From ans ”÷ amsat.org Sun Sep 1 08:51:10 2019 From: ans ”÷ amsat.org (JoAnne K9JKM via ANS) Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 18:51:10 -0500 Subject: [jamsat-news:3640] [ans] ANS-244 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: <3207a920-4aed-2cbb-8db3-dcb120e376e7@comcast.net> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-244 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. 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: * 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting * 2019 AMSAT Symposium Early-Bird Registration Rate Until September 15 * Second Call for AMSAT 2019 Symposium Papers * Mark Johns, K©¬JM, Appointed Editor-in-Chief AMSAT News Service * Emergency Traffic Relayed over AO-92 Satellite * University of Tsukuba YUI Satellite Project D-ATV User Survey * ARISS Activities * AMSAT SA Dual Band Yagi Now Available for Export * Upcoming Satellite Operations * German CEPT Response States Sharing of 144-146 MHz Not Realistic * Talks by Radio Amateurs at UKHAS Conference London Sept 7 * CAMSAT Applies for IARU Coordination for Four V/U Transponder Satellites * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-244.01 ANS-244 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 244.01 ?From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE September 1, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-244.01 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ The AMSAT Office will be closed from Friday, August 30th - Tuesday, September 10th. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Please join us for the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Symposium, to be held in the Washington, DC Metro Area on October 18, 19, and 20, 2019. The Symposium venue will be the Hilton Arlington, located in the heart of the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, VA. The Hilton Arlington is located at 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22203, USA TEL: +1-703-528-6000 and the reservation code is AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation). Connected to the Ballston Metro Station, the hotel offers easy and effortless access to Washington DC's top tourist destinations like the National Mall, Smithsonian Museums and historic monuments. The hotel is six miles from Reagan National Airport and the National Mall. There are plenty of restaurants nearby. The Symposium will feature OSCAR Park - a display of satellites from throughout the history of amateur radio in space - paper presentations, and a banquet with speakers celebrating AMSAT's long history, and other events. The AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting will be held on October 16th and 17th at the same hotel. Two guided tours are available. On Sunday, October 20th a bus tour to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum is available for $30 (max 35 people) and on Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier will lead a day tour to the National Mall via the Metro. So please plan on attending the 50th Anniversary Symposium - you will be glad you did and keep checking the AMSAT website for further updates and information. The 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting features: + Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations + Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World + Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members (October 16-17) + Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers + AMSAT? Annual General Membership Meeting + Annual Banquet, Speakers and Door Prizes !! The latest news and information is always posted at: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ [ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 AMSAT Symposium Early-Bird Registration Rate Until September 15 An early-bird registration rate for the 37th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia, is available through September 15, 2019 per the following schedule: Early Registration Through September 15, 2019 ......... $60 Registration September 16, 2019 ? October 11, 2019 .... $65 Registration at the Door .............................. $70 You can complete your registration on-line via the AMSAT Store: https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/ This year, all registrants will receive a digital copy of the Proceed- ings on a thumb drive. Attendees may purchase a hard copy for $25.00. Non-attendees may put their name on a waiting list for a hard copy, if there are any left over. The digital version of the Proceedings will be made available on the online store shortly after the Symposium concludes. Student Registration is 50% off and does not include the Proceedings. [ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Second Call for AMSAT 2019 Symposium Papers This is the second call for papers for the 2019 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on October 18-20 at the Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible, with final copy to be submitted by September 23 for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat dot org. [ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Johns, K©¬JM, Appointed Editor-in-Chief AMSAT News Service Robert Bankston, KE4AL, VP-User Services announced the appointment of Mark D. Johns, K©¬JM, as Editor-in-Chief of the AMSAT News Service. Johns, currently serving as a rotating ANS weekly editor, steps up to replace EMike McCardel, AA8EM, who is facing a long recovery follow- ing a serious injury while clearing storm damage at his home in early August. Mark Johns is Professor Emeritus, Journalism and Communication Stud- ies, of Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, but now resides in the Minne- apolis, Minn. area. He is a life member of ARRL and AMSAT, holds a DXCC Satelite certificate, and is a member of the Minnesota Wireless Association and the Twin Cities DX Association (TCDXA). Mark is also on the editorial staff of the Gray Line Report, the newsletter of the TCDXA. Mark grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and was first licensed there in 1967 as WN©¬RGV. Through college, grad school, and early career he operated from various QTHs in Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa as WA©¬RGV, and later as K©¬MDJ. He began operating satellites in the early 1980s. After living in Cedar Falls, Iowa for 26 years, he took a one year work assignment in Nottingham, UK during 2011-12 and operated there as M©¬GZO. From fall of 2012 until spring of 2017 his QTH was Decorah, but he also operated in Malta as 9H3DJ for half of 2016 while on an- other work assignment. His current callsign was granted in 2018, and he is primarily active on the linear transponder satellites. [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, VP-User Services for the above ?information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Emergency Traffic Relayed over AO-92 Satellite On August 27, 2019, Clayton, W5PFG, and his father Jack, AC5DI, were traversing the Chihuahuan Desert in Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, when their vehicle became stuck in mud from recent monsoon rains. Being stuck up to the axles, they were unable to self-recover from the situation, requiring assistance from Park Rangers. August temper- atures in this desert reach upwards of 110-115 degrees Fahrenheit. There is no mobile phone coverage outside park headquarters. Clayton made contact via AMSAT satellite AO-92 with Kevin, KK4YEL, in Florida. During the satellite pass, stations stood by while Clayton relayed emergency traffic to Kevin. This information included details about the situation including precise latitude and longitude, the phone number for Big Bend National Park, vehicle description, and wel- fare of the party. Other stations listening to the pass including Brian, KG5GJT, contacted the park headquarters. Within two hours, Park Rangers arrived on scene and recovered the stuck vehicle. No person was injured, and no equipment was damaged. Clayton and Jack were traveling to DL88jx, a maidenhead grid square high- ly sought after by many ARRL VUCC members. Clayton had previously made two successful trips to DL88jx. Both Clayton and Jack are very grateful to Kevin, KK4YEL, the responsiveness of the amateur radio community, and to the Park Rangers and staff of Big Bend National Park. Incident discussion via Twitter quickly provided recordings of the AO-92 satellite traffic: Recording courtesy of KQ4MM https://twitter.com/KQ4MM/status/1166396579416354816 Recording courtesy of CO6CBF/W5CBF https://twitter.com/CO6CBF/status/1166432549847085056 [ANS thanks Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ?? Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront. ?????????? 25% of the purchase price of each product goes ???????????? towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space ?????????????? https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ University of Tsukuba YUI Satellite Project D-ATV User Survey Takehiro Okamoto, student leader of University of Tsukuba YUI project in Japan, reports his team is developing a 2U cubesat planned to fea- ture real-time video transmission from space as the main mission. This project, wants the general public to view and use the images, and are soliciting user opinions. They plan to downlink D-ATV from the 2U CubeSat, similar to HamTV from the ISS. Complete the survey posted at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Tsukuba-Survey (use google translate) The university YUI cubesat development web page can be accessed at: https://yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/? (use google translate) [ANS thanks Takehiro Okamoto, University of Tsukuba for the above ?information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Activities + Tuesday, September 3, 2019 08:06 UTC ? Kingston Community School, Kingston SE, South Australia, tele- ? bridge via K6DUE located in Maryland. The ISS callsign is pre- ? sently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Drew ? Morgan KI5AAA. Listen on 145.800 for east coast North American ? stations. + Tuesday, September 3, 2019 16:05 UTC ? Galileo STEM Academy, Eagle, ID, direct via W7GSA. The ISS call- ? sign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut ? is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Listen on 145.800 for western North Amer- ? ican stations. AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. These up- grades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astro- nauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone with $24,130 raised or about 16% towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more informa- tion and to DONATE TODAY visit: ????? https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT SA Dual Band Yagi Now Available for Export AMSAT South Africa (AMSAT SA) has developed a dual-band Yagi VHF/UHF antenna for satellite operation. The antenna has a 50-ohm designed driver. The Yagi has a unique element called a 'Open Sleeve' which is a director very close to the driven element. The driven element is sized for 2M.? When operating on 70cm the 'Open Sleeve' acts as part of the driven element on 70cm (Third harmonic of 2M). The original concept was developed in 1946 by Dr J T Bolljahn of the Stanford Research institute but was not introduced into amateur radio until the 1950s. The AMSAT SA version is based on a design by DK7ZB with modifications by WB5CXC. Until recently this antenna was available only in South Africa. Fol- lowing requests from many amateurs outside South Africa AMSAT SA can offer the Yagi for export if ordered in a batch of 6, at R950 each (approx US $65), total for a batch of 6 is R5700. (approx US $ 390) to countries in the European Union and the USA. For Australia and New Zealand R1000 per unit in a batch of 6 total RR6000. Pricing for other countries on request. More information is available on the AMSAT SA web: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ http://www.amsatsa.org.za/DualbandYagi.htm [ANS thanks AMSAT SA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations + Help Celebrate AMSAT's 50th Anniversary with these "W3ZM on the Road" ? Operations: https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/ + N7MJ Roving 11 State Tour - WY, NE, IA, IL, KY, TN, AR, OK, TX, NM, ? AZ, August 25th - September 9th, 2019. ? Jack M7MJ is heading out (in his Vette) on a 2 weeks road trip from ? Cheyenne, WY to the big 25th Anniversary Celebration of the National ? Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY, (August 28-31). Then he will ? head through TN to AR (EM34) for a family gathering 9/3-4, the ? another family gathering 9/4-5 in Atoka, OK (EM14/24). With the ? partying over, down through TX and NM and end up in Chandler, AZ. ? FM only. + Way Up in the Northeast (GN27, GN26, GN37)? Aug 26 - Sept 7, 2019 ? Chris, VE3FU will be in GN27 August 26-30 and will try to make a trip ? to GN26, possibly on the GN26/27 line.? He will be in GN37 (again) ? August 30-September 7.? Chris will be operating as VO2AC/1 and try to ? announce operating times on Twitter as far ahead as possible. ? https://twitter.com/ChrisVE3FU. + Peru - August 31 - September 7, 2019 ? Tony, KD8RTT will be in Peru Saturday night, August 31 and leave on ? Saturday, September 7.? FM passes, mainly AO-91 and AO-92, vacation ? schedule permitting.? Tony is not exactly sure what days/times he can ? operate yet, but he'll try to tweet before he gets on any passes. ? https://twitter.com/kd8rtt + AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain)? September 9-15, 2019 ? AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active ? satellites from September 9th to September 15th as part of the V ? RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities. IberRadio is the biggest ? event for the ham community in SouthWest Europe and will open doors ? September 14th and 15th . Learn more about IberRadio at ? http://www.iberradio.es. ? The AM1SAT call sign will be active from a minimum of 14 different ? grids during that time to help satellite operators to collect as ? much EA locators as possible. ? As part of this activity and in order to promote the participation, ? AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories, ? Silver and Gold.? More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/ ? and as a pdf at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-AM1SAT-Award. + D4, CAPE VERDE (Update/Satellite Op). Harald, DF2WO, will once ? again be active as D44TWO from Praia, Santiago Island (AF-005), ? between September 29th and October 13th. Activity will be holiday ? style on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and mostly the Digital modes. ? (FT8, PSK31, JT65 and RTTY) and slow CW. ? Harald has been working hard in the last few months getting his ? satellite station for QO-100 working and is now confident he will ? use it from Cabo Verde. He will be using an Icom 7300, 2 Transvert- ? ers with 3 watts output on EsHail using the QO-100 Geostationary ? Satellite. He will also have a FT-450D into a homemade HEX BEAM ? and a dipole for 40 meters. Please DO NOT send your card via the ? Bureau it WILL NOT be received - To receive a bureau card you MUST ? request via M0OXO OQRS ONLY! (Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1428) + WW0, UNITED STATES (Special Event). Members of the Northern Colorado ? Amateur Radio Club (NCARC), WWV ARC, RMHam, and FCCW along with the ? National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will activate ? special event station WW0WWV between September 28 and October 2 to ? celebrate the 100th anniversary of WWV, the world's oldest contin- ? uously operating radio station. ? The WW0WWV station(s) will be set up adjacent to the WWV transmitter ? site in Fort Collins, Colorado. Operations will be on various HF bands ? following typical propagation, and will include 160 meters as well as ? satellites (SO-50, AO-91, and AO-92) and 6-meter meteor scatter. ? Modes will be CW, SSB and digital. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW, ? or direct to the WWV Amateur Radio Club, 1713 Ridgewood Rd, Fort ? Collins, CO 80526, USA. For more details, visit the following URLs: ? http://wwv100.com ? https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-NIST-WWV ? (Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1428) [ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ???? The Fox-In-A-Box Raspberry Pi SD card for setting up a ?? Raspberry Pi-based telemetry station for the Fox-1 satellites ?????????????? now supports the Raspberry Pi 4. ????????????? Get yours today on the AMSAT Store! ?? https://amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ German CEPT Response States Sharing of 144-146 MHz Not Realistic Update: The ARRL reported on August 30, 2019 - 144 ? 146 MHz Removed from French Proposal for Additional Aero- nautical Applications:?https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-ARRL-2M-Removed The latest development regarding the proposal to share 144-146 MHz comes from Germany. They state, "Germany does not support the inclusion of the 144-146 MHz primary allocated to the amateur service/amateur satellite service in the proposed WRC-23 agenda item regarding a possible new allocation to the aeronautical mobile service (AMS) for non-safety applications. Consequently, Germany cannot determine a single realistic sharing scen- ario, not leading to serious mutual interference on both sides and not seriously degrading the use of the 144-146 MHz band." This document can accessed at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-German-CEPT-Response [ANS thanks CEPT/European Electronic Communications Committee for the ?above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Talks by Radio Amateurs at UKHAS Conference London Sept 7 The 2019 UK High Altitude Society Conference is taking place in White City, London on Saturday, September 7. The conference takes place at The Invention Rooms, 68 Wood Lane, White City, London, W12 7TA, and attracts those interested in learning about building and flying High Altitude Balloons or in tracking their 434 MHz signals. Some of the radio amateurs giving talks on high altitude balloon communi- cations are: + AutoRX by Mark Jessop VK5QI + Citizen space exploration & inflatable spacecraft by Michael ? Johnson M0MJJ + The Apollo Flight ? model-making and tech behind the dashboard ? by Dave Akerman M0RPI + Insurance & UKHAS Server Support by Steve Randall G8KHW + Recovering, Reprogramming and Re-flying Radiosondes by Andrew ? Mulholland MI0BPB + Hwoyee NSL-45 Experiences by Dave Akerman M0RPI and Steve ? Randall G8KHW There will be helium and foil balloons available for the pico launch at the end of the conference. UKHAS conference information is at: ?https://ukhas.org.uk/general:ukhasconference2019 Tickets are at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Tickets-UKHAS [ANS thanks UKHAS and AMSAT-UK for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ???????? The digital download version of the 2019 edition of ??? Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a ?????? DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store.? Get yours today! ????????? https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ CAMSAT Applies for IARU Coordination for Four V/U Transponder Satellites The Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) has applied for frequency coordination for four small satellites - CAS-8A, CAS-8B, CAS-8C, and CAS-8D. The CAS-8 satellites are a Student Small Satellites project initiated by the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO), which is headquartered in Beijing China. APSCO was inaugurated in 2008 as an inter-governmental organization. including Bangladesh, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand, Turkey and Indonesia. The project consists of four satellites, including a pilot microsatel- lite CAS-8A for technical verification and a primary microsatellite CAS-8B, two 3U cube satellites CAS-8C and CAS-8D. CAS-8A is scheduled to be launched by the end of 2020, and the CAS-8B, CAS-8C, CAS-8D sat- ellites are scheduled to be launched at the end of 2021 ON the same launch. The CAS-8 satellites project is supported by the Chinese government. The project is led by Beihang University, which is China's most outstanding university in aerospace. tHE Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) cooperates with Beihang University to bring amateur radio into the pro- ject. the CAS-8 satellites will realize the synergy between the eight countries of APSCO to build an amateur radio alliance through space, adding new science popularization tools to young students in APSCO member countries for self-training, inter-communication and technical investigations, and also providing a new satellite platform for amateur radio enthusiasts around the world. CAMSAT 8A - 30kg Microsat. V/U transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6 ??????????? GMSK telemetry beacons and S Band 192kbps GMSK Image and ??????????? 4k8/9k6 GMSK telemetry downlinks. Planning a launch from ??????????? Jiuquan in Oct 2020 into a 600km SSO. CAMSAT 8B - 30kg Microsat. V/U transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6 ??????????? GMSK telemetry beacons and S Band 192kbps GMSK Image and ??????????? 4k8/9k6 GMSK telemetry downlinks. Planning a launch from ??????????? Jiuquan in Oct 2021 into a 600km SSO. CAMSAT 8C - 3U CubeSat. V/U linear transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6 ??????????? GMSK telemetry downlinks and S Band AX25 4k8/9k6 GMSK inter ??????????? satellite links. Planning a launch from Jiuqhan in Oct 20121 ??????????? into a 600km SSO. CAMSAT 8D - 3U CubeSat. V/U linear transponder, UHF CW and AX25 4k8/9k6 ??????????? GMSK telemetry downlinks and S Band AX25 4k8/9k6 GMSK inter ??????????? satellite links. Planning a launch from Jiuqhan in Oct 20121 ??????????? into a 600km SSO. Additional information is pending IARU frequency coordination activities. [ANS thanks CAMSAT and the IARU for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + NASA will be tracking Hurricane Dorian throughout this Labor Day ? (USA) weekend. The agency will provide status updates on the storm ? as it nears Florida and NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the state's ? central east coast, as well as updated video and imagery. Status ? updates on Hurricane Dorian will be available at: ? https://blogs.nasa.gov/hurricanes/tag/dorian-2019/ ? Updated imagery and video of the storm, including any view of Dorian ? from the International Space Station, will be available as soon as ? possible the NASA Media Resources page at: ? https://www.nasa.gov/mediaresources + 2019 marks AMSAT”Ēs 50th Anniversary of Keeping Amateur Radio in ? Space. To help celebrate, AMSAT is sponsoring the AMSAT 50th ? Anniversary Awards Program. Full details are available at ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/ ? Bruce Paige, KK5DO, Director of Contests and Awards, reported ? this week that the awards are being printed and will be sent ? shortly to all those who have applied. + The Huntingdon, West Virginia Herald Dispatch newspaper published ? a feature, "Ham radio event planned at South Point library" inform- ? ing interested Tri-State residents will have an opportunity to find ? out what ham radio and Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) are ? all about during the event "HAM Radio ? From Across the Street to ? Outer Space," set to take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Briggs ? Lawrence County Public Library's Southern Branch. Presentations ? include a look at amateur radio's role and capability of communi- ? cating with the space shuttle, satellites and moon bounce. ? Access the full article at: ? https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-Herald-Dispatch + The Mohammed bin Rashid space centre in Duibai has just announced ? on its twitter account that Astronaut Hazza alMansoori, the first ? Emirati astronaut, with the support of the Emirati Amateur Radio ? Society, will link from the ISS to the MBR Space Centre, during his ? misison from September 25th to October 4th. Further details will ? probably be announced by the MBR space centre on its twitter ? account:? @MBRSpaceCentre? (AMSAT-UK via Twitter) + Wondering what Terran radio hits our friends on Proxima Centauri ? are listening to? www.lightyear.fm has you covered! Currently, ? they're catching Pharrel's Happy for the first time (and they ? really have no idea how many commercials they'll be receiving ? shortly that use it as background music). (OrbitalIndex.com) + NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab offers teachers of advanced placement ? math classes a lesson plan to calculate a flight to Mars. The ? Hohmann transfer is an elliptical orbit with the sun at one focus ? of the ellipse that intersects the orbit of the target planet. ? Launch occurs when Earth is at Hohmann perihelion (the point of ? the Hohmann orbit that is closest to the sun). Arrival occurs ? when Mars is at Hohmann aphelion (the point of the Hohmann orbit ? that is farthest from the sun). See: ? https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-JPL-Hohmann-Orbit (www.jpl.nasa.gov) + Looking for a hands-on, out-of-this-world way to teach the engin- ? eering design process? Check out "Build a Satellite" from NASA ? challenge your students to design, build, test & improve a model ? satellite using common household items: ? https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/build-a-satellite/ ? https://twitter.com/NASASTEM/status/1166349655124389888 + Buy your kid a Happy Meal and get a STEM book ... ? https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-NASA-STEM-Books + AMSAT congratulates Jeff Johns, WE4B on his recognition of support ? of the Young Amateurs Communications Ham Team, K8KDZ (Y.A.C.H.T) ? YACHT's mission is to expand horizons in the field of communicat- ? ions along with general and advanced ham radio techniques, and to ? foster a greater appreciation of the role they play in the overall ? hobby of amateur radio, as well as giving kids a challenge and ? enjoyment. See http://yacht.younghams.org/ (via Twitter) + Photos posted-- Motorola Special Event Station Celebrating "One ? Giant Leap For Mankind". The Motorola Special Event celebrating ? Apollo 11 went off without a hitch as we had a very good turn out ? of club members rotating the support of operations of one radio ? operator and one logger from 8am Saturday till noon Sunday. A little ? over 400 contacts were made including some that were engineers work- ? ing for other contractors on the Apollo program, current and former ? Motorola employees, and customers of MSI. One of the highlights of ? the event was the re-transmission of the audio of the lunar landing ? exactly 50 years later.? We asked for a pause in on-air traffic and ? the hundreds of people calling us went silent as we sent out the ? landing audio on a completely clear channel. Once again thank you ? to everyone that made this possible. It is very special to see ? interest in science and engineering in our up and coming genera- ? tion! Let's hope we can continue to foster interest in them much as ? the 400,000+ Heros of Apollo in the astronauts, engineers and scien- ? tists that made it happen did it for our generation. Visit the photo ? album posted at: ? https://km0to.shutterfly.com/k9motspecialevent50yearslunarl/88 + Starting September 3, 2019, K-12 students in U.S. public, private ? and home schools can enter the Mars 2020 Name the Rover essay contest. ? One grand prize winner will name the rover and be invited to see the ? spacecraft launch in July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ? in Florida. The Name the Rover contest is part of NASA's efforts to ? engage students in the STEM enterprise behind Mars exploration and ? inspire interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. ? The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2019. NASA posted all the ? info at: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/name-the-rover/ + Registrations are now open for ESA”Ēs Open Day in the Netherlands on ? Sunday 6 October ? your chance to meet astronauts, space experts and ? see behind the scenes of Europe”Ēs space adventure at ESA”Ēs largest ? establishment. The theme of this year”Ēs event is ”ĘESA to the Moon”Ē. ? As well as celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo lunar ? landing, the Open Day will also be looking forward, highlighting ESA”Ēs ? role in returning people to the Moon, including contributing the ser- ? vice module to NASA”Ēs Orion spacecraft and participating in the Lunar ? Gateway. Event information and registration can be accessed at: ? https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-ESTEC-Open-Day [ANS thanks everyone 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 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 behave and to help keep amateur radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org _______________________________________________ Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans From ans ”÷ amsat.org Sun Sep 8 09:00:11 2019 From: ans ”÷ amsat.org (Paul Stoetzer via ANS) Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 17:00:11 -0700 Subject: [jamsat-news:3641] [ans] ANS-251 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-251 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information 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://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. In this edition: * AMSAT Board of Directors Election Ballots Due September 15 * 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium Preliminary Schedule Now Available * 2019 AMSAT Symposium Early-Bird Registration Ends September 15 * DM02 Satellite Expedition Sunday, September 22 - N6O/MM * VUCC Awards & Endorsements for August 2019 * How to Support AMSAT * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts from All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-251.01 ANS-251 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 251.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. September 8, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-251.01 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Don't miss the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium October 18-20 in Arlington, VA. https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Board of Directors Election Ballots Due September 15 Votes must be received no later than Sunday, September 15, 2019 in order to be counted in the 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election. AMSAT members should have received ballots by mail. Members who have not yet received their ballot must contact ElectionBuddy via email to amsat ”÷ electionbuddy.com [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium Preliminary Schedule Now Available A preliminary schedule of events for the 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium has been posted to the AMSAT website. It can be accessed at https://www.amsat.org/symposium-schedule/ [ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 AMSAT Symposium Early-Bird Registration Ends September 15 An early-bird registration rate for the 37th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia, is available through September 15, 2019 per the following schedule: Early Registration Through September 15, 2019 ......... $60 Registration September 16, 2019 ? October 11, 2019 .... $65 Registration at the Door .............................. $70 You can complete your registration on-line via the AMSAT Store: https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/ This year, all registrants will receive a digital copy of the Proceed- ings on a thumb drive. Attendees may purchase a hard copy for $25.00. Non-attendees may put their name on a waiting list for a hard copy, if there are any left over. The digital version of the Proceedings will be made available on the online store shortly after the Symposium concludes. Student Registration is 50% off and does not include the Proceedings. [ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Symposium Papers Due September 23rd! Final copies of papers must be submitted by September 23rd for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(at)amsat.org +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- DM02 Satellite Expedition Sunday, September 22 - N6O/MM Alex, N7AGF, and Ron, AD0DX, are planning to activate DM02 on Sunday, September 22, 2019 on FM and Linear satellites. It's a 5 or 6 hour boat trip to anchor off San Clemente Island. We will be on the water for 22 hours and operating around 10 hours beginning around 3:00 AM PDT (1000Z) on Sunday, September 22 The cost of the boat is $2500 and we would appreciate contributions to help offset this cost. In the 24 hours after posting to Twitter we have received around $1300 which Alex and I are very thankful for. The island has Verizon and AT&T and Alex has a Garmin InReach so we should be able to tweet passes. The plan is to make as many passes as possible once we start operating around 3:00 AM PDT. We may skip some of the low western passes. We will be using N6O/mm and we have a qrz.com page with all the details: https://www.qrz.com/db/N6O If you need the grid please give us a call! Of course this is dependent on the weather, but the captain says it has been a good September so far. If you are able to contribute financially we really appreciate the help to offset some of our costs. Details to contribute are on the N6O QRZ.com webpage. [ANS thanks Ron, AD0DX, and Alex, N7AGF, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 2019 marks AMSAT”Ēs 50th Anniversary of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. To help celebrate, we are sponsoring the AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program. Full details are available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- VUCC Awards & Endorsements for August 2019 Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period August 1, 2019 through September 1, 2019. Congrat- ulations to all those who made the list this month! CALL 01Aug 01Sep K8YSE 1884 1926 KO4MA 1673 1694 WA4NVM 1536 1544 N8RO 1068 1070 K8TL 982 1012 N6UK 626 675 N9IP 625 635 KE4AL 556 602 NS3L 505 526 W7QL 401 451 K9UO 425 450 PV8DX 360 373 AC9E 300 352 AD0HJ 282 300 PS8ET 275 274 N7EGY 200 250 W0NBC 106 137 KC9UQR 113 132 AI9IN 100 125 N7AME 100 125 N4QX 100 106 AA0MZ New 102 KI0G New 102 DL4ZAB New 101 KD8RTT New 101 WD9EWK (DM54) New 101 W7BMD New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at @.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. 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 Parsons, W5RKN, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Support AMSAT AMSAT relies on the support of our members and the amateur radio community to Keep Amateur Radio in Space. How can you help? * Join AMSAT Both you and AMSAT will benefit when you join. You get the AMSAT Journal bimonthly and support from AMSAT Ambassadors. Member dues and donations provide AMSAT”Ēs primary support. Join today at https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-membership/ * Become a Life Member Becoming a Life Member has never been easier. Now you can become a Life Member with 12 monthly payments of $74 through our online store. See https://www.amsat.org/product/lifetime-membership/ for details. * Donate to AMSAT Make a one time or recurring donation to AMSAT today. Even as little as one dollar a month can make a difference! Donate today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ * Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront. AMSAT receives 25% of the price of each sale on AMSAT logo merchandise from our Zazzle storefront located at https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear * Support AMSAT when you make purchases from Amazon! So far, AMSAT has received $4,194.21 from AmazonSmile. Search for "Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation" https://smile.amazon.com/ref=smi_ext_twt_dshb_smi * Volunteer for AMSAT AMSAT relies on volunteers for nearly all of our activities. If you have an idea for how to help, please let us know, Details on volunteering can be found at https://www.amsat.org/volunteer-for-amsat/ [ANS thanks the AMSAT office for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone with $33,580 raised or about 17% towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit: https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations +Canyon Tour (DM35, DM36, DM37, DM45, DM46) September 7-16, 2019 RJ, WY7AA, will be traveling from WY to Vegas and then off to the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon and back to Vegas. He will certainly be activating DM35,36,37,45, and 46, and who knows what else he will throw in on his way there and back. Watch RJ”Ēs Twitter feed for details. https://twitter.com/WY7AA +AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain) September 9-15, 2019 AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active satellites from September 9th to September 15th as part of the V RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2019 activities. IberRadio is the biggest event for the ham community in Southwest Europe and will open doors September 14th and 15th . Learn more about IberRadio at http://www.iberradio.es. AM1SAT call sign will be active from a minimum of 14 different grids during that time to help satellite operators to collect as much EA locators as possible. As part of this activity and in order to promote the participation, AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories: SILVER and GOLD More info available at https://www.amsat-ea.org/ +DN11/DN12 + DN03 - September 17, 2019 Casey, KI7UNJ, is heading to the DN11/DN12 line, September 17th. Look for him on SO-50, AO-92, and AO-91, between 1657z and 1812z. On the way back, Casey will make a quick stop in DN03 to catch the 2043z PO-101 pass. Watch Casey”Ēs Twitter feed for further updates https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ +DM02 - September 22, 2019 Ron, AD0DX, and Alex, N7AGF, are chartering a boat to the ultra-rare DM02 grid square. They will use the special event call sign November 6 Ocean/Maritime Mobile. Expected window of operation is from 1000z to 1900z, Sunday, September 22nd. More information is available on QRZ https://www.qrz.com/db/N6O to include how you can help support this monumental operation. Ron and Alex are expected to have cellular service out there, so keep an eye on their Twitter feeds https://twitter.com/ad0dx and https://twitter.com/N7AGF Remember to check out W3ZM On the Road for additional upcoming activations! https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/ [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts from All Over +AMSAT Argentina reports that the digipeater on BugSat-1 / Tita is active at 9K6 AFSK, call=LU7AA, also a ?DX? command should give stations heard. Passes & Frequencies at http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=tita Pwr is 2W. (Via LU7AA, AMSAT Argentina) +A Japanese cargo spacecraft loaded with more than four tons of supplies,spare parts and experiment hardware is scheduled to launch from theTanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to the Inter- national Space Station at 5:33 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 10 (6:33 a.m. Sept. 11 in Japan). Live coverage of the launch and capture will air on NASA Television and the agency”Ēs website. (Via NASA, https://tinyurl.com/ANS-251-NASA) +Having trouble uploading satellite QSOs to ARRL's Logboook of the World? See AMSAT's guide at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-251-LoTW +Looking for information about satellite frequencies or operating status? The AMSAT website has you covered! https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ +It's going to be an exciting fall for Amateur Radio in Space! The 50th Anniversary Space Symposium will take place in October and the launches of both RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E and HuskySat-1 carrying an AMSAT V/u transponder are expected to occur. --------------------------------------------------------------------- /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 additional 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 six post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org _______________________________________________ Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans From ans ”÷ amsat.org Fri Sep 13 12:21:22 2019 From: ans ”÷ amsat.org (Paul Stoetzer via ANS) Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:21:22 -0400 Subject: [jamsat-news:3642] [ans] ANS-256 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Awards Generous Grant to ARISS Message-ID: AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-256 In this Special Bulletin: * Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Awards Generous Grant to ARISS SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-256.01 ANS-256 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 256.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE September 13, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-256.01 Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Awards Generous Grant to ARISS Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) has awarded a very generous grant to ARISS for the Next Generation radio system. ARDC is the owner and manager of the Internet network known as the AMPRNet. In June of 2019, ARDC initiated a philanthropic endeavor to provide monetary grants to organizations, groups, projects, and scholarships which have significant potential to advance the state of the art of Amateur Radio, and digital communications in general. The ARISS Next Generation radio system (or Inter Operable Radio System - IORS) will support easier radio mode transition, to enable new, exciting capabilities for hams, students and the general public including: +New amateur radio communication and experimentation capabilities, including an enhanced voice repeater and updated digital packet radio (APRS) capabilities. +Slow Scan TV (picture up and downlinks) in both the US and Russian segments of ISS. +New multi-voltage power supply will support present and future radio capabilities and allow wireless experiments to be conducted. In July, the Inter Operable Radio System successfully completed a battery of stressful tests required as part of the final certification of the hardware for launch to and operation on the International Space Station. Final assembly of the flight safety certification in preparation for launch is now underway and ARISS is working towards launch ready status by the end of the year. For more information on the award please see: https://www.ampr.org/g2019-09-01a/ To contribute to ARISS and the IORS please see: https://www.ariss.org/donate.html ARISS and AMSAT thank ARDC for their generosity in supporting this important project. [ANS thanks ARISS, the AMSAT office, and ARDC for the above information.] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers life memberships, and sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional 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, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org _______________________________________________ Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans From ans ”÷ amsat.org Sun Sep 15 08:00:00 2019 From: ans ”÷ amsat.org (Mark D. Johns via ANS) Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 18:00:00 -0500 Subject: [jamsat-news:3643] [ans] ANS-258 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-258 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. 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: * Request For Cooperation in Receiving FO-29 (Fuji 3) * NO-104 Camera Will be 'Live' This Week * Chinese Taurus-1 Amateur Satellite Launched * Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Awards Grant to ARISS * IARU Region 3 Approves New 15m Satellite Allocation * Improvements to the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page * Volunteer Opportunity - AMSAT Looking for Graphics Designer * Nine US Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process * AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, October 12-13 * Final Steps Taken Toward ELaNa 25 Amateur Satellite Launch * AMSAT Academy at the Albuquerque Duke City Hamfest * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule * DM02 Satellite Expedition Sunday, September 22 - N6O/MM * Upcoming Satellite Operations * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-258.01 ANS-258 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 258.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE 2019-Sept-15 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-258.01 Request for cooperation in receiving Fuji 3 (FO-29) The amateur satellite ”ČFuji 3”É has been unable to confirm the opera- tion of CW telemetry and heterodyne repeaters after 21:45 (UTC) on July 9, 2019, but is more unstable than yesterday. However, while con- firming the operation of CW telemetry and heterodyne repeaters, we con- tinue to test for stable operation. Therefore, those who can receive CW telemetry of Fuji No. 3 (FO-29) will try to start with a command during the next pass through Japan, so please report the reception report to the following address. (Time of pass through Japan) 2019/09/14 06:40 16:45 (UTC) 2019/09/15 05:40 17:35 (UTC) [Send email address of received report] oper ”÷ jarl.org We ask for your cooperation in collecting information on Fuji 3 of many users. JARL Secretariat Member Section ”ČFuji 3”É Telemetry --------------------------------------------------------------------- NO-104 Camera Will be 'Live' This Week Controllers for NO-104 (PSAT-2) announced on September 13 that they have commanded the camera to take a picture and store it into memory every 10 minutes. This mode should last for 7 days or at least to next commanding session on Monday. The transmitting counter, which selects a picture for downlink, is not sychronized with the camera, so there is an uncertain delay between ac- quiring a picture and its transmission, up to a maximum of 64 minutes. Every picture will be downlinked just once so every reception counts. The downlink is not operating during eclipse. Further info on https://github.com/alpov/PSAT-2/blob/master/README.md [ANS thanks Ales Povalac, OK2ALP, and Tomas Urbanec, OK2PNQ, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chinese Taurus-1 Amateur Satellite Launched BG2BHC reported on Twitter that Taurus-1 launched on Thursday, Sept. 12 on the CZ-4B launch from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Taurus-1 carries an FM to Codec2 repeater that operates using the same protocol as LO-90 (LilacSat-1) and can use the same software (after frequencies are changed). FM uplink is on 145.820 MHz, downlink on 436.760 MHz, and the telemetry downlink is on 435.840 MHz. CelesTrak currently has three objects from the launch cataloged out of an expected four. The currently cataloged objects are 2019-059A, 2019-059B, and 2019-059D. TLEs can be found at https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, reports that Doppler measurements suggest that Taurus 1 is object 44530 (2019-059C), and the actual measured telemetry downlink frequency: 435.8387 MHz. TLEs can be found at https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt For more information about this unique analog uplink, digital downlink system, see the AMSAT Journal article / Symposium paper about LO-90 at https://tinyurl.com/y6jzoful [ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, adn Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Awards Grant to ARISS Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) has awarded a very generous grant to ARISS for the Next Generation radio system. ARDC is the owner and manager of the Internet network known as the AMPRNet. In June of 2019, ARDC initiated a philanthropic endeavor to provide monetary grants to organizations, groups, projects, and scholarships which have significant potential to advance the state of the art of Amateur Radio, and digital communications in general. The ARISS Next Generation radio system (or Inter Operable Radio System - IORS) will support easier radio mode transition, to enable new, exciting capabilities for hams, students and the general public including: +New amateur radio communication and experimentation capabilities, including an enhanced voice repeater and updated digital packet radio (APRS) capabilities. +Slow Scan TV (picture up and downlinks) in both the US and Russian segments of ISS. +New multi-voltage power supply will support present and future radio capabilities and allow wireless experiments to be conducted. In July, the Inter Operable Radio System successfully completed a battery of stressful tests required as part of the final certification of the hardware for launch to and operation on the International Space Station. Final assembly of the flight safety certification in preparation for launch is now underway and ARISS is working towards launch ready status by the end of the year. For more information on the award please see: https://www.ampr.org/g2019-09-01a/ To contribute to ARISS and the IORS please see: https://www.ariss.org/donate.html ARISS and AMSAT thank ARDC for their generosity in supporting this important project. [ANS thanks ARISS, the AMSAT office, and ARDC for the above informa- tion.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Symposium Papers Due September 23rd! Final copies of papers must be submitted by September 23rd for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv(at)amsat.org +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- IARU Region 3 Approves New 15m Satellite Allocation The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) - Region 3 (Asia-Pacific Region) Directors meeting was held in Tokyo September 2-3. A modified interim Region 3 bandplan was approved which included an Amateur-Sat- ellite Service allocation in the 15m band. The modified interim Region 3 bandplan proposed by the Region 3 Bandplan Committee was approved. A notable change was addition of a satellite portion in 15m Band as agreed at the last Region 3 Conference. The interim IARU Region 3 band- plan is available at: https://tinyurl.com/y637aw47 A complete report of the Region 3 Directors meeting may be found at: https://amsat-uk.org/2019/09/12/iaru-r3-bandplan/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone with $33,580 raised or about 22% towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more information and to DONATE TODAY visit: https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Improvements to the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page Thanks to the efforts of new member Ed Little, KN6DBC, improvements have been made to www.amsat.org/status, specifically, some filtering of the "Your Callsign" field has been added in an effort to reject the occasional nonsense report. The entry must look like a callsign, for example it must have at least one digit, it must not end with a digit etc. As a bonus, the "Your Grid Square" field has been added. Separate en- tries are now preferred instead of workarounds like KM1P-FN42. AMSAT maintains this page to give a single global reference point for all users in the Amateur Satellite Service to show the most up-to-date status of all satellites as actually reported in real time by users around the world. Please help others and keep it current every time you access a bird. [ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur radio package, including two-way communication capability, to be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit. Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Volunteer Opportunity - AMSAT Looking for Graphics Designer AMSAT has a need for a volunteer graphics designer to occasionally assist with page layout of our in-house advertising panels for the AMSAT Journal. The Journal uses Adobe InDesign software to publish but our software can import and place PDF and JPG formatted pages that you create with the graphics tools of your choice. If you can fill this need contact Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP-User Services at ke4al (at) amsat.org. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nine US Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has ann- ounced the schools/host organizations selected for amateur radio con- tacts with the ISS during the first half of 2020. A total of 9 of the submitted proposals during the recent proposal window have been accept- ed to move forward in the processes of planning to host a scheduled amateur radio contact with crew on the ISS. The primary goal of the ARISS program is to engage young people in Science, Technology, Engin- eering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activities and raise their awareness of space communications, radio communications, space exploration, and re- lated areas of study and career possibilities. The ARISS program anticipates that NASA will be able to provide sched- uling opportunities for the 9 US host organizations during the January to June 2020 time period. They are now at work completing an acceptable equipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the ham radio contact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS Technical Mentors, the final selected schools/organizations will be scheduled as their availability and flexibility match up with the scheduling oppor- tunities offered by NASA. The schools and host organizations are: Celia Hays Elementary School, Rockwall, Texas Golden Gate Middle School, Naples, Fla. J.P. McConnell Middle School, Loganville, Ga. Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, Ga. Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, Ohio Monroe Carrell Jr. Children”Ēs Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tenn. Oakwood School, Morgan Hill, Calif. Ramona Lutheran School, Ramona, Calif. River Ridge High School, New Port Richey, Fla. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooper- ative 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 ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engin- eering, and mathematics (STEAM) 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. [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, October 12-13 The AMSAT-UK Colloquium, incorporated into the RSGB Convention, will take place October 12-13 at the Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ. A webstream of the Colloquium talks will be available at https://batc.org.uk/live/ Booking for the RSGB Convention which includes the AMSAT-UK Colloquium is at https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/ The weekend event attracts an international audience that ranges from those involved in building and operating Amateur Radio satellites to beginners who wish to find out more about this fascinating branch of the hobby. Included will be a roundup of a number of new live and potential space- craft projects that are under investigation and/or development, plus all the usual networking opportunities, the gala dinner, auction and raffle. Travel Information http://kentshillpark.com/how-to-find-us The full schedule for both the AMSAT-UK Colloquium and RSGB Convention talks is at https://rsgb.org/main/about-us/rsgb-convention/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Steps Taken Toward ELaNa 25 Amateur Satellite Launch The upcoming NASA Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission 25 is scheduled to boost several new satellites carrying amateur radio into space this fall. The launch will carry more than a dozen cubesats to the ISS for deploy- ment, including two satellites of particular interest to amateurs: TJREVERB - Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, Va. will carry a 145.825 MHz APRS digipeater. Information on TJREVERB may be found at https://activities.tjhsst.edu/cubesat/index.php HuskySat ? University of Washington, Seattle will be boosted into a higher, 500km orbit via the Cygnus external deployment device, and will carry a V/U linear transponder provided in cooperation with AMSAT. The HuskySat web page is https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/huskysatellitelab/huskysat-1 Although launch schedules and manifests are always subject to change, other satellites announced for the ELaNa 25 launch that have secured IARU coordination for amateur frequencies are: Argus ? St. Louis University, Mo. (437 MHz telemetry) AzTechSat-1 ? NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. (437 MHz telemetry) CySat ? Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (436 MHz telemetry) Phoenix ? Arizona State University, Tempe (437 & 2400 MHz telemetry) RadSat-U ? Montana State University, Bozeman (437 MHz telemetry) SPOC - University of Georgia, Athens (437 & 2400 MHz telemetry) SwampSat II - University of Florida, Gainesville (437 & 2400 MHz telemetry) [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 2019 marks AMSAT”Ēs 50th Anniversary of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. To help celebrate, we are sponsoring the AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program. Full details are available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Academy at the Albuquerque Duke City Hamfest AMSAT¢ī Academy 2.0, which builds on last year's day-long course to in- clude: guidance on how to set up a portable satellite ground station; guidance on how to join a growing network of stations that capture, record, and submit amateur-radio satellite telemetry to a central re- pository; and practical tips for breaking the ice with local schools in order to fold amateur-radio satellite and Amateur Radio in the In- ternational Space Station (ARISS) activities into STEM education ef- forts. This year's AMSAT¢ī Academy instructors include Robert Bankston, KE4AL, vice-president, User Services, Amateur Radio Amateur Satellite Corpor- ation (AMSAT), Ron Bondy, AD0DX, an AMSAT¢ī Ambassador, and long-time satellite enthusiasts Dan Eggert, AC9E, and Bill Ripley, KY5Q, an em- bedded-systems architect. The course fee is $30, and includes break- fast and a copy of the organization's "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites." Info about the hamfest is http://www.dukecityhamfest.org. Specific info on the AMSAT Academy is at: http://www.dukecityhamfest.org/amsat-academy . [ANS thanks Bill Ripley, KY5Q, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Templestowe College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK6MJ. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The sched- uled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact is go for: Wednesday, 18 September, 2019 at 08:06:32 UTC 42 deg Boys and Girls Club, Ft. Meade, MD., telebridge via VK4KHZ. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact is go for: Friday, 20 September, 2019 at 19:58:23 UTC 54 deg School in Bulgaria, direct via TBD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS©¬ISS. The scheduled astronaut is TBD. Contact is go for Tuesday, 24 September at 16:10 UTC. [ANS thanks ARISS team member Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- DM02 Satellite Expedition Sunday, September 22 - N6O/MM Alex, N7AGF, and Ron, AD0DX, are planning to activate DM02 on Sunday, September 22, 2019 on FM and Linear satellites. It's a 5 or 6 hour boat trip to anchor off San Clemente Island. We will be on the water for 22 hours and operating around 10 hours beginning around 3:00 AM PDT (1000Z) on Sunday, September 22 The cost of the boat is $2500 and we would appreciate contributions to help offset this cost. In the 24 hours after posting to Twitter we have received around $1300 which Alex and I are very thankful for. The island has Verizon and AT&T and Alex has a Garmin InReach so we should be able to tweet passes. The plan is to make as many passes as possible once we start operating around 3:00 AM PDT. We may skip some of the low western passes. We will be using N6O/mm and we have a qrz.com page with all the details: https://www.qrz.com/db/N6O If you need the grid please give us a call! Of course this is dependent on the weather, but the captain says it has been a good September so far. If you are able to contribute financially we really appreciate the help to offset some of our costs. Details to contribute are on the N6O QRZ.com webpage. [ANS thanks Ron, AD0DX, and Alex, N7AGF, for the above information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations EN54/EN64 September 13-15 Brad Smith, KC9UQR, will be active on AO-91 and AO-92 while traveling this weekend in Wisconsin. DN11/DN12 + DN03 September 17, 2019 Casey, KI7UNJ is heading to the DN11/DN12 line, September 17th. Look for him on SO-50, AO-92, and AO-91, between 1657z and 1812z. On the way back, Casey will make a quick stop in DN03 to catch te 2043z PO-101 pass. Watch Casey”Ēs Twitter feed for further updates https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ DM02/mm (need we say more) September 22, 2019 Ron, AD0DX, and Alex, N7AGF, are chartering a boat to the ultra-rare DM02 grid square. They will use the special event call sign November 6 Ocean/Maritime Mobile. Expected window of operation is from 1000z to 1900z, Sunday, September 22nd. More information is available on QRZ https://www.qrz.com/db/N6O to include how you can help support this monumental operation. Ron and Alex are expected to have cellular service out there, so keep an eye on their Twitter feeds https://twitter.com/ad0dx and https://twitter.com/N7AGF FP, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON (GN17) September 24 to October 8, 2019 Eric, KV1J, will once again be oper ating from the Island of Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J between Septem- ber 24th and October 8th. This is his 13th trip to the island. Activi- ty will be on 160-6 meters (no 60M ? not author ized) using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8 (but primarily SSB, RTTY and FT8) and the satellites. He will generally be on the highest frequency band that is open (favoring 12/10m). He will be active in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 28- 29th). ADDED NOTE: Eric will usually try to be on as many Satellite passes as he can when the WX is good, generally favoring the FO-29, XW-2x, AO-7, and possibly the FM birds. Eric states, ”ČEquipment is two FT-817s and an Arrow dual band yagi. I”Ēll favor the SSB birds usually higher in the passband, but will also try FM if they do not get too busy. Satellite logging is by paper so may not get loaded to LoTW until the week after I return to the USA.”É Weekends may be limited since he will be concentrating on the low(er) bands and contests. QSL via KV1J, direct or by the Bureau. Also eQSL, ClubLog and LoTW. For more details and updates, check out his Web page at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/Sep19.html Remember to check out W3ZM On the Road for additional upcoming activations! https://www.amsat.org/events/was-w3zm/ [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + The AMSAT-LU WSPR Picoballoon on 14.0956 USB released August 31 is about to complete its first circumnavigation of the globe after tra- veling 33,000 km in 12 days. AMSAT-LU appreciate any WSPR stations that help to receive it, AMSAT-LU will recognize with a certificate to stations that capture its 25 mW beacon. Also the APRS PicoBalloon (145.825 via Sat 1W) will be returning to South America. Full story with links at https://tinyurl.com/y5xkbrbr (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information) + For Flashback Friday, AMSAT released disk images of Bob McGwier, N4HY's QUIKTRAK for both the Commodore 64 and Apple II to provide a fun look back at the state-of-the art in satellite tracking in the mid-1980s. Check them out at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-258-FBF + The Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory at the University of Hawaii has applied to the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) for frequency coordination for the amateur radio payloads aboard its Neutron-1 spacecraft. The amateur payload will provide a V/U FM voice repeater for amateur and educational purposes. Proposed are 1k2-9k6 AX telem- etry and FM voice UHF downlink and a VHF FM uplink. The Neutron-1 website is: https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/web/neutron1/ (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information) + Japan called off a planned cargo ship launch to the International Space Station on September 10 after a fire erupted on the launch platform for the mission's rocket. (ANS thanks Space.com for the above information) + The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) has signed a 5-year agreement to keep Dayton Hamvention¢ī at the Greene County Expo Cen- ter. The agreement was announced on September 9. (ANS thanks ARRL for the above information) + After years of construction, China”Ēs new radio telescope is in ac- tion. The telescope, called FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spher- ical Radio Telescope) has double the collecting power of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, which has a 305 meter dish. Until now, Arecibo was the world”Ēs largest radio dish of its type. (ANS thanks Universe Today for the above information) * The College of Engineering at Villanova University has published a very nice feature story about the University's involvement with ham satellites. The article, titled, "They May be Building Nanosatel- lites, but there”Ēs Nothing Small about Villanova”Ēs CubeSat Club," may be found at: https://tinyurl.com/yytj6vsj + An article by Karl-Heinz Krawczyk, DL1GKK, describes how to install amateur radio software on the Raspberry Pi to provide the popular data modes, SSTV, satellite tracking, SDR, rig control and logbook. The English language article is available on the site of Indonesia's national amateur radio society ORARI: https://tinyurl.com/y4gb82hb (ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information) + An interesting article on Satellite collisions has been published this week in SatNews Daily: https://tinyurl.com/yyk3f2q2 (ANS thanks Christy Hunter, KB6LTY, for the above information) + Help AMSAT return to Greater Orbits with Larger Footprints with ex- citing technologies like attitude determination and control, and software-defined transponders utilizing microwave bands. Consider a one-time or recurring donation today: https://tinyurl.com/y5kupb55 --------------------------------------------------------------------- /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, K0JM at amsat dot org _______________________________________________ Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans From ans ”÷ amsat.org Fri Sep 20 22:58:01 2019 From: ans ”÷ amsat.org (JoAnne K9JKM via ANS) Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 08:58:01 -0500 Subject: [jamsat-news:3644] [ans] ANS-263 Special Bulletin - 2019 Election Results Message-ID: <436a5a67-669f-0a78-7434-e5e9359d16ad@comcast.net> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-263.01 In this Special Bulletin: * 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-263.01 ANS-263 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 263.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE September 20, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-263.01 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results As a result of the 2019 Board of Directors Election, Jerry Buxton, N0JY; Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA; Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK; and Michelle Thompson, W5NYV; will serve on the board for two years. The First Alternate is Brennan Price, N4QX. The Second Alternate? is Howard (Howie) Defelice, AB2S. Both will serve for a term of one year. The results of the voting with 1,052 ballots cast (892 electronic + 160 paper) are as follows: 675 votes ... Michelle Thompson, W5NYV 585 votes ... Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK 526 votes ... Jerry Buxton, N0JY 515 votes ... Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA 480 votes ... Brennan Price, N4QX 435 votes ... Howard (Howie) Defelice, AB2S 399 votes ... Paul Stoetzer, N8HM 366 votes ... Jeff Johns, WE4B These results submitted September 20, 2019 by Clayton Coleman, W5PFG AMSAT Secretary /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers life memberships, and sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional 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, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org _______________________________________________ Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans From ans ”÷ amsat.org Sun Sep 22 12:54:22 2019 From: ans ”÷ amsat.org (Frank Karnauskas via ANS) Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 22:54:22 -0500 Subject: [jamsat-news:3645] [ans] ANS-265: AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin Message-ID: <002501d570f9$6bfeb580$43fc2080$@gokarns.com> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-265 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information 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://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. In this edition: * 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results * 2019 AMSAT Symposium Registration Savings Through October 11 * IEEE GRSS Student Grand Challenge * IARU Coordination for Two Satellites * QO-100 Satellite, GNU Radio and SDR Talks Released * Upcoming Satellite Operations * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts from All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-265.01 ANS-265 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 265.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. September 22, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-265.01 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results As a result of the 2019 Board of Directors Election, Jerry Buxton, N0JY; Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA; Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK; and Michelle Thompson, W5NYV; will serve on the board for two years. The First Alternate is Brennan Price, N4QX. The Second Alternate is Howard (Howie) Defelice, AB2S. Both will serve for a term of one year. The results of the voting with 1,052 ballots cast (892 electronic + 160 paper) are as follows: 675 votes ... Michelle Thompson, W5NYV 585 votes ... Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK 526 votes ... Jerry Buxton, N0JY 515 votes ... Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA 480 votes ... Brennan Price, N4QX 435 votes ... Howard (Howie) Defelice, AB2S 399 votes ... Paul Stoetzer, N8HM 366 votes ... Jeff Johns, WE4B These results submitted September 20, 2019 by Clayton Coleman, W5PFG AMSAT Secretary [ANS thanks Clayton Coleman, W5PFG AMSAT Secretary for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 AMSAT Symposium Registration Savings Through October 11 You can still save money when registering for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia. Registrations received September 16 - October 11 can be ordered for $65. Registrations at the door will cost $70. You can complete your registration on-line via the AMSAT Store: https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/. This year, all registrants will receive a digital copy of the Proceedings on a thumb drive. Attendees may purchase a hard copy for $25.00. Non-attendees may put their name on a waiting list for a hard copy, if there are any left over. The digital version of the Proceedings will be made available on the online store shortly after the Symposium concludes. Student Registrations are 50% off and does not include the Proceedings. A preliminary schedule of events for the 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium has been posted to the AMSAT website. It can be accessed at https://www.amsat.org/symposium-schedule/. [ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE GRSS Student Grand Challenge Deadline Extended The IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) has announced the Second GRSS Student Grand Challenge which allows student teams to develop Earth Observation payloads for a small satellite. The competition starts with the submission of a proposal to design payload/experiment(s) that can solve real-life space exploration problems such as collecting data on the global climate, environmental change and natural hazards. Winning teams will receive grant funding during two years that will be used to develop the proposed payload idea. Teams willing to participate must send a brief description of their mission concept, indicating: - Team: composition, background and expertise, motivation, and signed commitment letter during the duration of the project, - Scientific rationale and feasibility of the proposed observations: innovative techniques (ways to conduct the measurement) and technologies are welcome, - Development plan including characterization and testing, - Budget proposal, - If the proposing team is not yet part of an already established GRSS Student Chapter, it is important that commitment to form a new Chapter by the end of 2019 be included in the proposal. Teams including multiple Sections are welcome and encouraged. The winning payloads will be considered for integration into a CubeSat that will be developed at the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) in collaboration with the YahSat Space Lab at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The deadline has been extended till September 30, 2019. Complete application details are available at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-265-GRSS-Challenge and https://conferences.uaeu.ac.ae/2ndgrss/en/competition.shtml. [ANS thanks Prashanth Marpu, Associate Professor, Khalifa University for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Symposium Papers Due September 23, 2019! Final copies of papers must be submitted by September 23 for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat dot org. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ IARU Coordination for Two Satellites The IARU has provided frequency coordination for a 1U CubeSat, Surya Satellite-1. Sponsored by the Department Physics and Energy Engineering at Surya University, its mission is to develop Indonesian young generation interest in space technology. The satellite will provide short text message communication using Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) protocol with a VHF downlink on 145.825 MHz and a telemetry with a UHF downlink on 435.825. Deployment is planned from the ISS in March 2020. Additionally, the IARU has received an application for a 2U CubeSat sponsored by the National Institute of Technology, Kochi College. The satellite will conduct the following experiments: 1) An onboard SDR will receive CW signals on 21 MHz and decoded call signs will be sent on 430 MHz downlink. 2) A newly developed attitude control system using dual reaction wheel mechanism. 3) An on-board computer system consisted of Linux base microcomputer. 4) An in-orbit expansion test of the 21 MHz half-wave dipole antenna for Morse CW signals reception and Jupiter?s millisecond radio bursts observation. 5) Observation of Jupiter millisecond radio bursts with the expanded HF dipole antenna and on-board SDR. 6) 360-degree tests of the camera unit to take all-sky images with two fish-eye cameras. A UHF downlink will use 9k6 FSK packet, 1k2 AFSK packet and CW. The launch from Japan by a JAXA Epsilon is planned during fiscal year 2020 into a 500km SSO. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- QO-100 Satellite, GNU Radio and SDR Talks Released Mark, M5BOP reports the complete set of amateur radio technical talks from this year?s Martlesham Microwave Round Table is now available to watch on YouTube. Videos of these MMRT 2019 talks are available: ? Practical GNUradio ? Heather Lomond M0HMO ? From Death Rays to Dinner ? William Eustace M0WJE ? Equipment for Es?hail-2 / QO-100 Narrow band ? David Bowman G0MRF ? DATV on Es?hail-2 / QO-100 ? Noel Matthews G8GTZ ? Low-pass Harmonic Filter for 23cm ? John Quarmby G3XDY ? UKuG SDR Voice Transceiver Project Discussion Watch the videos on the Martlesham Microwave YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHV7cC7ZMehKjAM81QxUS9w/videos [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 2019 marks AMSAT's 50th Anniversary of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space. To help celebrate, we are sponsoring the AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program. Full details are available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Upcoming Satellite Operations + Take W3ZM On-the-Road W3ZM/5 on Sep 20-21, 2019 in NM, Grid DM64 by KE4AL with FM & Linears W3ZM/4 on Sep 30, 2019 in FL, Grid EM60 by N4KGL + Rovers and Special Events DN11/DN12 + DN03 Sept. 17, 2019 Casey, KI7UNJ is heading to the DN11/DN12 line, September 17. Look for him on SO-50, AO-92, and AO-91, between 1657Z and 1812Z. On the way back, Casey will make a quick stop in DN03 to catch the 2043Z PO-101 pass. Watch Casey?s Twitter feed for further updates at https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ. Formentera Island (EA6 Balearic Is. DXCC ? JM08) Sept. 19 to 23, 2019 EA4NF, Philippe will be operating from Formentera Island (DXCC: EA6 Balearic Islands ? IOTA EU-004 ? GRID JM08) on satellite as EA6/EA4NF from September 19 to 23, 2019. This is a great opportunity to get the rare grid (JM08) of this small island only accessible by boat, IOTA (EU-004) and EA6 (Balearic Is. DXCC) in one single contact and confirmed on LoTW. QRV Satellite in FM & SSB. QSL : LoTW. Keep an eye on Philippe?s Twitter feed for further updates and sat passes or contact him directly for a sked at https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT. Big SkyRove (DN35, DN55, DN56, DN65, DN66) ? Sept. 19-23, 2019 Dennis, N7EGY, is taking his radios on a family trip to Big Sky Country. Trip purpose is family first before satellite fun, so some plans could be cancelled at the last minute. Plan is to work from DN55/56/65/66, with DN35 on whatever bird up as we pass through. See projected schedule at https://twitter.com/n7egy1/status/1172000359989960704?s=20. Keep an eye on Dennis? Twitter feed for further announcements at https://twitter.com/n7egy1 DM02/MM (Need we say more?) Sept. 22, 2019 Ron, AD0DX, and Alex, N7AGF, are chartering a boat to the ultra-rare DM02 grid square. They will use the special event call sign November 6 Ocean/Maritime Mobile. Expected window of operation is from 1000Z to 1900Z, Sunday, September 22. More information is available on QRZ https://www.qrz.com/db/N6O to include how you can help support this monumental operation. Ron and Alex are expected to have cellular service out there, so keep an eye on their Twitter feeds https://twitter.com/ad0dx and https://twitter.com/N7AGF. FP, ST. Pierre & Miquelon (GN17) Sept. 24 to Oct. 8, 2019 Eric, KV1J, will once again be operating from the Island of Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J between September 24 and October 8. This is his 13th trip to the island. Activity will be on 160-6 meters (no 60M ? not authorized) using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8 (but primarily SSB, RTTY and FT8) and the satellites. He will generally be on the highest frequency band that is open (favoring 12/10m). He will be active in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 28-29th). ADDED NOTE: Eric will usually try to be on as many satellite passes as he can when the WX is good, generally favoring the FO-29, XW-2x, AO-7, and possibly the FM birds. Eric states, ?Equipment is two FT-817s and an Arrow dual band yagi. I?ll favor the SSB birds usually higher in the passband, but will also try FM if they do not get too busy. Satellite logging is by paper so may not get loaded to LoTW until the week after I return to the USA.? Weekends may be limited since he will be concentrating on the low(er) bands and contests. QSL via KV1J, direct or by the Bureau. Also eQSL, ClubLog and LoTW. For more details and updates, check out his Web page at http://www.kv1j.com/fp/Sep19.html. [ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News + Successful Contacts Templestowe College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign was NA1SS The astronaut was Nick Hague, KG5TMV Contact was on Wed 2019-09-18 08:06:32 UTC. Watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QalYOnHURYk + Upcoming Contacts Boys and Girls Club, Ft. Meade, MD., telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague, KG5TMV Contact is go for: Fri 2019-09-20 19:58:23 UTC 54 deg The Children's Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, MD (CASIS#3), telebridge via ON4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague, KG5TMV Contact is go for: Mon 2019-09-23 20:08:27 UTC 89 deg School in Bulgaria, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS©¬ISS The scheduled astronaut is TBD Contact is go for Tue 2019-09-24 16:10 UTC UAE school #1 with Space Flight participant, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS©¬ISS The scheduled astronaut is TBD Contact is go for Fri 2019-09-27 12:10 UTC UAE school #2 with Space Flight participant, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS©¬ISS The scheduled astronaut is TBD Contact is go for Sat 2019-09-28 11:20 UTC UAE school #3 with Space Flight participant, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS©¬ISS The scheduled astronaut is TBD Contact is go for Wed 2019-10-02 09:45 UTC [ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Purchase AMSAT gear on our Zazzle storefront. 25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Satellite Shorts from All Over + Hams in Space: Gearing Up for the Lunar Gateway Hackaday has published an interesting story about some of the political, scientific and engineering facets of the proposed Lunar Gateway and about the challenges of working Amateur Radio on board that mission. Read the full article at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-265-Lunar-Gateway. [ANS thanks Hackaday for the above information.] + IPS - High Level Programming of Small Systems for the AMSAT Space Projects AMSAT-DL offers an interesting historical perspective of IPS, the Interpreter for Process Structures developed by Professor Dr. Karl Meinzer, DJ4ZC. The article recalls how IPS was instrumental is the operation of AMSAT Phase 3 satellites. Read the entire article at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-265-IPS. [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.] + AMSAT Member Gabriel Zeifman, AL6D, Receives NATCA Archie League Medal of Safety Award On the night of April 9, 2019, controller Gabriel Zeifman was alone in the tower cab at Juneau International Airport. The pilot of a 1979 Mooney became confused while on one of the last legs of a cross- country trip. Gabe recognized the confusion and was able to clarify things, saving the pilot's life. After hearing about this incident, Miami Center Vice President and Disaster Response Committee Chair Tom Flanary nominated Zeifman for the Alaskan Region Archie League Award. Read the complete story at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-265-Zeifman-Award [ANS thanks the National Air Traffic Controllers Association for the above information.] + USAF to Let Hackers Try to Hijack an Orbiting Satellite The Air Force will bring a satellite to the Defcon hacking conference next year. Soon, the Air Force will put out a call for submissions. Think you know how to hack a satellite or its ground station? Let them know. A select number of researchers whose pitches seem viable will be invited to try out their ideas during a ?flat-sat? phase? essentially a test build comprising all the eventual components?six months before Defcon. That group will once again be culled; the Air Force will fly the winners out to Defcon for a live hacking competition. Read the complete article at https://www.wired.com/story/air-force-defcon-satellite-hacking/. [ANS thanks WIRED for the above information.] + SatNOGS Celebrates 1,000,000 Observations On September 12, 2019 observation #1,000,000 got uploaded on the SatNOGS Network by station #2 in Bloomington, Indiana operated by Corey Shields, KB9JHU receiving data from UNISAT-6 satellite. SatNOGS Network is a global management interface to facilitate multiple ground station operations remotely. An observer is able to take advantage of the full network of SatNOGS ground stations around the world. It's part of the SatNOGS project. The network is open to anyone. Any observer is able to utilize all available ground stations and communicate with satellites. All observations results are public and all data are distributed freely under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license. [ANS thanks SatNOGS for the above information.] + Doing Space Differently...How Three Decades of Innovation Led To a Smallsat Revolution SatMagazine recounts how the hallmark of the modern smallsat is the adoption of up-to-date consumer technologies combined with rapid development cycles. These are executed by small agile teams operating closer to IT industry management models rather than those traditionally found in military/aerospace organizations. One of the first modern smallsats, and arguably the first reprogrammable one, was UoSAT-1, launched in 1981. Built by a group of radio amateurs and researchers at the University of Surrey, this smallsat successfully demonstrated that it was possible to compile software on the ground and upload it to a satellite that was designed and built using Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components. These researchers epitomized what is now commonly considered as the characteristics of a smallsat team: highly innovative technical staff operating as part of a small motivated unit, working in close proximity and with effective communications. Read the entire article at http://www.satmagazine.com/story.php?number=1497605345. [ANS thanks SatMagazine for the above information.] + SpaceX plans 24 Starlink launches next year SpaceX hopes to launch 24 Starlink missions in 2020 as the company builds out a broadband megaconstellation that could ultimately number close to 12,000 satellites, a company executive said September 10. SpaceX?s Starlink launch cadence will likely average ?two a month,? in addition to customer launches, Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX?s president and chief operating officer, said at the World Satellite Business Week conference. ?Next year, I hope we launch 24 Starlinks,? Shotwell said. Read the complete story at https://spacenews.com/spacex-plans-24-starlink-launches-next-year/. [ANS thanks SpaceNews for the above information.] + NASA Joins All Five Sections for Space Launch System Rocket Stage NASA finished assembling and joining the main structural components for the largest rocket stage the agency has built since the Saturn V that sent Apollo astronauts to the Moon. NASA is working to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. SLS and NASA's Orion spacecraft, along with the Gateway in orbit around the Moon, and the Human Landing System are the backbone for deep space exploration. SLS is the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts and supplies to the Moon in a single mission. Read the entire story at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-265-SLS. [ANS thanks SpaceRef for the above information.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 additional 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 six 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 Sent via AMSAT-BB ”÷ amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans From ans ”÷ amsat.org Sun Sep 29 09:00:01 2019 From: ans ”÷ amsat.org (JoAnne K9JKM via ANS) Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 19:00:01 -0500 Subject: [jamsat-news:3646] [ans] ANS-272 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: <5f71dc26-2bf3-e2ca-ba1f-aedd1c6b7e37@comcast.net> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-272 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. 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: * Experimenter Wednesday Announced for AO-92 * The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates * 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting * 2019 AMSAT Symposium On-line Registration Open Until October 11 * Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne Moves Another Step Closer to Flight * ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule * Upcoming Satellite Operations * NASA's International Space Apps Challenge Coming October 18-20 * FO-29 Returns! * AMSAT-DL Memorandum Regarding QO-100 Operation * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-272.01 ANS-272 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 272.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE September 29, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-272.01 Experimenter Wednesday Announced for AO-92 The AO-92 Command Team announces that Experimenter Wednesday will run on UTC Wednesday (begins Tuesday evening in North America) when AO-92 will be commanded to operate in mode L/v for 24 hours. This new schedule will be followed for an as of yet undetermined test period. The frequencies for AO-92 L/V are: Uplink:?? 1267.359 MHz FM with 67 Hz CTCSS tone for access Downlink:? 145.880 MHz FM (including DUV telemetry) The mode change is announced by the command team via Twitter (follow @AMSAT). You can view AMSAT tweets without needing an account with Twitter - go to https://twitter.com/AMSAT The tweets flow through to the AMSAT facebook page and and are plan- ned to include amsat-bb. Also current status can be found on the AO-92 health and telemetry page at: http://www.amsat.org/tlm/health.php?id=4&port= [ANS thanks the AO-92 Command Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates Information about AMSAT activities at important events around the country is posted on the AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions web page: https://www.amsat.org/other-events/ Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT repre- sentatives give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence such as a table or booth with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with pre- sentations, forums, and/or demonstrations. A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download from the page (above) - get the "AMSAT Intro Brochure", a color brochure that is designed to be printed double-sided and folded into a tri-fold handout. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office if you need pre-printed copies. To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration, please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org. [ANS thanks the AMSAT Ambassadors for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ???? Don”Ēt miss the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium ????????????????? October 18-20 in Arlington, VA. ?????????????? https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Please join us for the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Symposium, to be held in the Washington, DC Metro Area on October 18, 19, and 20, 2019. The Symposium venue will be the Hilton Arlington, located in the heart of the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, VA. The Hilton Arlington is located at 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22203, USA TEL: +1-703-528-6000 and the reservation code is AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation). Connected to the Ballston Metro Station, the hotel offers easy and effortless access to Washington DC's top tourist destinations like the National Mall, Smithsonian Museums and historic monuments. The hotel is six miles from Reagan National Airport and the National Mall. There are plenty of restaurants nearby. The Symposium will feature OSCAR Park - a display of satellites from throughout the history of amateur radio in space - paper presentations, and a banquet with speakers celebrating AMSAT's long history, and other events. The AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting will be held on October 16th and 17th at the same hotel. Two guided tours are available. On Sunday, October 20th a bus tour to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum is available for $30 (max 35 people) and on Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier will lead a day tour to the National Mall via the Metro. So please plan on attending the 50th Anniversary Symposium - you will be glad you did and keep checking the AMSAT website for further updates and information. The 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting features: + Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations + Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World + Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members (October 16-17) + Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers + AMSAT? Annual General Membership Meeting + Annual Banquet, Speakers and Door Prizes !! The latest news and information is always posted at: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/ [ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 AMSAT Symposium On-line Registration Open Until October 11 An on-line registration rate for the 37th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia, is available through October 11, 2019 per the following schedule: Registration September 16, 2019 ? October 11, 2019 .... $65 (on-line) Registration at the Door .............................. $70 You can complete your registration on-line via the AMSAT Store: https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/ This year, all registrants will receive a digital copy of the Proceed- ings on a thumb drive. Attendees may purchase a hard copy for $25.00. Non-attendees may put their name on a waiting list for a hard copy, if there are any left over. The digital version of the Proceedings will be made available on the online store shortly after the Symposium concludes. Student Registration is 50% off and does not include the Proceedings. [ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne Moves Another Step Closer to Flight Virgin Orbit LauncherOne's progress report this week says that the rocket has been "been fully integrated, tested, checked, re-checked, analyzed, and triple-checked". LauncherOne now is destined for a rig- orous crucible of engineering demonstrations and tests at a test site up in Mojave to begin Virgin Orbit's first proper launch campaign. The orbital test flight rocket is currently being installed into a newly built test stand in Mojave, where in the coming weeks it will run through a number of critical exercises, including loading and fueling with our mobile ground support equipment. The Virgin Orbit team is prepping and practicing, making sure we know how to do every- thing they could conceivably ever need to do. Then, it”Ēs off to the skies ? first for a captive carry flight, and then for the launch itself. The second flight of LauncherOne will carry RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E to orbit. Read the Virgin Orbit press release (with photos) posted at: https://virginorbit.com/launcherone-shaping-up-and-shipping-out/ View a video of captive flight testing of LauncherOne https://www.instagram.com/p/BybTdllh_z9/ [ANS thanks Virgin Orbit for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ?? Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront. ?????????? 25% of the purchase price of each product goes ???????????? towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space ?????????????? https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule + About Gagarin From Space, Meeting of 30 universities, Plovdiv, ? Bulgaria, direct via LZ1KDP. The contact was successful. + ARISS Contact Colorado University/Northridge Elementary School Suc- ? cessful. ARISS Mentor Bob, WB4SON reported that the September 24 ? contact between Astronaut Nick Hague and Northridge Elementary ? School (Colorado University in Boulder) was a complete success. All ? 16 student questions were asked and answered. One of the teacher ? questions was asked and answered before Claudio, IK6SLD, who's team ? did a fantastic job at the ground station, completed the contact. ? Thanks also to Charlie, AJ9N. who moderated the contact. Colorado ? University Aerospace, The Boulder Amateur Radio Club (BARC), and ? the University of Colorado Amateur Radio Club hosted the event and ? did a wonderful job. (via WB4SON) + Sonoma County Main Library, Santa Rosa, CA, telebridge via K6DUE* ? The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS ? The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV ? Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-01 19:53:13 UTC ? * Ed. note - K6DUE is located in Maryland, USA so the contact ??? will be audible over eastern portions of North America. + UAE school #3 with Space Flight participant, direct via TBD ? The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS©¬ISS ? The scheduled astronaut is Hazza Al Mansour ? Contact is go for Wed 2019-10-02 09:45 UTC + AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium ? Sat 2019-10-12 to Sun 2019-10-13 + Watch for MAI-75 SSTV sessions: ? Wed 2019-10-09 09:50 to 16:00 UTC ? Thu 2019-10-10 08:45 to 16:25 UTC AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. These up- grades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astro- nauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone with $33,830 raised or about 23% towards our goal. This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more informa- tion and to DONATE TODAY visit: ????? https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9 [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Satellite Operations [Ed. note - Twitter URLs can be accessed with your web browser ?even if you do not have a personal Twitter account.] Remember to check out W3ZM On the Road for additional upcoming activations + EM87 Sept 27-30 N4DCW? |? Twitter: https://twitter.com/MWimages + EL07 Sept 29 K5IX? |? Twitter: https://twitter.com/K5IXdave + Brennan, N4QX, England (IO-91), October 1-3 ? Next week, October 1-3, work and facilities permitting: QRV on ? the FM satellites as M/N4QX from grid square IO91. QSL *exclus- ? ively* via Logbook of the World. Yeah, I know London isn't rare, ? but it's where I will be. + #AMSATandAngling (DM15, DM06) October 11-13, 2019 ? Ed, KN6DBC, is going fishing (literally), but he is bring gear to ? work FM Satellites. October 11 he”Ēll be in DM15, and October 12-13 ? in DM06. Visit Ken”Ēs Twitter feed for specific pass schedule and ? further updates: https://twitter.com/KN6DBC + Central California (CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06) ? October 19, 2019 ? David AD7DB will re-visit the four grids near Kettleman City CA. ? AO-91, AO-92, SO-50 will be used, with eastern passes a priority. ? Maybe PO-101 if it”Ēs on, and AO-85 if it”Ēs not too finicky. Con- ? tacts will be put on LOTW following the trip. Updates on Twitter: ? https://twitter.com/ad7db + FP, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON (GN17) September 24 to October 8, 2019 ? Eric, KV1J, will once again be operating from the Island of Miquelon ? (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J between ? September 24 and October 8. This is his 13th trip to the island. ? Activity will be on 160-6 meters (no 60M ? not authorized) using CW, ? SSB, RTTY, FT8 (but primarily SSB, RTTY and FT8) and the satellites. ? He will generally be on the highest frequency band that is open ? (favoring 12/10m). He will be active in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest ? (September 28-29). ADDED NOTE: Eric will usually try to be on as ? many Satellite passes as he can when the WX is good, generally ? favoring the FO-29, XW-2x, AO-7, and possibly the FM birds. Eric ? states, ”ČEquipment is two FT-817s and an Arrow dual band yagi. ? I”Ēll favor the SSB birds usually higher in the passband, but will ? also try FM if they do not get too busy. Satellite logging is by ? paper so may not get loaded to LoTW until the week after I return ? to the USA.”É Weekends may be limited since he will be concentrat- ? ing on the low(er) bands and contests. QSL via KV1J, direct or by ? the Bureau. Also eQSL, ClubLog and LoTW. For more details and up- ? dates, check out his Web page at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/Sep19.html + D4, CAPE VERDE (Update/Satellite Op). Harald, DF2WO, will once ? again be active as D44TWO from Praia, Santiago Island (AF-005), ? between September 29th and October 13th. Activity will be holiday ? style on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and mostly the Digital modes. ? (FT8, PSK31, JT65 and RTTY) and slow CW. ? Harald has been working hard in the last few months getting his ? satellite station for QO-100 working and is now confident he will ? use it from Cabo Verde. He will be using an Icom 7300, 2 Transvert- ? ers with 3 watts output on EsHail using the QO-100 Geostationary ? Satellite. He will also have a FT-450D into a homemade HEX BEAM ? and a dipole for 40 meters. Please DO NOT send your card via the ? Bureau it WILL NOT be received - To receive a bureau card you MUST ? request via M0OXO OQRS ONLY! (Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1428) + WW0, UNITED STATES (Special Event). Members of the Northern Colorado ? Amateur Radio Club (NCARC), WWV ARC, RMHam, and FCCW along with the ? National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will activate ? special event station WW0WWV between September 28 and October 2 to ? celebrate the 100th anniversary of WWV, the world's oldest contin- ? uously operating radio station. ? The WW0WWV station(s) will be set up adjacent to the WWV transmitter ? site in Fort Collins, Colorado. Operations will be on various HF bands ? following typical propagation, and will include 160 meters as well as ? satellites (SO-50, AO-91, and AO-92) and 6-meter meteor scatter. ? Modes will be CW, SSB and digital. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW, ? or direct to the WWV Amateur Radio Club, 1713 Ridgewood Rd, Fort ? Collins, CO 80526, USA. For more details, visit the following URLs: ? http://wwv100.com ? https://tinyurl.com/ANS-244-NIST-WWV ? (Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1428) Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org [ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ???????? The digital download version of the 2019 edition of ??? Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a ?????? DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store.? Get yours today! ????????? https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ NASA's International Space Apps Challenge Coming October 18-20 NASA's International Space Apps Challenge has become the world's largest global hackathon, engaging thousands of citizens across the globe to use NASA's open data to build innovative solutions to challenges we face on Earth and in space. Space Apps inspires local communities to come together, think intensely, and create solutions to important problems. Each year, Space Apps engages thousands of individuals in cities around the world to work with NASA's open source data in a 48-hour sprint. Teams of technologists, scientists, designers, entrepreneurs, artists, and others collaborate to answer some of the most pressing challenges on Earth and in space. Space Apps 2019 will take place on October 18-20, 2019 See:? https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/ On one weekend each year, with the help of NASA's Global Organizing Team (fondly known as the GO Team), hundreds of local leads around the world host events in a 48-hour sprint in which their participants hack solutions to challenges that NASA proposes, creating games, smartphone and computer apps, videos, teaching tools, and much more. The challenges change each year within the theme of Earth and space. https://2019.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/ There are two ways to find a location to participate near you: https://2019.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/ https://2019.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/map Registration information is posted on the Space Apps web page. [ANS thanks NASA's International Space Apps Challenge for the above information] +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ???? The Fox-In-A-Box Raspberry Pi SD card for setting up a ?? Raspberry Pi-based telemetry station for the Fox-1 satellites ?????????????? now supports the Raspberry Pi 4. ????????????? Get yours today on the AMSAT Store! ?? https://amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ FO-29 Returns! FO-29 is reported to be back in operation after being off the air since last July: Modes:??? Analog - CW, SSB voice Telemetry:??? JA - CW, 100 mW Uplink:??? 146.000 MHz - 145.900 MHz LSB/CW Downlink:??? 435.800 MHz - 435.900 MHz USB/CW Telemetry:? 435.795 MHz, CW - 100 mW; frame rate of one frame per ???????????????????????? minute. Each frame begins and ends with ???????????????????????? the historic 'HI'. The characters are sent ???????????????????????? at a rate of about 100 characters per minute. Sponsor:??? JAMSAT, JARL Mineo Wakita JE9PEL offers a nice FO-29 Satellite CW Telemetry Analysis Program for free on his web site. The program is called "fo29cwts". Mineo's web site is: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29cwts.htm [ANS thanks JAMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-DL Memorandum Regarding QO-100 Operation AMSAT-DL and QARS asks the users of the new geostationary QO-100 satellite for radio discipline. During the last weeks some stations have been transmitting with much too much power and sometimes out- side of the official band limits. Also permanent carriers are sent without indication of callsign. This was also critically observed in the control center of Es'hailSat in Qatar. Please do not send louder than the CW beacon. Stick to the band plan: No operation is allowed below the CW beacon and above the PSK beacon. The satellite is not a measuring device: To test your power ampli- fier in continuous operation, please use a dummy load and a suitable measuring device. Check regularly the bandwidth of your transmissions, maximum band- width 2.7 kHz, no FM. Qatar has made a great gift to the amateur radio community with the Qatar OSCAR 100 satellite. We should act accordingly. Please, kindly point this out to other stations on the transponder. If there are still violations, in the worst case a temporary shutdown could be expected. A video describing the LEILA-2 power detection system aboard QO-100 can be accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AabJGt0vzXU&feature=youtu.be [ANS thanks Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, and AMSAT-DL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + AMSAT-DL reports the sad news of the passing of Hanspeter Kuhlen, ? DK1YQ, who died suddenly last weekend. Peter G«älzow, DB2OS, wrote ? on behalf of the Rudak and AMSAT-DL team, "We're going to miss him. ? Our hearts are with his family." Hanspeter was the Project Manager ? for RUDAK on OSCAR-13 and on OSCAR-21/RS-14. He was also part of ? the command station team for OSCAR-10 and OSCAR-13. + AO-73's BPSK telemetry downlink on 145.935 MHz includes text mes- ? sages, called FITTER messages, for announcements, greetings, and ? commemorations. Satellite users can have their message uplinked by ? the FUNcube team so that it can be read globally in the downlink ? message stream. Simply email: operations ”÷ funcube.org.uk to request ? FITTER messages to be uploaded. Please keep them short and give them ? a couple of weeks notice if you can. As well as being available for ? download on 2 metres they can be also be seen via the internet at: ? http://data.amsat-uk.org/ui/fc1-fm/fitter + Fred Kemerer, AB1OC, has documented a satellite station set-up based ? on the Flex 6000 series radios on his blog at: ? https://tinyurl.com/ANS-272-AB1OC-Flex + APRS on IO-86 uses aliases of ARISS and YBSAT - APRS operation is ? active on a schedule alternating with the FM repeater and the other ? primary payload of LAPAN A2/ORARI. Typically one in the morning and ? another one in the evening. Please check twitter @lapansat for the ? weekly schedule. (Yono, YD0NXX, AMSAT-ID Technical Team) + This article covers available SDR hardware, software and configura- ? tions, but it also teaches a little radio theory and a taste of the ? mathematics to understand what's going on: ? https://arachnoid.com/software_defined_radios/ ? (via nooelec.com on Twitter) + 2019 marks AMSAT”Ēs 50th Anniversary of Keeping Amateur Radio in ? Space. To help celebrate, AMSAT is sponsoring the AMSAT 50th ? Anniversary Awards Program. Full details are available at ? https://www.amsat.org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/ ? Bruce Paige, KK5DO, Director of Contests and Awards, reported ? this week that the awards are being printed and will be sent ? shortly to all those who have applied. + The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2019 for K-12 students ? in U.S. public, private and home schools can enter the Mars 2020 ? Name the Rover essay contest. One grand prize winner will name the ? rover and be invited to see the spacecraft launch in July 2020 from ? Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Name the Rover ? contest is part of NASA's efforts to engage students in the STEM ? enterprise behind Mars exploration and inspire interest in science, ? technology, engineering and mathematics. NASA posted all the info ? at: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/name-the-rover/ + NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has produced a safety guide for ? approaching a black hole. Watch this video before you blast off to ? learn more about black holes and (more importantly) how to stay ? safe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMTwtb3TVIk&feature=youtu.be ? Brochures, science video clips are available for downloading from: ? https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13322 NASA has produced a visualization ? model of the appearance of a black hole depending on the observer's ? angle of approach https://youtu.be/o-Psuz7u5OI ? (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center) + AMSAT-SA Space Symposium 2020 in South Africa is planned for ? July 18, 2020. The theme will be: Amateur Radio in Space ? explor- ? ing VHF, UHF and Microwaves. The latest information will be post- ? ed at: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ + AMSAT SA has announced that parallel to its analogue Kletskous ? CubeSat, the group is working on a digital project featuring a ? Software defined transponder. Called AfriCUBE, the CubeSat will ? use the same space frame as KLETSKOUS. Anton Janovsky is current- ? ly building a prototype transponder. AMSATSA is inviting persons ? interested in becoming part of the development team to send their ? details to admin ”÷ amsatsa.org.za. + Dance like nobody's watching! A Boston Dynamics robot performs ? its gymnastics floor routine: https://youtu.be/_sBBaNYex3E [ANS thanks everyone 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 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 behave and to help keep amateur radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org _______________________________________________ Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans From ans ”÷ amsat.org Mon Sep 30 05:42:13 2019 From: ans ”÷ amsat.org (JoAnne K9JKM via ANS) Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 15:42:13 -0500 Subject: [jamsat-news:3647] [ans] AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AO-92 Remaining in U/v For Potential Emergency Traffic Message-ID: <52947bb7-cc10-86b5-b8db-c9bed31c4c59@comcast.net> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-272.02 In this edition: * AO-92 Remaining in U/v For Potential Emergency Traffic SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-272.02 ANS-272 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 272.02 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE September 29, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-272.02 Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations has received a request from amateurs involved with emergency communications in the Azores, requesting we forego L/v operation on AO-92 this week. Hurricane Lorenzo is expected to pass through the Azores as a Cate- gory 4 storm Tuesday and Wednesday, and they are requesting AO-92 remain in U/v for potential emergency traffic. Please be aware of and yield to any emergency traffic, on any satellite, coming from the area during this time. Passes covering the Azores and Portugal are the most critical. We realize that there have been a few moves and cancellations for this mode recently, and I ask for understanding and cooperation. Emergency use is always first priority, and AMSAT is happy to assist in any way we can. [ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations for the ?above information] /EX _______________________________________________ Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans From ans ”÷ amsat.org Mon Sep 30 19:58:10 2019 From: ans ”÷ amsat.org (Mark D. Johns via ANS) Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 05:58:10 -0500 Subject: [jamsat-news:3648] Re: [ans] AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AO-92 Remaining in U/v For Potential Emergency Traffic In-Reply-To: <52947bb7-cc10-86b5-b8db-c9bed31c4c59@comcast.net> References: <52947bb7-cc10-86b5-b8db-c9bed31c4c59@comcast.net> Message-ID: Thanks, JoAnne. I”Ēm traveling at the moment, but when I saw this notice from Drew this morning, I was going to suggest we put it out as a special. As usual, you”Ēre a step ahead of me. Thanks for being on top of it. On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 15:42 JoAnne K9JKM via ANS wrote: > AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN > ANS-272.02 > > In this edition: > > * AO-92 Remaining in U/v For Potential Emergency Traffic > > SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-272.02 > ANS-272 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin > > AMSAT News Service Bulletin 272.02 > From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. > DATE September 29, 2019 > To All RADIO AMATEURS > BID: $ANS-272.02 > > > Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations has received a request > from amateurs involved with emergency communications in the Azores, > requesting we forego L/v operation on AO-92 this week. > > Hurricane Lorenzo is expected to pass through the Azores as a Cate- > gory 4 storm Tuesday and Wednesday, and they are requesting AO-92 > remain in U/v for potential emergency traffic. Please be aware of > and yield to any emergency traffic, on any satellite, coming from > the area during this time. Passes covering the Azores and Portugal > are the most critical. > > We realize that there have been a few moves and cancellations for > this mode recently, and I ask for understanding and cooperation. > Emergency use is always first priority, and AMSAT is happy to assist > in any way we can. > > [ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations for the > above information] > > /EX > > > > _______________________________________________ > Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA > https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans > -- ***Sent from Gmail on iPhone*** Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. K0JM Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA Now residing in Minneapolis, Minn. ------------------------------------------------ "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain _______________________________________________ Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans