[jamsat-news:3854] [ANS] ANS-007 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Paul Stoetzer via ANS
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2024年 1月 7日 (日) 09:11:51 JST
*AMSAT *News Service*ANS-007*
*January 7, 2024*
In this edition:
- Welcome to the New Look AMSAT News Service
- 2024 President's Club Coins Now Available
- W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day Summary
- VUCC & DXCC Satellite Standing as of January 1, 2024
- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 5, 2024
- ARISS and Amateur Radio Featured on the TODAY Show
- Assistance Requested With CubeSat History Project
- ARISS News
- Upcoming Satellite Operations
- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
- Satellite Shorts From All Over
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT, 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 https://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in
Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
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Welcome to the New Look AMSAT News Service
For over 30 years, the AMSAT News Service has been a text only service.
Initially, ANS was distributed via dial-up modems and packet networks. As
technology has moved on, the text only format has become a significant
limitation. In particular, the text only format was often not responsive on
mobile devices in many email clients. We hope this new format improves the
readability for our users and makes the content more engaging. We do plan
to continue tweaking this format as the year goes on.
We welcome feedback on this change at ans-editor [at] amsat.org
*[ANS thanks the AMSAT News Service Team for the above information]*
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2024 President's Club Coins Now Available
The 2024 President's Club coins are now available! This year's coin
features an image of AMSAT's next satellite - GOLF-TEE.
At all levels of membership - beginning with annual donations of $120 or
more - President's Club donors receive the following recognition:
- Listing in the AMSAT News Service and The AMSAT Journal
- Commemorative Coin – A unique 2” metal coin with a highly polished
gold finish and four-color accents. Each year’s coin will feature a
different color scheme and different OSCAR satellite.
- Membership Certificate – An 8.5” x 11” full-color personalized
certificate.
Donors at the Silver or higher levels receive even more benefits such as a
handsome personalized acrylic desk plaque, tickets to the annual AMSAT
Symposium, luncheons and dinners. See the table below for complete
details. (Note that recognition items are provided by an anonymous donor
and no member dues are used. 100% percent of your donation is used for
AMSAT activities.)
For persons or clubs wanting to make a contribution by check or electronic
transfer, please contact Frank Karnauskas, VP-Development at f.karnauskas
[at] amsat.org. Remember, AMSAT is a 501(c)3 corporation and your
contribution may be tax deductible. Check with your tax advisor.
For more information and to donate today, visit the AMSAT President's Club
<https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/>.
*[ANS thanks Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT Vice President - Development,
for the above information]*
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*The 2024 Coins Are Here Now!Help Support GOLF and Fox Plus.**Join
<https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/> the AMSAT
President’s Club today!*
<https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/2024-coin-both_586/#main>
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W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day Summary
*N6UA operating during the 2024 W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day*
The W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day occurred on January 1st. Reports of
activity were received on the AMSAT-BB from several stations. Steve
Nordahl, NS3L, in Nazareth, PA reported making 13 CW QSOs on RS-44 and
JO-97:
RS-44: W3AVP, W0BZ, KD4O, N6UA, NU1U, KE8RJU/7, NM3B, VA3NNA, N8MR. NA1ME,
KN2K
JO-97: WA8FXQ, WB2TQE
Steve Greene, KS1G, in northern Virginia, reported that he worked NM3B,
N8MR, and WA3FIR on the 1350Z pass of RS-44. He did hear NS3L work NM3B,
but didn't find him later in the pass to work him too.
Scott Davis, K5TA, reported working N6UA and KA0WKQ on RS-44 and WA8FXQ on
AO-7.
Doug Tabor, N6UA, operated portable with a key attached to his leg. He
operated on two passes of RS-44 - one from the back deck and one from the
driveway. He worked NS3L, K5TA, and NA1ME and heard both WB7VUF and
KE8RJU/7.
Thanks to all for participating in this annual event!
*In March 2022, the AMSAT community lost one of our pioneers when Ray
Soifer, W2RS, became a silent key. In addition to his numerous
contributions to AMSAT and the worldwide amateur satellite community, Ray
was also the long time organizer of AMSAT’s CW Activity Day – previously
AMSAT Straight Key Night – held in conjunction with the ARRL’s event on New
Year’s Day. In recognition of Ray’s long time service to AMSAT and his keen
interest in CW operating via satellite, AMSAT’s CW Activity Day is now
known as the W2RS Memorial AMSAT CW Activity Day.*
*[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President, for the
above information]*
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VUCC & DXCC Satellite Standing as of January 1, 2024VUCC Satellite
Award/Endorsement Change Summary
December 01, 2023 to January 01, 2024
Call 1-Dec 1-Jan
K8DP 1581 1629
WC7V 1426 1451
AA5PK 1404 1426
N8RO 1384 1401
DL2GRC 1108 1166
N0JE 1057 1075
KC9ELU 254 1056
DG7RO 285 1005
AC9O 836 1001
XE1L 860 915
EA2AA 856 875
KG0D 700 801
JN2QCV 507 726
KJ7DZ 600 700
KK4YEL 589 674
N8MR 617 658
KB1HY 604 648
W8MTB 600 620
KC4CJ 126 602
JA1QJI 253 600
A65BR 532 554
EA3TA 400 503
JS1LQI 436 500
HP2VX 481 496
N3CAL 471 480
HB9GWJ 450 476
JA1GZK 350 435
KP3V 310 402
AG7NR 350 400
N9ZTS 302 400
DL8GAM 351 375
N6PAZ 342 350
N7ZO 304 350
AL7ID 261 320
K8BL 300 310
N7UJJ 250 308
ZS2BK 244 305
W6AER 201 302
HL1WP New 300
KH6WI 252 300
K6VHF 250 276
K9AQ 200 250
WD9EWK (DM41) 225 229
WA8ZID 202 226
KG4AKV (FM14) New 217
YV1DIG 200 213
JS2GGD 157 204
WD9EWK (DM23) 195 200
JL3OUW 123 187
AK2S New 152
N6UTC (DM15) 126 150
K9MU 100 129
N6UTC (DM14) 110 128
KB4DSL New 127
WD9EWK (DM13) 109 116
N8XHF New 106
EA3HAH New 100
WA1JAY New 100
Congratulations to the new VUCC holders!
HL1WP is first VUCC Satellite holder from PM37
N8XHF is first VUCC Satellite holder from FM16
DXCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary
December 01, 2023 to January 01, 2024
Call 1-Dec 1-Jan
S57NML 125 175
OE6MDF 143 169
VU2LBW 152 162
YO3APJ 149 162
SV8CS 150 153
LA6OP 136 143
HB9RYZ 139 141
SP3AU 136 137
KB1HY 131 135
YO9HP 108 131
F6AOJ 125 129
IK6GZM 101 124
IK4DRY 107 122
IW7DOL 116 122
K8DP 112 122
A65BR 104 112
CT1EEB 111 112
KC9ELU 101 112
AA5PK 100 110
LA7XK New 106
TF1A 102 103
LA0FA 100 102
UW8SM New 102
EA5RM 100 101
W8LR New 100
Congratulations to the new DXCC Satellite holders!
UW8SM is first DXCC Satellite holder from KN59
*[ANS thanks Jon Goering, N7AZ, for the above information]*
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 5, 2024
Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps
in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical
model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly
updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin
files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if
new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at
https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/
The following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
distribution:
*BeliefSat-0* NORAD Cat ID 58695 IARU coordinated downlink on 145.980 MHz
The following satellite has been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
distribution:
*VENTA 1* NORAD Cat ID 42791 Decayed from orbit on or about 03 January 2024
*[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the
above information]*
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Store! <https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/>**When you purchase
through **AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards **Keeping Amateur
Radio in Space.*
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ARISS and Amateur Radio Featured on the TODAY Show
On January 5, 2024, the TODAY Show featured Harry Smith of NBC News going
behind the scenes of last month's QSO between Harbor Creek School in
Pennsylvania and the ISS. Video of the segment can be seen on YouTube.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gn1UKszRNY>
ARISS International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said of the segment: "What a
phenomenal story of a breathtaking ARISS educational experience. Our
heartiest congratulations to the Harbor Creek School: the Advanced
Technology Group students, educators, families and Leader/Assistant
Principal/ARISS Educator Drew Mortensen. WOW!!"
*[ANS thanks the TODAY Show and ARISS for the above information]*
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Assistance Requested With CubeSat History Project
A general announcement to the AMSAT community!
Prof. Robert "Bob" Twiggs KE6QMD and Dr. Aaron Zucherman KM6CHY (a former
student of his) are working on gathering and publishing a series on the
history of the creation and adoption of the CubeSat, including its direct
SmallSat forebears (AMSAT, WeberSat, OPAL, etc.) and educational picosat
successors (CanSats, PocketQubes and ThinSats). While outstanding technical
accounts have been written on the subject, we plan on focusing on the
underreported human stories and drama during this early history.
You can see our announcement here:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bob-twiggs-b6163125_cubesat-smallsat-smallsatellite-activity-7103473477138989056-hUNb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
The project was also mentioned in Aviation Week:
https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/commercial-space/cubesats-how-accidental-standard-launched-new-space-age
We specifically wanted to reach out to the AMSAT community to find those
who worked on the early educational smallsat missions and AMSAT members who
were mentors to many of the earliest (pre-2010) CubeSat mission teams.
However, if you feel you have something else to contribute to CubeSat's
history, we want to hear about it!
A list of missions we are hoping to find AMSAT members from includes:
- WeberSAT (Weber-OSCAR 18, WO-18, Microsat-3)
- OPAL (OPAL-OSCAR 38, OO-38, StenSat,)
- JAWSAT (Weber-OSCAR 39, WO-39)
- SSETI-Express (XO-53, eXpress-OSCAR 53)
- CUTE-1 (CO-55, CubeSat-OSCAR 55)
- CUTE-1.7 (CO-56, CubeSat-OSCAR 56)
- CUBESAT XI-IV (CO-57, CubeSat-OSCAR 57)
- CUBESAT XI-V (CO-58, CubeSat-OSCAR 58)
- Delfi-C3 (DO 64, Delfi-OSCAR 64)
Please feel free to contact azucherman [at] gmail.com if you are interested
in contributing.
*[ANS thanks Aaron Zucherman, PhD, KM6CHY, for the above information]*
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ARISS News
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between
amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The
downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
No contacts have been scheduled from 2023-12-21 to 2024-01-14. The complete
schedule page has been updated as of 2023-12-21 05:00 UTC.
The Service Module radio is temporarily stowed.
As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios
are turned off as part of the safety protocol.
The crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} &
437.800 MHz down), If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do
is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband
repeater. So give a listen, you just never know.
Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
*[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors
for the above information]*
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
No scheduled operations are listed at this time.
A growing number of satellite rovers are currently engaged in sharing their
grid square activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the website, you
gain easy access to comprehensive information about the operators
responsible for activating specific grid squares. Additionally, you have
the ability to assess the match score between yourself and a particular
rover for a given pass, while also being able to identify the upcoming
satellite passes that are accessible from your location.
*[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT Rover Page Manager, for the above
information]*
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25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur
Radio in Space
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,
conventions, maker faires, and other events.
AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, says,
"Think a 75-minute presentation on "working the easy satellites" would be
appropriate for your club or event? Let me know by emailing me at
k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com or calling me at 909-999-SATS (7287)!"
Clint has NEVER given the exact same show twice: EACH of the 150+
presentations so far has been customized/tailored to their audiences.
Scheduled EventsARISS 40th Anniversary Conference: Celebrating the Positive
Impact of Amateur Radio on Human Spaceflight
Center for Space Education, Adjacent to NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s
Center, Florida, USA
February 22-24, 2024
More information is available at https://www.ariss.org/overview.html
*[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6LCS, and AMSAT for the above information]*
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Satellite Shorts from All Over
+ The ARRL has published Logbook of the World configuration file version
11.27, adding support for QSOs made through SO-121.
+ The SaxaVord Spaceport on the Scottish island of Unst in the Shetland
Islands was approved to launch rockets in 2024, the first fully licensed
orbital spaceport in Western Europe. (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the
above information)
+ China launched 4 weather satellites and a pair of Beidou satellites… but
again dropped a booster full of highly toxic hypergols on someone’s house.
Video at https://bit.ly/3vo9mhu (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above
information)
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Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:
- Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
- 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.
- Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.
Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.
*73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!*
*This week's ANS Editor,*
*Paul Stoetzer, N8HM*
*n8hm [at] amsat.org <http://amsat.org>*
*ANS is a service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, 712 H
Street NE, Suite 1653, Washington, DC 20002*
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