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ANS-244 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by JoAnne K9JKM 31 Aug '19

31 Aug '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-244 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting * 2019 AMSAT Symposium Early-Bird Registration Rate Until September 15 * Second Call for AMSAT 2019 Symposium Papers * Mark Johns, KØJM, Appointed Editor-in-Chief AMSAT News Service * Emergency Traffic Relayed over AO-92 Satellite * University of Tsukuba YUI Satellite Project D-ATV User Survey * ARISS Activities * AMSAT SA Dual Band Yagi Now Available for Export * Upcoming Satellite Operations * German CEPT Response States Sharing of 144-146 MHz Not Realistic * Talks by Radio Amateurs at UKHAS Conference London Sept 7 * CAMSAT Applies for IARU Coordination for Four V/U Transponder Satellites * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-244.01 ANS-244 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 244.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE September 1, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-244.01 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The AMSAT Office will be closed from Friday, August 30th - Tuesday, September 10th. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Please join us for the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Symposium, to be held in the Washington, DC Metro Area on October 18, 19, and 20, 2019. The Symposium venue will be the Hilton Arlington, located in the heart of the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, VA. The Hilton Arlington is located at 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22203, USA TEL: +1-703-528-6000 and the reservation code is AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation). Connected to the Ballston Metro Station, the hotel offers easy and effortless access to Washington DC's top tourist destinations like the National Mall, Smithsonian Museums and historic monuments. The hotel is six miles from Reagan National Airport and the National Mall. There are plenty of restaurants nearby. The Symposium will feature OSCAR Park - a display of satellites from throughout the history of amateur radio in space - paper presentations, and a banquet with speakers celebrating AMSAT's long history, and other events. The AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting will be held on October 16th and 17th at the same hotel. Two guided tours are available. On Sunday, October 20th a bus tour to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum is available for $30 (max 35 people) and on Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier will lead a day tour to the National Mall via the Metro. So please plan on attending the 50th Anniversary Symposium - you will be glad you did and keep checking the AMSAT website for further updates and information. The 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting features: + Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations + Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World + Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members (October 16-17) + Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers + AMSAT Annual General Membership Meeting + Annual Banquet, Speakers and Door Prizes !! The latest news and information is always posted at: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ [ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 AMSAT Symposium Early-Bird Registration Rate Until September 15 An early-bird registration rate for the 37th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia, is available through September 15, 2019 per the following schedule: Early Registration Through September 15, 2019 ......... $60 Registration September 16, 2019 – October 11, 2019 .... $65 Registration at the Door .............................. $70 You can complete your registration on-line via the AMSAT Store: https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/ This year, all registrants will receive a digital copy of the Proceed- ings on a thumb drive. Attendees may purchase a hard copy for $25.00. Non-attendees may put their name on a waiting list for a hard copy, if there are any left over. The digital version of the Proceedings will be made available on the online store shortly after the Symposium concludes. Student Registration is 50% off and does not include the Proceedings. [ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Second Call for AMSAT 2019 Symposium Papers This is the second call for papers for the 2019 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on October 18-20 at the Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by September 23 for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat dot org. [ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Johns, KØJM, Appointed Editor-in-Chief AMSAT News Service Robert Bankston, KE4AL, VP-User Services announced the appointment of Mark D. Johns, KØJM, as Editor-in-Chief of the AMSAT News Service. Johns, currently serving as a rotating ANS weekly editor, steps up to replace EMike McCardel, AA8EM, who is facing a long recovery follow- ing a serious injury while clearing storm damage at his home in early August. Mark Johns is Professor Emeritus, Journalism and Communication Stud- ies, of Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, but now resides in the Minne- apolis, Minn. area. He is a life member of ARRL and AMSAT, holds a DXCC Satelite certificate, and is a member of the Minnesota Wireless Association and the Twin Cities DX Association (TCDXA). Mark is also on the editorial staff of the Gray Line Report, the newsletter of the TCDXA. Mark grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and was first licensed there in 1967 as WNØRGV. Through college, grad school, and early career he operated from various QTHs in Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa as WAØRGV, and later as KØMDJ. He began operating satellites in the early 1980s. After living in Cedar Falls, Iowa for 26 years, he took a one year work assignment in Nottingham, UK during 2011-12 and operated there as MØGZO. From fall of 2012 until spring of 2017 his QTH was Decorah, but he also operated in Malta as 9H3DJ for half of 2016 while on an- other work assignment. His current callsign was granted in 2018, and he is primarily active on the linear transponder satellites. [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, VP-User Services for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Emergency Traffic Relayed over AO-92 Satellite On August 27, 2019, Clayton, W5PFG, and his father Jack, AC5DI, were traversing the Chihuahuan Desert in Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, when their vehicle became stuck in mud from recent monsoon rains. Being stuck up to the axles, they were unable to self-recover from the situation, requiring assistance from Park Rangers. August temper- atures in this desert reach upwards of 110-115 degrees Fahrenheit. There is no mobile phone coverage outside park headquarters. Clayton made contact via AMSAT satellite AO-92 with Kevin, KK4YEL, in Florida. During the satellite pass, stations stood by while Clayton relayed emergency traffic to Kevin. This information included details about the situation including precise latitude and longitude, the phone number for Big Bend National Park, vehicle description, and wel- fare of the party. Other stations listening to the pass including Brian, KG5GJT, contacted the park headquarters. Within two hours, Park Rangers arrived on scene and recovered the stuck vehicle. No person was injured, and no equipment was damaged. Clayton and Jack were traveling to DL88jx, a maidenhead grid square high- ly sought after by many ARRL VUCC members. Clayton had previously made two successful trips to DL88jx. Both Clayton and Jack are very grateful to Kevin, KK4YEL, the responsiveness of the amateur radio community, and to the Park Rangers and staff of Big Bend National Park. Incident discussion via Twitter quickly provided recordings of the AO-92 satellite traffic: Recording courtesy of KQ4MM https://twitter.com/KQ4MM/status/1166396579416354816 Recording courtesy of CO6CBF/W5CBF https://twitter.com/CO6CBF/status/1166432549847085056 [ANS thanks Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ University of Tsukuba YUI Satellite Project D-ATV User Survey Takehiro Okamoto, student leader of University of Tsukuba YUI project in Japan, reports his team is developing a 2U cubesat planned to fea- ture real-time video transmission from space as the main mission. This project, wants the general public to view and use the images, and are soliciting user opinions. They plan to downlink D-ATV from the 2U CubeSat, similar to HamTV from the ISS. Complete the survey posted at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Tsukuba-Survey (use google translate) The university YUI cubesat development web page can be accessed at: https://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/ (use google translate) [ANS thanks Takehiro Okamoto, University of Tsukuba for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Activities + Tuesday, September 3, 2019 08:06 UTC Kingston Community School, Kingston SE, South Australia, tele- bridge via K6DUE located in Maryland. The ISS callsign is pre- sently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA. Listen on 145.800 for east coast North American stations. + Tuesday, September 3, 2019 16:05 UTC Galileo STEM Academy, Eagle, ID, direct via W7GSA. The ISS call- sign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Listen on 145.800 for western North Amer- ican stations. AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. These up- grades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astro- nauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone with $24,130 raised or about 16% towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more informa- tion and to DONATE TODAY visit: https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT SA Dual Band Yagi Now Available for Export AMSAT South Africa (AMSAT SA) has developed a dual-band Yagi VHF/UHF antenna for satellite operation. The antenna has a 50-ohm designed driver. The Yagi has a unique element called a 'Open Sleeve' which is a director very close to the driven element. The driven element is sized for 2M. When operating on 70cm the 'Open Sleeve' acts as part of the driven element on 70cm (Third harmonic of 2M). The original concept was developed in 1946 by Dr J T Bolljahn of the Stanford Research institute but was not introduced into amateur radio until the 1950s. The AMSAT SA version is based on a design by DK7ZB with modifications by WB5CXC. Until recently this antenna was available only in South Africa. Fol- lowing requests from many amateurs outside South Africa AMSAT SA can offer the Yagi for export if ordered in a batch of 6, at R950 each (approx US $65), total for a batch of 6 is R5700. (approx US $ 390) to countries in the European Union and the USA. For Australia and New Zealand R1000 per unit in a batch of 6 total RR6000. Pricing for other countries on request. More information is available on the AMSAT SA web: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ http://www.amsatsa.org.za/DualbandYagi.htm [ANS thanks AMSAT SA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations + Help Celebrate AMSAT's 50th Anniversary with these "W3ZM on the Road" Operations: https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/ + N7MJ Roving 11 State Tour - WY, NE, IA, IL, KY, TN, AR, OK, TX, NM, AZ, August 25th - September 9th, 2019. Jack M7MJ is heading out (in his Vette) on a 2 weeks road trip from Cheyenne, WY to the big 25th Anniversary Celebration of the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY, (August 28-31). Then he will head through TN to AR (EM34) for a family gathering 9/3-4, the another family gathering 9/4-5 in Atoka, OK (EM14/24). With the partying over, down through TX and NM and end up in Chandler, AZ. FM only. + Way Up in the Northeast (GN27, GN26, GN37) Aug 26 - Sept 7, 2019 Chris, VE3FU will be in GN27 August 26-30 and will try to make a trip to GN26, possibly on the GN26/27 line. He will be in GN37 (again) August 30-September 7. Chris will be operating as VO2AC/1 and try to announce operating times on Twitter as far ahead as possible. https://twitter.com/ChrisVE3FU. + Peru - August 31 - September 7, 2019 Tony, KD8RTT will be in Peru Saturday night, August 31 and leave on Saturday, September 7. FM passes, mainly AO-91 and AO-92, vacation schedule permitting. Tony is not exactly sure what days/times he can operate yet, but he'll try to tweet before he gets on any passes. https://twitter.com/kd8rtt + AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain) September 9-15, 2019 AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active satellites from September 9th to September 15th as part of the V RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities. IberRadio is the biggest event for the ham community in SouthWest Europe and will open doors September 14th and 15th . Learn more about IberRadio at http://www.iberradio.es. The AM1SAT call sign will be active from a minimum of 14 different grids during that time to help satellite operators to collect as much EA locators as possible. As part of this activity and in order to promote the participation, AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories, Silver and Gold. More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/ and as a pdf at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-AM1SAT-Award. + D4, CAPE VERDE (Update/Satellite Op). Harald, DF2WO, will once again be active as D44TWO from Praia, Santiago Island (AF-005), between September 29th and October 13th. Activity will be holiday style on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and mostly the Digital modes. (FT8, PSK31, JT65 and RTTY) and slow CW. Harald has been working hard in the last few months getting his satellite station for QO-100 working and is now confident he will use it from Cabo Verde. He will be using an Icom 7300, 2 Transvert- ers with 3 watts output on EsHail using the QO-100 Geostationary Satellite. He will also have a FT-450D into a homemade HEX BEAM and a dipole for 40 meters. Please DO NOT send your card via the Bureau it WILL NOT be received - To receive a bureau card you MUST request via M0OXO OQRS ONLY! (Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1428) + WW0, UNITED STATES (Special Event). Members of the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club (NCARC), WWV ARC, RMHam, and FCCW along with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will activate special event station WW0WWV between September 28 and October 2 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of WWV, the world's oldest contin- uously operating radio station. The WW0WWV station(s) will be set up adjacent to the WWV transmitter site in Fort Collins, Colorado. Operations will be on various HF bands following typical propagation, and will include 160 meters as well as satellites (SO-50, AO-91, and AO-92) and 6-meter meteor scatter. Modes will be CW, SSB and digital. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW, or direct to the WWV Amateur Radio Club, 1713 Ridgewood Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA. For more details, visit the following URLs: http://wwv100.com https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-NIST-WWV (Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1428) [ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The Fox-In-A-Box Raspberry Pi SD card for setting up a Raspberry Pi-based telemetry station for the Fox-1 satellites now supports the Raspberry Pi 4. Get yours today on the AMSAT Store! https://amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ German CEPT Response States Sharing of 144-146 MHz Not Realistic Update: The ARRL reported on August 30, 2019 - 144 – 146 MHz Removed from French Proposal for Additional Aero- nautical Applications: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-ARRL-2M-Removed The latest development regarding the proposal to share 144-146 MHz comes from Germany. They state, "Germany does not support the inclusion of the 144-146 MHz primary allocated to the amateur service/amateur satellite service in the proposed WRC-23 agenda item regarding a possible new allocation to the aeronautical mobile service (AMS) for non-safety applications. Consequently, Germany cannot determine a single realistic sharing scen- ario, not leading to serious mutual interference on both sides and not seriously degrading the use of the 144-146 MHz band." This document can accessed at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-German-CEPT-Response [ANS thanks CEPT/European Electronic Communications Committee for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Talks by Radio Amateurs at UKHAS Conference London Sept 7 The 2019 UK High Altitude Society Conference is taking place in White City, London on Saturday, September 7. The conference takes place at The Invention Rooms, 68 Wood Lane, White City, London, W12 7TA, and attracts those interested in learning about building and flying High Altitude Balloons or in tracking their 434 MHz signals. Some of the radio amateurs giving talks on high altitude balloon communi- cations are: + AutoRX by Mark Jessop VK5QI + Citizen space exploration & inflatable spacecraft by Michael Johnson M0MJJ + The Apollo Flight – model-making and tech behind the dashboard by Dave Akerman M0RPI + Insurance & UKHAS Server Support by Steve Randall G8KHW + Recovering, Reprogramming and Re-flying Radiosondes by Andrew Mulholland MI0BPB + Hwoyee NSL-45 Experiences by Dave Akerman M0RPI and Steve Randall G8KHW There will be helium and foil balloons available for the pico launch at the end of the conference. UKHAS conference information is at: https://ukhas.org.uk/general:ukhasconference2019 Tickets are at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Tickets-UKHAS [ANS thanks UKHAS and AMSAT-UK for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The digital download version of the 2019 edition of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store. Get yours today! https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ CAMSAT Applies for IARU Coordination for Four V/U Transponder Satellites The Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) has applied for frequency coordination for four small satellites - CAS-8A, CAS-8B, CAS-8C, and CAS-8D. The CAS-8 satellites are a Student Small Satellites project initiated by the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO), which is headquartered in Beijing China. APSCO was inaugurated in 2008 as an inter-governmental organization. including Bangladesh, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand, Turkey and Indonesia. The project consists of four satellites, including a pilot microsatel- lite CAS-8A for technical verification and a primary microsatellite CAS-8B, two 3U cube satellites CAS-8C and CAS-8D. CAS-8A is scheduled to be launched by the end of 2020, and the CAS-8B, CAS-8C, CAS-8D sat- ellites are scheduled to be launched at the end of 2021 ON the same launch. The CAS-8 satellites project is supported by the Chinese government. The project is led by Beihang University, which is China's most outstanding university in aerospace. tHE Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) cooperates with Beihang University to bring amateur radio into the pro- ject. the CAS-8 satellites will realize the synergy between the eight countries of APSCO to build an amateur radio alliance through space, adding new science popularization tools to young students in APSCO member countries for self-training, inter-communication and technical investigations, and also providing a new satellite platform for amateur radio enthusiasts around the world. CAMSAT 8A - 30kg Microsat. V/U transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6 GMSK telemetry beacons and S Band 192kbps GMSK Image and 4k8/9k6 GMSK telemetry downlinks. Planning a launch from Jiuquan in Oct 2020 into a 600km SSO. CAMSAT 8B - 30kg Microsat. V/U transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6 GMSK telemetry beacons and S Band 192kbps GMSK Image and 4k8/9k6 GMSK telemetry downlinks. Planning a launch from Jiuquan in Oct 2021 into a 600km SSO. CAMSAT 8C - 3U CubeSat. V/U linear transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6 GMSK telemetry downlinks and S Band AX25 4k8/9k6 GMSK inter satellite links. Planning a launch from Jiuqhan in Oct 20121 into a 600km SSO. CAMSAT 8D - 3U CubeSat. V/U linear transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6 GMSK telemetry downlinks and S Band AX25 4k8/9k6 GMSK inter satellite links. Planning a launch from Jiuqhan in Oct 20121 into a 600km SSO. Additional information is pending IARU frequency coordination activities. [ANS thanks CAMSAT and the IARU for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + NASA will be tracking Hurricane Dorian throughout this Labor Day (USA) weekend. The agency will provide status updates on the storm as it nears Florida and NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the state's central east coast, as well as updated video and imagery. Status updates on Hurricane Dorian will be available at: https://blogs.nasa.gov/hurricanes/tag/dorian-2019/ Updated imagery and video of the storm, including any view of Dorian from the International Space Station, will be available as soon as possible the NASA Media Resources page at: https://www.nasa.gov/mediaresources + 2019 marks AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. To help celebrate, AMSAT is sponsoring the AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program. Full details are available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/ Bruce Paige, KK5DO, Director of Contests and Awards, reported this week that the awards are being printed and will be sent shortly to all those who have applied. + The Huntingdon, West Virginia Herald Dispatch newspaper published a feature, "Ham radio event planned at South Point library" inform- ing interested Tri-State residents will have an opportunity to find out what ham radio and Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) are all about during the event "HAM Radio — From Across the Street to Outer Space," set to take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Briggs Lawrence County Public Library's Southern Branch. Presentations include a look at amateur radio's role and capability of communi- cating with the space shuttle, satellites and moon bounce. Access the full article at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Herald-Dispatch + The Mohammed bin Rashid space centre in Duibai has just announced on its twitter account that Astronaut Hazza alMansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, with the support of the Emirati Amateur Radio Society, will link from the ISS to the MBR Space Centre, during his misison from September 25th to October 4th. Further details will probably be announced by the MBR space centre on its twitter account: @MBRSpaceCentre (AMSAT-UK via Twitter) + Wondering what Terran radio hits our friends on Proxima Centauri are listening to? www.lightyear.fm has you covered! Currently, they're catching Pharrel's Happy for the first time (and they really have no idea how many commercials they'll be receiving shortly that use it as background music). (OrbitalIndex.com) + NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab offers teachers of advanced placement math classes a lesson plan to calculate a flight to Mars. The Hohmann transfer is an elliptical orbit with the sun at one focus of the ellipse that intersects the orbit of the target planet. Launch occurs when Earth is at Hohmann perihelion (the point of the Hohmann orbit that is closest to the sun). Arrival occurs when Mars is at Hohmann aphelion (the point of the Hohmann orbit that is farthest from the sun). See: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-JPL-Hohmann-Orbit (www.jpl.nasa.gov) + Looking for a hands-on, out-of-this-world way to teach the engin- eering design process? Check out "Build a Satellite" from NASA challenge your students to design, build, test & improve a model satellite using common household items: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/build-a-satellite/ https://twitter.com/NASASTEM/status/1166349655124389888 + Buy your kid a Happy Meal and get a STEM book ... https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-NASA-STEM-Books + AMSAT congratulates Jeff Johns, WE4B on his recognition of support of the Young Amateurs Communications Ham Team, K8KDZ (Y.A.C.H.T) YACHT's mission is to expand horizons in the field of communicat- ions along with general and advanced ham radio techniques, and to foster a greater appreciation of the role they play in the overall hobby of amateur radio, as well as giving kids a challenge and enjoyment. See http://yacht.younghams.org/ (via Twitter) + Photos posted-- Motorola Special Event Station Celebrating "One Giant Leap For Mankind". The Motorola Special Event celebrating Apollo 11 went off without a hitch as we had a very good turn out of club members rotating the support of operations of one radio operator and one logger from 8am Saturday till noon Sunday. A little over 400 contacts were made including some that were engineers work- ing for other contractors on the Apollo program, current and former Motorola employees, and customers of MSI. One of the highlights of the event was the re-transmission of the audio of the lunar landing exactly 50 years later. We asked for a pause in on-air traffic and the hundreds of people calling us went silent as we sent out the landing audio on a completely clear channel. Once again thank you to everyone that made this possible. It is very special to see interest in science and engineering in our up and coming genera- tion! Let's hope we can continue to foster interest in them much as the 400,000+ Heros of Apollo in the astronauts, engineers and scien- tists that made it happen did it for our generation. Visit the photo album posted at: https://km0to.shutterfly.com/k9motspecialevent50yearslunarl/88 + Starting September 3, 2019, K-12 students in U.S. public, private and home schools can enter the Mars 2020 Name the Rover essay contest. One grand prize winner will name the rover and be invited to see the spacecraft launch in July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Name the Rover contest is part of NASA's efforts to engage students in the STEM enterprise behind Mars exploration and inspire interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2019. NASA posted all the info at: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/name-the-rover/ + Registrations are now open for ESA’s Open Day in the Netherlands on Sunday 6 October – your chance to meet astronauts, space experts and see behind the scenes of Europe’s space adventure at ESA’s largest establishment. The theme of this year’s event is ‘ESA to the Moon’. As well as celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo lunar landing, the Open Day will also be looking forward, highlighting ESA’s role in returning people to the Moon, including contributing the ser- vice module to NASA’s Orion spacecraft and participating in the Lunar Gateway. Event information and registration can be accessed at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-ESTEC-Open-Day [ANS thanks everyone 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 behave and to help keep amateur radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org

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ANS-230 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Mark D. Johns 17 Aug '19

17 Aug '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-230 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * AMSAT Space Symposium Call for Papers * 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Reminder * FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution * 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced * Upcoming Satellite Operations * PSAT2 Downlink for DTMF Grids and Messages * Microwave Update Call for Submissions * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule * Chinese Satellite Profiles RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-230.01 ANS-230 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 230.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE 18 August 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-230.01 AMSAT Space Symposium Call for Papers AMSAT has issued a call for papers for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT An- nual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 18 – 20 at The Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by September 23 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Reminder Votes must be received no later than Sunday, September 15, 2019 in order to be counted in the 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election. AMSAT members should have received ballots by mail. Members who have not yet received their ballot must contact ElectionBuddy via email to amsat(a)electionbuddy.com [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding An FCC Report and Order (R&O) released August 2 in the so-called “small satellite” rulemaking proceeding, IB Docket 18-86, failed to address concerns expressed by ARRL and AMSAT. Both organizations filed comments on the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the pro- ceeding last year, seeking changes in the FCCs interpretations and procedures affecting satellites operating on Amateur Satellite Service frequencies. “These comments address topics outside the scope of this proceeding, and we decline to adopt any of the requested rule modifications or up- dates at this time,” the FCC said in the R&O. The FCC did mention amateur satellites in its 2018 NPRM, explaining what they are and describing the documentation and authorization process, but it did not solicit comments. “The Commission did not seek comment in the NPRM on any modifications or updates to the rules governing Experimental or amateur satellite licensing. The streamlined Part 25 small satellite process adopted in the Order is an alternative to existing license processes and does not replace or modify the authorization procedures for satellites current- ly contained in Parts 5, 25, or 97 of the Commission’s rules,” the FCC explained. “Nevertheless, we received a number of comments in response to the NPRM, particularly regarding the rules applicable to amateur satellite operations, suggesting that aspects of those rules be im- proved or clarified.” In its 2018 NPRM, the FCC had said, “Because the type of operations that qualify as amateur [is] narrowly defined, an amateur satellite authorization will not be appropriate for many small satellite opera- tions.” In its 2018 comments, ARRL said it wanted the FCC to preclude exploi- tation of amateur spectrum by commercial small-satellite users author- ized under Part 5 Experimental rules and suggested that the FCC adopt a “a bright line test” to define and distinguish satellites that should be permitted to operate under Amateur Satellite rules. ARRL’s position was to support and encourage college and university Amateur Radio experiments where the sponsor of the experiment is a licensed radio amateur and all operation in amateur spectrum is com- pliant with Part 97. Part 5 Experimental authorizations for satellites intended to operate in amateur allocations by non-amateur sponsors should be discouraged, absent a compelling show of need, ARRL told the FCC. The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) announced in 2017 that it would no longer coordinate non-amateur satellite operations unless directed to do so by the national administration, and it adopted new satellite frequency coordination guidelines that require educational and university satellites to have an identified amateur component. AMSAT’s comments reflected many of the same concerns that ARRL had expressed. [ANS thanks ARRL and Ray Soifer, W2RS, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution SpaceTrack is not showing the correct NORAD CAT ID for Raavana-1, Uguisu, and NepaliSat-1. The NORAD CAT ID for the following Amateur Radio satellites has been corrected as follows: Raavana-1 - NORAD CAT ID 44329 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO). Uguisu - NORAD CAT ID 44330 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO). NepaliSat-1 - NORAD CAT ID 44331 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO). [ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, and Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows, and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced Tickets are now available for the AMSAT Symposium Saturday Evening Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 19 will feature a panel of guest speakers presenting “The Foundations of AMSAT” followed by a question and answer period. Guest speakers will include: Lance Ginner, K6GSJ (Project OSCAR) George Jacobs, W3ASK (Author, Diplomat) Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK (Founding President of AMSAT) Dr. Owen Mace (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne) Richard Tonkin (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne) Jan King, W3GEY (Founding member of AMSAT and Australis-OSCAR 5 Project Manager) The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting will be held on Friday through Sunday, Oct. 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Va. at The Hilton Arlington. Symposium registration is available for $60 from now until September 15th. Banquet tickets are $55. Tickets are now available on the AMSAT Store at: https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/ Tickets are also available for the Sunday tour. On Sunday, Oct. 20, a bus tour will take attendees to the the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the National Air and Space Museum. Two large hangars dis- play thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde, and the Space Shuttle Discovery. Bus capacity is limited to 35 attendees. Tickets are $30 per person. Attendees who wish to drive may also join the tour group. Parking at the Udvar-Hazy Center is $15. On Monday, Oct. 21, AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, will lead a walking tour of the National Mall. No reservations are required. Transportation to the National Mall will be via the Washington Metro. Additional information, including hotel reservation information is available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone with $33,480 raised or about 22% towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit: https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations * W3ZM/7 will be operating on FM satellites, August 17-19 from Oregon, grids CN93 and CN94, operated by KI7UNJ. Remember to check out W3ZM On the Road for additional upcoming activations! * 6Y Jamaica (FK18) AUGUST 12-19, 2019 Philippe, EA4NF will be operating from JAMAICA (IOTA NA-097 – Grid FK18) on both FM and linear satellites with the special call 6Y4NF from August 12 to 19, 2019. QSL via LoTW. Keep an eye on Philippe’s Twitter feed for further updates : https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT. * Yosemite, California (DM06 and DM07) August 14-20, 2019 John, N7JY is on a vacation schedule and plans to get on various FM passes as time permits. No social media, but he may be tracked on aprs.fi/N7JY. Contacts will be logged on LOTW following trip. * AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain) September 9-15 AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active satellites from September 9th to September 15th as part of the V RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities. IberRadio is the biggest event for the ham community in southwest Europe and will open doors September 14th and 15th. AM1SAT call sign will be active from a min- imum of 14 different grids during that time to help satellite opera- tors to collect as much EA locators as possible. As part of this activity, and in order to promote the participation, AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories: SILVER and GOLD. More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/ Learn more about IberRadio at: http://www.iberradio.es. Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- PSAT2 Downlink for DTMF Grids and Messages Thanks to Robert, KE6BLR, amateurs can now capture the DTMF Grids and Messages data coming down from PSAT2. A DTMF page has been added to the list of links for PSAT2: http://aprs.org/sats.html Summary: You encode your Grid and callsign into a 16 digit DTMF memory on your radio. Using narrow band FM, send it on 145.98 with doppler compensation or at the middle of a pass. PSAT2 assigns a CQ number and acknowledges it by voice and then sends an APRS packet that contains the grid. Robert's web page will capture that packet. A second station can send their DTMF grid and get the same process but with a new CQ number. Now, either station can send a DTMF QSL Message for the other guy's CQ number which will also be spoken and recorded on the APRS downlink. Details are on the psat2 page on the above web page. PSAT2 is entering a phase of Apogee in the northern hemisphere for a week or so, and so is more workable in the USA and southern Europe. [ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Microwave Update Call for Submissions The ARRL will once again publish proceedings from this year's Micro- wave Update conference. At this time, The North Texas Microwave Socie- ty is soliciting additional papers for the proceedings. It is not necessary to be a presenter at the conference to have an article pub- lished in the proceedings. Papers must be emailed to Kent Britain, WA5VJB, at wa5vjb(a)flash.net, by August 31 as they will be submitted to the League for printing the week of Sept 3. Please also copy Al Ward, W5LUA,at w5lua(a)sbcglobal.net. If you have an interesting project that you have been working on, please consider sharing it with the community by publishing your work in the proceedings. Guidelines for submission may be found at: http://www.microwaveupdate.org/proceedings.php Questions may be directed to Bob Stricklin, N5BRG, at bstrick(a)n5brg.com, Al Ward, W5LUA, at w5lua(a)sbcglobal.net or Kent Britain, WA5VJB, at wa5vjb(a)flash.net The Microwave Update conference will be held in Dallas, Texas, on October 3-5. For conference information, see the website: www.microwaveupdate.org [ANS thanks Bob Stricklin, N5BRG, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear By popular demand, the AMSAT Fox-1 Assembly shirt design is now available on AMSAT's Zazzle store and fully customizable for dark or light colored t-shirts, sweatshirts, women's shirts etc. https://tinyurl.com/ANS-230-Zazzle1 https://tinyurl.com/ANS-230-Zazzle2 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Loreto College, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via IK1SLD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS. The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact is go for: Thursday 2019-08-15 09:17:06 UTC 53 degrees. Watch for live stream at www.ariotti.com starting about 15 min before AOS. The Children’s Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, MD (CASIS#3), telebridge via VK4KHZ. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA. Contact is go for: Thursday 2019-08-22 17:16:22 UTC 38 deg The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ [ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chinese Satellite Profiles RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit The Chinese DSLWP-B (LO-94) satellite that had been in lunar orbit provided a profile of Earth’s HF spectrum as seen from the moon. The microsatellite subsequently was crashed into the moon’s surface after having completed its mission. DSLWP stands for “Discovering the Sky at Longest Wavelengths Pathfinder.” Among other things, DSLWP-B was de- signed to test low-frequency radio astronomy and space-based interfer- ometry, and it carried Amateur Radio and educational payloads. The HF spectrum mission included mapping “RF interference” from Earth in the 1 – 30 MHz range by studying its occlusion by the moon during lunar orbit. According to Chinese media accounts, this was done to “verify the technology of ultra-long wave astronomical observation and solar radiation research.” The onboard detector sensed the spectrum of RF radiation at different positions of the lunar orbit. The Harbin Institute of Technology (BY2HIT) developed and built the DSLWP spacecraft and oversaw the mission. The microsatellite also carried optical cameras from Saudi Arabia. In July, a contact between radio amateurs in Germany and China took place on July 1 via LO-94. The two-way exchange was between Reinhard Kuehn, DK5LA, in Sörup, Germany, and Harbin Institute of Technology club station BY2HIT (operated by Wei Mingchuan, BG2BHC), in Harbin, China, via the onboard GMSK-to-JT4G repeater — the first such contact ever made. [ANS thanks ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + Members of the Radioaficionados Yucatecos will activate the Celarain Lighthouse (ILLW MX0011, XEFF-0004) during the Internation- al Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW), August 17-18, from the island Cozumel (IOTA NA-090). They will be QRV as XF3LL on 40 to 10m on SSB, digital modes, and via satellites. QSL via EA5GL. (ANS thanks the DARC DX Newsletter for the above information) + CubeSats will make an appearance at next weekend's Robotstock #STEM education event in Philadelphia, August 24-25. (ANS thanks Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT VP-Educational Relations, for the above information) + AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, was in attendance at the 2019 Small Satellite Conference on the campus of Utah State University in Logan, Utah to promote AMSAT's mission of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. During the conference, AMSAT and the University of Colorado Boulder announced the signing of a Collaborative Agreement. ANS will publish details when available. (ANS thanks + The small satellite launch market has grown to account for “69% of the satellites launched last year in number of satellites but only 4% of the total mass launched (i.e 372 tons). … The smallsat market experienced a 23% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2009 to 2018” with even greater growth expected in the future, dominated by the launch needs of constellations. (ANS thanks orbitalindex.com for the above information) + The countdown for the next Rocket Lab launch has started. The launch will come no earlier than 13:29 UTC on Friday, August 16, but as always with launches, may be delayed. For updates, see: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1162206454910029830 Or view the live stream from here: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/ about 20 minutes before launch. This is scheduled to be a night time launch local New Zealand time. (ANS thanks Terry Osborne, ZL2BAC, for the above information) + Tamir Rosenberg, N6JJ, has released a video entitled "Ham Radio Sat- ellites! Everything you need to know from theory to tactics!" See it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSiOORDkkZ8 + ANS wishes a speedy recovery to EMike McCardel, AA8EM, Senior Editor of AMSAT News Service and past AMSAT-NA VP Educational Relations. Mike was seriously injured in an accident while cleaning up tree damage on his property near Howard, Ohio following a severe storm which occurred on Tuesday, August 6. He is currently in a rehabili- tation facility following surgery for several broken bones, and faces many weeks of rehab and recovery. --------------------------------------------------------------------- /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, K0JM at amsat dot org

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AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin ANS-223; August 11, 2019
by Frank Karnauskas 10 Aug '19

10 Aug '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-223 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information 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://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. In this edition: * 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced - Tickets Now Available * FUNcube-1/AO-73 Entering Continuous Sunlight * ARRL/TAPR 2019 Digital Communications Conference Call for Papers * BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Get OSCAR Designations * 19th Global Symposium for Regulators * SSA Defends 23cm Band Against Galileo Threat * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts from All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-223.01 ANS-223 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 223.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. August 11, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-223.01 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced - Tickets Now Available AMSAT is pleased to announce that the AMSAT Symposium Saturday Evening Banquet on Saturday, October 19th will feature a panel of guest speakers presenting "The Foundations of AMSAT" followed by a question and answer period. Guest speakers will include: - Lance Ginner, K6GSJ (Project OSCAR) - George Jacobs, W3ASK (Author, Diplomat) - Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK (Founding President of AMSAT) - Dr. Owen Mace (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne) - Richard Tonkin (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne) - Jan King, W3GEY (Founding member of AMSAT and Australis-OSCAR 5 Project Manager) The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting will be held on Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia at The Hilton Arlington. Symposium registration is available for $60 from now until September 15th. Banquet tickets are $55. Tickets are now available on the AMSAT Store at https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/ Tickets are also now available for the Sunday tour. On Sunday, October 20th, a bus tour will take attendees to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the National Air and Space Museum. Two large hangars display thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde, and the Space Shuttle Discovery. Bus capacity is limited to 35 attendees. Tickets are $30 per person. Attendees who wish to drive may also join the tour group. Parking at the Udvar-Hazy Center is $15. On Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, will lead a walking tour of the National Mall. No reservations are required. Transportation to the National Mall will be via the Washington Metro. Additional information, including hotel reservation information is available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ -------------------------------------------------------------------- FUNcube-1/AO-73 Entering Continuous Sunlight FUNCube-1/AO-73 is due to enter continuous sunlight in a few days time and the operations team have decided to set the satellite to the education mode full time. This means full power beacon with no transponder and no eclipse auto switching. One of the effects of this is that the temperature of the satellite will increase. This will allow the FUNcube operations team to follow the effects of continuous sunlight more easily and, in theory, should keep the satellite cooler as more energy should be radiated from the structure as RF. They predict that the satellite will start experiencing eclipses again on approximately 7 May 2020. The team may put the satellite back into transponder mode while it is in continuous sunlight, and will make an announcement if they do so. [ANS thanks Jim, G3WGM for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL/TAPR 2019 Digital Communications Conference Call for Papers The ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) will be held in Detroit, Michigan September 20-22, 2019. The location will be located near the airport. Technical Presentations & Papers are solicited for presentation at the DCC and for publication in the Annual Conference Proceedings. The proceedings are published by the ARRL. Submitting a paper is not required to make a presentation at the conference. Conversely, it is not necessary that a technical paper be presented at the DCC to be published in the annual proceedings. Persons interested in making a technical presentation should contact TAPR President, Steve Bible, N7HPR at steven dot bible at gmail.com. Submission of technical papers are due by August 12, 2019 and should be submitted to: Maty Weinberg ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 or via the Internet to maty at arrl. dot org. Full Details on Call for Papers & Submission Guidelines at: https://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers [ANS thanks Mark Thompson, WB9QZB for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Get OSCAR Designations On June 25, 2019, the United States Naval Academy PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 cubesats were launched on a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 were developed by Naval Academy students in the USNA Satellite Lab and operated in cooperation with the USNA Amateur Radio Club. PSAT2 carries a PSK31 transponder, digipeater, SSTV-downlinked camera images, and a DTMF to voice/APRS system. BRICSAT2 carries a digipeater and thruster experiment. Both satellites are currently active. At the request of the Naval Academy Amateur Radio Club, AMSAT hereby designates BRICSAT2 as Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103), and PSAT2 as Navy-OSCAR 104 (NO-104). AMSAT congratulates the owners and operators, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them a long mission and continued success on this and future projects. [ANS thanks AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 19th Global Symposium for Regulators Small-Satellites, High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) and 47 GHz were among the topics discussed at the ITU-D 19th Global Symposium for Regulators in Port Vila, Vanuata, July 9-12. The background paper 'Preparing for WRC-19 Understanding the issues at stake and the impact of decisions to be made' was among the meeting documents in which 47.0-47.2 GHz is noted as one of the candidate bands for IMT-2020 (International Mobile Telecommunications) and 47.2-47.5 GHz for HAPS. Regarding Small-Satellites the document says: "At WRC-15, a proposal for a new agenda item for WRC-19 to consider modifications to the regulatory procedures for notifying satellite networks to accommodate nanosatellite and picosatellite missions was submitted. WRC-15 decided not to include this as a specific item on the WRC-19 agenda, because it concluded that this matter could best be dealt with by the ITU-R under the standing WRC agenda item 7. "Considering that the size of a satellite is independent of the nature of the service that it is intended to provide, a simplified regulatory regime needs to be developed for non-GSO satellites with short-duration missions, independent of the size of the satellite. "and "Furthermore, it is important to ensure that any satellite radio- frequency operation avoids harmful interference to incumbent and authorized systems and services. The two frequency bands below 1 GHz under consideration for new or upgraded allocation to the SOS (150.05-174 MHz and 400.15-420 MHz) are used for a wide variety of terrestrial and space applications, including for safety of life purposes, and some of these bands are heavily used on a consistent basis. Nevertheless, if new allocations to the SOS in these frequency bands are considered, they should not put undue constraints on any incumbent services." You can download the complete PDF at https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/GSR/2019/Documents [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- SSA Defends 23cm Band Against Galileo Threat Sweden's national amateur radio society, the SSA, has sent a supplementary letter to the communications regulator PTS ahead of the next meeting of the CEPT ECC Conference Preparatory Group CPG-19. The SSA report: At a previous CEPT meeting (PTA), France has proposed an agenda item to WRC-23 that the coexistence between satellite navigation (e.g., Galileo) and amateur radio in the band 1240-1300 MHz should be investigated. The proposal was voted down at the preparatory PTA meeting, but France has now sent letters to the various telecommunications authorities with a request that they now support this proposal at the forthcoming CPG19-9. SSA opposes this. SSA has therefore sent a supplementary letter to PTS about our 23 cm amateur band. Our section leader for IARU and VUSHF Mats SM6EAN explains the background and our opinion on our section pages. Here you can also read the new letter to PTS. Link to the letter in Google English is available at https://tinyurl.com/SwedenSSA [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations St Pierre et Miquelon (GN16) August 10-18, 2019 A DXpedition is planned to St Pierre et Miquelon, August 10th through the 18th. The team will operate as T05M will from Ile aux Marins on 6-160m, but there is a possibility of some FM Satellites. Keep an eye on their website for updates at http://fp2019.net/ Santa Rosa Island, CA (CM93) August 12-14, 2019 Ron, AD0DX, is heading back to Santa Rosa Island, August 12th -14th. When not distracted by the feathered-birds, Ron will be on FM and linear satellites as W6R. Keep an eye on Ron's Twitter feed for updates at the dates get closer at https://twitter.com/ad0dx Goose Bay, Labrador (FO-93) August 12-14, 2019 Chris, VE3FU, will be visiting family / friends and maintenance of his HF remote station in FO93, but he should be on the FM sats as VO2AC. Chris will try to post here before each pass, so keep an eye on his Twitter feed at https://twitter.com/ChrisVE3FU 6Y Jamaica (FK18) AUGUST 12-19, 2019 Philippe, EA4NF will be operating from Jamaica (IOTA NA-097 Grid FK18) in Satellite with the special call 6Y4NF from August 12 to 19. QRV Satellite in FM and SSB. QSL via LoTW. Keep an eye on Philippe's Twitter feed for further updates at https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT. AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain) September 9-15 AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active satellites from September 9th to September 15th as part of the V RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities. IberRadio is the biggest event for the ham community in Southwest Europe and will open doors September 14th and 15th . Learn more about IberRadio at http://www.iberradio.es. AM1SAT call sign will be active from a minimum of 14 different grids during that time to help satellite operators to collect as much EA locators as possible. As part of this activity and in order to promote the participation, AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories: SILVER and GOLD More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/ and as a pdf at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-223-AMSAT-EA [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone with $33,250 raised or about 17% towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit: https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + Upcoming Contacts Loreto College, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS call sign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Thu 2019-08-15 09:17:06 UTC 53 deg Watch for live stream at www.ariotti.com starting about 15 min before AOS. + Completed Contacts Kyoto Tachibana Junior & Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via 8N3KT The ISS callsign was NA1SS. The astronaut was Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact was successful: Thu 2019-08-08 10:36:37 UTC. [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts from All Over + AMSAT Featured in Special 300th Edition of ICQ Podcast The ICQ Podcast team released their 300th edition on August 4, 2019 which features an interview with AMSAT Treasurer and Past President Keith Baker, KB1SF. Released fortnightly on a Sunday at 0900 GMT the ICQ Podcast is available either as an MP3 download or as a YouTube version with optional auto-generated subtitles. In this edition, Martin Butler, M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard, M0TCH, Dan Romanchik, KB6NU and Frank Howell, K4FMH to interview Keith. The interview begins at 1:10:30 into the show and can be heard at https://www.icqpodcast.com/ [AMSAT thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA for the above information.] + OSCAR-94 Crashes on the Moon Lunar-OSCAR 94 (a.k.a. LongJiang 2 and DSLWP-B) crashed onto the far side of the Moon on July 31 around 14:08 UTC, ending its very successful amateur radio mission around the Moon. Launched on May 20, 2018, OSCAR achieved several historical firsts. The complete story can be read at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-223-OSCAR-94 [ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the above information.] + ARRL Updates LOTW with Three New Satellites On August 5, 2019 the ARRL updated Logbook of the World to include three new satellites: BO-102, NO-103, and NO-104 this morning. [ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA for the above information.] + AMSAT-DL Building Antarctic Ground Station for QO-100 AMSAT-DL is hurriedly building a ground station for Antarctica that will link to QO-100. The purpose for the installation is to provide a scientific platform to engage students in studying climate change and its effects in the polar regions. Read the complete article at https://amsat-dl.org/en/wie-wird-die-antarktis-auf-qo-100-qrv/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 additional 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 six 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 Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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

05 Aug '19

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

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

05 Aug '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-217 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy- OSCAR 104 (NO-104) SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-217.01 ANS-217 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 217.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE August 5, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-217.01 BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy- OSCAR 104 (NO-104) On June 25, 2019, the United States Naval Academy PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 cubesats were launched on a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 were developed by Naval Academy students in the USNA Satellite Lab and operated in cooperation with the USNA Amateur Radio Club. PSAT2 carries a PSK31 transponder, digipeater, SSTV-downlinked camera images, and a DTMF to voice/APRS system. BRICSAT2 carries a digipeater and thruster experiment. Both satellites are currently active. At the request of the Naval Academy Amateur Radio Club, AMSAT hereby designates BRICSAT2 as Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103), and PSAT2 as Navy- OSCAR 104 (NO-104). We congratulate the owners and operators, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them a long mission and continued success on this and future projects. 73, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator [ANS thanks AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, for the above information.] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73 and Remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space, This week's ANS Contributing Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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ANS-216 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Mark D. Johns 03 Aug '19

03 Aug '19

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-216 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * CAS-7B Designated BIT Progress-OSCAR 102 (BO-102) * AMSAT and ARISS Designing Amateur Radio System for Lunar Gateway * ARISS SSTV Owen Garriott Event Underway * AMSAT Member Named Young Ham of the Year * AMSAT member Wins Alabama Outstanding Youth Ham Award * ARISS Next Gen System Completes Critical Flight Certification Tests * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule * VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July 2019 * LightSail 2 Successfully Demonstrates Flight by Light * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for August 1, 2019 * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-216.01 ANS-216 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 216.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE YYY To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-216.01 CAS-7B Designated BIT Progress-OSCAR 102 (BO-102) On July 25, 2019, the CAS-7B (BP-1B) microsatellite was launched on a Hyperbola-1 launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Space Center, China. CAS-7B (BP-1B) was developed by the Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT), and in cooperation with the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). CAMSAT completed the project planning, design, build, and testing, and manages the on-orbit operation of the satellite. BIT provided the satellite environmental testing, launch support, and financial support. Many students from BIT were involved with the project, learning about satellite technology and amateur radio. The satellite carries a CW telemetry beacon and FM repeater that has been active since launch. At the request of CAMSAT and the BIT team, AMSAT hereby designates CAS-7B (BP-1B) as BIT Progress-OSCAR 102 (BO-102). We congratulate the owners and operators of BO-102, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on this and future projects. [ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations and OSCAR Number Administrator, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT and ARISS Designing Amateur Radio System for Lunar Gateway As announced at the AMSAT Forun at the Dayton Hamvention, AMSAT and ARISS are working on the design of a ham radio system for NASA's Lunar Gateway. The Gateway will be a small spaceship in orbit around the Moon that will provide access to more of the lunar surface than ever before with living quarters for astronauts, a lab for science and re- search, ports for visiting spacecraft, and more. First sections of the Gateway are scheduled for launch in 2022. To make this happen we are leveraging the work and expertise of the world-wide AMSAT organizations and the international ARISS community in this endeavor. We have an international team working this and are meeting 2x a month to mature the concept. In May we presented our solid concept to NASA and got great, positive feedback. This was followed up a few weeks later at the ARISS-I meeting at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in Montreal where we received great feedback from the CSA Gateway Program Manager after he saw our presentation. The AREx (Amateur Radio Exploration) team have done some really good work. The challenge for amateurs will be on the order of a 30 dB signal path loss as compared to LEO. But the link margins on our de- sign seem to close. AMSAT NA, UK & DL and ARISS-together--are working this phenomenal ham radio challenge. Come to the AMSAT-NA Symposium in DC to hear more. [ANS thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium will be held October 18-20 in Arlington, VA. For details, see: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS SSTV Owen Garriott Event Underway ARISS celebrates the life and accomplishments of astronaut, scientist and ham radio pioneer Owen Garriott with a commemorative SSTV event featuring images from Garriott's work with ham radio during his missions in space. The event began on August 1 at 09:40 UTC and is scheduled to end at 18:15 UTC on August 4. There are currently twelve separate images being sent at 145.800 MHz FM in the SSTV mode PD-120. As always, activities are subject to change dictated by the crew's schedule. Once received, images can be posted and viewed by the public at http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php and users can receive a special SSTV ARISS Award for posting images. See https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/ for details. Also for simplicity, a new information tab for SSTV events has been added to the ARISS website, under the General Contacts pulldown menu at www.ariss.org. The latest updates can also be found at the ARISS Facebook site Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) and on Twitter @ ARISS_status. [ANS thanks ARISS and Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Member Named Young Ham of the Year Dhruv Rebba, KC9ZJX, of Normal, Illinois, has been selected as the 2019 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year. Dhruv, 15, is the son of Hari Rebba, VU2SPZ, and Shailaja Panyam. He is entering his sophomore year at the Normal Community High School this fall. He is a member of the Central Illinois Radio Club. Dhruv earned his Technician Class license in 2013 when he was only 9 years old. He followed it up by passing the test for a General Class license a year later. Dhruv says his interest in amateur radio was sparked by a 2013 visit to the Dayton Hamvention(R) with his father, a long-time amateur radio operator from India who settled in the U.S. "He was going to the Hamvention and so I wanted to tag along," Dhruv recalls. "There I got to see all the cool stuff like the Morse-Code keyers and all the radios and everything and I decided to start study- ing for my Technician class." After getting his license, Dhruv became involved in Field Days and public service events with the Central Illinois Radio Club, including the "We Care Twin Cities Marathon" and the "Hop on for Hope Bike Ride/ Walk." Dhruv says he found a way to combine his interest in space and engineering with his new hobby. He joined AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satel- lite Corporation) and pursued his dream of a school contact with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. In October 2017, he served as the lead control operator for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with students at his school - the Chiddix Junior High School in Normal, IL - with astronaut Joe Acaba, KE5DAR. In late July of this year, Dhruv helped to facilitate another ARISS contact with international Scouts attend- ing the World Jamboree in West Virginia and monitored the contact from his home. ARISS presentations at Dayton and Huntsville, his selection as an ARISS mentor and networking with those putting together the ARISS con- tact for the World Jamboree led to his role in the July 2019 contact. In 2018, Dhruv was selected for the Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure. He traveled to Curacao Island in July 2018 where the PJ2Y team made a record 6,262 contacts with 135 countries over five days. Dhruv says he enjoyed operating his favorite mode, SSB. Dhruv has earned many accolades for his amateur radio pursuits including the "Young Ham Lends A Hand" award at the 2019 Dayton Hamvention Youth Forum; "Presidential Award" from AMSAT; and the "Young Achievers Award" from the Radio Club of America. He also has traveled to India to promote amateur radio awareness and spoke at the ZPH School, NP Kunta, India in January 2018. He discussed the importance of wireless communications and their role during disas- ters. Dhruv started the "Universal Help Foundation" to help underpriv- ileged students on a global scale. Among his first projects was a digi- tal project at a girls' high school in NP Kunta, India this past Jan- uary. Dhruv also has an interest in robotics and has worked as a mentor helping elementary school students build robots. This past April, Dhruv's "MetalCow Robotics" team finished fourth overall in the international competition sponsored by NASA in Detroit. Dhruv says a visit to the AMSAT booth at the 2019 Dayton Hamvention prompted him to sign on for the "Amateur Radio Exploration on the Moon" project. "We're designing an amateur radio system to be on the Gateway Space Station and the Moon," he says. Dhruv will be recog- nized during the Huntsville Hamfest on Aug. 17 in the Von Braun Center, Huntsville AL. The Young Ham of the Year was inaugurated by William Pasternak, WA6ITF, in 1986. Upon his passing in 2015, Bill's name was added to the award as a memorial to his commitment to recognizing the accomplishments of young people to the amateur radio service. Amateur Radio Newsline, CQ Magazine and Yaesu USA are primary sponsors of the award, along with Heil Sound Ltd. and Radiowavz Antenna Company. [ANS thanks CQ Communications, Inc. for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT member Wins Alabama Outstanding Youth Ham Award The 2019 Alabama Outstanding Youth Ham Award goes to Marissa Robledo, W4AQT. This particular Amateur Radio operator gazes at and studies the skies almost daily. She has a deep interest in satellite communication and loves sharing that interest with others. Her passion is evident in awards she has received, forums where she has presented, along with the activities in which she participates. Marissa is a twelve year old General class license-holder who lives in Montgomery, AL and is devoted to consistently learning and growing in the great hobby of Amateur Radio. She exhibits enthusiasm, knowledge, and rapid growth in many areas of Amateur Radio. The formal presentation of this award will take place at the 2019 Huntsville Hamfest on August 17th, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. [ANS thanks Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO, Alabama Section Youth Coordinator, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Next Gen System Completes Critical Flight Certification Tests The Interoperable Radio System (IORS), ARISS’ next generation radio system successfully completed a battery of stressful tests required as part of the final certification of the hardware for launch to and operation on the International Space Station. During the week of July 8, the IORS, consisting of the JVC Kenwood D-710GA Radio and the AMSAT developed Multi-Voltage Power Supply, suc- cessfully completed a series of Electro-magnetic Interference (EMI)/ Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) tests to ensure that the ARISS hardware will not interfere with the ISS systems or other payloads. Testing continued into the following week, where the IORS successfully passed power quality and acoustics testing. These tests verified that the ARISS IORS will not introduce harmful signals back into the ISS power system and is quiet enough to meet ISS acoustic requirements. ARISS Hardware Team members Lou McFadin, W5DID and Kerry Banke, N6IZW were at the NASA Johnson Space Center supporting this two week battery of tests in concert with the NASA test and certification team. Kerry Banke states, “Since the IORS is being qualified to operate on 120VDC, 28VDC and Russian 28VDC as well as transmitting on VHF or UHF, a lot of test combinations were required to cover all cases. Each in- put voltage type was also tested at low, medium and high line voltage. Moreover, additional permutations were required to test the IORS under no load, medium load and full load at each voltage level. So it should not be surprising why the tests took two weeks to complete.” Successful completion of these tests represents a key milestone in preparing the IORS for launch. ARISS can now begin final assembly of the flight safety certification in preparation for launch. ARISS is working towards launch ready status by the end of the year. [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone with $33,250 raised or about 17% towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit: https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Quick list of scheduled contacts and events as of 2019-07-30 03:00 UTC: Kyoto Tachibana Junior & Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via 8N3KT. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The sched- uled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact is go for: Thu 2019-08-08 at 10:36:37 UTC 56 degrees maximum elevation [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July 2019 Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period July 1, 2019 through August 1, 2019. Congratula- tions to all those who made the list this month! CALL Jul 01Aug AA8CH 550 584 WD9EWK 567 575 NS3L 475 505 AE5B ??? 442 K9UO 400 425 W5TD 381 384 KE8FZT 325 350 K5IX 300 325 PS8ET 211 275 WW8W 201 228 AB1OC 184 215 KJ4EU 151 206 AA4QE 102 204 N7EGY 169 200 ND0C 153 200 PR8KW New 200 LW2DAF 125 130 KC9VGG 102 127 KC9UQR New 113 XE2YWH New 102 K5ZM New 101 N4QX New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact W5RKN. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was omitted. 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 Parsons, W5RKN, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- LightSail 2 Successfully Demonstrates Flight by Light The Planetary Society's crowdfunded LightSail 2 spacecraft is success- fully raising its orbit solely on the power of sunlight. Since unfurling the spacecraft's silver solar sail last week, mission managers have been optimizing the way the spacecraft orients itself during solar sailing. After a few tweaks, LightSail 2 began raising its orbit around the Earth. In the past 4 days, the spacecraft has raised its orbital high point, or apogee, by about 2 kilometers. The mission team has confirmed the apogee increase can only be attributed to solar sailing, meaning LightSail 2 has successfully completed its primary goal of demonstrating flight by light for CubeSats. On Monday, July 29, LightSail 2 sent home a new full-resolution image captured by its camera during solar sail deployment. The perspective is opposite to last week’s full-resolution image and shows the sail more fully deployed. LightSail 2's aluminized Mylar sail shines against the blackness of space, with the Sun peeking through near a sail boom. LightSail 2 uses the callsign WM9XPA and transmits its beacon on 437.025 MHz, AX.25, FSK, 9600 bps. Beacon parameters and more informa- tion on the spacecraft may be found at: https://tinyurl.com/y5r6758v [ANS thanks The Planetary Society for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for August 1, 2019 The following Amateur Radio satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed from this week's TLE distribution. TANYUSHA 1 - NORAD CAT ID 42911 - Decayed 07/30/2019 (per Space-Track) The following Amateur Radio satellites have been added to this week's TLE distribution. PSAT 2 - NORAD CAT ID 44354 (per Space-Track) BRICsat 2 - NORAD CAT ID 44355 (per Space-Track) Oculus-ASR - NORAD CAT ID 44356 (per Space-Track) CP9 - NORAD CAT ID 44360 (per Space-Track) Move-IIb - NORAD CAT ID 44398 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO) SONATE - NORAD CAT ID 44400 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO) The following Amateur Radio satellites have a name change in this week's TLE distribution. CAS-7B (now been designated as BIT Progress-OSCAR 102 or BO-102) has now been assigned NORAD CAT ID 44443. Note that this is the current best guess CAT ID for BO-102. Also the TLE drag number for BO-102 has been rapidly increasing and is now at 0.01093482. BO-102 is expected to decay from orbit in about eight days. Object A (NORAD CAT ID 44339) is now identified as Prox-1. [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations +CY9 St. Paul Island (FN97) – July 31 to August 8, 2019 CY9C will be on St. Paul Island July 31st through August 8th. This is an all bands/mode dxpedition, with EME and Sats as well. More info available at http://cy9c.com/index.html. +Florida Keys (EL95) August 4-11, 2019 Philippe, EA4NF will be operating from EL95 (Key Largo and Brickell Key) as KC3NSG, from August 4 to 11, 2019. FM and Linears. QSL via LoTW. Keep an eye on Philippe’s Twitter feed for further updates: https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT +Washington Invasion (CN96/96 & DN06/07/17/17) – August 9-10, 2019 Casey, KI7UNJ, will be heading North to invade the State of Washington, August 9th and 10th. Keep an eye on Casey’s Twitter feed for specific pass announcements: https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ +St Pierre et Miquelon (GN16) – August 10-18, 2019 A DXpedition is planned to St Pierre et Miquelon, August 10th through the 18th. The team will operate as T05M will from Ile aux Marins on 6- 160m, but there is a possibility of some FM Satellites. Keep an eye on their website for updates: http://fp2019.net/ +Santa Rosa Island, CA (CM93) – August 12-14, 2019 Ron, AD0DX, is heading back to Santa Rosa Island, August 12th -14th. When not distracted by the feathered-birds, Ron will be on FM and linear satellites as W6R. Keep an eye on Ron’s Twitter feed for updates at the dates get closer. https://twitter.com/ad0dx +Goose Bay, Labrador (FO93) August 12-14, 2019 Chris, VE3FU, will be visiting family / friends and maintenance of his HF remote station in FO93, but he should be on the FM sats as VO2AC. Chris will try to post here before each pass, so keep an eye on his Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/ChrisVE3FU +6Y - Jamaica (FK18) August 12-19, 2019 Philippe, EA4NF will be operating from JAMAICA (IOTA NA-097 – Grid FK18) in Satellite with the special call 6Y4NF from August 12 to 19, 2019. QRV Satellite in FM and SSB. QSL via LoTW. Keep an eye on Philippe’s Twitter feed for further updates : https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT. Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org Remember to check out W3ZM On the Road for additional upcoming activations! https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/ [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + The Space Communicator Club of Las Flores, Calif. provide a public website for monitoring Satellite APRS Packets received in the most recent 24 hour period: http://spaceCommunicator.club/aprs (ANS thanks Robert MacHale, KE6BLR, for the above information) + The Federal Communications Commission voted on August 1 to create a new licensing category for small satellite companies that will dramatically reduce launch fees. Full story at: https://tinyurl.com/y4k588ko (ANS thanks Texas Public Radio for the above information) + SpaceX's robotic Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station on July 27, setting a new record for SpaceX's reusable spacecraft. The Dragon, which launched July 25 from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station atop a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, was on its third mission to space. (ANS thanks Space.com for the above information) + W3XO, the call sign held by former AMSAT President Bill Tynan (SK) has been issued to the Hill Country Amateur Radio Club of Kerrville, Texas, as a memorial. Bill was a leading member and past president of that club, as well as of AMSAT. (ANS thanks Ray Soifer, W2RS, for the above information) + Ballots for the 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors election have been mailed. Candidate statements may be found at https://www.amsat.org/2019-board-statements/ + Hackaday, an online journal for technical experimenters, published an article about the history of the AO-7 satellite on August 2. It can be read at: https://tinyurl.com/yyy5oapn (ANS thanks hackaday.com 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, K0JM at amsat dot org

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