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ANS-232 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Harbin Institute of Technology Lunar Satellites Designated as Lunar-, OSCAR 93 (LO-93) and as Lunar-OSCAR 94 (LO-94)
by Joe Spier 20 Aug '18
by Joe Spier 20 Aug '18
20 Aug '18
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-232.01
In this Special Bulletin:
* Harbin Institute of Technology Lunar Satellites Designated as Lunar-
OSCAR 93 (LO-93) and as Lunar-OSCAR 94 (LO-94)
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-232.01
ANS-232 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 232.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE August 20, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-232.01
On May 20th, 2018, a pair of microsatellites, DSLWP-A and DSLWP-B,
were successfully launched into a lunar transfer orbit aboard a Chinese
CZ-4C launch vehicle. Telemetry signals were soon received from both
satellites, although DSLWP-A was lost the following day. On May 25th,
DSLWP-B was successfully placed in lunar orbit. Since then, it has
continued transmitting GMSK and JT4G telemetry data, including SSDV
digital images, and a short message relay service. More than 40 amateur
radio operators around the world have successfully received the satellite.
At the request of the Harbin Institute of Technology, AMSAT hereby
designates DSLWP-A as Lunar-OSCAR 93 (LO-93) and DSLWP-B as Lunar-
OSCAR 94 (LO-94). We congratulate the owners and operators of LO-93
and LO-94, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite
community, and wish them continued success on this and future projects.
73,
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator
[ANS thanks AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
for the above information]
/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the student
rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space,
This week's ANS Contributing Editor,
Joe Spier, K6WAO
k6wao at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-231.01
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat dot org.
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
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In this edition:
* AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers
* Call for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC
* AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due
September 15, 2018
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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ANS-231.01 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 231.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
August 19, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-231.01
AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers
AMSAT has issued the second call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA
Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held at the US Space and
Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL on the weekend of November 2-4.
Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster
presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur
satellite community. Prospects should send a tentative title of their
presentation as soon as possible. The final copy must be submitted
by October 15th for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts
and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat.org
[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.]
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Call for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
September 14-16, 2018
The ARRL and TAPR DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs
to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques.
Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas
and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories,
experimental results, and practical applications.
All digital topics are covered at the DCC including digital voice,
data & video, SDR, DSP, precise timing, spread spectrum, networking
technologies and mesh networking.
Technical papers are being solicited for presentation at the ARRL
and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) and printed in the
annual Conference Proceedings published by the ARRL. Presentation
at the conference is not required for publication although authors
who attend receive priority for a scheduling a presentation during
the technical forums.
If you would like to present a technical topic at the DCC and not
submit a technical paper email the topic of your presentation to the
TAPR Office at: taproffice at tapr dot org
Submission of technical papers for publication should be submitted
ASAP to Maty Weinberg, ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 or
via the Internet to maty at arrl dot org
More details about technical papers and guidelines for paper
submissions are available at:
http://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers
[ANS thanks Mark Thompson for the above information.]
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NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on
Commercial Spacecraft
NASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who
will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the
International Space Station - an endeavor that will return astronaut
launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle's
retirement in 2011.
"Today, our country's dreams of greater achievements in space are
within our grasp," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "This
accomplished group of American astronauts, flying on new spacecraft
developed by our commercial partners Boeing and SpaceX, will launch a
new era of human spaceflight. Today's announcement advances our great
American vision and strengthens the nation's leadership in space."
The agency assigned nine astronauts to crew the first test flight
and mission of both Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew
Dragon. NASA has worked closely with the companies throughout design,
development and testing to ensure the systems meet NASA's safety and
performance requirements.
"The men and women we assign to these first flights are at the
forefront of this exciting new time for human spaceflight," said Mark
Geyer, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "It will
be thrilling to see our astronauts lift off from American soil, and
we can't wait to see them aboard the International Space Station."
Additional crew members will be assigned by NASA's international
partners at a later date.
NASA's continuous presence on the space station for almost 18 years
has enabled technology demonstrations and research in biology and
biotechnology, Earth and space science, human health, physical
sciences. This research has led to dramatic improvements in
technology, infrastructure and medicine, and thousands of spinoff
technologies that have improved quality of life here on Earth.
The new spaceflight capability provided by Boeing and SpaceX will
allow NASA to maintain a crew of seven astronauts on the space
station, thereby maximizing scientific research that leads to
breakthroughs and also aids in understanding and mitigating the
challenges of long-duration spaceflight.
NASA's Commercial Crew Program is facilitating the development of a
U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability with the goal of
achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the
International Space Station and low-Earth orbit. The public-private
partnerships fostered by the program will stimulate growth in a
robust commercial space industry and spark life-changing innovations
for future generations.
Further information at https://tinyurl.com/nasa-commercial-crew.
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due
September 15, 2018
Corrected ballots were mailed and members should have received them.
The new ballots, labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" are printed
on yellow-colored cardstock.
Using the Yellow Ballots, please vote for no more than three of the
2018 candidates:
Tom Clark, K3IO
Mark Hammond, N8MH
Scott Harvey, KA7FVV
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
Peter Portanova, W2JV
Candidate biographies can be viewed at:
https://www.amsat.org/bios2018/
The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving
the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate
members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received.
Ballots must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018
in order to be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent
via air mail. If you have not received your ballot package in a
reasonable time for your location, please contact the AMSAT office.
Completed ballots should be returned as promptly as possible, and
those from outside North America preferably by air mail.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations as of 9/19/2018
Geneva Switzerland - August 20-22, 2018
Brennan, N4QX, will be visiting Geneva Switzerland August 19-29,
operating under the call HB9/N4QX. This will be a holiday style, FM
only trip. Specific pass and grid activations will be posted on his
Twitter page, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice
Santa Rosa Island (CM93 and CM94) - August 20-22, 2018
Ron, AD0DX, using the call sign W6R, will be operating from
Santa Rosa Island in the Channel Islands August 20-22 to activate
grid square CM93, with a few passes from the CM93/CM94 grid line.
Ron will be mainly active on the FM satellites AO-91, AO-92 and SO-
50. Just learning to operate on the linear birds, he hopes to be
active on FO-29, CAS-4A and CAS-4B. More information is available on
AD0DX's QRZ page, with updates while on the island will be posted on
Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx
Minnesota (EN27) - August 25-31, 2018
Kirk, N0KK, will be in EN27, with possible road trips to EN16/17 and
EN36, August 10th and 11th. Kirk Will attempt as many FM passes as
possible on AO-91/92, SO-50. Specific pass announcements will be
posted to Twitter, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/radiozerokk
Lawrence, KS (EM28, EM29) - August 26-28, 2018
Greg, N4KGL, will be in activating the EM28/EM29 gridline, while
in Lawrence Kansas. More specific plans are forthcoming.
Kansas QSO Party (DM97) - August 26
Ron, AD0X will be participating in the Kansas QSO Party from DM97.
Updates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/ad0dx
Please submit additions or corrections to ke4al at yahoo dot com.
[ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information.]
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ARISS News
+ Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-08-17 02:30 UTC
Friedrich-Franz-Gymnasium Parchim, Parchim, Germany, direct via DC1RSN
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO
Contact is a go for: Sat 2018-08-25 09:52:16 UTC 58 deg
Vidya Mandir Inter College, Meerut, India, telebridge via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU
Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-08-23 08:22:00 UTC 47 deg
Glenden State School, Glenden, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via VK5ZAI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT (***)
Contact is a go for: Fri 2018-08-24 09:45:17 UTC 54 deg
[ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]
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+ ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored
over 100 schools:
Francesco IKØWGF with 132
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 131
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 106
[ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Rocket Fever" in Downey CA, 18 August 2018
AMSAT will be part of a larger effort representing amateur radio at
"Rocket Fever", an event at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in
Downey, California. This event will take place on Saturday, 18 August
2018. More information about the event is available at:
http://columbiaspacescience.org/news-events/event/rocket-fever-4/
The Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach and the Downey Amateur
Radio Club will be the local radio clubs spearheading the amateur
radio booth at the event:
http://aralb.org/ (ARALB)
http://darcarc.wordpress.com/ (Downey ARC)
During the day, there will be demonstrations using different
satellites from the grounds of the Columbia center. Most likely,
WD9EWK will be the call sign used for these demonstrations. If you
hear the demonstrations on the air, please feel free to call and join
in. The Columbia center is in grid DM03, Los Angeles County. If
WD9EWK is used for the satellite demonstrations, I will upload the
QSOs to Logbook of the World after the event, and QSL cards will be
available on request (no QSL card or SASE is needed; just e-mail me
with QSO details).
During this event, I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to post
updates and pictures. Even if you don't use Twitter, these posts are
available to anyone using a web browser at:
http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
+ While many are preparing for the first Phase 4 amateur payload in
a geostationary satellite, the first Phase 5 amateur payload is
already operational in an elliptical orbit around the Moon. The last
transmissions from LongJiang 2 were on 2018-08-05 from
00:30 to 02:30 UTC and from 07:30 to 09:30 UTC on 435.400 MHz and
436.400 MHz.
Various experiments are being carried out with GMSK and JT4G
downlink signals. Stations with 'normal' amateur equipment can
receive the downlinks quite well. Downlink signals have even been
received with no more than an Arrow antenna, no preamp.
DK5LA was the first to have his signals relayed through LongJiang 2
on 2018-07-15. On August 4, the first picture of an onboard camera was
downlinked with SSDV. Other experiments will follow later. Why not
give LongJiang 2 a try?
[ANS thanks Nico, PA0DLO for the above information.]
+ The South Indian Ocian has many active satellite operators
in the region, mainly from Mauritius (3B8), Reunion (FR), South
Africa (ZS) as well as from Madagascar 5R8 sometimes. In spite many
countries reachable particularly on FO-29 they report not hearing
much traffic except for regular QSO's with Thailand thanks to
Kob, E21EJC.
Active operators reachable around the Indian Ocean (West Africa,
Middle-East, Asia and Oceania) may not be looking that way as they
are not expecting any traffic and also due to time difference.
Stations in the South Indian Ocean area would like to QSO with others
in that part of the globe. "Look for us on the birds!"
[ANS thanks Jean Marc, 3B8DU for the above information.]
+ The AMSAT-UK payload for the ESEO satellite was delivered to Italy
last week. The mode LV transponder and the antennas will be
integrated into the satellite over the next few weeks.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and David Bowman, G0MRF for the above
information.]
+ There will be an AMSAT village at EMFcamp. The Electromagnetic
Field event takes place at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire
Aug 31-Sept 2. Electromagnetic Field (EMF) is a non-profit UK
camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in
making things: hackers, geeks, scientists, engineers, artists, and
crafters.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
+ The FCC has issued call sign WJ2XLT to LeoLabs for satellite and
space debris tracking from Menlo Park CA at 2.9-3 GHz with a
transmission power of 2,500,000 W. The licensee requested that
details be withheld from the public for 10 years.
[ANS thanks Experimental Radio Service for the above information.]
+ Chinese state missile maker CASIC and its commercial space
subsidiary Expace is preparing to launch its Kuaizhou-1A (Y8) solid
rocket before the end of September, carrying the Centispace-1-1S
test satellite into 700 km SSO.
This mission will be additional to the approximately 35 being
planned by main space contractor CASC for 2018.This means that
together with CASC, emerging players like Expace, Landspace and
potentially OneSpace, there could be around 40 Chinese launches
in 2018.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Andrew Jones for the above information.]
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/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE Supplement
ANS-224.02
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat dot org.
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
In this edition:
* YOTA Group Earns AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club Awards
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ANS-224 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 224.02
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
August 12, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-224.02
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YOTA Group Earns AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club Awards
Faith Hannah Lea, AE4FH, reports from the YOTA Camp in South Africa,
that about 20 youth members from the Camp made their first satellite
contacts. The group had launched a BACAR (Balloon Carrying Amateur
Radio) - a high altitude balloon with various radio equipment on-board
to explore near-space. While waiting for the data to return from the
BACAR package, the YOTA group operated from grid KG43 on multiple
satellites, ranging from SO-50, AO-91, & AO-92. "All the YOTA ZS9
members, who made their first satellite contact will receive the AMSAT
Satellite Communicators Club Award" said Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT
Director, Contests & Awards.
Thirteen-year-old Faith Hannah Lea, AE4FH, of Palm Coast, Florida, is
the only representative of International Amateur Radio Union Region 2
(IARU R-2) at the Youngster On The Air Camp 2018 this week in South
Africa. The YOTA ZS 2018 Camp has eighty participants aged from 16
to 25, and from over 30 countries that have been invited to attend a
fun-filled week of Amateur Radio from the 8th to the 15th August 2018.
More information is available at:
http://hamradio.world/
https://www.ham-yota.com/category/yota-2018/
http://www.arrl.org/news/young-us-radio-amateur-will-be-sole-iaru-region-
2-attendee-at-yota-camp
(ANS thanks the ARRL, AMSAT-NA, SARL, YOTA, and Faith, AE4FH for the
above information)
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/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space,
This week's ANS Reviewer,
Joe Spier, K6WAO
k6wao at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-224
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat dot org.
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
In this edition:
* Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. "Bill" Tynan,
W3XO, SK
* Indonesian Amateurs Using IO-86 for Earthquake Ecomm
* BIRDS-2 Transmit Plans Announced
* SiriusSat-1/SiriusSat-2 Decoding Tips
* AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers
* Call for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC
* SSO-A Mission to Set Record for Number of Satellites Launched
* NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on
Commercial Spacecraft
* AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due
September 15, 2018
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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ANS-224 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 224.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
August 12, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-224.01
Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. "Bill" Tynan,
W3XO, SK
It is with great sadness that AMSAT reports one of its founding
directors and charter members, William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, passed
away peacefully at his home on Tierra Linda Ranch in Kerrville Texas,
on August 7, 2018. He was 91.
Bill was born October 12, 1926 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County,
Minnesota. But, throughout his adult, life, he left an indelible
mark on Amateur Radio with a long list of "firsts" since becoming
licensed as W3KMV in early 1946. Indeed, Bill was in the forefront of
Amateur Radio's growth and importance in many ways. His singularly
distinctive accomplishments to our Amateur Radio Service were, quite
literally, "out of this world."
His active Amateur Radio interest really began in the mid-30s when
he was a young boy. During the Second World War, and after obtaining
a Restricted Radio Telephone Permit, he operated in the War Emergency
Radio Service (WERS), donating his time to the effort to the citizens
of Montgomery County, Maryland and, later, to the District of
Columbia by operating WERS systems on 2 1/2 meter VHF (then called
UHF). Of course, this occurred during a time when all Amateur Radio
activity had been suspended for the duration of the War.
His wartime activity would later spark his interest in the
frequencies above 30 MHz, and he became an active VHF/UHF enthusiast
almost since obtaining his first Ham ticket. However, it was his
work in helping others exploit the VHF/UHF spectrum that best
characterized Bill's numerous accomplishments and contributions to
Amateur Radio.
For example, in early 1969, Bill attended the charter meeting in
Washington, DC to investigate the feasibility of carrying on the work
of Project OSCAR, a group of West Coast Hams that had built and
launched the very first satellites carrying Amateur Radio. The
meeting later led to the establishment of today's Radio Amateur
Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). Bill was elected to the first Board of
Directors of the new organization, and was later named Vice President
for Operations.
Bill performed yeoman service in this position during the OSCAR 6
era, principally because that particular satellite had a nasty habit
of unexpectedly changing operating modes "on its own". Bill's superb
efforts coordinated the work of dozens of worldwide command stations
to keep OSCAR 6 (then the only OSCAR satellite in orbit) up and
running for the world's Amateur Radio Operators to use. His
outstanding work allowed critical Amateur Radio propagation and other
experiments, as well as other, more routine communications, to
continue virtually unabated. His singular efforts extended use of a
critical, space-based experimental Amateur Radio resource that
otherwise would have been given up for lost.
Later, Bill's strong reputation for getting things done, and his
expertise as a leading expert in the VHF/UHF arena, led to a request
from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that he assume duties as
Contributing Editor for QST Magazine's "World above 50 MHz" column.
Under his superb guidance, and during the next 18 years, Bill kept
the column both fresh and alive, while providing Hams worldwide with
a powerful forum to advocate and nurture such new Amateur Radio
technologies as long-haul VHF/UHF, moonbounce, DX and contest work,
as well as emerging meteor scatter and satellite communications.
However, while Bill Tynan's first love was VHF and UHF work, his
heart and soul were always with AMSAT. Not surprisingly, it is with
AMSAT that Bill's positive impacts on Ham Radio were destined to
become some of his longest lasting contributions to our Service.
For example, since his earliest days in AMSAT, Bill was intrigued
with the possibility of Hams on the ground being able to talk to Hams
in space. Later, in the mid-1970's, he actively explored the idea of
Amateur Radio operation from aboard the Skylab space station while
Owen Garriott, W5LFL, was to be a part of that crew. Unfortunately,
NASA did not approve this proposal, stating that it was too late to
modify the station to provide for an antenna.
However, later, as the Shuttle program was beginning (and on behalf
of AMSAT) Bill authored the very first draft proposal to allow
Amateur Radio operation from the Space Shuttle. His idea was soon
picked up by the ARRL, and it resulted in a formal, joint AMSAT/ARRL
proposal to NASA to allow this activity. Needless to say, Bill's
superb vision led directly to Owen Garriott's historic first use of
Ham Radio from space during the STS-9 mission, thus marking the birth
of the (then) very popular SAREX program.
In 1986, Bill was again elected to the AMSAT Board of Directors,
and, in 1991, just as the Phase 3D project (which later became AMSAT-
OSCAR 40 on orbit) was beginning to gain momentum, Bill assumed
duties as President of the organization at a most critical period in
its history. As with his previous callings, Bill wasted no time in
making his lasting mark on the organization. As one of his first
efforts, he was instrumental in pulling a team of over two hundred
volunteer people from 13 different countries together with the common
goal of building and launching the largest, most complex, and most
expensive Amateur Radio satellite ever attempted. When he finally
stepped down from his post as AMSAT President in late 1998, his
repeated, annual re-election to this high post made his one of the
longest running terms as President in the organization's history.
In addition to his solid accomplishments in furthering Amateur
Radio, Bill remained a very active Radio Amateur. He was a life
member of the ARRL, a life member of AMSAT (membership number 10),
and was an active member of the Central States VHF Society, also
serving on its Board of Directors. He was its President in 1992 and
put on the organization's annual conference that year. Bill was also
a member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association, the Radio Club
of America, the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers
(IEEE) as well as the National Space Society. Locally, he was the
Program Chairman of the Hill Country Amateur Radio Club at his home
on the Terra Linda Ranch in Kerrville, Texas and also served on the
ranch's Cable TV advisory committee.
During his lifetime, Bill also received several prestigious awards,
including "The Ham of Year" in 1996 from the Dayton Amateur Radio
Association (DARA) and in 2012, the Barry Goldwater Amateur Radio
Award from the Radio Club of America.
Bill is survived by his wife of 51 years, the former Mattie LeNoir
of Kilgore Texas, along with numerous cousins, brothers and sisters-
in-law. No services will be held. However, his ashes will be
scattered in two locations, the cemetery in Elgin, Texas where his
wife will be interred and the cemetery in Hagersville, Ontario,
Canada which is his mother's birthplace, and where his parents are
buried. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be
made in his name to the charity of your choice.
Statement of AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, on the passing of
Bill Tynan, W3XO:
I can only second the many comments and condolences that are coming
in from around the world on the passing of Bill Tynan, W3XO. From the
many remembrances of Bill's past accomplishments, it is clear that
AMSAT and amateur radio has lost a dear friend.
Friend is an important way to honor Bill. Bill was a friend to
AMSAT, a friend to ARISS, a friend to the ARRL, a friend to amateur
radio, a friend to his community, and lifelong friend to his dear
wife, Mattie. Bill's friendship extended to me when I became AMSAT
President. After hearing me present on some subject, I received a
three page treatise from Bill on the proper use of the pronoun "me."
His keen ear had picked up on my error, and the improvement came in a
paper titled "What's the Matter with Me?"
Bill had a way of looking at issues from a different perspective.
Last October's Board of Directors meeting was in the middle of a
"heated" discussion on the verbiage of a proposal, when Bill walked
in and sat down. After another 15 minutes of discussion, further
discussion on the proposal was tabled until the following day. Bill's
comment after listening to all this was "Wow, sounds just like the
board meetings we use to have 40 years ago!"
Recently, Bill asked to step down as the AMSAT OSCAR Number
Administrator. Bill has been granting applicants who qualify OSCAR
numbers for over two decades, since the late-1990s. Even Bill could
not remember the first number he issued, but he believed it was
either TO-31 or SO-35. In any case, Bill had issued at least 57 OSCAR
numbers. This is over 60%, or very close to two-thirds, of all the
OSCAR numbers currently issued at this time.
Bill liked to keep busy with his passion for amateur radio, whether
this was working in the foreground or background. Only a few weeks
ago, Bill proposed to AMSAT the use of FT-8 as a digital mode on a
future satellite. My friend, Bill Tynan, W3XO, was always thinking
ahead.
Ad astra.
[ANS thanks AMSAT the above information.]
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Indonesian Amateurs Using IO-86 for Earthquake Ecomm
As Radio Amateurs in Indonesia respond for the second time to an
Earthquake in the Lombok area, please take care to avoid causing QRM
to their activities on 7.110MHz and emergency activities on satellite
IO-86.
The second powerful earthquake in the area killed at least 98 people
and seriously injured more than 200 others. The electricity supply in
the area is disrupted and the ORARI of West Nusa Tenggara Region led
by YB9KA and YB9GV have taken action to cover areas with no cellular
coverage including taking battery supplies to affected repeaters. At
the moment four repeaters are operating in the disaster area with
ORARI HQ asking their Bali Island Region (the closest area) to
provide further repeater support for use by emergency communications
in Lombok.
ORARI HQ has also issued an official request to the nearest region,
to help with both logistics and personnel to Lombok, and designating
a National Frequency for the Lombok Earthquake at 7.110 MHz for HF,
VHF on 145.500 MHz Simplex and 147.000 MHz Duplex, and also to
activate ORARI Satellite LAPAN IO-86 to assist with communication.
The Central Java Region of the Indonesian Search And Rescue Council
has sent a group of rescuers and vehicles, led by YB2QC the
Operation and Technical Head of ORARI, to join the National Rescue
Operation in Lombok and ORARI. Jakarta is also arranging the delivery
of logistical assistance to Lombok.
(ANS thanks the IARU Region 1 and Dani, YB2TJV for the
above information.)
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BIRDS-2 Transmit Plans Announced
JAXA's three BIRDS-2 satellites, BHUTAN-1, MAYA-1 and UiTMSat-1 are
scheduled for deployment from the ISS on August 10, 2018.
All three CubeSats of BIRDS-2 project will be operating with same
uplink and downlink frequency. Each CubeSat will transmit a CW
beacon at 437.375 MHz. Telemetry and mission downlink will use the
same frequency but only upon a successful uplink command. Each
CubeSat also has an APRS digipeater on 145.825 MHz.
Since the CubeSats will be released at the same time from the ISS,
there is a possibility that the beacons from three CubeSats will
interfere with each other, making it difficult to decode. To avoid
that, one of the measures adopted by the team is as described below.
The CubeSats will be released together, which means they will turn
on almost at the same time. Once turned on, one of the first things
they do is start transmission of beacon to indicate it is alive.
But the CubeSats are programmed in such a way that each of them waits
for a different amount of time before the beacon starts. The first
satellite coming out will be BHUTAN-1 and will be the first to start
transmission. It will then of beacon and it will remain silent long
enough to let other two satellites finish their beacon transmissions.
The initial beacon signal period is set as 115 sec (30 sec
transmission and 85 sec silent time). This is a temporary schedule
for the initial operation phase.
The satellites, their ID's and call signs are as follows:
Satellite Country ID Call Sign
BHUTAN-1 Bhutan BIRD-BT JG6YKL
MAYA-1 Philippines BIRD-PH JG6YKM
UiTMSat-1 Malaysia BIRD-MY JG6YKN
(ANS thanks the Joint Global Multi-Nation BIRDS Project for the
above information.)
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SiriusSat-1/SiriusSat-2 Decoding Tips
The Sputnix site has some information for radio amateurs concerning
the SiriusSat-1/SiriusSat-2 satellites scheduled for release from the
ISS on 15 August 2018. The following is Tod, AD0I's translation of
part of the following Russian language URLs:
http://sputnix.ru/ru/nashi-sputniki/siriussat-1
http://sputnix.ru/ru/nashi-sputniki/siriussat-2
Information for Radio Amateurs
We invite all radio amateurs to take part in reception of our
signals. We have prepared a decoder program which will allow you to
decode practically all types of data which will be transmitted from
the satellites, in the first place the beacons, and also a connection
to the central telemetry database db.satnogs.org and the transmission
of received packets to us and all radio amateurs (this option can be
turned off).
The satellites will work on these frequencies with the following
call signs:
SiriusSat-1 Call sign RS13S Frequency 435.570 MHz
SiriusSat-2 Call sign RS14S Frequency 435.670 MHz
GMSK 4800 modulation will be used, AX.25 G3RUH standard protocol.
SPUTNIX Telemetry Viewer can be used with standard amateur radio
software typically used for satellite reception, for example, with
the combination of Orbitron/SDRSharp and with UZ7HO's SoundModem.
Telemetry Viewer is connected with the help of AGWPE or KISS TCP
interfaces. User settings are accessible in the file
resources/config.xml.
Download SPUTNIX Telemetry Viewer (Russian, 10.2 MB):
https://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-Telemetry-Viewer-Rus
Download SPUTNIX Telemetry Viewer (English, 10.2 MB):
https://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-Telemetry-Viewwer-En
Download I/Q test recording (27.1 MB):
https://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-IQ-Test-Recording
Download audio test recording (2.5 MB):
https://tinyurl.com/Sputnix-Audio-Test-Recording
[ANS thanks Tod, AL0I for the above information.]
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AMSAT 2018 Symposium Second Call for Papers
AMSAT has issued the second call for papers for the 2018 AMSAT-NA
Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held at the US Space and
Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL on the weekend of November 2-4.
Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster
presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur
satellite community. Prospects should send a tentative title of their
presentation as soon as possible. The final copy must be submitted
by October 15th for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts
and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat.org
[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.]
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Call for Technical Papers & Presentations at DCC,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
September 14-16, 2018
The ARRL and TAPR DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs
to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques.
Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas
and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories,
experimental results, and practical applications.
All digital topics are covered at the DCC including digital voice,
data & video, SDR, DSP, precise timing, spread spectrum, networking
technologies and mesh networking.
Technical papers are being solicited for presentation at the ARRL
and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) and printed in the
annual Conference Proceedings published by the ARRL. Presentation
at the conference is not required for publication although authors
who attend receive priority for a scheduling a presentation during
the technical forums.
If you would like to present a technical topic at the DCC and not
submit a technical paper email the topic of your presentation to the
TAPR Office at: taproffice at tapr dot org
Submission of technical papers for publication should be submitted
ASAP to Maty Weinberg, ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 or
via the Internet to maty at arrl dot org
More details about technical papers and guidelines for paper
submissions are available at:
http://www.tapr.org/dcc#dcccallforpapers
[ANS thanks Mark Thompson for the above information.]
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SSO-A Mission to Set Record for Number of Satellites Launched
Spaceflight announced details behind its SSO-A mission, the largest
single rideshare mission from a US-based launch vehicle to date.
Fox-1 Cliff will be among the satellites aboard this launch.
Spaceflight has contracted with more than 70 spacecraft from
approximately 35 different organizations, to launch from a SpaceX
Falcon 9 later this year. The mission, named SSO-A: SmallSat Express
represents the company's purchase of an entire Falcon 9 to
accommodate the growing number of domestic, international,
government and commercial customers seeking affordable rideshare
options to launch their spacecraft into orbit.
SSO-A, which signifies the company's first dedicated rideshare
mission to a Sun-Synchronous Low Earth Orbit, is slated to launch
from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It includes 15 microsats and 56
cubesats from commercial and government entities, of which more than
30 are from international organizations from 18 countries including
United States, Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Finland, South Korea,
Spain, Switzerland, UK, Germany, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Thailand,
Poland, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and India.
Planet is sending two SkySat small sats, the primary spacecraft on
the launch, along with several Dove cubesats. They are also
sponsoring the launch of two cubesats: one from Georgia Institute of
Technology and one from University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for
Atmospheric and Space Physics.
Among the spacecraft onboard, 23 are from universities, 19 are
imaging satellites, 23 are technology demonstrations, two are art
exhibits, and one is from a high school. Seventy-five percent are
commercial spacecraft.
A few notable customers include University of North Carolina-
Wilmington, NovaWurks, Ghalam, Helios Wire / Sirion Global, King
Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Astrocast,
Honeywell Aerospace, HawkEye 360, Nevada Museum of Art, Fleet Space
Technologies, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
Audacy, Capella Space Corporation, University of Colorado Boulder
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, and many others.
With the majority of the spacecraft being integrated in
Spaceflight's Auburn, WA facility, the stack is one of the most
complex and intricate endeavors the company has undertaken. The
smallsats will be integrated with a variety of dispensers and
avionics to an upper free flyer and lower free flyer.
[ANS thanks Spaceflight for the above information]
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NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on
Commercial Spacecraft
NASA introduced to the world on Friday the first U.S. astronauts who
will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the
International Space Station - an endeavor that will return astronaut
launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle's
retirement in 2011.
"Today, our country's dreams of greater achievements in space are
within our grasp," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "This
accomplished group of American astronauts, flying on new spacecraft
developed by our commercial partners Boeing and SpaceX, will launch a
new era of human spaceflight. Today's announcement advances our great
American vision and strengthens the nation's leadership in space."
The agency assigned nine astronauts to crew the first test flight
and mission of both Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew
Dragon. NASA has worked closely with the companies throughout design,
development and testing to ensure the systems meet NASA's safety and
performance requirements.
"The men and women we assign to these first flights are at the
forefront of this exciting new time for human spaceflight," said Mark
Geyer, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "It will
be thrilling to see our astronauts lift off from American soil, and
we can't wait to see them aboard the International Space Station."
Additional crew members will be assigned by NASA's international
partners at a later date.
NASA's continuous presence on the space station for almost 18 years
has enabled technology demonstrations and research in biology and
biotechnology, Earth and space science, human health, physical
sciences. This research has led to dramatic improvements in
technology, infrastructure and medicine, and thousands of spinoff
technologies that have improved quality of life here on Earth.
The new spaceflight capability provided by Boeing and SpaceX will
allow NASA to maintain a crew of seven astronauts on the space
station, thereby maximizing scientific research that leads to
breakthroughs and also aids in understanding and mitigating the
challenges of long-duration spaceflight.
NASA's Commercial Crew Program is facilitating the development of a
U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability with the goal of
achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the
International Space Station and low-Earth orbit. The public-private
partnerships fostered by the program will stimulate growth in a
robust commercial space industry and spark life-changing innovations
for future generations.
Further information at https://tinyurl.com/nasa-commercial-crew.
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Due
September 15, 2018
Corrected ballots were mailed and members should have received them.
The new ballots, labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" are printed
on yellow-colored cardstock.
Using the Yellow Ballots, please vote for no more than three of the
2018 candidates:
Tom Clark, K3IO
Mark Hammond, N8MH
Scott Harvey, KA7FVV
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
Peter Portanova, W2JV
Candidate biographies can be viewed at:
https://www.amsat.org/bios2018/
The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving
the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate
members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received.
Ballots must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018
in order to be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent
via air mail. If you have not received your ballot package in a
reasonable time for your location, please contact the AMSAT office.
Completed ballots should be returned as promptly as possible, and
those from outside North America preferably by air mail.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations as of 8/8/2018
Iceland (HP84, HP94, and HP95) - August 9-14, 2018
Gareth, G0MFR, will be in Iceland 9-14 August, activating grids
HP94/95/84 and looking for NA QSOs on FM Sats.
Rocky Mountain High - August 10-14, 2018
Chris, K7TAB is heading from his home QTH (DM43) to DN70 on
August 10th. Possible activations of DM55/56/57/58/48/38 on Aug 10-11
on the way, This will be a combined SOTA and AMSAT trip. Chris has
an empty dance card, so stay tuned to his Twitter account, publicly
viewable at https://twitter.com/K7TABravo for further announcements.
Bonneville Salt Flats, UT (DN30) - August 10-17, 2018
R.J., WY7AA, is heading to Speedweek at the Bonneville Salt
Flats in Utah. Enroute and while there, he also plans to activate
DN51, DN41, DN40, and DN20). Specific pass announcements will be
posted to Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/WY7AA
Ocean City, MD (FM28) - August 11-14, 2018
Brennan, N4QX, will be activating FM28, while visiting Ocean
City, MD. This will be holiday-style and FM only. Pass
announcements will be posted to his Twitter page, publicly viewable
at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice
Vancouver Island/Olympia National Park (CO60, CO70, CN79) -
August 12-13, 2018
Ron, AD0DX, will be in the Vancouver / Vancouver Island area and
at Olympia National Park. He will make a special trip to CO60 on
Sunday Aug 12th evening and in Campbell River, BC for 24 hours over
Aug 12 and 13 so there should be lots of opportunities for CO70 and
CO79. More information is available on AD0DX's QRZ page, to include
planned grid activation for his return trip home. Updates will be
posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx
New England Grids (FN01, FN10, FN11, and FN21) - August 11-15, 2018
Charlie, N3CRT is heading out on a family vacation, and he]s
bringing his satellite gear. Plan is 8/11 FN21 and FN11, 8/12-13
FN11 and FN01, 8/14 FN11, 8/15 FN10. FM sats only. Pass
announcements will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/charlieray
Maine (FN44, FN53, and FN55) - August 12-18, 2018
Adam, K0FFY, will be visiting the State of Maine, August 12-18.
Considerate enough to bring along his satellite gear, Adam expects to
activate FN44, FN53, and FN 55. Updates will be posted on Twitter,
publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio
Lancaster, PA (FN10) - August 15-16, 2018
Brennan, N4QX, will be visiting Lancaster, PA. While there, he
will activate FN10, holiday-style, FM only. Updates will be posted
on Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice
On the Way to Kansas (EM19, EM39, and EM49) - August 15-16, 2018
Joe, KE9AJ, will be activating will be stopping in a few grids
on his way to Kansas. Look for him in EM19 on August 15th, and EM39
and EM49 on August 16th. This will be an FM only trip. Pass
announcements will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/KE9AJ
Road to Huntsville, Alabama (EM53, EM54, EM55, EM63, EM64, EM65) -
August 16-19, 2018
Robert, KE4AL, will be heading to the Huntsville Hamfest August
16th. Enroute, he will activate EM53/EM63, EM54/EM55, and EM64/EM65
gridlines. August 17th, Robert will be operating from the U.S. Space
& Rocket Center (EM64) and scouting out the venue for the 36th Annual
AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, which will be held
November 2-4, 2018. In addition, Robert will be providing AMSAT
demonstrations at the Huntsville Hamfest (EM64), August 18-19.
Specific passes will be announced on Twitter, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/KE4ALabama
Geneva Switzerland - August 20-22, 2018
Brennan, N4QX, will be visiting Geneva Switzerland August 19-29,
operating under the call HB9/N4QX. This will be a holiday style, FM
only trip. Specific pass and grid activations will be posted on his
Twitter page, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/BrennanTPrice
Santa Rosa Island (CM93 and CM94) - August 20-22, 2018
Ron, AD0DX, using the call sign W6R, will be operating from
Santa Rosa Island in the Channel Islands August 20-22 to activate
grid square CM93, with a few passes from the CM93/CM94 grid line.
Ron will be mainly active on the FM satellites AO-91, AO-92 and SO-
50. Just learning to operate on the linear birds, he hopes to be
active on FO-29, CAS-4A and CAS-4B. More information is available on
AD0DX's QRZ page, with updates while on the island will be posted on
Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx
Minnesota (EN27) - August 25-31, 2018
Kirk, N0KK, will be in EN27, with possible road trips to EN16/17 and
EN36, August 10th and 11th. Kirk Will attempt as many FM passes as
possible on AO-91/92, SO-50. Specific pass announcements will be
posted to Twitter, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/radiozerokk
Lawrence, KS (EM28, EM29) - August 26-28, 2018
Greg, N4KGL, will be in activating the EM28/EM29 gridline, while
in Lawrence Kansas. More specific plans are forthcoming.
Kansas QSO Party (DM97) - August 26
Ron, AD0X will be participating in the Kansas QSO Party from DM97.
Updates will be posted on Twitter, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/ad0dx
Please submit additions or corrections to ke4al at yahoo dot com.
[ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information.]
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ARISS News
+ Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-08-07 18:00 UTC
Nagoya Technical High School, Nagoya, Japan, direct via JA2YNI.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS.
The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU.
Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-08-13 09:23:09 UTC 82 deg.
Matthes-Enderlein-Gymnasium Zwönitz, Zwönitz, Germany and
Hohenstaufen-Gymnasium Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany,
direct via DLØMEG and DLØXK.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS.
The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO.
Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-08-13 13:48:27 UTC 56 deg.
DLR_School_Lab Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, direct via DN2DLR.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS.
The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO.
Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-08-14 12:56:59 UTC 76 deg.
ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above
contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.
Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat dot org
or aj9n at aol dot com.
[ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]
+ ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored
over 100 schools:
Francesco IKØWGF with 132
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 130
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 106
[ANS thanks Charles Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Rocket Fever" in Downey CA, 18 August 2018
AMSAT will be part of a larger effort representing amateur radio at
"Rocket Fever", an event at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in
Downey, California. This event will take place on Saturday, 18 August
2018. More information about the event is available at:
http://columbiaspacescience.org/news-events/event/rocket-fever-4/
The Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach and the Downey Amateur
Radio Club will be the local radio clubs spearheading the amateur
radio booth at the event:
http://aralb.org/ (ARALB)
http://darcarc.wordpress.com/ (Downey ARC)
During the day, there will be demonstrations using different
satellites from the grounds of the Columbia center. Most likely,
WD9EWK will be the call sign used for these demonstrations. If you
hear the demonstrations on the air, please feel free to call and join
in. The Columbia center is in grid DM03, Los Angeles County. If
WD9EWK is used for the satellite demonstrations, I will upload the
QSOs to Logbook of the World after the event, and QSL cards will be
available on request (no QSL card or SASE is needed; just e-mail me
with QSO details).
During this event, I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to post
updates and pictures. Even if you don't use Twitter, these posts are
available to anyone using a web browser at:
http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
+ While many are preparing for the first Phase 4 amateur payload in
a geostationary satellite, the first Phase 5 amateur payload is
already operational in an elliptical orbit around the Moon. The last
transmissions from LongJiang 2 were on 2018-08-05 from
00:30 to 02:30 UTC and from 07:30 to 09:30 UTC on 435.400 MHz and
436.400 MHz.
Various experiments are being carried out with GMSK and JT4G
downlink signals. Stations with 'normal' amateur equipment can
receive the downlinks quite well. Downlink signals have even been
received with no more than an Arrow antenna, no preamp.
DK5LA was the first to have his signals relayed through LongJiang 2
on 2018-07-15. On August 4, the first picture of an onboard camera was
downlinked with SSDV. Other experiments will follow later. Why not
give LongJiang 2 a try?
[ANS thanks Nico, PA0DLO for the above information.]
+ The South Indian Ocian has many active satellite operators
in the region, mainly from Mauritius (3B8), Reunion (FR), South
Africa (ZS) as well as from Madagascar 5R8 sometimes. In spite many
countries reachable particularly on FO-29 they report not hearing
much traffic except for regular QSO's with Thailand thanks to
Kob, E21EJC.
Active operators reachable around the Indian Ocean (West Africa,
Middle-East, Asia and Oceania) may not be looking that way as they
are not expecting any traffic and also due to time difference.
Stations in the South Indian Ocean area would like to QSO with others
in that part of the globe. "Look for us on the birds!"
[ANS thanks Jean Marc, 3B8DU for the above information.]
+ The AMSAT-UK payload for the ESEO satellite was delivered to Italy
last week. The mode LV transponder and the antennas will be
integrated into the satellite over the next few weeks.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and David Bowman, G0MRF for the above
information.]
+ There will be an AMSAT village at EMFcamp. The Electromagnetic
Field event takes place at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire
Aug 31-Sept 2. Electromagnetic Field (EMF) is a non-profit UK
camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in
making things: hackers, geeks, scientists, engineers, artists, and
crafters.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
+ The FCC has issued call sign WJ2XLT to LeoLabs for satellite and
space debris tracking from Menlo Park CA at 2.9-3 GHz with a
transmission power of 2,500,000 W. The licensee requested that
details be withheld from the public for 10 years.
[ANS thanks Experimental Radio Service for the above information.]
+ Chinese state missile maker CASIC and its commercial space
subsidiary Expace is preparing to launch its Kuaizhou-1A (Y8) solid
rocket before the end of September, carrying the Centispace-1-1S
test satellite into 700 km SSO.
This mission will be additional to the approximately 35 being
planned by main space contractor CASC for 2018.This means that
together with CASC, emerging players like Expace, Landspace and
potentially OneSpace, there could be around 40 Chinese launches
in 2018.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Andrew Jones for the above information.]
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and Remember to help keep Amateur Radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
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ANS-221 ANS Special Bulletin Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. "Bill" Tynan, W3XO, SK
by Frank Karnauskas 10 Aug '18
by Frank Karnauskas 10 Aug '18
10 Aug '18
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-221 SPECIAL BULLETIN: Charter Member, Past AMSAT President
William A. "Bill" Tynan, W3XO, SK
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. "Bill" Tynan,
W3XO, SK
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ANS-221 SPECIAL AMSAT News Service Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
August 9, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-221.01
Charter Member, Past AMSAT President William A. "Bill" Tynan, W3XO, SK
It is with great sadness that AMSAT reports one of its founding
directors and charter members, William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, passed
away peacefully at his home on Tierra Linda Ranch in Kerrville Texas,
on August 7, 2018. He was 91.
Bill was born October 12, 1926 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County,
Minnesota. But, throughout his adult, life, he left an indelible
mark on Amateur Radio with a long list of "firsts" since becoming
licensed as W3KMV in early 1946. Indeed, Bill was in the forefront of
Amateur Radio's growth and importance in many ways. His singularly
distinctive accomplishments to our Amateur Radio Service were, quite
literally, "out of this world."
His active Amateur Radio interest really began in the mid-30s when
he was a young boy. During the Second World War, and after obtaining
a Restricted Radio Telephone Permit, he operated in the War Emergency
Radio Service (WERS), donating his time to the effort to the citizens
of Montgomery County, Maryland and, later, to the District of
Columbia by operating WERS systems on 2 1/2 meter VHF (then called
UHF). Of course, this occurred during a time when all Amateur Radio
activity had been suspended for the duration of the War.
His wartime activity would later spark his interest in the
frequencies above 30 MHz, and he became an active VHF/UHF enthusiast
almost since obtaining his first Ham ticket. However, it was his
work in helping others exploit the VHF/UHF spectrum that best
characterized Bill's numerous accomplishments and contributions to
Amateur Radio.
For example, in early 1969, Bill attended the charter meeting in
Washington, DC to investigate the feasibility of carrying on the work
of Project OSCAR, a group of West Coast Hams that had built and
launched the very first satellites carrying Amateur Radio. The
meeting later led to the establishment of today's Radio Amateur
Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). Bill was elected to the first Board of
Directors of the new organization, and was later named Vice President
for Operations.
Bill performed yeoman service in this position during the OSCAR 6
era, principally because that particular satellite had a nasty habit
of unexpectedly changing operating modes "on its own". Bill's superb
efforts coordinated the work of dozens of worldwide command stations
to keep OSCAR 6 (then the only OSCAR satellite in orbit) up and
running for the world's Amateur Radio Operators to use. His
outstanding work allowed critical Amateur Radio propagation and other
experiments, as well as other, more routine communications, to
continue virtually unabated. His singular efforts extended use of a
critical, space-based experimental Amateur Radio resource that
otherwise would have been given up for lost.
Later, Bill's strong reputation for getting things done, and his
expertise as a leading expert in the VHF/UHF arena, led to a request
from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that he assume duties as
Contributing Editor for QST Magazine's "World above 50 MHz" column.
Under his superb guidance, and during the next 18 years, Bill kept
the column both fresh and alive, while providing Hams worldwide with
a powerful forum to advocate and nurture such new Amateur Radio
technologies as long-haul VHF/UHF, moonbounce, DX and contest work,
as well as emerging meteor scatter and satellite communications.
However, while Bill Tynan's first love was VHF and UHF work, his
heart and soul were always with AMSAT. Not surprisingly, it is with
AMSAT that Bill's positive impacts on Ham Radio were destined to
become some of his longest lasting contributions to our Service.
For example, since his earliest days in AMSAT, Bill was intrigued
with the possibility of Hams on the ground being able to talk to Hams
in space. Later, in the mid-1970's, he actively explored the idea of
Amateur Radio operation from aboard the Skylab space station while
Owen Garriott, W5LFL, was to be a part of that crew. Unfortunately,
NASA did not approve this proposal, stating that it was too late to
modify the station to provide for an antenna.
However, later, as the Shuttle program was beginning (and on behalf
of AMSAT) Bill authored the very first draft proposal to allow
Amateur Radio operation from the Space Shuttle. His idea was soon
picked up by the ARRL, and it resulted in a formal, joint AMSAT/ARRL
proposal to NASA to allow this activity. Needless to say, Bill's
superb vision led directly to Owen Garriott's historic first use of
Ham Radio from space during the STS-9 mission, thus marking the birth
of the (then) very popular SAREX program.
In 1986, Bill was again elected to the AMSAT Board of Directors,
and, in 1991, just as the Phase 3D project (which later became AMSAT-
OSCAR 40 on orbit) was beginning to gain momentum, Bill assumed
duties as President of the organization at a most critical period in
its history. As with his previous callings, Bill wasted no time in
making his lasting mark on the organization. As one of his first
efforts, he was instrumental in pulling a team of over two hundred
volunteer people from 13 different countries together with the common
goal of building and launching the largest, most complex, and most
expensive Amateur Radio satellite ever attempted. When he finally
stepped down from his post as AMSAT President in late 1998, his
repeated, annual re-election to this high post made his one of the
longest running terms as President in the organization's history.
In addition to his solid accomplishments in furthering Amateur
Radio, Bill remained a very active Radio Amateur. He was a life
member of the ARRL, a life member of AMSAT (membership number 10),
and was an active member of the Central States VHF Society, also
serving on its Board of Directors. He was its President in 1992 and
put on the organization's annual conference that year. Bill was also
a member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association, the Radio Club
of America, the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers
(IEEE) as well as the National Space Society. Locally, he was the
Program Chairman of the Hill Country Amateur Radio Club at his home
on the Terra Linda Ranch in Kerrville, Texas and also served on the
ranch's Cable TV advisory committee.
During his lifetime, Bill also received several prestigious awards,
including "The Ham of Year" in 1996 from the Dayton Amateur Radio
Association (DARA) and in 2012, the Barry Goldwater Amateur Radio
Award from the Radio Club of America.
Bill is survived by his wife of 51 years, the former Mattie LeNoir
of Kilgore Texas, along with numerous cousins, brothers and sisters-
in-law. No services will be held. However, his ashes will be
scattered in two locations, the cemetery in Elgin, Texas where his
wife will be interred and the cemetery in Hagersville, Ontario,
Canada which is his mother's birthplace, and where his parents are
buried. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be
made in his name to the charity of your choice.
Statement of AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, on the passing of
Bill Tynan, W3XO:
I can only second the many comments and condolences that are coming
in from around the world on the passing of Bill Tynan, W3XO. From the
many remembrances of Bill's past accomplishments, it is clear that
AMSAT and amateur radio has lost a dear friend.
Friend is an important way to honor Bill. Bill was a friend to
AMSAT, a friend to ARISS, a friend to the ARRL, a friend to amateur
radio, a friend to his community, and lifelong friend to his dear
wife, Mattie. Bill's friendship extended to me when I became AMSAT
President. After hearing me present on some subject, I received a
three page treatise from Bill on the proper use of the pronoun "me."
His keen ear had picked up on my error, and the improvement came in a
paper titled "What's the Matter with Me?"
Bill had a way of looking at issues from a different perspective.
Last October's Board of Directors meeting was in the middle of a
"heated" discussion on the verbiage of a proposal, when Bill walked
in and sat down. After another 15 minutes of discussion, further
discussion on the proposal was tabled until the following day. Bill's
comment after listening to all this was "Wow, sounds just like the
board meetings we use to have 40 years ago!"
Recently, Bill asked to step down as the AMSAT OSCAR Number
Administrator. Bill has been granting applicants who qualify OSCAR
numbers for over two decades, since the late-1990s. Even Bill could
not remember the first number he issued, but he believed it was
either TO-31 or SO-35. In any case, Bill had issued at least 57 OSCAR
numbers. This is over 60%, or very close to two-thirds, of all the
OSCAR numbers currently issued at this time.
Bill liked to keep busy with his passion for amateur radio, whether
this was working in the foreground or background. Only a few weeks
ago, Bill proposed to AMSAT the use of FT-8 as a digital mode on a
future satellite. My friend, Bill Tynan, W3XO, was always thinking
ahead.
Ad astra.
[ANS thanks AMSAT the above information.]
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-217
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* AMSAT-DL Announces IARU coordinated frequencies for P4-A, Es'hail-2
* Launch Announced For Es’hail-2 Carrying Ham Radio Transponders
* BIRDS-2 deploy from ISS on 10th Aug
* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July 2018
* Return of ARISS Packet Radio
* Students Learn About Amateur Satellites At College Workshops
* AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Mailed
* AMSAT Member Ruth Willet, KM4LAO Receives 2018 ARRL Hiram Percy
Maxim Memorial Award
* Call for Papers Microwave Update 2018
* 2018 36th AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Registration Now on AMSAT Store
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Shorts From All Over
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ANS-217 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 217.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
August 5, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-217.01
AMSAT-DL Announces IARU coordinated frequencies for P4-A, Es'hail-2
Es'hail-2 is a commercial geostationary broadcasting satellite
which will also provide the first amateur radio Phase 4 trans-
ponders. The satellite will be positioned at 26 degrees east.
Es'hail-2 will carry two transponders operating in the 2400 MHz
and 10450 MHz bands. A 250kHz bandwidth linear transponder
intended for conventional analogue operations and an 8 MHz
bandwidth transponder for experimental digital modulation
schemes and DVB amateur television.
The following frequencies have been coordinated:
for narrowband linear transponder
• downlink 10489.550 - 10489.800 MHz with 100 Watts output power
• uplink 2400.050 - 2400.300 MHz
for wideband digital transponder
• downlink 10491.000 - 10499.000 MHz with 100 Watts output power
• uplink 2401.500 - 2409.500 MHz
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=630
http://www.amsat-dl.org/index.php/es-hail-2-p4a
[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information]
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Launch Announced For Es’hail-2 Carrying Ham Radio Transponders
Es’hailSat has tweeted their geostationary satellite Es’hail-2 is
expected to be launched by SpaceX in the 4th quarter of 2018.
Qatar’s Es’hail-2 satellite will provide the first amateur radio
geostationary communications and is capable of linking amateurs from
Brazil to Thailand.
Es’hail-2 will carry two “Phase 4” amateur radio transponders
operating in the 2400 MHz and 10450 MHz bands. A 250 kHz bandwidth
linear transponder intended for conventional analogue operations and
an 8 MHz bandwidth transponder for experimental digital modulation
schemes and DVB amateur television.
On August 2 the company tweeted the launch information in response
to a question about the launch date from Eric Ralph
https://twitter.com/eshailsat/status/1024898547165093890
On July 31, 2018 Michael Baylor @nextspaceflight tweeted:
A new #SpaceX Falcon 9 arriving at the Cape. The most likely
scenario is that it is B1050.1 for the Es’hail mission.
@13ericralph31 is reporting that B1046.2 will launch Merah Putih,
making B1049.1 the most likely choice for Telstar 18V.
https://tinyurl.com/ANS217-Falcon9Arrival
AMSAT-DL Phase 4A Es’hail-2 geostationary satellite amateur radio
transponder slides:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS217-TransponderSlides
AMSAT-DL Phase 4A leaflet:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS217-P4A-Leaflet
Es’hail-2:
https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/geosynchronous/eshail-2/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL via AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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BIRDS-2 deploy from ISS on 10th Aug
JAXA announced BIRDS-2 three CubeSats BHUTAN-1, MAYA-1 and UiTMSat-1
deploy from ISS at 10th August.
They will transmit 30 minutes after deployment. Initial mode looks CW
on 70cm. They use same frequency 437.375MHz and transmit in the order
of BHUTAN-1, MAYA-1 and UiTMSat-1.
BIRDS-2 CubeSats has also APRS digipeater on 145.825MHz.
Satellite Country ID Call Sign
BHUTAN-1 Bhutan BIRD-BT JG6YKL
MAYA-1 Philippines BIRD-PH JG6YKM
UiTMSat-1 Malaysia BIRD-MY JG6YKN
http://birds2.birds-project.com/operation/
[ANS thanks Masahiro JN1GKZ for the above information]
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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July 2018
Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite
Awards issued by the ARRL for the period July 1, 2018
through August 1, 2018.
Congratulations to all those who made the list this month!
CALL 01Jul 01Aug
K8YSE 1848 1879
WA4NVM 1488 1522
N9IP 618 625
WD9EWK 450 476
K7TAB 306 430
KE4AL 379 429
AA8CH 256 316
AE5B 100 239
K5IX 175 202
N6RFM 107 201
N7AGF 152 175
PU8RFL 120 125
IK0USO 100 118
LW2DAF New 103
WW8W New 103
K2MTS New 100
KG4AKV New 100
KJ4EU New 100
If you find errors or omissions. please contacat:
w5rkn at w5rkn dot com.
This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf
listings for July 1, 2018 and August 1, 2018. It's a visual
comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your
call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are
roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are
doing most of the work!
[ANS thanks Ron W5RKN for the above information]
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Return of ARISS Packet Radio
If you have missed APRS and packet radio from ISS (as ARISS has),
you'll be happy to hear that a replacement system is on its way. When
the packet module aboard ISS died in late 2017, the ARISS hardware
team was heavily involved in design and safety certification of the
new Interoperable Radio System (IORS). After basic troubleshooting
and a few attempts to revive the failed module, we decided to
dedicate our time to IORS and get it - with its packet and other
capabilities - aboard ISS as soon as possible.
Early this year, thermal testing of the first flight-identical IORS
power supply showed that some changes to air flow were needed. This
change looked likely to delay our expected IORS deployment from late
2018 to early 2019.
With some newly available time, the hardware team was able to dig up
an original duplicate of the packet module, replace its battery, and
test the module to verify that it still works. Fortunately, NASA has
approved flight of this identical unit with minimal paperwork, so we
are asking to be on the manifest for supply mission 71P (a Progress
spacecraft). Launch currently is scheduled for 31 October, with
docking on 2 November. Installation will depend on the crew’s busy
schedule, but we expect packet will be operational again by the end
of November 2018.
[ANS thanks Dave W8AAS via AMSAT-BB for the above information]
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Students learn about Amateur Satellites at College Workshops
To popularise Ham Radio in western India two events were conducted
back to back recently by Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP Regional Coordinator
AMSAT-INDIA.
LDRP College Gandhinagar
‘Ham Radio for GenX’ – Full day workshop with demo was conducted at
LDRP College Gandhinagar (Gujarat – India) on 12th July 2018. More
than 70 EC students + faculties participated in this awareness event.
Program was inaugurated with kind presence of dignitaries from
GIAR, LDRP, IEEE, ISRO & AMSAT-INDIA.
>From GIAR, OM Pravinbhai Valera VU2CPV (Joint Secretary) & OM
Jagdishbhai Pandya VU2JGI (General Secretary) blessed us with their
kind presence.
Presentation on ‘Antennas for Space Application’ was conducted by
Dr. Ramesh Kumar Gupta (SAC-ISRO).
Ham Radio history & Introductory session was nicely conducted by
Jagdishbhai Pandya VU2JGI with several interesting examples.
Thereafter Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP gave good overview on Satellite
Communication, Digital Communication, APRS, RDF, IOTA, SSTV & RTL-SDR
etc. technology.
Live demo of SSTV was conducted which was very much enjoyed by the
students & faculties. VHF demo with mock drill was simulated by
VU2EXP Rajesh, VU2JGI Jagdishbhai, VU3IKI Ke Ke, VU3EXP Sakshi & team.
Ham Radio stuff were exhibited incl. VHF/UHF Rigs, PSU, Antennas,
Digital Interfaces, Cables, SWR Meter, attenuator, FUNcube satellite
model,
QSL Cards, Awards, etc stuff was displayed for the knowledge of the
students.
We also got nice support from other fellow hams incl. VU3DVA
Deepakbhai, VU3GLY Priyesh, VU3DSJ Dipakbhai, SWL Abhigna etc team.
We had guest presence of Dr Narendra Chauhan Sir (IPR) & Prof. N. N.
Jani Sir in the event.
I am thankful to Prof. Dave Sir (HOD – EC), Prof. Mendhe Sir (EC),
Mr. Nilesh Makwana (IEEE) to nicely coordinate & support the event.
Program concluded in hope to have good number of future hams from
the Institute.
LD College Ahmedabad
‘Ham Radio Practical Insight’ titled workshop was conducted at LD
College Ahmedabad (Gujarat – India) on 13th July 2018 in afternoon
session. More than 65 EC students + faculties participated.
Dignitaries from IEEE, ISRO, LD & AMSAT-INDIA inaugurated the
workshop. It was our great pleasure to have chief guest presence of
Shri Rajeev Jyoti Sir (Dy. Director SAC – ISRO) & Chair (IEEE)
Gujarat chapter in this Ham Radio Workshop.
Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP explained the latest technology/modes ham
world uses & gave quick practical Demos for chief guest. Demo
includes CW, Text, Image & Voice transmission/reception with simple
VHF Radio sets. The simple experiment techniques used were described.
Students were surprised to learn the potential of Amateur Radio &
experts appreciate such public demos.
We got nice support from team members VU3EXP Sakshi, VU2UTZ
Dinyarji, VU3PMT Mahendrabhai, VU3GLY Priyesh, SWL Ketanbhai during
demo & whole event.
Thereafter detailed presentation was given on interesting ham
events, digital communication, Satellite Communication, ARISS
program, ASOC licencing procedure, APRS, SSTV witth RTL-SSDR etc.
Session remain very interactive with lots of queries which were
answered very well by VU2EXP. Also mini Ham Radio exhibition was
keenly enjoyed by the audience.
I am thankful to Prof. Usha Madam (HOD – EC), Prof. Arun Sir (EC),
Mr. Nilesh Makwana (IEEE) to nicely coordinate & support the event.
Small spark of Ham Radio was ignited, hope we get good number of
Hams from the participants, in the future.
[ANS thanks Rajesh VU2EXP via AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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AMSAT Board of Director Elections Corrected Ballots Mailed
Corrected ballots have been mailed and members should be receiving
them, if they haven't already. The new ballots, labeled "CORRECTED
BALLOT 7/20/2018" are printed on yellow-colored cardstock.
Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT-
NA members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018
have been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the
AMSAT-NA office will not be counted.
Using the Yellow Ballots, please vote for no more than three of the
2018 candidates:
Tom Clark, K3IO
Mark Hammond, N8MH
Scott Harvey, KA7FVV
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
Peter Portanova, W2JV
Candidate biographies can be viewed at:
https://www.amsat.org/bios2018/
The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving
the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate
members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received.
Ballots must be received at the AMSAT office by September 15, 2018
in order to be counted. Those sent outside North America were sent
via air mail. If you have not received your ballot package in a
reasonable time for your location, please contact the AMSAT office.
Completed ballots should be returned as promptly as possible, and
those from outside North America preferably by air mail.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
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AMSAT Member Ruth Willet, KM4LAO Receives 2018 ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim
Memorial Award
Nineteen-year-old Ruth Willet, KM4LAO, of Cana, Virginia, was named
as the recipient of the 2018 ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award by
the ARRL Board of Directors at its July 20 – 21 meeting. The Hiram
Percy Maxim Memorial Award is given annually by the Board to a radio
amateur under the age of 21 whose accomplishments and contributions
to both Amateur Radio and the local community are of an exemplary
nature.
Willet, who earned her Technician class license in June 2015 and
upgraded to Extra in May 2016, was instrumental in re-establishing
the Amateur Radio and Electronics Club (K8HPS) at Kettering
University in Michigan, where she is a junior pursuing a double major
in engineering physics and mechanical engineering while maintaining
an A average. She alternates 11-week academic terms with 11-week co-
op jobs at Textron Specialized Vehicles in Augusta, Georgia. Willet
recently relocated to Virginia from Lawrenceville, Georgia, where she
grew up.
Willet is actively involved in recruiting and mentoring new
licensees and in community awareness programs, including
demonstrations during the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. She
is on the air daily on HF, using SSB or CW and satellites. In
addition to her membership in ARRL, Willet belongs to AMSAT and
CWOps, as well as several other clubs. She enjoys HF contesting,
participating in local club events, and chasing and roving to grids
on Amateur Radio satellites. Willet and her mom Sharon, KM4TVU,
participated in ARRL’s highly successful National Parks on the Air
(NPOTA) event in 2016.
Willet has written articles for numerous amateur radio news outlets,
including QST. She earned the 2017 ARRL August QST Cover plaque for
her article “The 2016 Youth DX Adventure to the Caribbean Island of
Saba.” The article was based on her experience as a participant in
the 2016 Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure trip to Saba.
In May, Willet was presented with the Radio Club of America’s Young
Achiever Award. Last spring, she was the keynote speaker at the 32nd
annual SWODXA DX Dinner, held in conjunction with Hamvention®, where
her topic was “Experiencing the Hobby of a Lifetime.” She also spoke
at the 30th Hamvention Youth Forum in 2017 on “Plugging into Your
Valuable Club Resources.”
The Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award, which includes a cash award of
$1,500 and an engraved plaque to the recipient, is intended to
provide a tangible reward to those deserving young amateurs who
contribute their time, skills, and energies daily through their
commitment to Amateur Radio. As models for their peers, and
inspirations to us all, these fine young people are highly visible
boosters of Amateur Radio awareness.
[ANS thanks Dave N1RSN and The ARRL for the above information]
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Call for Papers Microwave Update 2018
Microwave Update 2018
Dayton, Ohio, October 11-14, 2018
Holiday Inn, Fairborn, Ohio
www.microwaveupdate.org
Microwave Update (MUD) is an international conference dedicated to
microwave equipment design, construction, and operation. It is
focused on, but not limited to, amateur radio on the microwave bands.
The Midwest VHF/UHF Society is pleased to host this year's event. The
conference will be held at the Holiday Inn, 2800 Presidential Drive,
Fairborn, Ohio 45324.
Call for Presentations and Papers: The program committee is calling
for papers and presentations on the technical and operational aspects
of microwave amateur radio communications. Tell us about your latest
project, design or operating adventures. Please e-mail your
proposals, questions, and submissions to John Ackermann, N8UR, at
jra(a)febo.com. Don't wait until the beginning of September to let us
know what you're planning!
Presentations selected for the technical program may be given in
person or by proxy. Please send an abstract and expected duration no
later than August 25, 2018 so that we can determine and announce the
program agenda the following week. Ideally, send your draft
presentation by the same date. We encourage presenters to submit a
companion paper for publication in the proceedings book. This paper
would ideally be text based and expand on the presentation slides,
but a simple copy of the slides is also okay. Either way, this
material must be received no later than September 1, 2018 to be
included in the book. Additional material (presentation slides,
schematics, source code, more text, background info, etc.) to be
included on the proceedings CD must arrive no later than September
25, 2018. All conference attendees will receive a copy of the book
and CD.
Full details, including suggested topics, paper guidelines,
schedule, and hotel information can be found on the MUD website:
www.microwaveupdate.org.
[ANS thanks Microwave Update 2018 for the above information]
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2018 36th AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Registration Now on AMSAT Store
Registrations and Banquet tickets are available on the AMSAT Store
for the 2018 36th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
and the Banquet. The Symposium and Banquet will be held in Huntsville,
Alabama on November 2-4. The venue is the US Space and Rocket Center.
Registration for the Symposium is $60 through September 30th, $65
through October 26th, and $70 at the door. Banquet tickets are $50,
please provide your callsign, name and name of your guest in the notes
section of the AMSAT store checkout. The Banquet will be held under
the rocket in the Saturn V hall.
For more information on the Symposium as well as information and a
link to the hotel. Please see:
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS thanks 2018 AMSAT Symposium Committee for the above information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
AMSAT lists upcoming satellite operations, which is maintained by
Robert Brankston KE4AL. Please Please submit any additions or
corrections to ke4al at yahoo dot com.
Following is the list of scheduled operations as of July 25, 2018:
+ Kauai, Hawaii (BL01 and BL02) – July 25 through August 2, 2018
Justin, K5EM, is heading to Kauai for a vacation. While there he
will focus on linear satellites from BL01, BL02, and the BL01/BL02
gridline. Justin has posted a few tips on his Twitter page, which is
publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/k5em, to help him and you
increase your chances of making a contact.
+ Nova Scotia (FN65 and FN67) – August 2-5, 2018
Brent, VY2HF will be operating from FN65 August 2-3 and FN67 August
3-5. Pass announcements will be posted to Twitter, publicly viewable
at https://twitter.com/vy2hf
+ Fairbanks, Alaska (BP64) – August 2-8, 2018
Bob, K8BL, will be taking a “Bucket List” Trip to Alaska next week
to check off a few items, going to Fairbanks from 8/2 through 8/8 and
taking his regular Rover Gear – IC820H & Arrow w/tripod. Plan is to
activate BP64 and a couple nearby Grids – holiday style. That means
he’ll pop up on various Satellites with no strict schedule other than
a Twitter Message with a few hours notice, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/K8BLbob.
LoTW upload upon return.
+ Miami Road Trip – August 3-5, 2018
Robert, KE4AL, has to fly down to Miami to pick up his car, then
drive back home. He will operate from EL95 Friday afternoon, and
then EL99/EM90 gridline Friday night. If not too saddle-sore, Robert
may take the long way home, possibly as far North as North Carolina.
Keep an eye on his Twitter account, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/KE4ALabama, for further updates.
+ EO-40 – August 3-5, 2018
Paul, KE0PBR is heading to EO-40, holiday style. and expects to be
on the nightly 03:00ish AO-92 passes.
+ FN05 – August 3-5, 2018
Ron, AD0DX, is heading to VE3 Land and bringing his satellite gear
with him. Ron will be on FM and linears Friday and Saturday. Logging
in LOTW as AD0DX/VE3. He will have one good opening for EU on AO-7
on Friday. Ron will be driving from Windsor to Toronto and back and
will activate a few other grids as I have opportunity. Check out
AD0DX’s QRZ page for more info.
+ Mindless Wandering – August 3-5, 2018
Chris, K7TAB is heading out again… This time, his travels will take
him through DM38, DM47, DM48, DM55, DM56, DM 57, and DM58. Specific
pass announcements will be posted to Twitter, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/K7TABravo
+ North Truro, MA (FN51 + More) – August 3-8, 2018
Gary, N2WLS, is off on vacation for a week, and will be camping in
North Truro, MA which is in FN42. Gary intends to try to work some
FM satellite passes from FN51 as that’s the rarer strip of land. He
may also put some RF up from FN41. Gary will be on the cape 8/3-
8/7,. He will also be staying in FN32 on 8/2 and FN23 on 8/7 and 8/8
and may try to work some passes from those locations as well.
+ South TX (EL07, EL08) – August 5-10, 2018
Clayton, W5PFG, will be working satellite passes from EL07/EL08,
Sunday afternoon, August 5th. Watch his Twitter account for pass
updates, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/w5pfg
+ Lake Placid, NY (FN24, FN34) – August 5-10, 2018
Don, KB2YSI, will be vacationing in the Lake Placid are, August 5-
10. Plan is to operate FM satellites mainly, most likely operating
evenings / night passes. Specific pass announcements will be posted
to Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/kb2ysi
+ Iceland (HP84, HP94, and HP95) – August 9-14, 2018
Gareth, G0MFR, will be in Iceland 9-14 August, activating grids
HP94/95/84 and looking for NA QSOs on FM Sats.
+ Bonneville Salt Flats, UT (DN30) – August 10-17, 2018
R.J., WY7AA, is heading to Speedweek at the Bonneville Salt Flats in
Utah. Enroute and while there, he also plans to activate DN51, DN41,
DN40, and DN20). Specific pass announcements will be posted to
Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/WY7AA
+ Vancouver Island/Olympia National Park (CO60, CO70, CN79) – August
12-13, 2018
Ron, AD0DX, will be in the Vancouver / Vancouver Island area and at
Olympia National Park. He will make a special trip to CO60 on Sunday
Aug 12th evening and in Campbell River, BC for 24 hours over Aug 12
and 13 so there should be lots of opportunities for CO70 and CO79.
More information is available on AD0DX’s QRZ page, to include planned
grid activation for his return trip home. Updates will be posted on
Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx
+ Main (FN44, FN53, and FN55) – August 12-18, 2018
Adam, K0FFY, will be visiting the State of Maine, August 12-18.
Considerate enough to bring along his satellite gear, Adam expects to
activate FN44, FN53, and FN 55. Updates will be posted on Twitter,
publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/K0FFY_Radio
+ Road to Huntsville, Alabama (EM53, EM54, EM55, EM63, EM64, EM65) –
August 16-19, 2018
Robert, KE4AL, will be heading to the Huntsville Hamfest August
16th. Enroute, he will activate EM53/EM63, EM54/EM55, and EM64/EM65
gridlines. August 17th, Robert will be operating from the U.S. Space
& Rocket Center (EM64) and scouting out the venue for the 36th Annual
AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, which will be held
November 2-4, 2018. In addition, Robert will be be providing AMSAT
demonstrations at the Huntsville Hamfest (EM64), August 18-19.
Specific passes will be announced on Twitter, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/KE4ALabama
+ Santa Rosa Island (CM93 and CM94) – August 20-22, 2018
Ron, AD0DX, using the call sign W6R, will be operating from Santa
Rosa Island in the Channel Islands August 20-22 to activate grid
square CM93, with a few passes from the CM93/CM94 grid line. Ron
will be mainly active on the FM satellites AO-91, AO-92 and SO-50.
Just learning to operate on the linear birds, he hopes to be active
on FO-29, CAS-4A and CAS-4B. More information is available on
AD0DX’s QRZ page, with updates while on the island will be posted on
Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx
+ Lawrence, KS (EM28, EM29) – August 26-28, 2018
Greg, N4KGL, will be in activating the EM28/EM29 gridline, while in
Lawrence Kansas. More specific plans are forthcoming.
[ANS thanks Robert KE4AL for the above information]
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ARISS News
Recent Successful ARISS Contacts
+ 2018-07-13 14:00 UTC between Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS
callsign NA1SS and Space Port Area Conference for Educators
(SPACE) - Kennedy Space Center, FL (CASIS#4), participating school
Burns Science & Technology Charter School, Oak Hill, FL. Contact was
telebridge via W6SRJ. ARISS Mentor was Dave AA4KN.
+ 2018-07-13 21:30 UTC between Oleg Artemyev using ISS callsign
RSØISS and About Gagarin From Space,Performing a session of amateur
radio communication with the 7th International Aerospace School.
U.N. Sultanova Rep. Bashkortostan, Ufa, Russia. Contact was direct
via RZ9WWB. ARISS mentor was Sergey RV3DR.
+ 2018-07-17 08:24 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT using
ISS callsign NA1SS and Essex Heights Primary School, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia. Contact was telebridge via VK4KHZ. ARISS
mentor was Shane VK4KHZ.
+ 2018-07-20 20:15 UTC between Oleg Artemyev using ISS callsign
RSØISS and About Gagarin From Space, Performing a session of amateur
radio communication with the 7th International Aerospace School.
U.N. Sultanova Rep. Bashkortostan, Ufa, Russia. Contact was direct
via RZ9WWB. ARISS mentor was Sergey RV3DR.
+ 2018-07-23 09:47 UTC between Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using ISS
callsign NA1SS and Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan.
Contact was direct via 8N3SD. ARISS mentor was Satoshi 7M3TJZ.
+ 2018-07-26 20:22 UTC between Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT using
ISS callsign NA1SS and ISS R&D Conference - San Francisco, CA,
(CASIS#2), participating school Quest Institute for Quality
Education, San Jose, CA. Contact was telebridge via VK5ZAI.
ARISS mentor was Tim W6MU.
[ANS thanks Charlie AJ9N and ARISS for the above information]
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Shorts From All Over
+ The Amp Hour Podcast - Episode 401
An Interview with Brent and Bryce Salmi
https://theamphour.com/401-an-interview-with-brent-and-bryce-salmi/
Features AMSAT members the Salmi Brothers Brent, KB1LQD and Bryce,
KB1LQC as they discuss lots of great tips about how to design SUPER
reliable electronics and how to get into the digital side of
hamradio.
[ANS thanks Amp Hour Podcast for the above information]
+ AMSAT News Service continues to look for people to join the staff
of rotating editors for the AMSAT News Service bulletins. Interested
person should contact ANS-Editor at amsat dot org.
[ANS thanks the dedicated ANS Rotating Editors for the above
information]
+ A complete archive of past and current AMSAT News Service
Bulletins can be found at:
http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/
In a like manner the AMSAT-BB Bulletin Board messages are archived
at:
http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/
[ANS thanks ANS Editors for the above information]
+ Readers of this list might also be interested in
MilSat Magazine: http://www.milsatmagazine.com/archive.php
and Sat Magazine: http://www.satmagazine.com/archive.php
[ANS thanks SatNews for the above information.]
+ Grid Master and Got Grids Awards
CONGRATULATIONS WI7P Randolph Kohlwey For Grid Master Award #9
Got Grids Award #20
For more info on our awards contact WA4NVM
[ANS thanks DAMON wa4hfn for the above information]
+ The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
ACMA Fact Sheet for Spectrum for small satellites and CubeSats
A fact sheet "Spectrum for Small Satellites" and CubeSats has just
been released by The Australian Communications and Media Authority
(ACMA), Australia's government regulator of broadcasting, some
internet content, radiocommunications and telecommunications.
The fact sheet can be downloaded from:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS217-ACMAFactsheet
[ANS thanks The ACMA for the above information]
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/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
EMike McCardel, AA8EM
aa8em at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-210
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In this edition:
* OSCAR Number Administrator William “Bill” Tynan, W3XO Steps Down,
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, named AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator
* Lee McLamb, KT4TZ, Senior Editor, AMSAT News Service Steps Down
* 2018 36th AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Registration Now on AMSAT
* Changes to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution of 7-26-2018
* AMSAT Awards Update
* AMSAT Web - Upcoming Satellite Operations Page has a New Manager
* ARISS News Release No. 18-09 Announcing Russian Slow Scan TV Event
* K8BL Roving Trip To AK BP64
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* CAMSAT CAS-6 Satellite Receives IARU Frequency Coordination
* ExseedSat Cubesat Applies for IARU Frequency Coordination
* South Africa Radio Amateurs Aiming to Link up with Scientists
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-210.01
ANS-210 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 210.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
July 29, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-210.01
OSCAR Number Administrator William “Bill” Tynan, W3XO Steps Down,
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, named AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator
William “Bill” Tynan, W3XO has stepped down as the AMSAT OSCAR
Number Administrator citing poor health. Bill has been granting
applicants who qualify OSCAR numbers for over two decades since
the late-1990’s. Even Bill cannot remember the first number he
issued, but believes it was either TO-31 or SO-35. In any case,
he has issued at least 57 OSCAR numbers. This is over 60%, or very
close to two-thirds, of all the OSCAR numbers issued. I want to
thank Bill for his many dedicated years of service to AMSAT.
I have named Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice-President, Operations
of New Port Richey, FL as the AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator.
Ever since the launch of OSCAR 1 in 1961, it has been traditional
for amateur radio satellites to carry the name OSCAR, for “Orbiting
Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio”. At the request of the original
Project OSCAR organization, AMSAT-NA now administers the numbering
of OSCAR satellites according to the following policy.
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) and AMSAT-NA have
adopted the paper Information for Developers of Satellites Planned
to Use Frequency Bands Allocated to the Amateur-Satellite Service,
which can be found on the IARU satellite frequency coordination page.
The following requirements must be satisfied in order to obtain an
OSCAR designation:
1) The spacecraft’s use of frequencies in the amateur bands must have
been coordinated before launch through established IARU/AMSAT
frequency coordination.
2) The spacecraft must have successfully achieved orbit and/or have been
successfully deployed.
3) Once in orbit, one or more transmitters must have been successfully
activated in the amateur satellite service.
4) After the above requirements have been met, the organization or
organizations which are the builders/owners of the spacecraft must
request that AMSAT-NA assign a consecutive OSCAR number to the space
craft as follows:
a) The request must be in writing (e-mail or fax is acceptable also)
and be signed by the chief executive officer of the organization
making the request. If more than one organization was responsible
for building/owning the spacecraft, all must participate in this
request.
b) The request must certify that the above three requirements have been
met.
c) In addition, it must certify that the organization or organizations
making the request are familiar with the IARU paper referred to
above,
and that the spacecraft’s operation in the amateur satellite service
is and will remain consistent with the intent of this IARU paper, and
the laws of the responsible national administration.
d) The request must specify the country under whose laws the spacecraft
is operating.
e) It is customary to refer to OSCAR satellites by a hyphenated name,
of which the first part is typically selected by the owner/builder,
e.g., UoSAT-OSCAR 11. For some purposes, such as Keplerian tracking
bulletins, such names are commonly abbreviated to initials, e.g.,
UO-11. The request should indicate preferred name in this format;
AMSAT-NA will assign the number.
f) The request should be addressed to the Board of Directors of
AMSAT-NA at:
Email: bod(a)amsat.org
or post at:
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA)
10605 Concord St, #304
Kensington, MD 20895
5) In the case of multiple payloads sharing the same booster, the
amateur radio satellite that is placed into orbit first (first
off the launch stack) will normally receive the earlier OSCAR number.
Please note that there is no requirement for an OSCAR number to be
assigned to a satellite in order for it to be legitimately recognized
and used in the amateur satellite service. However OSCAR numbers are a
proud tradition of amateur radio, one that we hope to keep going for
many years to come.
[ANS thanks Joe Spier, K6WAO AMSAT-NA President for the above information]
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Lee McLamb, KT4TZ, Senior Editor, AMSAT News Service Steps Down
Lee McLamb, KT4TZ, Senior Editor, AMSAT News Service has resigned
after many years producing and shepherding the weekly ANS. As I came
from being an ANS weekly Rotating Editor, I know what dedication it
takes to produce the ANS. I want to thank Lee for his over 15 of service
to AMSAT, including his roles as AMSAT Executive Vice President, and
BOD alternates.
If you would like to help AMSAT by becoming an ANS rotating editor,
please contact me at: k6wao(a)amsat.org
[ANS thanks Joe Spier, K6WAO AMSAT-NA President for the above information]
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2018 36th AMSAT Symposium & Banquet Registration Now on AMSAT
Registrations and Banquet tickets are available on the AMSAT Store
for the 2018 36th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
and the Banquet. The Symposium and Banquet will be held in Huntsville,
Alabama on November 2-4. The venue is the US Space and Rocket Center.
Registration for the Symposium is $60 through September 30th, $65
through October 26th, and $70 at the door. Banquet tickets are $50,
please provide your callsign, name and name of your guest in the notes
section of the AMSAT store checkout. The Banquet will be held under
the rocket in the Saturn V hall.
For more information on the Symposium as well as information and a link
to the hotel. Please see:
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS thanks 2018 AMSAT Symposium Committee for the above information]
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Changes to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution of 7-26-2018
The two cubesats from the ISS deployment of April 13,2018 have
been identified and have been renamed as follows:
Object NZ - NORAD CAT ID 43551 is now EnduroSat One
Object PA - NORAD CAT ID 43552 is now EQUISat
Per Nico Janssen (PA0DLO):
Detailed doppler measurements show that EnduroSat One (downlink
437.050 MHz) is object 43551 (1998-067NZ) and EQUiSat (downlink
435.550 MHz) is object 43552 (1998-067PA).
No signals received from MemSat (downlink 437.350 MHz) and
RadSat-g (downlink 437.425 MHz).
[ANS thanks Ray, WA5QGD, AMSAT Keplerian Elements Manager for
the above information]
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AMSAT Awards Update
Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards reports, "Since
my last post and actually since the beginning of 2018, I have been
posting all the Rover Awards on my Twitter account and tagging @AMSAT.
I will include all the Rover Awards here for those that do not have
Twitter."
AMSAT Satellite Communicators Award for making their first satellite QSO
Thomas Hetland, DL8DXW
Bernd Preusker, DO1UB
German School Club Station DL0IKT
German School Club Station DL0TSD
Daivd Dean, AE7ID
Adam Donahue, KE0JWQ
Mitchell Ahrenstoff, AD0HJ
Stephen Szabo, WB4OMM
Michael Clark, N4WQH
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AMSAT Communications Achievement Award
David Stanley, WI4L, #580
Randy Kohlwey, WI7P, #581 (This is Randy's Second go around after moving
his QTH)
Marissa Robledo 11-year old, W4AQT, #582
Paul Overn, KE0PBR, #583
Mitchell Ahrenstorff, AD0HJ, #584
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AMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award
David Stanley, WI4L, #US206
Marissa Robledo 11-year old, W4AQT, #US207
Paul Overn, KE0PBR, #US208
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AMSAT Sexagesimal Award
Randy Kohlway, WI7P, #182 (This is Randy's Second go around after moving
his QTH)
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AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award
Adrian Liggins, VA3NNA, #95
Steve Nordahl, NS3L, #96
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AMSAT Rover Award (New for 2018)
Rover Call
===== ========
001 AC0RA
002 WD9EWK
003 NJ4Y
004 M0IDA
005 KG5GJT
006 EB1AO
007 N7AGF
008 N4YHC
009 W0S
010 KE0PBR
011 K5IX
012 AK4WQ
013 WI7P
014 K5ND
015 N6UA
016 N9IP
017 N4UFO
018 K7TAB
019 K8BL
020 AD0DX
021 HB9WDF
022 KE4AL
023 KE9AJ
024 AA8CH
025 WY7AA
026 KE8FZT
027 KX9X
[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
for the above information]
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AMSAT Web - Upcoming Satellite Operations Page has a New Manager
Robert Bankston, KE4AL, is now managing the news on AMSAT-NA's
Upcoming Satellite Operates webpage:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/
Robert has posted a handful of upcoming GridExpeditions, with more
coming as stations finalize their operating plans.
If you are planning a roving trip, please email Robert a brief
description at ke4al at yahoo.com, so he can make sure your announce-
ment is publicized.
Check the Upcoming Satellite Operations page often for the latest
satellite rover operating announcements.
[ANS thanks Robert, KE4AL for the above information]
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ARISS News Release No. 18-09 Announcing Russian Slow Scan TV Event
July 27, 2018:
ARISS Russia is planning another of their popular MAI Slow Scan
Television (SSTV) experiment events. Transmissions are scheduled
to begin at 16:00 UTC on July 30, then powered down at 19:30 UTC.
The next day (July 31), the system will be active from 13:25-19:15
UTC. Downlink should be on the traditional 145.80 MHz frequency
and the operating mode will likely be PD120.
When this event becomes active, SSTV images are downlinked from
the International Space Station (ISS) at the frequency of 145.80
MHz and can be received using ham radio equipment as simple as a
2 meter handheld radio or a common scanner receiver the covers
the 2 meter ham band. After connecting the audio output of the
radio receiver into the audio input of a computer running free
software such as MMSSTV, the SSTV images can be displayed.
Please note that the event is dependent on other activities,
schedules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to
change at any time.
Please check for news and the most current information on the
AMSAT.org and ARISS.org websites, the AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org, the
ARISS facebook at Amateur Radio On The International Space Station
(ARISS) and ARISS twitter @ARISS_status.
About ARISS
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a
cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies
and the space agencies that support the International Space
Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio
Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay
League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in
space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics
by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew
members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms.
Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators,
parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies,
and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.
Also join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station (ARISS)
Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn(a)amsat.org
[ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR for the above information]
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K8BL Roving Trip To AK BP64
Bob, K8BL is heading to Alaska on a "Bucket Trip" starting August 2
to Fairbanks until August 8. Bob wrote, "I'll be taking my regular
Rover Gear - IC820H & Arrow w/tripod. I plan to activate BP64 and
a couple nearby Grids - holiday style. That means I'll pop up on
various Satellites with no strict schedule other than a Twitter
Message with a few hours notice. I log as K8BL/KL7 and will upload
to LoTW upon my return."
Other destinations on Bob's trip include Alaska being his 43rd State
visited; 2) Arctic Circle; 3) Denali Visit; 4) 112th Grid activated
and hopefully more; 5) Northern Lights - KYFC; 6) Almost Midnight Sun
[ANS thanks Bob, K8TL for the above information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
Kauai, Hawaii (BL01 and BL02) – July 25 through August 2, 2018
Justin, K5EM, is heading to Kauai for a vacation. While there he will
focus on linear satellites from BL01, BL02, and the BL01/BL02 gridline.
Justin has posted a few tips on his Twitter page, which is publicly
viewable at https://twitter.com/k5em, to help him and you increase your
chances of making a contact.
MN & ND (EN37, EN38/EN28, EN18/EN08, EN07/EN17, EN27) – July 27-30, 2018
KE4AL, will be visiting his in-laws in Hibbing, MN. While there, Robert
will introduce his father-in-law, George KE0GXQ, to satellites and the
art of roving. Plan is to practice in EN37, then head out Saturday to
activate EN38/28, EN18/EN08 and EN07/EN17. After overnighting in Grand
Forks, ND, they stop in EN27, before arriving back in EN37 on Sunday.
Satellite passes will include both FM and linears, with specific pass
announcements posted on Twitter, viewable publicly at
https://twitter.com/KE4ALabama
Nova Scotia (FN65 and FN67) – August 2-5, 2018
Brent, VY2HF will be operating from FN65 August 2-3 and FN67 August 3-5.
Pass announcements will be posted to Twitter, publicly viewable at
https://twitter.com/vy2hf
Bonneville Salt Flats, UT (DN30) – August 10-17, 2018
R.J., WY7AA, is heading to Speedweek at the Bonneville Salt Flats in
Utah. Enroute and while there, he also plans to activate DN51, DN41,
DN40, and DN20). Specific pass announcements will be posted to Twitter,
publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/WY7AA
Vancouver Island/Olympia National Park (CO60, CO70, CN79) – August 12-13,
2018. Ron, AD0DX, will be in the Vancouver / Vancouver Island area and
at Olympia National Park. He will make a special trip to CO60 on Sunday
Aug 12th evening and in Campbell River, BC for 24 hours over Aug 12
and 13 so there should be lots of opportunities for CO70 and CO79.
More information is available on AD0DX’s QRZ page, to include planned
grid activation for his return trip home. Updates will be posted on
Twitter, publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx
Santa Rosa Island (CM93 and CM94) – August 20-22, 2018
Ron, AD0DX, using the call sign W6R, will be operating from Santa Rosa
Island in the Channel Islands August 20-22 to activate grid square
CM93, with a few passes from the CM93/CM94 grid line. Ron will be
mainly active on the FM satellites AO-91, AO-92 and SO-50. Just
learning to operate on the linear birds, he hopes to be active on
FO-29, CAS-4A and CAS-4B. More information is available on AD0DX’s
QRZ page, with updates while on the island will be posted on Twitter,
publicly viewable at https://twitter.com/ad0dx
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al(a)yahoo.com
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information]
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CAMSAT CAS-6 Satellite Receives IARU Frequency Coordination
Alan Kung, BA1DU reported that CAMSAT plans to launch CAS-6, a 50 kg
micro-satellite approx. 490 x 499 x 430 mm. A sea launch is planned
for September, 2018 from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
into a 579 x 579 km 45 degree orbit.
The mission will include:
+ VHF CW Telemetry Beacon
+ U/V Mode 20 kHz Linear Transponder
+ AX.25 4.8k baud GMSK telemetry downlink
+ Deployable Antennas
+ Solar Panels, Lithium ion battery and power controller
+ Integrated Housekeeping Unit
+ Three-axis stabilization system
+ Atmospheric Wind detector
+ S-band TT&C system (non-amateur radio band)
+ X-band Data link system (non-amateur radio band)
The following frequencies have been coordinated by the IARU:
+ VHF/UHF linear transponder
Uplink: 435.280 MHz
Downlink: 145.925 MHz
+ CW telemetry beacon: 145.910 MHz,
+ Telemetry: 145.890 MHz
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=622
[ANS thanks CAMSAT, IARU, and AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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ExseedSat Cubesat Applies for IARU Frequency Coordination
Ashar Farhan, VU2ESE, Exseed Space Innovations Pvt, Ltd. reported
that ExseedSat, a 1U cubesat that will provide a multifunction
UHF/VHF Narrow-Band FM (NBFM) amateur communication satellite is
planned for a SpaceX launch from Vandenberg in October 2018.
ExseedSat is a 1U cubesat that will provide a multifunction UHF/VHF
NBFM amateur communication satellite with various configurable modes,
including:
+ UHF to VHF, single channel, narrow band FM transponder with
CTCSS, 67 Hz squelch
+ VHF to UHF, single channel, narrow band FM transponder with
CTCSS, 67 Hz squelch
+ Power output selectable between 1 watt and 0.5 watt
+ Digipeat feature with APRS on UHF uplink and VHF downlink
+ Melody mode : It will play a simple melody of a few notes on
special occasions or events.
Planned orbital life of two years, depending upon how long the battery
lasts and when the satellite de-orbits naturally.
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=636
[ANS thanks Ashar Farhan, VU2ESE, IARU, and AMSAT-UK for the above
information]
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South Africa Radio Amateurs Aiming to Link up with Scientists
July 26th, 2018, Published in Articles: EngineerIT
by Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, features editor, EngineerIT
Two South African amateur radio associations, the South African Radio
League (SARL) and AMSAT SA, are planning to launch an umbrella associ-
ation that will link up with scientists in various electronic and
physics disciplines to enhance research opportunities. The two organ-
isations are currently involved in propagation research on 5 MHz, and
a study of the rapid increases in the radio frequency noise floor, its
causes and possible mitigation, and the possible slowing down of the
noise pollution which will ultimately render the radio spectrum useless
for communication, particularly for weak signal communication.
The new organisation will be known as Amateur Radio Science Citizen
Investigation, or HamSCI SA. It is based on the successful HamSCI which
has been operating in the US and the UK for several years. The concept
of HamSCI was started by US scientists who study upper atmospheric and
space physics and who are also licensed radio amateurs. HamSCI SA will
be a platform for the publicity and promotion of citizen science
projects.
The SARL and AMSAT SA invite interested persons to join the HamSCI SA
initiative and offer their expertise. “It will work two ways”, says
SARL president, Nico van Rensburg. “It will create interesting activities
for radio amateurs, in particularly for the new generation of young people
who have been bitten by the ‘radio bug’ but need more challenges than just
communications. For the scientific community it means that they can involve
many more people in their projects and make a contribution to make science
popular.”
Access the entire article and graphics at:
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-210-SouthAfricaScience (http://www.ee.co.za)
[ANS thanks AMSAT SA and Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ The Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has been showing a short feature
(10 min.) about amateur radio entitled "Radio Hams". The feature
is from 1939. If you missed it on TCM, it is also viewable on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BPcpQMbUPE
+ ExoMars Rover Naming Competition!
The UK Space Agency has launched a competition to name a rover
that is going to Mars to search for signs of life. ESA's 2020
ExoMars rover is due to land on Mars in the spring of 2021 after
launch on a Roscosmos Proton launcher. The ExoMars rover will
carry a drill and a suite of instruments dedicated to exobiology
and geochemistry research. The ExoMars rover competition is being
run by the UK Space Agency. Complete your entry form on-line at:
https://events.airbus.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=200179103&
(via ESA amd UK Space Agency)
+ AMSAT EA will be on air on all available satellites with the
callsign AM1SAT from September 10 to 17 to celebrate IberRadio
2018 - IV Radiocommunications Fair, the biggest HAM party event
in Spain and Portugal (http://www.iberradio.es/en/), that will
open its doors during the 15-16 weekend. Main grid will be IN70
but other ones will be activated as well. Our operators will work
transatlantic QSOs too. QSLs by LOTW and eqsl. Any questions,
please write to contacto (at) amsat-ea.org
(via Félix Páez EA4GQS - AMSAT EA)
+ WI9LL has designed clips for use with the Arrow II Portable hand
held satellite antenna that can be fabricated on your 3D printer.
The .stl files can be found on Thingiverse at the following links:
RG58 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2838880
RG8X and LMR240 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2839035
http://wi9ll.com/arrow-ii-portable-satellite-antenna-clips/
+ "Crazy Danish Hacker" has posted a new video on his YouTube channel
that shows how to pick up amateur radio voice signals from the
International Space Station (ISS). In his video he uses a telescopic
whip attached directly to his RTL-SDR which is placed outside with
a view of the sky. See: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-210-RTL-SDR
+ An article "Send APRS data/telemetry via Xastir command line" may
be of interest to Linux packet users:
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-210-XASTR-PacketCommand
+ Although the HAMTV DVB-S video transmission system aboard the ISS
is temporarily out of service this article will show you how to
receive the signal with an RTL-SDR (and other equipment) when the
video transmissions resume: http://tinyurl.com/ANS-210-HamTV-SDR
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and remember to help keep amateur radio in space, and behave.
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-203
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots
* Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 7-18-2018
* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19
* Faculty Positions Opening This Summer at the Hawaii Space Flight Lab
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-203.01
ANS-203 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 203.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE July 22, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-203.01
2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots
Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT- NA
members
for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have been declared
void. Any of these voided ballots received at the AMSAT-NA office will
not be
counted.
New ballots labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" and printed on
yellow-colored
cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members.
Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates:
Tom Clark, K3IO
Mark Hammond, N8MH
Scott Harvey, KA7FVV
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
Peter Portanova, W2JV
The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the
highest
number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate members
chosen, based
on the next highest number of votes received.
[ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary for the above
information]
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Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex
Two companies — U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and British
start-up Orbex
— seeking to carve out a share of the burgeoning small satellite launch
market
plan to fly their rockets from a remote site on the northern shore of
Scotland,
British government and industry officials announced Monday.
The proposed launch facility would be built on A’Mhoine Peninsula, a
sparsely-
populated stretch of land overlooking the sea. The first launch from
Sutherland
could happen in the early 2020s.
British government officials said the development of a U.K. spaceport
would give
the nation’s industry broader access to the space market. British companies,
such as SSTL in England and Clyde Space in Scotland, are already counted
among
the global leaders in constructing small satellites.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell said the Sutherland launch site could
create
hundreds of new jobs.
Lockheed Martin is reportedly interested in launching a variant of
Rocket Lab’s
Electron booster from the Sutherland site. The U.S. aerospace contractor
is a
strategic investor in Rocket Lab, which already operates an orbital
spaceport in
New Zealand, and is planning to develop a U.S. launch pad for the Electron
vehicle, which has made two test flights to date.
Rocket Lab said in a statement late Monday that it is “evaluating launch
opportunities” from the Sutherland spaceport in Scotland.
“Electron is well-positioned to be the first orbital rocket launched
from U.K.
soil,” said Peter Beck, Rocket Lab’s founder and CEO. “We’re excited to
review
the opportunity to develop a launch service to support the U.K. space
industry’s
growth.
“Every aspect of Rocket Lab’s launch model is designed to offer rapid,
repeatable and precise delivery to orbit for small satellites,” Beck
said in a
statement. “The development of launch sites around the globe that can
support
Electron launches is crucial to delivering unprecedented access to orbit.”
[ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow for the above information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 7-18-2018
The nine cubesats (JAXA) that were deployed on April 13,2018 from
the ISS have been added this week as follows:
Object NU - NORAD CAT ID 43546
Object NV - NORAD CAT ID 43547
Object NW - NORAD CAT ID 43548
Object NX - NORAD CAT ID 43549
Object NY - NORAD CAT ID 43550
Object NZ - NORAD CAT ID 43551
Object PA - NORAD CAT ID 43552
Object PB - NORAD CAT ID 43553
Object PC - NORAD CAT ID 43554
These objects are too close together to be positively identified.
The objects deployed are RainCube, Radix, CubeRRT, HaloSat,
TEMPEST-D, EnduroSat AD, EQUISat, MemSat and RadSat-g
Only the following operate in the Amateur bands:
EduroSat AD 437.050MHz CW, GFSK 9k6
EQUISat 435.550MHz CW, FSK 9k6
MemSat 437.350MHz BPSK 9k6
(per IARU Coordination status)
[ANS thanks Nico Janssen (PA0DLO), IARU and AMSAT-UK for the above info}
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19
Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan, direct via 8N3SD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU
Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-07-23 09:47:14 UTC 43 deg
ISS R&D Conference-San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school Quest
Institute for Quality Education, San Jose, CA, telebridge via VK5ZAI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT
Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-07-26 20:22:10 UTC 48 deg
ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above
contacts. ARISS
thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your
reports
to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com.
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.80 MHz.
[ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information]
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Faculty Positions Opening This Summer at the Hawaii Space Flight Lab
There are two new tenure track faculty positions opening this summer to
work with the Hawaii Space Flight Lab on Small Satellite research. These
two positions are for an Assistant Researcher and the other for an
Associate Researcher.
The position announcement can be found at:
http://workatuh.hawaii.edu/Jobs/NAdvert/28814/4956642/1/postdate/desc
This is the HSFL website:
https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/
and a brief overview of the lab in PDF format can be found in this link:
https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HSFL-
Overview-2018-07-01.pdf
The HSFL team will be at SmallSat so anyone interested can meet the team
and learn more about HSFL.
[ANS thanks Miguel Nunes for the above information]
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KT4TZ
kt4tz at amsat dot org
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-198 SPECIAL BULLETIN: 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-198.01
ANS-198 SPECIAL AMSAT News Service Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 198.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
July 17, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-198.01
2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots To Be Mailed
Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT-
NA members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018
have been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the
AMSAT-NA office will not be counted.
New ballots labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" and printed on
yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members.
Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates:
Tom Clark, K3IO
Mark Hammond, N8MH
Scott Harvey, KA7FVV
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
Peter Portanova, W2JV
The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving
the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate
members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received.
[ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary for the above
information]
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/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
EMike McCardel, AA8EM
aa8em at amsat dot org
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ANS-190 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AMSAT-NA Files Comments on FCC Docket
by JoAnne Maenpaa 09 Jul '18
by JoAnne Maenpaa 09 Jul '18
09 Jul '18
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-190.01
In this Special Bulletin:
* AMSAT-NA Files Comments on FCC Docket #18-86 Small Satellite Licensing
Procedures
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-190.01
ANS-190 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 190.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE July 9, 2018
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-190.01
On July 9, 2018, AMSAT filed comments with the Federal Communications
Commission on their Notice of Proposed Rulemaking In the Matter of
Streamlining Licensing Procedures for Small Satellites (International
Bureau Docket #18-86). AMSAT's comments as filed can be found at:
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/10709067911864
(A copy of AMSAT's comments document can be accessed on the ECFS
page, using the Document Download link)
In the comments, AMSAT reviewed the significant contributions made by
the organization and the amateur radio community. The comments note
that the many scientific and technological achievements made by AMSAT
satellites directly led to many groups, including government,
non-profit, and commercial organizations becoming interested in
developing small satellites of their own. AMSAT also discussed the
suitability of authorizing certain satellites built by universities
and non-profit organizations in the amateur satellite service and
expressed opposition to satellites licensed as experimental under Part
5 of the Commission's regulations operating in the amateur satellite
service bands.
Interested parties may file reply comments on or before August 7, 2018.
[ANS thanks AMSAT Executive Vice-President, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM for
the above information]
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