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[jamsat-news:1903] ANS-088 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 09:22:17 -0500
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-088
ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North
America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor@amsat.org
In this edition:
* 2004 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting - Call for papers
* PCSat2 passes final test before launch
* Boston area AMSAT Net
* AMSAT award recipients
* AMSAT activities in Kansas
* ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2004-03-23
* K6DUE Memorial ARISS event QSL card update
* This Week's News in Brief
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-088.01
2004 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting - Call for papers
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.01 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 28, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-088.01
This is the first call for papers for the 2004 AMSAT Space Symposium and
Annual Meeting to be held October 8-10 in Arlington, Virginia. This
symposium will be held in conjunction with the ARISS International Meeting
that is planned for October 10-13.
Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are
invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite program. An
emphasis for this year is AMSAT's educational outreach activities, including
our educational outreach efforts with universities and the International
Space Station. In particular, papers on the following topics are solicited:
Students & Education, ARISS, Echo, Eagle and other satellite-related topics.
We request a one-page abstract by June 1, 2004. Camera ready copy on paper
or in electronic form will be due by August 1, 2004 for inclusion in the
printed symposium proceedings.
Abstracts and papers should be sent to:
Daniel Schultz N8FGV
14612 Dowling Drive
Burtonsville, MD 20866
or by e-mail to: n8fgv@amsat.org
[ANS thanks Dan, N8FGV for the above information]
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PCSat2 passes final test before launch
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.02 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 28, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-088.02
PCSAT2 this weekend passed final Outgassing Tests
for Space Station and Space Shuttle and is ready
for launch on the first shuttle return to flight (next year).
These outgassing specs are some of the most
stringent in the space program. Interestingly, all
of our parts were off-the-shelf Kantronics TNC's
and Hamtronics TX/RX including original plastic
parts.
The rate achieved on the TQCM test was 5*E-13
grams per second. The test chamber itself was
able to get down to 2*E-14.
Additional information about the PCSat2 mission
is available at:
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pcsat2.html
[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR for the above information]
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Boston area AMSAT Net
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.03 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 28, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-088.03
The AMSAT Net in the Boston area has been on the amateur
2m band weekly on Thursdays at 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. since
March 14, 1996 on the Waltham Repeater 146.640- and
has crossed one milestone, it turned 8 years old on March 14
with the next net milestone, number 400 coming up on April 29th
2004.
Thanks to all who have checked in over the years and to
George W1ME for encouraging me to get started in
the first place!
Net control, Ernie MacLauchlan, K1ELA, will be sending out
certificates to all stations that checked in on April 29, 2004 net #400.
Some net trivia as of March 18, 2004
Total Check-ins 6283
Nets 394
Average per net 17
Individual People 716
[ANS thanks Ernie, K1ELA for the above information]
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AMSAT award recipients
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.04 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 28, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-088.04
Congratulations go out to those that have recently made their very first
satellite QSO. May they have many more years of fun on the satellites.
Roger Stout, N4RWS
Maciej Jakimiec, SP2SGF
Tim Hayes, N0MAP
Robert Fairfield, K7RQN
Congratulations to all of the following for earning their Oscar Satellite
Communications Achievement Award.
#393 KE8FK Edward Lock 28-Jan-2004
#394 VE2DWE Luc Leblanc 20-Mar-2004
Congratulations also go out to the following for earning their South Africa
Communications Achievement Award.
#US80 KA4KYI Ron Nutter 3-Mar-04
Congratulations go out to the following for earning their W4AMI Award.
#38 N7EQF Albert Ozias 6 Feb 04 1,000; 2,000; 3,000 and 4,000 Level
#36 W0EEC Emily Clarke 3 Mar 04 3,000 and 4,000 Level
#17 N7EQF Albert Ozias 6 Feb 04 5,000 Level
#18 W0EEC Emily Clarke 4 Mar 04 5,000 Level
Finally, congratulations to the following for earning their AMSAT Oscar
Sexagesimal Award.
#133 W0EEC Emily Clarke 8-Jan-04
#134 K9PO Scott Migaldi 17-Feb-04
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]
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AMSAT activities in Kansas
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.05 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 28, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-088.05
On Tuesday March 2nd 2004 Greg Wycoff, N0ZHE of Conway Springs, Ks.,
traveled to Augusta, Ks. to put on a PowerPoint presentation on satellite
operations to the Flinthills Amateur Radio Club. Traveling with Greg was
John Wycoff, KA0OXY and Bill Briles, W0OQC.
Danny Craft, KC0NXF the activities chairman for the Flinthills amateur radio
club invited Greg to give the presentation.
The presentation lasted about 45min. covering a range of topics including
how simple it could be to get started operating through a satellite.
The presentation started out with a video of John, KA0OXY working
UO-14, and the title above the video read "Amateur radio's best kept
secret".
The trip to Augusta, Ks. was a 120 mile round trip for Greg, he points out
this is one of the ways that we all can help in getting new/old hams into
the hobby, all we have to do is get them hooked, the other way is to do a
live demo of a satellite contact. Just remember that you don't always have
to have a large crowd to be affective in getting others started.
CCARC Vhf AMSAT Satellite net:
http://www.havilandtelco.com/~gregwycoff/chat.htm
email: n0zhe@amsat.org
also email me at: GREGWYCOFF@havilandtelco.com
[ANS thanks Greg, N0ZHE for the above information]
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ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2004-03-23
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.06 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 28, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-088.06
The ARISS (a joint effort of AMSAT, the ARRL, NASA, the ARISS international
partners including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan)
operations team wishes to announce the following very tentative schedule for
ARISS school contacts. This schedule is very fluid and may change at the
last minute.
Remember that amateur radio use on the ISS is considered secondary. Please
check the various AMSAT and ARISS webpages for the latest announcements.
Also, please check MSNBC.com for possible live retransmissions
(http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/default.asp). Listen for the ISS on the downlink
of 145.80 MHz.
There are several ARISS web sites:
English: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/
French: http://c.avmdti.free.fr/ariss/index.htm
ARISS Europe: http://www.ariss-eu.org/
ARISS Japan: http://www.jarl.or.jp/ariss/
Expedition 8 crew:
Mike Foale KB5UAC
Alexsandr Kaleri U8MIR
Expedition 9 crew:
E. Michael Fincke KE5AIT
Gennady I. Padalka RN3DT
Saint Mard, France, direct via F5CAR
Contact is a go for 2004-04-01 18:27 UTC
Saltoschool Hanevoet, Eindhoven,NL-5655 CP, direct via PI4EHV
DELTA mission with André Kuipers
TBD 2004-04-24
ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL-2201, direct via PI9ESA
DELTA mission with André Kuipers
TBD 2004-04-25
[ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]
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K6DUE Memorial ARISS event QSL card update
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.07 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 28, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-088.07
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, who is ARISS International Chairman says
in order to save postage costs, the process being used for the special
event certificates is this. The various regions such as Europe, Canada,
USA, Russia and Japan are collecting the QSLs and generating compiled lists
of names and callsigns. These lists are then used to print the certificates
and return them to the regions for direct distribution. Bauer asks that
everyone be patient, indicating that it will be well worth the wait.
[ANS thanks Newsline for the above information]
/EX
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This Week's News in Brief
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.08 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 28, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-088.08
** In what NASA says is a first for aviation an unmanned X-43A hypersonic
research aircraft was dropped from a modified B-52 aircraft before rocketing
away and firing up its revolutionary scramjet engine. The experimental X-43
pilotless plane broke the world speed record for an atmospheric engine,
briefly flying at 7,700 kilometers (4,780 miles) per hour -- seven times the
speed of sound, NASA said. --SpaceDaily
** aeroTelesis, Inc., recently conducted a live demonstration for a major
satellite conglomerate where through the use of its proprietary USM
technology achieved success in the data transmission of six Megabits per
second (Mbps) through a single 3 kHz (3 dB Band Width)
channel. --SpaceDaily
** A Chinese restaurant in New Jersey is facing a $10,000 fine from the FCC
for operating transmitting equipment on 2 meters without a license. The case
involves a Westville, NJ restaurant which apparently had been using a
so-called "long-range cordless telephone" to communicate with its delivery
vehicle. The FCC says the telephone in question--said to have been obtained
outside the US and not FCC certificated--operated within the 2-meter
satellite subband at 145.8376 MHz. --ARRL
/EX
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President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to
AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits.
Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.
AMSAT has developed an on-line volunteer survey, designed to
identify the interests and skills of those who may be available to directly
help in efforts to develop the amateur satellite program. The survey is
designed to be completed and returned on-line, and takes only a few minutes
to fill out. To request the survey, simply send an e-mail request
to:volunteer at AMSAT.org
73,
This weeks ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS, ku4os at AMSAT.org
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