National Space Society. Locally, he was the Program Chairman of the Hill Country Amateur Radio Club at his home on the Terra Linda Ranch in Kerrville, Texas and also served on the ranch's Cable TV advisory committee. During his lifetime, Bill also received several prestigious awards, including "The Ham of Year" in 1996 from the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) and in 2012, the Barry Goldwater Amateur Radio Award from the Radio Club of America. Bill is survived by his wife of 51 years, the former Mattie LeNoir of Kilgore Texas, along with numerous cousins, brothers and sisters- in-law. No services will be held. However, his ashes will be scattered in two locations, the cemetery in Elgin, Texas where his wife will be interred and the cemetery in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada which is his mother's birthplace, and where his parents are buried. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his name to the charity of your choice. Statement of AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, on the passing of Bill Tynan, W3XO: I can only second the many comments and condolences that are coming in from around the world on the passing of Bill Tynan, W3XO. From the many remembrances of Bill's past accomplishments, it is clear that AMSAT and amateur radio has lost a dear friend. Friend is an important way to honor Bill. Bill was a friend to AMSAT, a friend to ARISS, a friend to the ARRL, a friend to amateur radio, a friend to his community, and lifelong friend to his dear wife, Mattie. Bill's friendship extended to me when I became AMSAT President. After hearing me present on some subject, I received a three page treatise from Bill on the proper use of the pronoun "me." His keen ear had picked up on my error, and the improvement came in a paper titled "What's the Matter with Me?" Bill had a way of looking at issues from a different perspective. Last October's Board of Directors meeting was in the middle of a "heated" discussion on the verbiage of a proposal, when Bill walked in and sat down. After another 15 minutes of discussion, further discussion on the proposal was tabled until the following day. Bill's comment after listening to all this was "Wow, sounds just like the board meetings we use to have 40 years ago!" Recently, Bill asked to step down as the AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator. Bill has been granting applicants who qualify OSCAR numbers for over two decades, since the late-1990s. Even Bill could not remember the first number he issued, but he believed it was either TO-31 or SO-35. In any case, Bill had issued at least 57 OSCAR numbers. This is over 60%, or very close to two-thirds, of all the OSCAR numbers currently issued at this time. Bill liked to keep busy with his passion for amateur radio, whether this was working in the foreground or background. Only a few weeks ago, Bill proposed to AMSAT the use of FT-8 as a digital mode on a future satellite. My friend, Bill Tynan, W3XO, was always thinking ahead. Ad astra. [ANS thanks AMSAT the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Indonesian Amateurs Using IO-86 for Earthquake Ecomm As Radio Amateurs in Indonesia respond for the second time to an Earthquake in the Lombok area, please take care to avoid causing QRM to their activities on 7.110MHz and emergency activities on satellite IO-86. The second powerful earthquake in the area killed at least 98 people and seriously injured more than 200 others. The electricity supply in the area is disrupted and the ORARI of West Nusa Tenggara Region led by YB9KA and YB9GV have taken action to cover areas with no cellular coverage including taking battery supplies to affected repeaters. At the moment four repeaters are operating in the disaster area with ORARI HQ asking their Bali Island Region (the closest area) to provide further repeater support for use by emergency communications in Lombok. ORARI HQ has also issued an official request to the nearest region, to help with both logistics and personnel to Lombok, and designating a National Frequency for the Lombok Earthquake at 7.110 MHz for HF, VHF on 145.500 MHz Simplex and 147.000 MHz Duplex, and also to activate ORARI Satellite LAPAN IO-86 to assist with communication. The Central Java Region of the Indonesian Search And Rescue Council has sent a group of rescuers and vehicles, led by YB2QC the Operation and Technical Head of ORARI, to join the National Rescue Operation in Lombok and ORARI. Jakarta is also arranging the delivery of logistical assistance to Lombok. (ANS thanks the IARU Region 1 and Dani, YB2TJV for the above information.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRDS-2 Transmit Plans Announced JAXA's three BIRDS-2 satellites, BHUTAN-1, MAYA-1 and UiTMSat-1 are scheduled for deployment from the ISS on August 10, 2018. All three CubeSats of BIRDS-2 project will be operating with same uplink and downlink frequency. Each CubeSat will transmit a CW beacon at 437.375 MHz. Telemetry and mission downlink will use the same frequency but only upon a successful uplink command. Each CubeSat also has an APRS digipeater on 145.825 MHz. Since the CubeSats will be released at the same time from the ISS, there is a possibility that the beacons from three CubeSats will interfere with each other, making it difficult to decode. To avoid that, one of the measures adopted by the team is as described below. The CubeSats will be released together, which means they will turn on almost at the same time. Once turned on, one of the first things they do is start transmission of beacon to indicate it is alive. But the CubeSats are programmed in such a way that each of them waits for a different amount of time before the beacon starts. The first satellite coming out will be BHUTAN-1 and will be the first to start transmission. It will then of beacon and it will remain silent long enough to let other two satellites finish their beacon transmissions. The initial beacon signal period is set as 115 sec (30 sec transmission and 85 sec silent time). This is a temporary schedule for the initial operation phase. The satellites, their ID's and call signs are as follows: Satellite Country ID Call Sign BHUTAN-1 Bhutan BIRD-BT JG6YKL MAYA-1 Philippines BIRD-PH JG6YKM UiTMSat-1 Malaysia BIRD-MY JG6YKN (ANS thanks the Joint Global Multi-Nation BIRDS Project for the above information.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- SiriusSat-1/SiriusSat-2 Decoding Tips The Sputnix site has some information for radio amateurs concerning the SiriusSat-1/SiriusSat-2 satellites scheduled for release from the ISS on 15 August 2018. The following is Tod, AD0I's translation of part of the following Russian language URLs: http://sputnix.ru/ru/nashi-sputniki/siriussat-1 http://sputnix.ru/ru/nashi-sputniki/siriussat-2 Information for Radio Amateurs We invite all radio amateurs to take part in reception of our signals. We have prepared a decoder program which will allow you to decode practically all types of data which will be transmitted from the satellites, in the first place the beacons, and also a connection to the central telemetry database db.satnogs.org and the transmission of received packets to us and all radio amateurs (this option can be turned off). The satellites will work on these frequencies with the following call signs: SiriusSat-1 Call sign RS13S Frequency 435.570 MHz SiriusSat-2 Call sign RS14S Frequency 435.670 MHz GMSK 4800 modulation will be used, AX.25 G3RUH standard protocol. SPUTNIX Telemetry Viewer can be used with standard amateur radio software typically used for satellite reception, for example, with the combination of Orbitron/SDRSharp and with UZ7HO's SoundModem. Telemetry Viewer is connected with the help of AGWPE or KISS TCP interfaces. User settings are accessible in the file resources/config.xml. Download SPUTNIX Telemetry Viewer (Russian, 10.2 MB): https://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-Telemetry-Viewer-Rus Download SPUTNIX Telemetry Viewer (English, 10.2 MB): https://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-Telemetry-Viewwer-En Download I/Q test recording (27.1 MB): https://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-IQ-Test-Recording Download audio test recording (2.5 MB): https://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-Audio-Test-Recording [ANS thanks Tod, AL0I for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers AMSAT has issued the second call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL on the weekend of November 2-4. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. Prospects should send a tentative title of their 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 Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC, Albuquerque, New Mexico September 14-16, 2018 The ARRL and TAPR DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques. Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories, experimental results, and practical applications. All digital topics are covered at the DCC including digital voice, data & video, SDR, DSP, precise timing, spread spectrum, networking technologies and mesh networking. Technical papers are being solicited for presentation at the ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) and printed in the annual Conference Proceedings published by the ARRL. Presentation at the conference is not required for publication although authors who attend receive priority for a scheduling a presentation during the technical forums. If you would like to present a technical topic at the DCC and not submit a technical paper email the topic of your presentation to the TAPR Office at: taproffice at tapr dot org Submission of technical papers for publication should be submitted ASAP to Maty Weinberg, ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 or via the Internet to maty at arrl dot org More details about technical papers and guidelines for paper submissions are available at: http://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers [ANS thanks Mark Thompson for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- SSO-A Mission to Set Record for Number of Satellites Launched Spaceflight announced details behind its SSO-A mission, the largest single rideshare mission from a US-based launch vehicle to date. Fox-1 Cliff will be among the satellites aboard this launch. Spaceflight has contracted with more than 70 spacecraft from approximately 35 different organizations, to launch from a SpaceX Falcon 9 later this year. The mission, named SSO-A: SmallSat Express represents the company's purchase of an entire Falcon 9 to accommodate the growing number of domestic, international, government and commercial customers seeking affordable rideshare options to launch their spacecraft into orbit. SSO-A, which signifies the company's first dedicated rideshare mission to a Sun-Synchronous Low Earth Orbit, is slated to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It includes 15 microsats and 56 cubesats from commercial and government entities, of which more than 30 are from international organizations from 18 countries including United States, Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Finland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Germany, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Poland, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and India. Planet is sending two SkySat small sats, the primary spacecraft on the launch, along with several Dove cubesats. They are also sponsoring the launch of two cubesats: one from Georgia Institute of Technology and one from University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. Among the spacecraft onboard, 23 are from universities, 19 are imaging satellites, 23 are technology demonstrations, two are art exhibits, and one is from a high school. Seventy-five percent are commercial spacecraft. A few notable customers include University of North Carolina- Wilmington, NovaWurks, Ghalam, Helios Wire / Sirion Global, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Astrocast, Honeywell Aerospace, HawkEye 360, Nevada Museum of Art, Fleet Space Technologies, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Audacy, Capella Space Corporation, University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, and many others. With the majority of the spacecraft being integrated in Spaceflight's Auburn, WA facility, the stack is one of the most complex and intricate endeavors the company has undertaken. The smallsats will be integrated with a variety of dispensers and avionics to an upper free flyer and lower free flyer. [ANS thanks Spaceflight for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on Commercial Spacecraft NASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station - an endeavor that will return astronaut launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle's retirement in 2011. "Today, our country's dreams of greater achievements in space are within our grasp," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "This accomplished group of American astronauts, flying on new spacecraft developed by our commercial partners Boeing and SpaceX, will launch a new era of human spaceflight. Today's announcement advances our great American vision and strengthens the nation's leadership in space." The agency assigned nine astronauts to crew the first test flight and mission of both Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon. NASA has worked closely with the companies throughout design, development and testing to ensure the systems meet NASA's safety and performance requirements. "The men and women we assign to these first flights are at the forefront of this exciting new time for human spaceflight," said Mark Geyer, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "It will be thrilling to see our astronauts lift off from American soil, and we can't wait to see them aboard the International Space Station." Additional crew members will be assigned by NASA's international partners at a later date. NASA's continuous presence on the space station for almost 18 years has enabled technology demonstrations and research in biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, human health, physical sciences. This research has led to dramatic improvements in technology, infrastructure and medicine, and thousands of spinoff technologies that have improved quality of life here on Earth. The new spaceflight capability provided by Boeing and SpaceX will allow NASA to maintain a crew of seven astronauts on the space station, thereby maximizing scientific research that leads to breakthroughs and also aids in understanding and mitigating the challenges of long-duration spaceflight. NASA's Commercial Crew Program is facilitating the development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability with the goal of achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit. The public-private partnerships fostered by the program will stimulate growth in a robust commercial space industry and spark life-changing innovations for future generations. Further information at https://tinyurl.com/nasa-commercial-crew. [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due September 15, 2018 Corrected ballots were mailed and members should have received them. The new ballots, labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" are printed on yellow-colored cardstock. Using the Yellow Ballots, 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 Candidate biographies can be viewed at: https://www.amsat.org/bios2018/ 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. Ballots must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018 in order to be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent via 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. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations as of 8/8/2018 Iceland (HP84, HP94, and HP95) - August 9-14, 2018 Gareth, G0MFR, will be in Iceland 9-14 August, activating grids HP94/95/84 and looking for NA QSOs on FM Sats. Rocky Mountain High - August 10-14, 2018 Chris, K7TAB is heading from his home QTH (DM43) to DN70 on August 10th. Possible activations of DM55/56/57/58/48/38 on Aug 10-11 on the way, This will be a combined SOTA and AMSAT trip. Chris has an empty dance card, so stay tuned to his Twitter account, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/K7TABravo for further announcements. 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 Ocean City, MD (FM28) - August 11-14, 2018 Brennan, N4QX, will be activating FM28, while visiting Ocean City, MD. This will be holiday-style and FM only. Pass announcements will be posted to his Twitter page, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice 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 New England Grids (FN01, FN10, FN11, and FN21) - August 11-15, 2018 Charlie, N3CRT is heading out on a family vacation, and he]s bringing his satellite gear. Plan is 8/11 FN21 and FN11, 8/12-13 FN11 and FN01, 8/14 FN11, 8/15 FN10. FM sats only. Pass announcements will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/charlieray Maine (FN44, FN53, and FN55) - August 12-18, 2018 Adam, K0FFY, will be visiting the State of Maine, August 12-18. Considerate enough to bring along his satellite gear, Adam expects to activate FN44, FN53, and FN 55. Updates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio Lancaster, PA (FN10) - August 15-16, 2018 Brennan, N4QX, will be visiting Lancaster, PA. While there, he will activate FN10, holiday-style, FM only. Updates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice On the Way to Kansas (EM19, EM39, and EM49) - August 15-16, 2018 Joe, KE9AJ, will be activating will be stopping in a few grids on his way to Kansas. Look for him in EM19 on August 15th, and EM39 and EM49 on August 16th. This will be an FM only trip. Pass announcements will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/KE9AJ Road to Huntsville, Alabama (EM53, EM54, EM55, EM63, EM64, EM65) - August 16-19, 2018 Robert, KE4AL, will be heading to the Huntsville Hamfest August 16th. Enroute, he will activate EM53/EM63, EM54/EM55, and EM64/EM65 gridlines. August 17th, Robert will be operating from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (EM64) and scouting out the venue for the 36th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, which will be held November 2-4, 2018. In addition, Robert will be providing AMSAT demonstrations at the Huntsville Hamfest (EM64), August 18-19. Specific passes will be announced on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/KE4ALabama Geneva Switzerland - August 20-22, 2018 Brennan, N4QX, will be visiting Geneva Switzerland August 19-29, operating under the call HB9/N4QX. This will be a holiday style, FM only trip. Specific pass and grid activations will be posted on his Twitter page, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice 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 Minnesota (EN27) - August 25-31, 2018 Kirk, N0KK, will be in EN27, with possible road trips to EN16/17 and EN36, August 10th and 11th. Kirk Will attempt as many FM passes as possible on AO-91/92, SO-50. Specific pass announcements will be posted to Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/radiozerokk Lawrence, KS (EM28, EM29) - August 26-28, 2018 Greg, N4KGL, will be in activating the EM28/EM29 gridline, while in Lawrence Kansas. More specific plans are forthcoming. Kansas QSO Party (DM97) - August 26 Ron, AD0X will be participating in the Kansas QSO Party from DM97. Updates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx Please submit additions or corrections to ke4al at yahoo dot com. [ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-08-07 18:00 UTC Nagoya Technical High School, Nagoya, Japan, direct via JA2YNI. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU. Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-08-13 09:23:09 UTC 82 deg. Matthes-Enderlein-Gymnasium Zwönitz, Zwönitz, Germany and Hohenstaufen-Gymnasium Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany, direct via DLØMEG and DLØXK. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS. The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO. Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-08-13 13:48:27 UTC 56 deg. DLR_School_Lab Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, direct via DN2DLR. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS. The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO. Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-08-14 12:56:59 UTC 76 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 dot org or aj9n at aol dot com. [ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.] + ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 130 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 106 [ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Rocket Fever" in Downey CA, 18 August 2018 AMSAT will be part of a larger effort representing amateur radio at "Rocket Fever", an event at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California. This event will take place on Saturday, 18 August 2018. More information about the event is available at: http://columbiaspacescience.org/news-events/event/rocket-fever-4/ The Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach and the Downey Amateur Radio Club will be the local radio clubs spearheading the amateur radio booth at the event: http://aralb.org/ (ARALB) http://darcarc.wordpress.com/ (Downey ARC) During the day, there will be demonstrations using different satellites from the grounds of the Columbia center. Most likely, WD9EWK will be the call sign used for these demonstrations. If you hear the demonstrations on the air, please feel free to call and join in. The Columbia center is in grid DM03, Los Angeles County. If WD9EWK is used for the satellite demonstrations, I will upload the QSOs to Logbook of the World after the event, and QSL cards will be available on request (no QSL card or SASE is needed; just e-mail me with QSO details). During this event, I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to post updates and pictures. Even if you don't use Twitter, these posts are available to anyone using a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK + While many are preparing for the first Phase 4 amateur payload in a geostationary satellite, the first Phase 5 amateur payload is already operational in an elliptical orbit around the Moon. The last transmissions from LongJiang 2 were on 2018-08-05 from 00:30 to 02:30 UTC and from 07:30 to 09:30 UTC on 435.400 MHz and 436.400 MHz. Various experiments are being carried out with GMSK and JT4G downlink signals. Stations with 'normal' amateur equipment can receive the downlinks quite well. Downlink signals have even been received with no more than an Arrow antenna, no preamp. DK5LA was the first to have his signals relayed through LongJiang 2 on 2018-07-15. On August 4, the first picture of an onboard camera was downlinked with SSDV. Other experiments will follow later. Why not give LongJiang 2 a try? [ANS thanks Nico, PA0DLO for the above information.] + The South Indian Ocian has many active satellite operators in the region, mainly from Mauritius (3B8), Reunion (FR), South Africa (ZS) as well as from Madagascar 5R8 sometimes. In spite many countries reachable particularly on FO-29 they report not hearing much traffic except for regular QSO's with Thailand thanks to Kob, E21EJC. Active operators reachable around the Indian Ocean (West Africa, Middle-East, Asia and Oceania) may not be looking that way as they are not expecting any traffic and also due to time difference. Stations in the South Indian Ocean area would like to QSO with others in that part of the globe. "Look for us on the birds!" [ANS thanks Jean Marc, 3B8DU for the above information.] + The AMSAT-UK payload for the ESEO satellite was delivered to Italy last week. The mode LV transponder and the antennas will be integrated into the satellite over the next few weeks. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and David Bowman, G0MRF for the above information.] + There will be an AMSAT village at EMFcamp. The Electromagnetic Field event takes place at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire Aug 31-Sept 2. Electromagnetic Field (EMF) is a non-profit UK camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things: hackers, geeks, scientists, engineers, artists, and crafters. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] + The FCC has issued call sign WJ2XLT to LeoLabs for satellite and space debris tracking from Menlo Park CA at 2.9-3 GHz with a transmission power of 2,500,000 W. The licensee requested that details be withheld from the public for 10 years. [ANS thanks Experimental Radio Service for the above information.] + Chinese state missile maker CASIC and its commercial space subsidiary Expace is preparing to launch its Kuaizhou-1A (Y8) solid rocket before the end of September, carrying the Centispace-1-1S test satellite into 700 km SSO. This mission will be additional to the approximately 35 being planned by main space contractor CASC for 2018.This means that together with CASC, emerging players like Expace, Landspace and potentially OneSpace, there could be around 40 Chinese launches in 2018. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Andrew Jones 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 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW n1uw at amsat dot org

1 0

ANS-221 ANS Special Bulletin Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. "Bill" Tynan, W3XO, SK
by Frank Karnauskas 09 Aug '18

09 Aug '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-221 SPECIAL BULLETIN: Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. "Bill" Tynan, W3XO, SK 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: * Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. "Bill" Tynan, W3XO, SK SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-221.01 ANS-221 SPECIAL AMSAT News Service Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. August 9, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-221.01 Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. "Bill" Tynan, W3XO, SK It is with great sadness that AMSAT reports one of its founding directors and charter members, William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, passed away peacefully at his home on Tierra Linda Ranch in Kerrville Texas, on August 7, 2018. He was 91. Bill was born October 12, 1926 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. But, throughout his adult, life, he left an indelible mark on Amateur Radio with a long list of "firsts" since becoming licensed as W3KMV in early 1946. Indeed, Bill was in the forefront of Amateur Radio's growth and importance in many ways. His singularly distinctive accomplishments to our Amateur Radio Service were, quite literally, "out of this world." His active Amateur Radio interest really began in the mid-30s when he was a young boy. During the Second World War, and after obtaining a Restricted Radio Telephone Permit, he operated in the War Emergency Radio Service (WERS), donating his time to the effort to the citizens of Montgomery County, Maryland and, later, to the District of Columbia by operating WERS systems on 2 1/2 meter VHF (then called UHF). Of course, this occurred during a time when all Amateur Radio activity had been suspended for the duration of the War. His wartime activity would later spark his interest in the frequencies above 30 MHz, and he became an active VHF/UHF enthusiast almost since obtaining his first Ham ticket. However, it was his work in helping others exploit the VHF/UHF spectrum that best characterized Bill's numerous accomplishments and contributions to Amateur Radio. For example, in early 1969, Bill attended the charter meeting in Washington, DC to investigate the feasibility of carrying on the work of Project OSCAR, a group of West Coast Hams that had built and launched the very first satellites carrying Amateur Radio. The meeting later led to the establishment of today's Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). Bill was elected to the first Board of Directors of the new organization, and was later named Vice President for Operations. Bill performed yeoman service in this position during the OSCAR 6 era, principally because that particular satellite had a nasty habit of unexpectedly changing operating modes "on its own". Bill's superb efforts coordinated the work of dozens of worldwide command stations to keep OSCAR 6 (then the only OSCAR satellite in orbit) up and running for the world's Amateur Radio Operators to use. His outstanding work allowed critical Amateur Radio propagation and other experiments, as well as other, more routine communications, to continue virtually unabated. His singular efforts extended use of a critical, space-based experimental Amateur Radio resource that otherwise would have been given up for lost. Later, Bill's strong reputation for getting things done, and his expertise as a leading expert in the VHF/UHF arena, led to a request from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that he assume duties as Contributing Editor for QST Magazine's "World above 50 MHz" column. Under his superb guidance, and during the next 18 years, Bill kept the column both fresh and alive, while providing Hams worldwide with a powerful forum to advocate and nurture such new Amateur Radio technologies as long-haul VHF/UHF, moonbounce, DX and contest work, as well as emerging meteor scatter and satellite communications. However, while Bill Tynan's first love was VHF and UHF work, his heart and soul were always with AMSAT. Not surprisingly, it is with AMSAT that Bill's positive impacts on Ham Radio were destined to become some of his longest lasting contributions to our Service. For example, since his earliest days in AMSAT, Bill was intrigued with the possibility of Hams on the ground being able to talk to Hams in space. Later, in the mid-1970's, he actively explored the idea of Amateur Radio operation from aboard the Skylab space station while Owen Garriott, W5LFL, was to be a part of that crew. Unfortunately, NASA did not approve this proposal, stating that it was too late to modify the station to provide for an antenna. However, later, as the Shuttle program was beginning (and on behalf of AMSAT) Bill authored the very first draft proposal to allow Amateur Radio operation from the Space Shuttle. His idea was soon picked up by the ARRL, and it resulted in a formal, joint AMSAT/ARRL proposal to NASA to allow this activity. Needless to say, Bill's superb vision led directly to Owen Garriott's historic first use of Ham Radio from space during the STS-9 mission, thus marking the birth of the (then) very popular SAREX program. In 1986, Bill was again elected to the AMSAT Board of Directors, and, in 1991, just as the Phase 3D project (which later became AMSAT- OSCAR 40 on orbit) was beginning to gain momentum, Bill assumed duties as President of the organization at a most critical period in its history. As with his previous callings, Bill wasted no time in making his lasting mark on the organization. As one of his first efforts, he was instrumental in pulling a team of over two hundred volunteer people from 13 different countries together with the common goal of building and launching the largest, most complex, and most expensive Amateur Radio satellite ever attempted. When he finally stepped down from his post as AMSAT President in late 1998, his repeated, annual re-election to this high post made his one of the longest running terms as President in the organization's history. In addition to his solid accomplishments in furthering Amateur Radio, Bill remained a very active Radio Amateur. He was a life member of the ARRL, a life member of AMSAT (membership number 10), and was an active member of the Central States VHF Society, also serving on its Board of Directors. He was its President in 1992 and put on the organization's annual conference that year. Bill was also a member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association, the Radio Club of America, the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) as well as the National Space Society. Locally, he was the Program Chairman of the Hill Country Amateur Radio Club at his home on the Terra Linda Ranch in Kerrville, Texas and also served on the ranch's Cable TV advisory committee. During his lifetime, Bill also received several prestigious awards, including "The Ham of Year" in 1996 from the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) and in 2012, the Barry Goldwater Amateur Radio Award from the Radio Club of America. Bill is survived by his wife of 51 years, the former Mattie LeNoir of Kilgore Texas, along with numerous cousins, brothers and sisters- in-law. No services will be held. However, his ashes will be scattered in two locations, the cemetery in Elgin, Texas where his wife will be interred and the cemetery in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada which is his mother's birthplace, and where his parents are buried. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his name to the charity of your choice. Statement of AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, on the passing of Bill Tynan, W3XO: I can only second the many comments and condolences that are coming in from around the world on the passing of Bill Tynan, W3XO. From the many remembrances of Bill's past accomplishments, it is clear that AMSAT and amateur radio has lost a dear friend. Friend is an important way to honor Bill. Bill was a friend to AMSAT, a friend to ARISS, a friend to the ARRL, a friend to amateur radio, a friend to his community, and lifelong friend to his dear wife, Mattie. Bill's friendship extended to me when I became AMSAT President. After hearing me present on some subject, I received a three page treatise from Bill on the proper use of the pronoun "me." His keen ear had picked up on my error, and the improvement came in a paper titled "What's the Matter with Me?" Bill had a way of looking at issues from a different perspective. Last October's Board of Directors meeting was in the middle of a "heated" discussion on the verbiage of a proposal, when Bill walked in and sat down. After another 15 minutes of discussion, further discussion on the proposal was tabled until the following day. Bill's comment after listening to all this was "Wow, sounds just like the board meetings we use to have 40 years ago!" Recently, Bill asked to step down as the AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator. Bill has been granting applicants who qualify OSCAR numbers for over two decades, since the late-1990s. Even Bill could not remember the first number he issued, but he believed it was either TO-31 or SO-35. In any case, Bill had issued at least 57 OSCAR numbers. This is over 60%, or very close to two-thirds, of all the OSCAR numbers currently issued at this time. Bill liked to keep busy with his passion for amateur radio, whether this was working in the foreground or background. Only a few weeks ago, Bill proposed to AMSAT the use of FT-8 as a digital mode on a future satellite. My friend, Bill Tynan, W3XO, was always thinking ahead. Ad astra. [ANS thanks AMSAT 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, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW n1uw at amsat dot org

1 0

ANS-217 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 04 Aug '18

04 Aug '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-217 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * AMSAT-DL Announces IARU coordinated frequencies for P4-A, Es'hail-2 * Launch Announced For Es’hail-2 Carrying Ham Radio Transponders * BIRDS-2 deploy from ISS on 10th Aug * VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July 2018 * Return of ARISS Packet Radio * Students Learn About Amateur Satellites At College Workshops * AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Mailed * AMSAT Member Ruth Willet, KM4LAO Receives 2018 ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award * Call for Papers Microwave Update 2018 * 2018 36th AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Registration Now on AMSAT Store * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-217.01 ANS-217 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 217.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. August 5, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-217.01 AMSAT-DL Announces IARU coordinated frequencies for P4-A, Es'hail-2 Es'hail-2 is a commercial geostationary broadcasting satellite which will also provide the first amateur radio Phase 4 trans- ponders. The satellite will be positioned at 26 degrees east. Es'hail-2 will carry two transponders operating in the 2400 MHz and 10450 MHz bands. A 250kHz bandwidth linear transponder intended for conventional analogue operations and an 8 MHz bandwidth transponder for experimental digital modulation schemes and DVB amateur television. The following frequencies have been coordinated: for narrowband linear transponder • downlink 10489.550 - 10489.800 MHz with 100 Watts output power • uplink 2400.050 - 2400.300 MHz for wideband digital transponder • downlink 10491.000 - 10499.000 MHz with 100 Watts output power • uplink 2401.500 - 2409.500 MHz http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=630 http://www.amsat-dl.org/index.php/es-hail-2-p4a [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Launch Announced For Es’hail-2 Carrying Ham Radio Transponders Es’hailSat has tweeted their geostationary satellite Es’hail-2 is expected to be launched by SpaceX in the 4th quarter of 2018. Qatar’s Es’hail-2 satellite will provide the first amateur radio geostationary communications and is capable of linking amateurs from Brazil to Thailand. Es’hail-2 will carry two “Phase 4” amateur radio transponders operating in the 2400 MHz and 10450 MHz bands. A 250 kHz bandwidth linear transponder intended for conventional analogue operations and an 8 MHz bandwidth transponder for experimental digital modulation schemes and DVB amateur television. On August 2 the company tweeted the launch information in response to a question about the launch date from Eric Ralph https://twitter.com/eshailsat/status/1024898547165093890 On July 31, 2018 Michael Baylor @nextspaceflight tweeted: A new #SpaceX Falcon 9 arriving at the Cape. The most likely scenario is that it is B1050.1 for the Es’hail mission. @13ericralph31 is reporting that B1046.2 will launch Merah Putih, making B1049.1 the most likely choice for Telstar 18V. https://tinyurl.com/ANS217-Falcon9Arrival AMSAT-DL Phase 4A Es’hail-2 geostationary satellite amateur radio transponder slides: https://tinyurl.com/ANS217-TransponderSlides AMSAT-DL Phase 4A leaflet: https://tinyurl.com/ANS217-P4A-Leaflet Es’hail-2: https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/geosynchronous/eshail-2/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL via AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRDS-2 deploy from ISS on 10th Aug JAXA announced BIRDS-2 three CubeSats BHUTAN-1, MAYA-1 and UiTMSat-1 deploy from ISS at 10th August. They will transmit 30 minutes after deployment. Initial mode looks CW on 70cm. They use same frequency 437.375MHz and transmit in the order of BHUTAN-1, MAYA-1 and UiTMSat-1. BIRDS-2 CubeSats has also APRS digipeater on 145.825MHz. Satellite Country ID Call Sign BHUTAN-1 Bhutan BIRD-BT JG6YKL MAYA-1 Philippines BIRD-PH JG6YKM UiTMSat-1 Malaysia BIRD-MY JG6YKN http://birds2.birds-project.com/operation/ [ANS thanks Masahiro JN1GKZ for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July 2018 Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period July 1, 2018 through August 1, 2018. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL 01Jul 01Aug K8YSE 1848 1879 WA4NVM 1488 1522 N9IP 618 625 WD9EWK 450 476 K7TAB 306 430 KE4AL 379 429 AA8CH 256 316 AE5B 100 239 K5IX 175 202 N6RFM 107 201 N7AGF 152 175 PU8RFL 120 125 IK0USO 100 118 LW2DAF New 103 WW8W New 103 K2MTS New 100 KG4AKV New 100 KJ4EU New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contacat: w5rkn at w5rkn dot com. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for July 1, 2018 and August 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return of ARISS Packet Radio If you have missed APRS and packet radio from ISS (as ARISS has), you'll be happy to hear that a replacement system is on its way. When the packet module aboard ISS died in late 2017, the ARISS hardware team was heavily involved in design and safety certification of the new Interoperable Radio System (IORS). After basic troubleshooting and a few attempts to revive the failed module, we decided to dedicate our time to IORS and get it - with its packet and other capabilities - aboard ISS as soon as possible. Early this year, thermal testing of the first flight-identical IORS power supply showed that some changes to air flow were needed. This change looked likely to delay our expected IORS deployment from late 2018 to early 2019. With some newly available time, the hardware team was able to dig up an original duplicate of the packet module, replace its battery, and test the module to verify that it still works. Fortunately, NASA has approved flight of this identical unit with minimal paperwork, so we are asking to be on the manifest for supply mission 71P (a Progress spacecraft). Launch currently is scheduled for 31 October, with docking on 2 November. Installation will depend on the crew’s busy schedule, but we expect packet will be operational again by the end of November 2018. [ANS thanks Dave W8AAS via AMSAT-BB for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Students learn about Amateur Satellites at College Workshops To popularise Ham Radio in western India two events were conducted back to back recently by Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP Regional Coordinator AMSAT-INDIA. LDRP College Gandhinagar ‘Ham Radio for GenX’ – Full day workshop with demo was conducted at LDRP College Gandhinagar (Gujarat – India) on 12th July 2018. More than 70 EC students + faculties participated in this awareness event. Program was inaugurated with kind presence of dignitaries from GIAR, LDRP, IEEE, ISRO & AMSAT-INDIA. >From GIAR, OM Pravinbhai Valera VU2CPV (Joint Secretary) & OM Jagdishbhai Pandya VU2JGI (General Secretary) blessed us with their kind presence. Presentation on ‘Antennas for Space Application’ was conducted by Dr. Ramesh Kumar Gupta (SAC-ISRO). Ham Radio history & Introductory session was nicely conducted by Jagdishbhai Pandya VU2JGI with several interesting examples. Thereafter Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP gave good overview on Satellite Communication, Digital Communication, APRS, RDF, IOTA, SSTV & RTL-SDR etc. technology. Live demo of SSTV was conducted which was very much enjoyed by the students & faculties. VHF demo with mock drill was simulated by VU2EXP Rajesh, VU2JGI Jagdishbhai, VU3IKI Ke Ke, VU3EXP Sakshi & team. Ham Radio stuff were exhibited incl. VHF/UHF Rigs, PSU, Antennas, Digital Interfaces, Cables, SWR Meter, attenuator, FUNcube satellite model, QSL Cards, Awards, etc stuff was displayed for the knowledge of the students. We also got nice support from other fellow hams incl. VU3DVA Deepakbhai, VU3GLY Priyesh, VU3DSJ Dipakbhai, SWL Abhigna etc team. We had guest presence of Dr Narendra Chauhan Sir (IPR) & Prof. N. N. Jani Sir in the event. I am thankful to Prof. Dave Sir (HOD – EC), Prof. Mendhe Sir (EC), Mr. Nilesh Makwana (IEEE) to nicely coordinate & support the event. Program concluded in hope to have good number of future hams from the Institute. LD College Ahmedabad ‘Ham Radio Practical Insight’ titled workshop was conducted at LD College Ahmedabad (Gujarat – India) on 13th July 2018 in afternoon session. More than 65 EC students + faculties participated. Dignitaries from IEEE, ISRO, LD & AMSAT-INDIA inaugurated the workshop. It was our great pleasure to have chief guest presence of Shri Rajeev Jyoti Sir (Dy. Director SAC – ISRO) & Chair (IEEE) Gujarat chapter in this Ham Radio Workshop. Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP explained the latest technology/modes ham world uses & gave quick practical Demos for chief guest. Demo includes CW, Text, Image & Voice transmission/reception with simple VHF Radio sets. The simple experiment techniques used were described. Students were surprised to learn the potential of Amateur Radio & experts appreciate such public demos. We got nice support from team members VU3EXP Sakshi, VU2UTZ Dinyarji, VU3PMT Mahendrabhai, VU3GLY Priyesh, SWL Ketanbhai during demo & whole event. Thereafter detailed presentation was given on interesting ham events, digital communication, Satellite Communication, ARISS program, ASOC licencing procedure, APRS, SSTV witth RTL-SSDR etc. Session remain very interactive with lots of queries which were answered very well by VU2EXP. Also mini Ham Radio exhibition was keenly enjoyed by the audience. I am thankful to Prof. Usha Madam (HOD – EC), Prof. Arun Sir (EC), Mr. Nilesh Makwana (IEEE) to nicely coordinate & support the event. Small spark of Ham Radio was ignited, hope we get good number of Hams from the participants, in the future. [ANS thanks Rajesh VU2EXP via AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Mailed Corrected ballots have been mailed and members should be receiving them, if they haven't already. The new ballots, labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" are printed on yellow-colored cardstock. 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. Using the Yellow Ballots, 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 Candidate biographies can be viewed at: https://www.amsat.org/bios2018/ 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. Ballots must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018 in order to be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent via 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. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Member Ruth Willet, KM4LAO Receives 2018 ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award Nineteen-year-old Ruth Willet, KM4LAO, of Cana, Virginia, was named as the recipient of the 2018 ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award by the ARRL Board of Directors at its July 20 – 21 meeting. The Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award is given annually by the Board to a radio amateur under the age of 21 whose accomplishments and contributions to both Amateur Radio and the local community are of an exemplary nature. Willet, who earned her Technician class license in June 2015 and upgraded to Extra in May 2016, was instrumental in re-establishing the Amateur Radio and Electronics Club (K8HPS) at Kettering University in Michigan, where she is a junior pursuing a double major in engineering physics and mechanical engineering while maintaining an A average. She alternates 11-week academic terms with 11-week co- op jobs at Textron Specialized Vehicles in Augusta, Georgia. Willet recently relocated to Virginia from Lawrenceville, Georgia, where she grew up. Willet is actively involved in recruiting and mentoring new licensees and in community awareness programs, including demonstrations during the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. She is on the air daily on HF, using SSB or CW and satellites. In addition to her membership in ARRL, Willet belongs to AMSAT and CWOps, as well as several other clubs. She enjoys HF contesting, participating in local club events, and chasing and roving to grids on Amateur Radio satellites. Willet and her mom Sharon, KM4TVU, participated in ARRL’s highly successful National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) event in 2016. Willet has written articles for numerous amateur radio news outlets, including QST. She earned the 2017 ARRL August QST Cover plaque for her article “The 2016 Youth DX Adventure to the Caribbean Island of Saba.” The article was based on her experience as a participant in the 2016 Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure trip to Saba. In May, Willet was presented with the Radio Club of America’s Young Achiever Award. Last spring, she was the keynote speaker at the 32nd annual SWODXA DX Dinner, held in conjunction with Hamvention®, where her topic was “Experiencing the Hobby of a Lifetime.” She also spoke at the 30th Hamvention Youth Forum in 2017 on “Plugging into Your Valuable Club Resources.” The Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award, which includes a cash award of $1,500 and an engraved plaque to the recipient, is intended to provide a tangible reward to those deserving young amateurs who contribute their time, skills, and energies daily through their commitment to Amateur Radio. As models for their peers, and inspirations to us all, these fine young people are highly visible boosters of Amateur Radio awareness. [ANS thanks Dave N1RSN and The ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Microwave Update 2018 Microwave Update 2018 Dayton, Ohio, October 11-14, 2018 Holiday Inn, Fairborn, Ohio www.microwaveupdate.org Microwave Update (MUD) is an international conference dedicated to microwave equipment design, construction, and operation. It is focused on, but not limited to, amateur radio on the microwave bands. The Midwest VHF/UHF Society is pleased to host this year's event. The conference will be held at the Holiday Inn, 2800 Presidential Drive, Fairborn, Ohio 45324. Call for Presentations and Papers: The program committee is calling for papers and presentations on the technical and operational aspects of microwave amateur radio communications. Tell us about your latest project, design or operating adventures. Please e-mail your proposals, questions, and submissions to John Ackermann, N8UR, at jra(a)febo.com. Don't wait until the beginning of September to let us know what you're planning! Presentations selected for the technical program may be given in person or by proxy. Please send an abstract and expected duration no later than August 25, 2018 so that we can determine and announce the program agenda the following week. Ideally, send your draft presentation by the same date. We encourage presenters to submit a companion paper for publication in the proceedings book. This paper would ideally be text based and expand on the presentation slides, but a simple copy of the slides is also okay. Either way, this material must be received no later than September 1, 2018 to be included in the book. Additional material (presentation slides, schematics, source code, more text, background info, etc.) to be included on the proceedings CD must arrive no later than September 25, 2018. All conference attendees will receive a copy of the book and CD. Full details, including suggested topics, paper guidelines, schedule, and hotel information can be found on the MUD website: www.microwaveupdate.org. [ANS thanks Microwave Update 2018 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2018 36th AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Registration Now on AMSAT Store 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations AMSAT lists upcoming satellite operations, which is maintained by Robert Brankston KE4AL. Please Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al at yahoo dot com. Following is the list of scheduled operations as of July 25, 2018: + 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. + 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 + Fairbanks, Alaska (BP64) – August 2-8, 2018 Bob, K8BL, will be taking a “Bucket List” Trip to Alaska next week to check off a few items, going to Fairbanks from 8/2 through 8/8 and taking his regular Rover Gear – IC820H & Arrow w/tripod. Plan is to activate BP64 and a couple nearby Grids – holiday style. That means he’ll pop up on various Satellites with no strict schedule other than a Twitter Message with a few hours notice, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/K8BLbob. LoTW upload upon return. + Miami Road Trip – August 3-5, 2018 Robert, KE4AL, has to fly down to Miami to pick up his car, then drive back home. He will operate from EL95 Friday afternoon, and then EL99/EM90 gridline Friday night. If not too saddle-sore, Robert may take the long way home, possibly as far North as North Carolina. Keep an eye on his Twitter account, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/KE4ALabama, for further updates. + EO-40 – August 3-5, 2018 Paul, KE0PBR is heading to EO-40, holiday style. and expects to be on the nightly 03:00ish AO-92 passes. + FN05 – August 3-5, 2018 Ron, AD0DX, is heading to VE3 Land and bringing his satellite gear with him. Ron will be on FM and linears Friday and Saturday. Logging in LOTW as AD0DX/VE3. He will have one good opening for EU on AO-7 on Friday. Ron will be driving from Windsor to Toronto and back and will activate a few other grids as I have opportunity. Check out AD0DX’s QRZ page for more info. + Mindless Wandering – August 3-5, 2018 Chris, K7TAB is heading out again… This time, his travels will take him through DM38, DM47, DM48, DM55, DM56, DM 57, and DM58. Specific pass announcements will be posted to Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/K7TABravo + North Truro, MA (FN51 + More) – August 3-8, 2018 Gary, N2WLS, is off on vacation for a week, and will be camping in North Truro, MA which is in FN42. Gary intends to try to work some FM satellite passes from FN51 as that’s the rarer strip of land. He may also put some RF up from FN41. Gary will be on the cape 8/3- 8/7,. He will also be staying in FN32 on 8/2 and FN23 on 8/7 and 8/8 and may try to work some passes from those locations as well. + South TX (EL07, EL08) – August 5-10, 2018 Clayton, W5PFG, will be working satellite passes from EL07/EL08, Sunday afternoon, August 5th. Watch his Twitter account for pass updates, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/w5pfg + Lake Placid, NY (FN24, FN34) – August 5-10, 2018 Don, KB2YSI, will be vacationing in the Lake Placid are, August 5- 10. Plan is to operate FM satellites mainly, most likely operating evenings / night passes. Specific pass announcements will be posted to Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/kb2ysi + Iceland (HP84, HP94, and HP95) – August 9-14, 2018 Gareth, G0MFR, will be in Iceland 9-14 August, activating grids HP94/95/84 and looking for NA QSOs on FM Sats. + 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 + Main (FN44, FN53, and FN55) – August 12-18, 2018 Adam, K0FFY, will be visiting the State of Maine, August 12-18. Considerate enough to bring along his satellite gear, Adam expects to activate FN44, FN53, and FN 55. Updates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio + Road to Huntsville, Alabama (EM53, EM54, EM55, EM63, EM64, EM65) – August 16-19, 2018 Robert, KE4AL, will be heading to the Huntsville Hamfest August 16th. Enroute, he will activate EM53/EM63, EM54/EM55, and EM64/EM65 gridlines. August 17th, Robert will be operating from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (EM64) and scouting out the venue for the 36th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, which will be held November 2-4, 2018. In addition, Robert will be be providing AMSAT demonstrations at the Huntsville Hamfest (EM64), August 18-19. Specific passes will be announced on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/KE4ALabama + 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 + Lawrence, KS (EM28, EM29) – August 26-28, 2018 Greg, N4KGL, will be in activating the EM28/EM29 gridline, while in Lawrence Kansas. More specific plans are forthcoming. [ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Recent Successful ARISS Contacts + 2018-07-13 14:00 UTC between Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS callsign NA1SS and Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE) - Kennedy Space Center, FL (CASIS#4), participating school Burns Science & Technology Charter School, Oak Hill, FL. Contact was telebridge via W6SRJ. ARISS Mentor was Dave AA4KN. + 2018-07-13 21:30 UTC between Oleg Artemyev using ISS callsign RSØISS and About Gagarin From Space,Performing a session of amateur radio communication with the 7th International Aerospace School. U.N. Sultanova Rep. Bashkortostan, Ufa, Russia. Contact was direct via RZ9WWB. ARISS mentor was Sergey RV3DR. + 2018-07-17 08:24 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT using ISS callsign NA1SS and Essex Heights Primary School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Contact was telebridge via VK4KHZ. ARISS mentor was Shane VK4KHZ. + 2018-07-20 20:15 UTC between Oleg Artemyev using ISS callsign RSØISS and About Gagarin From Space, Performing a session of amateur radio communication with the 7th International Aerospace School. U.N. Sultanova Rep. Bashkortostan, Ufa, Russia. Contact was direct via RZ9WWB. ARISS mentor was Sergey RV3DR. + 2018-07-23 09:47 UTC between Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS callsign NA1SS and Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan. Contact was direct via 8N3SD. ARISS mentor was Satoshi 7M3TJZ. + 2018-07-26 20:22 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT using ISS callsign NA1SS and ISS R&D Conference - San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school Quest Institute for Quality Education, San Jose, CA. Contact was telebridge via VK5ZAI. ARISS mentor was Tim W6MU. [ANS thanks Charlie AJ9N and ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shorts From All Over + The Amp Hour Podcast - Episode 401 An Interview with Brent and Bryce Salmi https://theamphour.com/401-an-interview-with-brent-and-bryce-salmi/ Features AMSAT members the Salmi Brothers Brent, KB1LQD and Bryce, KB1LQC as they discuss lots of great tips about how to design SUPER reliable electronics and how to get into the digital side of hamradio. [ANS thanks Amp Hour Podcast for the above information] + AMSAT News Service continues to look for people to join the staff of rotating editors for the AMSAT News Service bulletins. Interested person should contact ANS-Editor at amsat dot org. [ANS thanks the dedicated ANS Rotating Editors for the above information] + A complete archive of past and current AMSAT News Service Bulletins can be found at: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/ In a like manner the AMSAT-BB Bulletin Board messages are archived at: http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/ [ANS thanks ANS Editors for the above information] + Readers of this list might also be interested in MilSat Magazine: http://www.milsatmagazine.com/archive.php and Sat Magazine: http://www.satmagazine.com/archive.php [ANS thanks SatNews for the above information.] + Grid Master and Got Grids Awards CONGRATULATIONS WI7P Randolph Kohlwey For Grid Master Award #9 Got Grids Award #20 For more info on our awards contact WA4NVM [ANS thanks DAMON wa4hfn for the above information] + The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) ACMA Fact Sheet for Spectrum for small satellites and CubeSats A fact sheet "Spectrum for Small Satellites" and CubeSats has just been released by The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Australia's government regulator of broadcasting, some internet content, radiocommunications and telecommunications. The fact sheet can be downloaded from: https://tinyurl.com/ANS217-ACMAFactsheet [ANS thanks The ACMA 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

1 0