[jamsat-news:1962] ANS-305 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE

ANS-305

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activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share
an active interest in designing, building, launching and
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In this edition:
* SSETI on ESA Portal Page
* PCSat recovery
* Microsat Goes on Display at Smithsonian
* AMSAT Awards Issued
* ARISS Status - 25 Oct 2004


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SSETI on ESA Portal Page

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 305.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-305.01

The SSETI Express team were very pleased to have made the front page 
of the ESA portal on the 19th October.

The full article makes reference to the amateur radio contribution and 
to their future projects.

If it has gone from the front page by the time you check, then it will 
be found at 
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMKINZ990E_index_0.html
  
[ANS thanks Graham, G3VZV for the above information]

/EX


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PCSat recovery

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 305.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-305.02

PCsat continutes to work perfectly since recovery last
weekend.  And she should continue to do so as long as
we dont suffer a reset.

To use PCsat, just QSY your normal APRS mobile station to
145.825 during a pass.  You should not have to change
any parameters.  PCsat digipeats the aliases of RELAY
and WIDE just like terrestrial digipeating.

[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR, for the above information]

/EX


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Solar Minimum is coming

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 305.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-305.03

Something strange happened on the sun recently: all the sunspots
vanished. This is a sign, say forecasters, that solar minimum is coming
sooner than expected.

FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/18oct_solarminimum.htm?list494233
  
[ANS thanks NASA Science News for the above information]

/EX
        

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AMSAT Awards Issued

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 305.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-305.04

Congratulations go out to Brock Thomsen, W6GMT, for earning Oscar
Satellite 
Sexagesimal Award #136.  

To see all the awards and a list of those earning the awards, visit 
http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html

[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information]

/EX


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ARISS Status - 25 Oct 2004

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 305.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 31, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS 
BID: $ANS-305.05

1. Pori, Finland Contact Successful

Students from Porin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu, Pori Senior High Shool, in
Pori, Finland, spoke to taxi flight cosmonaut, Yuri Shargin, on October
19. They were able to ask 12 questions before the ISS went over the
horizon.  Students, teachers and members of the media, including radio,
TV and newspapers, attended the event.  ARISS delegate Gaston Bertels
covered the contact in an article which is posted on the ARISS Europe
website. “Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin Answers Questions of Finnish
High School Students” can be found at: 
http://www.ariss-eu.org/2004_10_20.htm

Another article, “Pori pupils talk with crew-member on the International
Space Station,” can be found on the Helsingin Sanomat International
Edition  Home website.  See:
http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/article/1076154287014


2. Zonnebloem Contact Successful

On October 22, the Science Exhibition in Hasselt, Belgium welcomed guest
students from the Zonnebloem (Turnsole) Primary School. At 08:38 UTC,
Yuri Shargin, using the callsign RS0ISS, answered 13 questions put to
him by the students via the telebridge station ON4ISS. This was the
first time this telebridge station, operated by Philippe van Houte ,
ON5PV, has been used for a school contact. Approximately one hundred
students and teachers, as well as radio and television stations, and two
newspapers attended the event. An article on the contact, including a
photo and a link to the audio is posted on the ARISS-Europe website.
See: http://www.ariss-eu.org/2004_10_22.htm


3. Gdynia Contact Article

Gdynskie Liceum Autorskie High School, one of the schools that took part
in the Gdynia, Poland contact, posted an article and photos on its
website covering the event.  The story is written in Polish.  See: 
http://www.gla.edu.pl/aktualnosci/?show_article=115


4.ARRL Article on New Russian Satellite Proposal

The ARRL ran a web story on the new satellite, which has been proposed
by the Russians, and conveyed to AMSAT and ARISS by ARISS Russia
delegate Sergey Samburov, RV3DR. The satellite is to celebrate the 175th
anniversary of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.  A
spacesuit is to be used to house amateur radio equipment including slow
scan television (SSTV). The article, “ARISS International Delegates
Ponder "SuitSat" Possibilities,” can be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/10/19/1/?nc=1


5. Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, Speaks to W5RRR

JSC ran an article on Mike Fincke’s contact with the Johnson Space
Center Amateur Radio Club (JSCARC), W5RRR.  Mike thanked the group for
his amateur radio training and let them know of the importance ham radio
has played for him on the ISS. A link to a partial audio of the contact
can be found on the site.  “Amateur radio club talks with Mike Fincke,”
is located at:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/jscfeatures/articles/000000282.html


6.  ARRL Covers New Crew on ISS

On October 18, the ARRL ran an article on the successful docking of the
Soyuz 9 with the ISS and of the Expedition 10 crew joining Expedition
9.  The story, entitled, “Three hams now in space with arrival of
Expedition 10 crew on ISS,” can be found at: 
http://www.arrl.org/


7. Debrief Questions Compiled

Debrief questions for the Expedition 9 crew have been compiled and
uplinked to Mike Fincke.  Mike will review these questions while on
orbit so that he can check on the ARISS hardware status, time
permitting. 


8. ARRL Article on Expedition 10 Crew Taking Command of the ISS

The ARRL ran a web story on the Expedition 10 crew, Commander Leroy
Chiao, KE5BRW, and ISS Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, taking the
reins of the ISS, as Expedition 9 crew, Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, and Gennady
Padalka, RN3DT, ready themselves for departure.  The article also covers
Mike’s last contacts with Montaud, France, and Gdynia, Poland, as well
as the Pori, Finland and Hasselt, Belgium contacts with Yuri Shargin.
The article, entitled, “Expedition 9 Crew Ready to Leave; Expedition 10
Commander Ready to Vote,” can be found at: 
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/10/22/3/?nc=1


[ANS thanks Carol for the above information]

/EX


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73,
This weeks ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
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