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Today's Topics:
1. Re: OSCAR-1 Schematic (Zach Metzinger)
2. Re: OSCAR-1 Schematic (Devin L. Ganger)
3. Re: OSCAR-1 Schematic (Dino Papas)
4. Next Rocket Lab Launch (Wendy and Terry Osborne)
5. Re: OSCAR-1 Schematic (Robert Switzer)
6. Re: Space Center Abandoned Dish Rehabilitation - Outreach #1
(Jerry Buxton)
7. PO-101? (skristof@???????.????
8. Re: PO-101? (Paul Stoetzer)
9. Re: PO-101? (skristof@???????.????
10. ANS-230 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Mark D. Johns)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:53:01 -0500
From: Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] OSCAR-1 Schematic
Message-ID: <bba77e84-6853-d25b-2414-d52b414a76d8@?????.???>
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On 2019-08-15 15:10, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> The transmitter schematic is available in the February 1962 issue of
> QST (direct link for ARRL members at
> http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/46290).
BTW, does anyone else despise the new "electronic edition" that ARRL has
gone to for 2012 and forward?
I can't download an article into a nice neat PDF and keep it on my local
machine. The mobile app is terrible, not even allowing me to print an
old article properly.
--- Zach
N0ZGO
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 20:59:55 +0000
From: "Devin L. Ganger" <devin@????????.???>
To: Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@?????.???>, "AMSAT-BB@?????.????
<AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] OSCAR-1 Schematic
Message-ID:
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On 2019-08-15 13:53, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> BTW, does anyone else despise the new "electronic edition" that ARRL has
> gone to for 2012 and forward?
>
> I can't download an article into a nice neat PDF and keep it on my local
> machine. The mobile app is terrible, not even allowing me to print an old
> article properly.
Yes. It was one of the items I specifically mentioned in my feedback to the
new ARRL head honcho as an example of how ARRL's current priorities make
them far less appealing for the younger generation.
--
Devin L. Ganger (WA7DLG)
email:?devin@????????.???
web:?Devin on Earth
cell:?+1 425.239.2575
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:01:39 -0400
From: Dino Papas <kl0s@???.???>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] OSCAR-1 Schematic
Message-ID: <B9D43CD7-5C1A-4C96-A4E9-E8A8BF717983@???.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Works fine on the Mac OS?hit the electronic version of the QST app?s ?Print"
button, select the pages you want and then instead of printing you simply
hit the "Save as .pdf" function. The old contractor?s app was really dodgy
but the new app works FB in my experience.
73 - Dino KL0S
> On Aug 15, 2019, at 4:53 PM, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> On 2019-08-15 15:10, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> The transmitter schematic is available in the February 1962 issue of
>> QST (direct link for ARRL members at
>> http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/46290).
>
> BTW, does anyone else despise the new "electronic edition" that ARRL has
gone to for 2012 and forward?
>
> I can't download an article into a nice neat PDF and keep it on my local
machine. The mobile app is terrible, not even allowing me to print an old
article properly.
>
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:10:10 +1200
From: "Wendy and Terry Osborne" <wandtosborne@?????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Next Rocket Lab Launch
Message-ID: <FBCE65015EDD45728AD6136A28CFE1E4@??????????>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
The countdown for the next Rocket Lab launch has started.
Launch no earlier than 13:29 UTC (Friday 16th).
See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1162206454910029830
Streaming from here: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/
about 20 minutes before launch.
Night time launch NZ time.
73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:26:56 +0000 (UTC)
From: Robert Switzer <rs2atmink@?????.???>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>, Dino Papas <kl0s@???.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] OSCAR-1 Schematic
Message-ID: <1194794736.6199385.1565954816178@????.?????.???>
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I didn't even have to do that. Just clicked on the link in mac-firefox and
it saved the PDF to downloads.
Rob KA2CZU
On Thursday, August 15, 2019, 5:03:33 PM EDT, Dino Papas via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
Works fine on the Mac OS?hit the electronic version of the QST app?s
?Print" button, select the pages you want and then instead of printing you
simply hit the "Save as .pdf" function.? The old contractor?s app was really
dodgy but the new app works FB in my experience.
73 - Dino KL0S
> On Aug 15, 2019, at 4:53 PM, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> On 2019-08-15 15:10, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> The transmitter schematic is available in the February 1962 issue of
>> QST (direct link for ARRL members at
>> http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/46290).
>
> BTW, does anyone else despise the new "electronic edition" that ARRL has
gone to for 2012 and forward?
>
> I can't download an article into a nice neat PDF and keep it on my local
machine. The mobile app is terrible, not even allowing me to print an old
article properly.
>
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:05:48 -0500
From: Jerry Buxton <n0jy@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Space Center Abandoned Dish Rehabilitation -
Outreach #1
Message-ID: <01995eef-c85a-2d92-0eca-3eac16290037@?????.???>
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On 8/14/2019 23:49, Zach Leffke via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Idea 2: maybe the more important/valuable one?
>
Zach's idea #2 is of value, BUT (here we go) there is an important
consideration in creating such a venue: it all has to be continuously
kept current, kept clean, in good repair, and frequently attended by
volunteers who will engage the public.? Without that face to face piece
the prospective hams who were attracted to it and had questions and
interest come away with nothing to fuel and build their interest.? They
are likely to be disappointed, as well.?
Just think of the huge difference those of you may have experienced, in
just looking at one of the Center's displays compared to that of talking
to one of the docents/volunteers about the display/object/process of
interest.? Amateur radio needs that personal contact.? We were all
likely most persuaded to get involved in amateur radio by contact with
other amateurs, Elmers who answered questions and fueled the desire,
regardless our level of interest in radios and electronics and visits to
the local science museum or Space and Rocket Center.? Displays invoke
interest and curiosity, not a sudden desire to take a Tech test.?
Amateur radio is a vague part of what the display says it's about, the
content of the display may be remembered but the fact that it was/can be
done by hams, probably not.
I think of some impressive club stations over my years of being a ham,
at universities, science museums, and even and older-than-me yearly
high-attendance special events where many ham stations were going strong
for a varying range of years and suddenly became locked up ghost
stations or disappeared because of the lack of new volunteers in the
area to keep that public interface going.? Whether the volunteer's lack
of time or interest, that doesn't matter in the long run.? And at that
point the display becomes a bane to amateur radio as it gathers dust and
is just but a relic of what was going on back whenever, oh look honey,
how quaint!? And the folks who afforded the opportunity for the ham
community to set up a station or special event are jaded and
inconvenienced when that space they donated goes unused after a few
short seasons or years.? They are likely to invite hams to come back,
but only to clean up and get the heck out and thanks for not living up
to your promise you - you amateurs.?
How many times have we unknowingly approached someone about something
that amateur radio might help them with, and they aren't at all
interested, only to find out that the reason for disinterest was that
they don't trust hams because of the conduct or attitude of (one or a
group of) hams who they did agree to work with before?? For better or
worse, much of the time each one of us represents all of amateur radio
and opinions are formed regardless the fact they are built from
encountering such a minuscule sample of the hobby.
What I said may sound negative, but this is not intended to say any of
it is a bad idea or to be negative.? I have worked with Zach, he is
smart and follows through, like I said his idea has value.? I'm just
adding a point to this discussion, about thinking things through to the
end.? A complete project plan beyond Launch, into the longer and often
less exciting pieces of Operation and Sustainment and finally,
Closeout.? Closeout is often forgotten.? When/how is this project
completed, terminated, decommissioned, disposed??
Enthusiasm is what makes things like this happen.? For a successful
project that enthusiasm has to be extended to include the commitment to
keep it going over time, not just to designing it and getting it going
and then - well, somebody else will come along then who can/will be
there each day and know how to keep this idea going, right?? And figure
out what to do when it/they are done, right?
That's all.? Enjoy the thought exercise, you never know what might happen!
73
Jerry Buxton, N?JY
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:17:12 -0400
From: skristof@???????.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] PO-101?
Message-ID: <e0e13faef111746afe951fe191a83d19@???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Did anybody hear from PO-101 on the latest pass over N. America just a
few minutes ago. The schedule on Twitter says it should be open, but I
got nothing.
Steve AI9IN
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:19:05 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@????.???>
To: Steve Kristoff <skristof@???????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PO-101?
Message-ID:
<CABzOSOrNuyJ7ci7AMiJo956meUAHHP6Y8LKNjQ4WNnd40wVtWQ@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
They had problems commanding this morning:
https://twitter.com/Diwata2PH/status/1162230744497848323
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 3:17 PM AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Did anybody hear from PO-101 on the latest pass over N. America just a
> few minutes ago. The schedule on Twitter says it should be open, but I
> got nothing.
>
> Steve AI9IN
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:24:07 -0400
From: skristof@???????.???
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PO-101?
Message-ID: <b06d1cb89a9e4f88aec0e318aaaad196@???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Thank you. I do not always see the most up-to-date tweet.
Hope they get it working again.
Steve AI9IN
On 2019-08-16 3:19 pm, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> They had problems commanding this morning:
> https://twitter.com/Diwata2PH/status/1162230744497848323
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 3:17 PM AI9IN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
>
>> Did anybody hear from PO-101 on the latest pass over N. America just a
>> few minutes ago. The schedule on Twitter says it should be open, but I
>> got nothing.
>>
>> Steve AI9IN
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. 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-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 18:02:00 -0500
From: "Mark D. Johns" <mjohns+K0JM@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-230 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID:
<CAHKCqnA5enELEtiJNeikkctVV6GXZ1fHLkgRtTO3kmCx8kF_Pg@????.?????.???>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
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In this edition:
* AMSAT Space Symposium Call for Papers
* 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Reminder
* FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* PSAT2 Downlink for DTMF Grids and Messages
* Microwave Update Call for Submissions
* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
* Chinese Satellite Profiles RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 230.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE 18 August 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-230.01
AMSAT Space Symposium Call for Papers
AMSAT has issued a call for papers for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT An-
nual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of 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.org
[ANS thanks Dan Schultz, N8FGV, for the above information]
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2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Reminder
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@?????????????.???
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]
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FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding
An FCC Report and Order (R&O) released August 2 in the so-called
?small satellite? rulemaking proceeding, IB Docket 18-86, failed to
address concerns expressed by ARRL and AMSAT. Both organizations filed
comments on the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the pro-
ceeding last year, seeking changes in the FCCs interpretations and
procedures affecting satellites operating on Amateur Satellite Service
frequencies.
?These comments address topics outside the scope of this proceeding,
and we decline to adopt any of the requested rule modifications or up-
dates at this time,? the FCC said in the R&O. The FCC did mention
amateur satellites in its 2018 NPRM, explaining what they are and
describing the documentation and authorization process, but it did not
solicit comments.
?The Commission did not seek comment in the NPRM on any modifications
or updates to the rules governing Experimental or amateur satellite
licensing. The streamlined Part 25 small satellite process adopted in
the Order is an alternative to existing license processes and does not
replace or modify the authorization procedures for satellites current-
ly contained in Parts 5, 25, or 97 of the Commission?s rules,? the FCC
explained. ?Nevertheless, we received a number of comments in response
to the NPRM, particularly regarding the rules applicable to amateur
satellite operations, suggesting that aspects of those rules be im-
proved or clarified.?
In its 2018 NPRM, the FCC had said, ?Because the type of operations
that qualify as amateur [is] narrowly defined, an amateur satellite
authorization will not be appropriate for many small satellite opera-
tions.?
In its 2018 comments, ARRL said it wanted the FCC to preclude exploi-
tation of amateur spectrum by commercial small-satellite users author-
ized under Part 5 Experimental rules and suggested that the FCC adopt
a ?a bright line test? to define and distinguish satellites that
should be permitted to operate under Amateur Satellite rules.
ARRL?s position was to support and encourage college and university
Amateur Radio experiments where the sponsor of the experiment is a
licensed radio amateur and all operation in amateur spectrum is com-
pliant with Part 97. Part 5 Experimental authorizations for satellites
intended to operate in amateur allocations by non-amateur sponsors
should be discouraged, absent a compelling show of need, ARRL told the
FCC.
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) announced in 2017 that it
would no longer coordinate non-amateur satellite operations unless
directed to do so by the national administration, and it adopted new
satellite frequency coordination guidelines that require educational
and university satellites to have an identified amateur component.
AMSAT?s comments reflected many of the same concerns that ARRL had
expressed.
[ANS thanks ARRL and Ray Soifer, W2RS, for the above information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
SpaceTrack is not showing the correct NORAD CAT ID for Raavana-1,
Uguisu, and NepaliSat-1. The NORAD CAT ID for the following Amateur
Radio satellites has been corrected as follows:
Raavana-1 - NORAD CAT ID 44329 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO).
Uguisu - NORAD CAT ID 44330 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO).
NepaliSat-1 - NORAD CAT ID 44331 (per Nico Janssen, PA0DLO).
[ANS thanks Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, and Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, for the above
information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase
through AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards Keeping
Amateur Radio in Space.
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50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced
Tickets are now available for the AMSAT Symposium Saturday Evening
Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 19 will feature a panel of guest speakers
presenting ?The Foundations of AMSAT? followed by a question and
answer period. Guest speakers will include:
Lance Ginner, K6GSJ (Project OSCAR)
George Jacobs, W3ASK (Author, Diplomat)
Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK (Founding President of AMSAT)
Dr. Owen Mace (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne)
Richard Tonkin (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder, University of Melbourne)
Jan King, W3GEY (Founding member of AMSAT and Australis-OSCAR 5
Project Manager)
The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting will be
held on Friday through Sunday, Oct. 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Va.
at The Hilton Arlington. Symposium registration is available for $60
from now until September 15th. Banquet tickets are $55. Tickets are
now available on the AMSAT Store at:
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/
Tickets are also available for the Sunday tour. On Sunday, Oct. 20,
a bus tour will take attendees to the the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center,
an annex of the National Air and Space Museum. Two large hangars dis-
play thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including a Lockheed
SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde, and the Space Shuttle Discovery. Bus
capacity is limited to 35 attendees. Tickets are $30 per person.
Attendees who wish to drive may also join the tour group. Parking at
the Udvar-Hazy Center is $15.
On Monday, Oct. 21, AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, will lead a
walking tour of the National Mall. No reservations are required.
Transportation to the National Mall will be via the Washington Metro.
Additional information, including hotel reservation information is
available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President, for
the above information]
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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 $33,480 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
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
* W3ZM/7 will be operating on FM satellites, August 17-19 from Oregon,
grids CN93 and CN94, operated by KI7UNJ. Remember to check out W3ZM
On the Road for additional upcoming activations!
* 6Y Jamaica (FK18) AUGUST 12-19, 2019
Philippe, EA4NF will be operating from JAMAICA (IOTA NA-097 ? Grid
FK18) on both FM and linear satellites with the special call 6Y4NF
from August 12 to 19, 2019. QSL via LoTW. Keep an eye on Philippe?s
Twitter feed for further updates : https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT.
* Yosemite, California (DM06 and DM07) August 14-20, 2019
John, N7JY is on a vacation schedule and plans to get on various FM
passes as time permits. No social media, but he may be tracked on
aprs.fi/N7JY. Contacts will be logged on LOTW following trip.
* AM1SAT (All Grids in Spain) September 9-15
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. AM1SAT call sign will be active from a min-
imum of 14 different grids during that time to help satellite opera-
tors 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/ Learn more
about IberRadio at: http://www.iberradio.es.
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]
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PSAT2 Downlink for DTMF Grids and Messages
Thanks to Robert, KE6BLR, amateurs can now capture the DTMF Grids and
Messages data coming down from PSAT2. A DTMF page has been added to
the list of links for PSAT2: http://aprs.org/sats.html
Summary: You encode your Grid and callsign into a 16 digit DTMF memory
on your radio. Using narrow band FM, send it on 145.98 with doppler
compensation or at the middle of a pass.
PSAT2 assigns a CQ number and acknowledges it by voice and then sends
an APRS packet that contains the grid. Robert's web page will capture
that packet.
A second station can send their DTMF grid and get the same process but
with a new CQ number.
Now, either station can send a DTMF QSL Message for the other guy's CQ
number which will also be spoken and recorded on the APRS downlink.
Details are on the psat2 page on the above web page.
PSAT2 is entering a phase of Apogee in the northern hemisphere for a
week or so, and so is more workable in the USA and southern Europe.
[ANS thanks Bob Bruninga, WB4APR for the above information]
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Microwave Update Call for Submissions
The ARRL will once again publish proceedings from this year's Micro-
wave Update conference. At this time, The North Texas Microwave Socie-
ty is soliciting additional papers for the proceedings. It is not
necessary to be a presenter at the conference to have an article pub-
lished in the proceedings. Papers must be emailed to Kent Britain,
WA5VJB, at wa5vjb@?????.???? by August 31 as they will be submitted to
the League for printing the week of Sept 3. Please also copy Al Ward,
W5LUA,at w5lua@?????????.???.
If you have an interesting project that you have been working on,
please consider sharing it with the community by publishing your work
in the proceedings.
Guidelines for submission may be found at:
http://www.microwaveupdate.org/proceedings.php
Questions may be directed to Bob Stricklin, N5BRG, at
bstrick@?????.???? Al Ward, W5LUA, at w5lua@?????????.??? or Kent
Britain, WA5VJB, at wa5vjb@?????.???
The Microwave Update conference will be held in Dallas, Texas, on
October 3-5. For conference information, see the website:
www.microwaveupdate.org
[ANS thanks Bob Stricklin, N5BRG, for the above information]
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25% of the purchase price of each product goes
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By popular demand, the AMSAT Fox-1 Assembly shirt
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Loreto College, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via
IK1SLD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IR?ISS. The
scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV. Contact is go for: Thursday
2019-08-15 09:17:06 UTC 53 degrees. Watch for live stream at
www.ariotti.com starting about 15 min before AOS.
The Children?s Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda,
MD (CASIS#3), telebridge via VK4KHZ. The ISS callsign is presently
scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA.
Contact is go for: Thursday 2019-08-22 17:16:22 UTC 38 deg
The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/
[ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, for the above information]
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Chinese Satellite Profiles RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit
The Chinese DSLWP-B (LO-94) satellite that had been in lunar orbit
provided a profile of Earth?s HF spectrum as seen from the moon. The
microsatellite subsequently was crashed into the moon?s surface after
having completed its mission. DSLWP stands for ?Discovering the Sky at
Longest Wavelengths Pathfinder.? Among other things, DSLWP-B was de-
signed to test low-frequency radio astronomy and space-based interfer-
ometry, and it carried Amateur Radio and educational payloads.
The HF spectrum mission included mapping ?RF interference? from Earth
in the 1 ? 30 MHz range by studying its occlusion by the moon during
lunar orbit. According to Chinese media accounts, this was done to
?verify the technology of ultra-long wave astronomical observation and
solar radiation research.? The onboard detector sensed the spectrum of
RF radiation at different positions of the lunar orbit.
The Harbin Institute of Technology (BY2HIT) developed and built the
DSLWP spacecraft and oversaw the mission. The microsatellite also
carried optical cameras from Saudi Arabia.
In July, a contact between radio amateurs in Germany and China took
place on July 1 via LO-94. The two-way exchange was between Reinhard
Kuehn, DK5LA, in S?rup, Germany, and Harbin Institute of Technology
club station BY2HIT (operated by Wei Mingchuan, BG2BHC), in Harbin,
China, via the onboard GMSK-to-JT4G repeater ? the first such contact
ever made.
[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Members of the Radioaficionados Yucatecos will activate the
Celarain Lighthouse (ILLW MX0011, XEFF-0004) during the Internation-
al Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW), August 17-18, from the
island Cozumel (IOTA NA-090). They will be QRV as XF3LL on 40 to 10m
on SSB, digital modes, and via satellites. QSL via EA5GL.
(ANS thanks the DARC DX Newsletter for the above information)
+ CubeSats will make an appearance at next weekend's Robotstock #STEM
education event in Philadelphia, August 24-25.
(ANS thanks Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT VP-Educational Relations, for
the above information)
+ AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, was in attendance at the 2019
Small Satellite Conference on the campus of Utah State University in
Logan, Utah to promote AMSAT's mission of Keeping Amateur Radio in
Space. During the conference, AMSAT and the University of Colorado
Boulder announced the signing of a Collaborative Agreement. ANS will
publish details when available.
(ANS thanks
+ The small satellite launch market has grown to account for ?69% of
the satellites launched last year in number of satellites but only
4% of the total mass launched (i.e 372 tons). ? The smallsat market
experienced a 23% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2009 to
2018? with even greater growth expected in the future, dominated by
the launch needs of constellations.
(ANS thanks orbitalindex.com for the above information)
+ The countdown for the next Rocket Lab launch has started. The launch
will come no earlier than 13:29 UTC on Friday, August 16, but as
always with launches, may be delayed. For updates, see:
https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1162206454910029830
Or view the live stream from here: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/
about 20 minutes before launch. This is scheduled to be a night time
launch local New Zealand time.
(ANS thanks Terry Osborne, ZL2BAC, for the above information)
+ Tamir Rosenberg, N6JJ, has released a video entitled "Ham Radio Sat-
ellites! Everything you need to know from theory to tactics!" See it
on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSiOORDkkZ8
+ ANS wishes a speedy recovery to EMike McCardel, AA8EM, Senior Editor
of AMSAT News Service and past AMSAT-NA VP Educational Relations.
Mike was seriously injured in an accident while cleaning up tree
damage on his property near Howard, Ohio following a severe storm
which occurred on Tuesday, August 6. He is currently in a rehabili-
tation facility following surgery for several broken bones, and
faces many weeks of rehab and recovery.
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President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
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
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