[jamsat-news:3535] [ans] ANS-224 AMSAT News Service Weekly News Bulletin
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2018年 8月 12日 (日) 21:44:57 JST
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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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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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President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
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Office.
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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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