[jamsat-news:3886] [ANS] ANS-147 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Paul Stoetzer via ANS
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2024年 5月 26日 (日) 09:09:08 JST
*AMSAT News Service*
*ANS-147*
*May 26, 2024*
In this edition:
- Hamvention 2024 a Success for AMSAT
- Project OSCAR Discontinues Operations, Donates Remaining Funds to AMSAT
- Nominations Open for 2024 AMSAT Board of Directors Election
- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for May 24, 2024
- ARISS News
- Upcoming Satellite Operations
- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
- Satellite Shorts From All Over
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Save the Date! Symposium 2024
Photo by Robert DuBois
Mark your calendar now for the 2024 AMSAT Symposium,
*October 25-27, 2024 *at the Doubletree by Hilton Tampa Rocky Point
Waterfront in Tampa, Florida!
Watch for announcements concerning further details as plans are formulated.
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Hamvention 2024 a Success for AMSAT
Hamvention 2024 was held this past weekend at the Greene County Fairgrounds
in Xenia, OH. It was a busy weekend at the AMSAT booth as visitors joined
or renewed their memberships, learned about satellite operation, checked
out our Engineering and CubeSat Simulator displays, and purchased items
from AMSAT's store.
The first event of the weekend was AMSAT's informal "Dinner at Tickets" at
Tickets Pub & Eatery in Fairborn, OH, on Thursday evening. Approximately 20
AMSAT members and visitors attended this informal dinner and enjoyed great
conversation about amateur radio satellites.
Friday was a very rainy day early in the morning and while this prevented
the setup of our normal satellite demonstrations, booth traffic was heavy
as visitors sought refuge by visiting the inside vendor exhibits.
Alan Johnston, KU2Y, introduced the new CubeSatSim Kits available for
purchase in the education section of the AMSAT booth and sold out of all
the kits. More kits will be available to purchase from the AMSAT Store in
the near future. Details about the CubeSatSim Kits can be found on the AMSAT
website <https://www.amsat.org/cubesatsim-kits-available-at-hamvention/>.
The Engineering section also saw a lot of traffic as visitors viewed the
displays and had conversations with AMSAT's Engineering team. One of the
new items on display was a 3D printed model of the subsystems within the
GOLF-TEE satellite.
On Sunday afternoon, the ARRL Youth Rally attended a demonstration of a
pass of Tevel-3 at the AMSAT demo area.
The AMSAT and ARISS forums were held on Saturday afternoon. Archived videos
of each forum presentation can be found on YouTube, courtesy of DARA:
AMSAT: Celebrating the Past, Looking to the Future
https://youtu.be/kT5idAAucbw?si=UkqBSL7grN8bV-DP
AMSAT GOLF 2024
https://youtu.be/NKtLzJus1Ec?si=3H-nTWUtWgzrs4CF
AMSAT CubeSat Simulator
https://youtu.be/ad7kmDZDWv4?si=qtWDLKHgBS4YFiRP
AMSAT Youth Initiative
https://youtu.be/m-JMtMsRdl4?si=1VYuxGOMM6Po2a-J
ARISS: 40 Years of Amateur Radio in Space
https://youtu.be/WcHDTkmTJ-s?si=qEFSqo4QcFPZNQnA
*[ANS thanks the AMSAT Hamvention Team for the above information - photos
courtesy Keith Baker, KB1SF]*
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Project OSCAR Discontinues Operations, Donates Remaining Funds to AMSAT
Project OSCAR, the organization responsible for the construction and launch
of the first amateur radio satellite, OSCAR 1 in 1961, as well as OSCARs 2,
3 and 4, has discontinued operations and donated its remaining funds to
AMSAT.
Project OSCAR Inc. was originally formed to investigate the possibility of
putting an amateur satellite in orbit. The first amateur radio satellite,
OSCAR-1 orbited the earth for 22 days, transmitting the “HI” greeting in
Morse Code. Since that beginning, the group had focused on supporting and
promoting amateur radio satellite related projects.
In addition to donating its remaining funds to AMSAT, Project OSCAR also
granted AMSAT ownership to the future rights to the term "OSCAR" or
Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. Ever since the launch of OSCAR I
in 1961, it has been traditional for amateur radio satellites to carry the
name OSCAR after their launch and activation in orbit. For several decades,
AMSAT has administered the numbering of OSCAR satellites
<https://www.amsat.org/oscar-numbers-policy/> at Project OSCAR's request.
121 satellites have received OSCAR designations
<https://www.amsat.org/orbiting-satellites-carrying-amateur-radio/>.
AMSAT is greatly appreciative of all of those who have been involved in
Project OSCAR over the past 64 years. The large and growing amateur
satellite community owes its existence to those early pioneers who decided
that amateur radio had a place in space and made it happen. AMSAT is
committed to upholding the legacy of those early pioneers and Keeping
Amateur Radio in Space.
*[ANS thanks Project OSCAR and AMSAT for the above information]*
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Nominations Open for 2024 AMSAT Board of Directors Election
AMSAT solicits nominations for the 2024 AMSAT Board of Directors election,
to be held in the third quarter of the year. The seats of the following
three incumbent Directors expire in 2024 and will be filled by this year’s
election:
- Mark Hammond, N8MH
- Bruce Paige, KK5DO
- Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
Further, up to two Alternate Directors may be elected for one-year terms. A
valid nomination for Director must be written and requires either one
Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to
nominate an AMSAT member. Written nominations, with the nominee’s name,
call sign, and contact information, as well as the nominators’ names, call
signs, and contact information, should be sent to the AMSAT Secretary:
Jeff Davis, KE9V
PO Box 11
Yorktown, IN 47396
AMSAT bylaws require that the nomination be written and in the form
specified by the Secretary who has elected to accept written nomination
materials via postal mail or in electronic form, including email or
electronic image of a paper document. Fax transmissions cannot be accepted.
Email nominations may be sent to jdavis [at] amsat [dot] org.
No matter what means are used, petitions MUST be received by the Secretary
no later than June 15th. The Secretary will verify the qualifications of
candidates and nominating members or Member Societies as petitions are
received and will notify candidates whether their nominations are in order
by the end of June.
*[ANS thanks Jeff Davis, KE9V, AMSAT Secretary, for the above information]*
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*The 2024 Coins Are Here Now!Help Support GOLF and Fox Plus.**Join
<https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/> the AMSAT
President’s Club today!*
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for May 24, 2024
Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps
in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical
model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs. Weekly
updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin
files are updated Thursday evenings around 2300 UTC, or more frequently if
new high interest satellites are launched. More information may be found at
https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/
The following satellite has been removed from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE
distribution:
OPS-SAT NORAD Cat ID 44878 Decayed from orbit on or about 23 May 2024
*[ANS thanks Thian Golda, KO1MAN, New England Sci-Tech Orbital Analyst, for
the above information]*
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*Need new satellite antennas? Purchase an M2 LEO-Pack from the **AMSAT
Store! <https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/>**When you purchase
through **AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards **Keeping Amateur
Radio in Space.*
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ARISS News
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between
amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The
downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
*Children's Technopark "Quantorium", Obninsk, Russia, direct via R3XDC *
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The scheduled crewmember is Aleksandr Grebyonkin RZ3DSE
The ARISS mentor is RV3DR
Contact is go for Mon 2024-05-27 14:07 UTC (***)
As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios
are turned off as part of the safety protocol.
The crossband repeater continues to be active (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} &
437.800 MHz down), If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do
is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband
repeater. So give a listen, you just never know.
Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
*[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors
for the above information]*
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Upcoming Satellite OperationsQuick Hits:
On 30th May I will operate as G0ABI/P from the Lizard Peninsula Cornwall
IN79, this is a very exposed area and is subject to extreme weather at
times so fingers crossed.
Starting at 02:00 the first 2 passes of IO-117 will be from the roadside,
the remaining passes will be from the Marconi Wireless Station. My thanks
to them for allowing me to operate from this facility. The object of the
excise to give this grid to as many people as possible. So if you can use
UHM please when you call and receive a checkmark, I have received your call
PLEASE wait until I am able to reply, this way I can give more people the
grid. I will respond to the callers who’s LOS is first. When you get R73
you are in the log there is no need to reply.
If you are unable to use UHM please do NOT continually call as this stops
me responding.
I will work other sats during the day please check https://hams.at
Let’s have a fun and memorable day filled with great operating.
Best 73
Pete G0ABI
Major Roves:
The Zinks (KJ7NDY & KI7QEK) are QRV from Kaui this week and will be doing
LEO sat passes and POTA activations from BL01 & BL02. Watch hams.at for
passes/parks, etc.
*[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT Rover Page Manager, and Alex Ners,
K6VHF, for the above information]*
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25% of the purchase price of each product goes towards Keeping Amateur
Radio in Space
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through
amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests,
conventions, maker faires, and other events.
AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, says,
"Two “different” audiences last week invited me to speak. The Mount
Baker Amateur
Radio Club in Bellingham, WA, was a ham club - and we had a great time."
"But the Orange County (CA) Astronomers Club was a little, well,
different. But there was plenty of “crossover” interests: space
photography, studies of our planets … so it wasn’t a 100-percent “ham”
audience. But I edited and came up with a presentation they said they
enjoyed!"
"Think a 75-minute presentation on "working the easy satellites" would be
appropriate for your club or event? Let me know by emailing me at
k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com or calling me at 909-999-SATS (7287)!"
Clint has NEVER given the exact same show twice: EACH of the 150+
presentations so far has been customized/tailored to their audiences.
Scheduled Events
*Northeast HamXposition*
August 22-25, 2024
Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center
181 Boston Post Road W
Marlborough, MA 01752
*2024 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting*
October 25-27, 2024
Doubletree by Hilton Tampa Rocky Point Waterfront
3050 N Rocky Point Dr W
Tampa, FL 33607
*[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6LCS, and AMSAT for the above information]*
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Satellite Shorts from All Over
+ The University of Maine has published an article about MESAT1, expected
to launch within the next couple of months. MESAT1 carries AMSAT's Linear
Transponder Module, a V/u linear transponder. The article can be read at
https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2024/05/13/maines-first-research-satellite-to-launch-this-year/
+ LU7AA will fly Sunday 05/26 13hs(z) from San Luis, Argentina, a latex
Balloon carrying a 200 KHz linear V/U Multimode Transponder as a mini
QO-100. (aka PUNTANO-1). The object is to validate future satellite
platforms planned by AMSAT Argentina. Pictures and details on
http://amsat.org.ar/?f=merlo (Thanks to AMSAT Argentina).
+ A video of pre-launch testing of the AMSAT Microsats (AO-16, DO-17,
WO-18, and LO-19) was recently uploaded to YouTube by Stephen Smith. It can
be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWip0QjwLVg
+ HB9SKA released his monthly OSCAR News (in German) at
http://home.datacomm.ch/th.frey/oscar.htm
+ As part of a series of activations of QO-100 from Newfoundland, G0MRF
worked 147 stations on SSB, 92 on FT8, and 1 on CW as VO1/G0MRF. (Thanks to
Dave Bowman, G0MRF)
+ Graham Shirville, G3VZV, was also active from Newfoundland this past
weekend. He was running 10 watts with a backpack portable station. A short
video of his activation can be found at
https://x.com/G8GTZ/status/1791863503441076568
<https://x.com/G8GTZ/status/1791863503441076568>
+ Stefan Wagner, VE4NSA, and John Langille, VE1CWJ, made the first SSB QSOs
via QO-100 from North America on May 16th as VO100QO. A picture of their
setup can be found at https://x.com/vu3hpf/status/1791383807473377461
+ The June 2024 issue of *The Spectrum Monitor *has been released with an
excellent Amateur Satellites column by Keith Baker, KB1SF. In his column,
he discusses the AMSAT GOLF program. *The Spectrum Monitor *is an online
magazine dealing with all facets of the radio hobby. More information can
be found at https://www.thespectrummonitor.com/
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- Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
- Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
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- 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.
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Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.
*73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!*
*This week's ANS Editor,*
*Paul Stoetzer, N8HM*
*n8hm [at] amsat.org <http://amsat.org>*
*ANS is a service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, 712 H
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