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Today's Topics:
1. EM84 Rove through GA and SC (Ruth)
2. Re: SatPC32 Rev C issue (jim@xxxxxx.xxx
3. N4KGL EL79 ARRL Grid Chase New Years Day Activation (Greg Lane)
4. Most popular sat antenna system? (wa7dxz)
5. Re: Most popular sat antenna system? (Stefan Wagener)
6. ANS-365 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (JoAnne K9JKM)
7. Re: Most popular sat antenna system? (Selwyn Cathcart)
8. Re: Most popular sat antenna system? (Andrew Glasbrenner)
9. GOLF-TEE $15,000 Matching Funds President?s Challenge
(Paul Stoetzer)
10. Update: N4KGL EL79 ARRL Grid Chase New Years Day Activation
(Greg Lane)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:17:30 -0500
From: Ruth <ruthwillet@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] EM84 Rove through GA and SC
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Good evening satellite operators,
I will be roving to EM84 tomorrow! The passes that I?m planning to be on are:
17:02z SO50 pass from Georgia
18:32z AO91 pass from South Carolina
We'll be driving between the two passes, so hopefully the timing will work
out ok. Assuming there's not much traffic, we should have more than enough
time to get to SC.
I know it's a weekend and the FM satellites will be pretty busy, but I'll do
my best to help you get the grid/state that you need. I have a list going of
ops who need the grid and/or state, but feel free to respond to this email
if you need them and I?ll do my best to listen for you. I will be back in GA
soon, and am already planning more roves to South Carolina within the next
few months. If you can?t get the grid/state tomorrow, I should be back
sooner than later!
All my logs will be uploaded to LOTW.
73,
Ruth
KM4LAO
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:19:37 -0500
From: jim@xxxxxx.xx
To: "Charles Reiche" <charlieray@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 Rev C issue
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Charles, you are Da Man! That fixed it. Thanks very much.
73,
WA5QAP
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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 Rev C issue
From: "Charles Reiche" <charlieray@xxxxx.xxx>
Date: Fri, December 29, 2017 10:15 pm
To: jim@xxxxxx.xx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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> Make sure that you have them selected to "show" in the Satellites menu.
> They should have a * next to them like is this picture.
> https://i.imgur.com/jTP8diB.png
>
> N3CRT
> Charles Reiche
>
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 9:56 PM, <jim@xxxxxx.xx> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> I have three sats that I track with SatPC32 rev c. A lot lately the
>> graphic display will loose one or two of the sats for no apparent reason.
>> The program is still tracking them because the audio still tells me
>> when a sat comes up and I can actually highlight one of the missing sats
>> by clicking it in the lower right hand corner. Any thoughts?
>> _______________________________________________
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 09:14:29 -0600
From: Greg Lane <lanekg@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] N4KGL EL79 ARRL Grid Chase New Years Day
Activation
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The 2018 ARRL International Grid Chase applies to all bands except 60
meters. See http://www.arrl.org/news/announcing-the-arrl-
international-grid-chase
<http://www.arrl.org/news/announcing-the-arrl-international-grid-chase>
I figure EL79 will be popular. I wiil be portable at the lighthouse on St
George Island on New Years Day for this pass. I will appreciate any
contacts.
SO-50 will be visible from St George Island, on Monday, January 1, 2018
16:16:39 UTC
Starting in the SW (223?)
Ending in the NNE (19?) at 16:29:48 UTC
Maximum elevation: 39.8??
Then on to St. George Island State Park. At the park will start HF Ops at
1200 CST/1800 UTC for two hours. We will spot to DX Summit. We will upload
the logs to LOTW. Upload yours to obtain Grid Chase credit for matching
contacts.
Note the park is KFF-0635, the Lighthouse is USA 140, and the Island is
FL007S and NA-85. Jim K4LIX and Cory N4UVR may also be active from EL79.
Greg N4KGL
LaneKG@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:05:51 -0700
From: wa7dxz <wa7dxz@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Most popular sat antenna system?
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I want to upgrade my ant system, I don't mind spending some $,,, but before
I waste $,,, any recommendations,, I will be able to do az and
elevationBobWa7dxzPhoenix
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:39:25 -0600
From: Stefan Wagener <wageners@xxxxx.xxx>
To: wa7dxz <wa7dxz@xxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Most popular sat antenna system?
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Look at the M2s!
Stefan
On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 5:05 PM, wa7dxz via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
>
> I want to upgrade my ant system, I don't mind spending some $,,, but
> before I waste $,,, any recommendations,, I will be able to do az and
> elevationBobWa7dxzPhoenix
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 20:27:06 -0600
From: JoAnne K9JKM <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-365 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-365
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:
* GOLF-TEE $15,000 Matching Funds President?s Challenge
* New Year's Weekend - AMSAT CW Activity Day 2018 In Memory Of G3IOR
* New Year's Weekend - AO73 / FUNcube-1 Happy Holiday Mode
* New Year's Weekend - AMSAT Office Closed For Holiday
* KB1LQC's Faraday RF Blog Describes the Development of the AO-91 MPPT
* Fernando, NP4JV Completes Satellite Contact With All 488 CONUS Grids
* KA9Q AMSAT Archive Updated With Phase 3-B/Oscar-10 Documents
* Volunteer Opportunity - Openings for News Service Rotating Editor
* The ARRL International Grid Chase Includes Satellite Contacts
* NASA/JPL is Testing Combined Deployable Solar Cell & Antenna Panel
* Philippines? Diwata-2 Microsat to Include Amateur Radio Transponder
* IARU Coordination Completed for DreamSat for ISS Deployment in 2019
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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ANS-365 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 344.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE December 31, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-365.01
GOLF-TEE $15,000 Matching Funds President?s Challenge
In October 2017 AMSAT announced the GOLF (Greater Orbit, Larger Foot-
print) program. The first project of the GOLF program is a technology
demonstrator named GOLF-TEE (Technology Evaluation Environment). The
design is a 3U CubeSat with deployable solar panels, ADAC (attitude
determination and control), Software Defined Radio (SDR) Transponder,
and a Vanderbilt University Low Energy Proton (LEP) experiment. Now
is the time to begin work on the GOLF-TEE Project.
At the end of 2017, AMSAT has generous offers from two AMSAT Past
Presidents for matching funds up to $15,000 for those that contribute
to the GOLF-TEE campaign at:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=STK27W4G9
RMLC
(Shortened URL without linewrap:
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-365-PayPal-GOLF-Donation ) between now and Feb-
ruary 15th. Make your donation twice as valuable by taking advantage
of this opportunity and contributing, and help AMSAT fund the launch
of the next series of satellites of the GOLF program. There are also
donate buttons for GOLF-TEE on the AMSAT website. Planning is for a
launch in 2019.
Donations of $100 and $1,000 or more will be eligible for a special
AMSAT GOLF premium. (Both premiums are currently being designed, so
please be patient awaiting delivery.)
AMSAT is a 501-(c)-(3) not-for-profit educational and scientific
organization of amateur radio operators whose purpose is to design,
construct, launch, and operate satellites in space and to provide
the support needed to encourage amateurs to utilize these resources.
Please consider a tax-deductible contribution to AMSAT to help under-
write the development and launch expenses of our GOLF satellite program.
Donors wishing to provide additional matching funds please contact
Joe Spier, K6WAO at k6wao@xxxxx.xxx.
(ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information)
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New Year's Weekend - AMSAT CW Activity Day 2018 In Memory Of G3IOR
You are cordially invited to participate in AMSAT's second annual CW
Activity Day.? It will be held from 0001 to 2400 UTC on January 1,
2018. This year's event is dedicated to the memory of Pat Gowen,
G3IOR.
The rules are very simple: there aren't any.? Just operate CW
through any amateur radio satellite.? Straight keys and "bugs" are
encouraged, but not required.? The important thing is to get on the
air and have fun.
[ANS thanks Ray W2RS for the above information]
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New Year's Weekend - AO73 / FUNcube-1 Happy Holiday Mode
AO73/FUNcube-1 is now operating in full time transponder mode and
will continue in this mode until the evening of Wednesday? 3rd
January 2018.
Please enjoy the transponder during this happy holiday period!
Season's greetings from the whole FUNcube team.
[ANS thanks Graham, G3VZV for the above information]
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New Year's Weekend - AMSAT Office Closed For Holiday
The AMSAT Office is closed from Friday, Dec 22 - Friday, Jan 5th.
Please check the website (amsat.org) for information.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS and a VERY HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
[ANS thanks Martha for the above information
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KB1LQC's Faraday RF Blog Describes the Development of the AO-91 MPPT
Bryce Salmi, KB1LQC, writes about the development and successful
launch and deployment of the Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT)
designed by himself and Brent Salmi, KB1LQD. The design started
as a senior design project at the Rochester Institute of Techno-
logy.
Bryce wrote, "The story of the Fox-1 MPPT is a great example of
how amateur radio is what you want it to be. The MPPT symbolizes
the vast nature of amateur radio which spans far beyond just com-
municating over the airwaves."
Continuing, "The Maximum Power Point Tracker has no radio inside
of it yet it is profoundly amateur radio. It?s sole purpose is to
enable scientific and ham radio payloads on-board the spacecraft.
Amateur radio is about learning, having fun, and applying techno-
logy to accomplish great things. Let?s explore this side of the
hobby!"
Follow the rest of the blog, the MPPT, with photos and videos at:
https://faradayrf.com/ham-radio-is-about-more-than-radios-amsat/
[ANS thanks Bryce Salmi, KB1LQC for the above information]
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Fernando, NP4JV Completes Satellite Contact With All 488 CONUS Grids
Congratulations are due to Fernando, NP4JV, for completing
satellite contacts with all 488 Maidenhead grids in the contin-
ental United States. His December 28, 2017 contact with Ken,
VE3HLS in grid FN65 on XW-2B completed Fernando's quest. Ken
was mobile on his trip to to New Brunswick. The satellite was
at 2? elevation when the contact was completed.
Fernando wrote on amsat-bb, "I would like to publicly express
my gratitude to Ken for going out of his way to help bring down
the "white whale", and? last grid needed in the 488 CONUS."
Continuing, "I want to also thank all the satellite operators
that made this possible. All credit goes to them! Extra thanks
to all those who travelled and helped with multiple grid squares.
This has been a fun and exciting 2 years and 3 months of opera-
ting Ham Radio Satellites."
Fernando compiled a list of the stations contacted which can
found on the archived copy of his original posting:
http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2017-December/066053.html
[ANS thanks and congratulates Fernando, NP4JV for the above information]
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KA9Q AMSAT Archive Updated With Phase 3-B/Oscar-10 Documents
Phil Karn, KA9Q, wrote on amsat-bb that he has been scanning and
categorizing his stacks of paper files. He's been working on old
AMSAT documents from the early 1980s. Phil says, "I have a good
pile of stuff on Phase 3-B/Oscar-10 that might be of interest to
the old-timers among you (and maybe of archeological interest to
others)".
He will be placing these documents in raw form on his personal
website. There's no index or HTML framing at the moment, but
hopefully the file names are at least slightly descriptive.
Phil advises to watch: http://www.ka9q.net/amsat/Oscar-10
Phil's AMSAT Newsletter archives can be accessed on his website:
http://www.ka9q.net/newsletters.html
[ANS thanks Phil Karn, KA9Q for the above information]
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Volunteer Opportunity - Openings for News Service Rotating Editor
If you're open to volunteering to help AMSAT this is your chance!
We have openings for a few volunteers willing to help as an AMSAT
News Service editor.
Our editors work on a rotating schedule with each taking turns as
the current week's news editor. Using input received from members,
the amateur radio community, officers, plus our other editors your
job is to assemble the AMSAT News Service bulletin for your week.
(Template is provided to help you format the message.)
If you can help contact our Senior News Service Editor, Lee McLamb,
KT4TZ via his e-mail: kt4tz@xxxxx.xxx
[ANS thanks the AMSAT News Service for the above information]
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The ARRL International Grid Chase Includes Satellite Contacts
Beginning at 0000 UTC on January 1, 2018, the ARRL International
Grid Chase kicks off. The objective is simple: Work stations in
as many grid squares as possible and upload your log data to
ARRL's Logbook of The World. Visit the ARRL Grid Chase web page
at: http://www.arrl.org/international-grid-chase-2018
(If you are not currently registered with Logbook of The World,
this is a good reason to get started. Go to
https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/getting-started/. Registration
and uploading are free.)
Every new grid square contact confirmed through Logbook of The
World counts toward your monthly total, which begins when you
ring in the New Year.
Just turn on your radio and start calling "CQ Grid Chase," or
listen for others doing the same. Make the contact, enter it
into your log, and you're on to your next QSO.
At the end of each month, your totals on the Grid Chase leader
board will reset to zero. Fear not, though. The online scoring
system will maintain your monthly totals for a grand total at
the end of the year, when an annual summary will be released
and awards given to top finishers in various categories.
The ARRL International Grid Chase is open to all amateurs, regard-
less of location or license class. Any operating mode is eligible
as well as every band, except 60 meters. You'll find the complete
rules at www.arrl.org/aigc2018.
Any contact can count for your Chase score; it doesn't have to
involve an exchange of grid squares. As long as other operators
participate with Logbook of The World, you'll get the credit
automatically when they upload their logs. This means that contest
contacts will count, as will contacts with special-event stations,
or any other on-air activity. As long as stations upload their
logs to Logbook of The World, you're good.
Satellite contacts count. Contacts made through earthbound repeaters
do not count for the Grid Chase, but repeaters in outer space are
the exception. This includes all low-orbiting satellites that
support CW, SSB, and even FM contacts.
[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]
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NASA/JPL is Testing Combined Deployable Solar Cell & Antenna Panel
After cargo ship Cygnus OA-8E (SS Gene Cernan) was unberthed from the
Unity module of the ISS on December 5 it continued in orbit to release
cubesats and perform additional testing. On December 6 Cygnus raised
its orbit from 402 x 407 km to 447 x 456 km. It then deployed 14 cube-
sats on December 6 and 7. Cygnus was deorbited on December 18, with
entry over the South Pacific.
One of the cubesats deployed from Cygnus was the NASA/JPL Integrated
Solar Array and Reflectarray Antenna (ISARA) mission to demonstrate a
reflectarray antenna that increases downlink data rates for CubeSats
from the existing baseline rate of 9.6 kilobits per second (kbps) to
more than 100 megabits per second (Mbps).
The reflectarray antenna consists of three panels, electrically tied
together through hinges, which have an array of printed circuit board
patches on them. The size of the patches are adjusted so that the phase
of the reflected feed illumination collimates the radiation in much
the same way a parabolic dish reflector would. Unlike a parabolic
dish, however, the reflectarray panels are flat, which enables them
to be folded down against the CubeSat. On the opposite side of the
printed reflectarray antenna, solar cells have been added.
Additional information and illustration can be found on the web:
Jet Propulsion Labs ISARA page:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/isara.php
NASA ISARA page:
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-365-NASA-ISARA-Project
NASA ISARA PDF data sheet
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-365-ISARA-PDF
[ANS thanks Jonathan's Space Report No. 743, NASA, and Jet Propulsion Labs
for the above information]
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Philippines? Diwata-2 Microsat to Include Amateur Radio Transponder
The IARU frequency coordination pages show that the Diwata-2 team
have applied for amateur radio frequency coordination:
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=593
Diwata-2 is the Philippines? second microsatellite designed
and developed by Filipino scientists and engineers under
the PHL-Microsat Program. They describe their program at:
http://phl-microsat.upd.edu.ph/diwata2
Diwata-2 is a 50x50x50 cm microsatellite with estimated mass
of 50kg. It features two deployable systems - solar array
panels and amateur radio antennas.
Diwata-2 will carry optical payloads that will support the
following objectives:
+ Determining the extent of damages from disasters
+ Monitoring natural and cultural heritage sites
+ Monitoring changes in vegetation
+ Observing cloud patterns and weather disturbances
These paylaods will use non-amateur S and X Band frequencies.
In addition to these optical payloads, Diwata-2 will also
carry an amateur radio unit. This payload is intended to pro-
mote awareness and interest in amateur radios and satellite
technology in the country. It is also intends to provide an
alternative means of communication at times of disasters and
emergencies.
Diwata-2 is proposing a U/V FM transponder with APRS and CW
beacon. Planning a launch from Tanegashima, Japan into a 613km
polar orbit in Q2 2018.
[ANS thanks the IARU and the PHL-Microsat Program for the above information]
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IARU Coordination Completed for DreamSat for ISS Deployment in 2019
The Dream Satellite Project plans to develop and deploy a 1U cube-
sat from the ISS in 2019. The structure and bus system of this sat-
ellite consists of the OPUSAT-Kit, which is developed based on Osaka
Prefecture University?s OPUSAT CubeSat, manufactured by NISSIN Co.,
Ltd.
The Dream Satellite Project will develop the mission system:
+ Provide amateur radio mailbox service
+ Provide QSL service
+ Store and forward message operations
A downlink at 145.860 MHz and UHF uplink have been coordinated.
DreamSat has not yet announced their UHF uplink frequency. Data
formats include CW, AFSK 1k2 packet and GMSK 9k6 packet.
The DreamSat webpage: http://faspia.or.jp/
Planned for deployment from the ISS during Q1 2019.
The IARU coordination information can be viewed at:
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=590
[ANS thanks the IARU and Katsuya Shibata, JJ1GPJ for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Bryce, KB1LQC, at faradayrf.com and AMSAT volunteer designer has
? a new entry in his blog https://faradayrf.com/antenna-every-pot/
? Bryce discusses the effects of ITAR over the years and shows a
? really neat segment from a 1996 show which aired on the Discovery
? network about the construction of antennas for AO-40. This is quite
? a find ... you're going to like this one folks ...
+ The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
? has published a document on Agenda Items of Interest to the Science
? Services at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019. The docu-
? ment addresses potential threats to the Radio Astronomy Service and
? Earth Exploration-Satellite Service. (A word search of the document
? does not reveal specific menition of amateur radio or amateur satel-
? lite.) Among the many frequency ranges mentioned are 45 MHz, 24 GHz,
? 47 GHz. Download document as "Guest" at:
? https://www.nap.edu/download/24899 (via W4ART and Southgate)
+ Pierros Papadeas, SV1QVE gave this presentation on December 29
? about the LibreSpace_Fnd UPSat Open Source satellite to the Chaos
? Communication Congress in Leipzig:
? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boZRB4Qpg9s
? Nikos Roussos gives an overview of the LibreSpace_Fnd SatNOGS project,
? a network of satellite ground station around the world:
? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiMXW6URg0U
+ How Many New Year?s Eves Will NOAA?s Satellites Celebrate?
? http://tinyurl.com/ANS-365-NOAA-NewYear
+ An ARISS School Contact with the Higher National School of Computer
? Science and Systems Analysis (ENSIAS), Rabat, Morocco, Wed 2018-01-03
? 13:52:42 is planned to be streamed on-line at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVrHxxZ5pCvF-6I2O1-wgqQ/live
+ Peter Parker, VK3YE, has published two excellent introductions
? to amateur satellites videos. Peter describes his two-part video
? demonstration as, "A new amateur satellite has just gone up and
? it's super easy to work. You just need a pair of handhelds on
? 2m & 70cm FM. Watch these videos to find out how to make contacts
? through AO91 with equipment you probably already have."
? Part 1 - https://youtu.be/astteV2umOg
? Part 2 - https://youtu.be/XNB7Nc4HFYs
+ 6O6O from Somalia - Operators Ken, LA7GIA and Adrian, KO8SCA will
? be active as 6O6O from Somalia between January 3-16th, 2018. This
? will be an HF DXpedition but they invite amateur radio operators
? worldwide to participate in a humanitarian portion of their trip.
? Both Ken and Adrian will pay for all the DXpedition expenses. All
? money raised during the DXpedition will go to the not-for-profit
? Doctors Without Borders. They have also set up a dedicated PayPal
? address for these donations 6o6o@xxxxxx.xxx. Closing date for
? donations is February 1st, 2018, when donations will be wire
? transferred to Doctors Without Borders.
+ Visit https://www.smallsat.org/ to find information on the 2018
? SmallSat Conference August 4-9, 2018 at Utah State University.
? The theme this year is "Delivering Mission Success".
+ Terry, ZL2BAC, posted plans and photos of his 3 element 2M yagi
? antenna he made from old TV antenna parts in his junk box. Terry
? wrote, "It seems to work well on AO-91. If anyone is interested,
? see the details at:" http://tinyurl.com/ANS-365-ZL2BAC-Antenna
+ The AMSAT Station and Operating Hints page has been updated.
? 1) The Fox Operating Guide has been updated for 2018. This is
???? in color, designed to print two-sided. A low-resolution
?? ? PDF for e-mailing or screen viewing; and, a high-resolution
???? PDF is available for high quality printing.
? 2) A copy of the I8CVS Antenna Polarization Switching article
???? from the AMSAT Journal was added after many expressed interest
?? ? in obtaining a copy.
???? See: https://www.amsat.org/station-and-operating-hints/
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donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
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Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and Happy New Year,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat dot org
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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:13:42 +1300
From: Selwyn Cathcart <zl2bjo@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "'wa7dxz'" <wa7dxz@xxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Most popular sat antenna system?
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WiMo 432 & 144 crossed Yagi and quads are work at look.
https://www.wimo.com/xquad-antennas_e.html
https://www.wimo.com/yagi-antennas-wimo_e.html
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I want to upgrade my ant system, I don't mind spending some $,,, but before
I waste $,,, any recommendations,, I will be able to do az and
elevationBobWa7dxzPhoenix
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 08:42:45 -0500
From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'wa7dxz'" <wa7dxz@xxx.xxx>
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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Most popular sat antenna system?
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The M2 LEOpack are pretty popular and there is a substantial discount when
ordered via the AMSAT website.
https://www.amsat.org/product/m2-leo-pack-antenna-system/
73, Drew KO4MA
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I want to upgrade my ant system, I don't mind spending some $,,, but before
I waste $,,, any recommendations,, I will be able to do az and
elevationBobWa7dxzPhoenix
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 12:38:46 -0500
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] GOLF-TEE $15,000 Matching Funds President?s
Challenge
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For those who didn't read ANS this week (though everyone should be
reading it weekly :) )
GOLF-TEE $15,000 Matching Funds President?s Challenge
In October 2017 AMSAT announced the GOLF (Greater Orbit, Larger
Footprint) program. The first project of the GOLF program is a
technology demonstrator named GOLF-TEE (Technology Evaluation
Environment). The design is a 3U CubeSat with deployable solar panels,
ADAC (attitude
determination and control), Software Defined Radio (SDR) Transponder,
and a Vanderbilt University Low Energy Proton (LEP) experiment. Now is
the time to begin work on the GOLF-TEE Project.
At the end of 2017, AMSAT has generous offers from two AMSAT Past
Presidents for matching funds up to $15,000 for those that contribute
to the GOLF-TEE campaign at:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=STK27W4G9
RMLC
(Shortened URL without linewrap:
http://tinyurl.com/ANS-365-PayPal-GOLF-Donation ) between now and
February 15th. Make your donation twice as valuable by taking
advantage of this opportunity and contributing, and help AMSAT fund
the launch of the next series of satellites of the GOLF program. There
are also donate buttons for GOLF-TEE on the AMSAT website. Planning is
for a
launch in 2019.
Donations of $100 and $1,000 or more will be eligible for a special
AMSAT GOLF premium. (Both premiums are currently being designed, so
please be patient awaiting delivery.)
AMSAT is a 501-(c)-(3) not-for-profit educational and scientific
organization of amateur radio operators whose purpose is to design,
construct, launch, and operate satellites in space and to provide the
support needed to encourage amateurs to utilize these resources.
Please consider a tax-deductible contribution to AMSAT to help
underwrite the development and launch expenses of our GOLF satellite
program.
Donors wishing to provide additional matching funds please contact Joe
Spier, K6WAO, at k6wao@xxxxx.xxx.
(ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information)
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 14:54:36 -0600
From: Greg Lane <lanekg@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Update: N4KGL EL79 ARRL Grid Chase New Years Day
Activation
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New times and two passes. Times are UTC
SO-50 Pass 1616
HF Ops Start 1700
HF Ops End 1900
AO-91 Pass 1915
Happy New Year.
Greg N4KGL
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