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Today's Topics:
1. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-06-09 01:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
2. FUNcube Data Warehouse Testing (David Johnson)
3. Yasme Foundation Awards Grant to Open Research Institute
(Michelle Thompson)
4. AO-92 in mode L/v at 0319utc for 24 hours 10 June 20
(Mark Hammond)
5. Re: Yasme Foundation Awards Grant to Open Research Institute
(Bruce)
6. ANS-162 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - 38th Annual
AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Moving to
Virtual Event (Paul Stoetzer)
7. AMSAT Member Portal Huge Success! (Robert Bankston)
8. Re: AMSAT Member Portal Huge Success! (Mark L. Hammond)
9. Re: AMSAT Member Portal Huge Success! (Paul Stoetzer)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 01:39:50 +0000 (UTC)
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-06-09
01:00 UTC
Message-ID: <644678986.926823.1591666790018@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-06-09 01:00 UTC
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Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
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I.E.S. Pedro de Valdivia, Villanueva de la Serena, Spain, Multi-point
telebridge via ON4ISS (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR
Contact is go for: Tue 2020-06-16 12:25:27 UTC 84 deg
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ARISS would like to announce that Tony VK5ZAI has received a special award
(also thanks to ARISS mentor and telebridge operator Shane VK4KHZ for
letting us know): (***)
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Congratulations to Tony Hutchison VK5ZAI in being recognised and awarded the
Order of Australia medal?(AM)?in the June 8th Queens Birthday honours list.
(***)
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Well done Tony!
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Mr James Anthony HUTCHISON
Kingston SE SA 5275
For significant service to amateur radio, particularly to satellite and
space communication.
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For those that don't know what Tony has done, here a few stats.? He has
mentored 65 ARISS schools and been the telebridge station for 58 ARISS
contacts.? Plus he was very involved with SAREX.
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For even more info on Tony, check out these webpages (there are many more):
http://www.electric-web.org/amateur_index.htm??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chcgLwFy1v0??
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-06/nasa-considers-amateur-radio-buff-part-
of-astronaut-family/11530046
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The actual announcement can be found on page 7 of 28 at:
https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-06/QB2020%20Gazette%20-%20O%20o
f%20A.PDF
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A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the
telebridge from their own home.
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Looking for some stay at home activities related to science and for when you
are not playing on your radio?? Check out these links:??
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>From ARISS Vice Chair Oliver Amend DG6BCE: ESA Astronauts to offer
inspiration during isolation in????? #SpaceConnectsUs
https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Astronauts_to_offer_inspiration_during_isolation_
in_SpaceConnectsU
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Celestron, the telescope, microscope, and sports optics folks, now has
something called #STEMINYOURBACKYARD that you can find on Instagram,
Facebook, or Twitter.? By the way, I don't work for Celestron or have any
business dealings with them and this is just something I saw.? Apparently
there are 10 free STEM activities covering Astronomy, Nature and Wildlife,
and The Microscopic World.? Check out:?
https://www.celestron.com/blogs/news/discover-stem-in-your-backyard
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NASA has a STEM page with fun activities to do at home.? Check out
https://www.nasa.gov/stem
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ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the
public in general.? As such, we may have last minute cancellations or
postponements of school contacts.? As always, I will try to provide everyone
with near-real-time updates.?
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The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19:?
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Postponed:
No additional schools
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Cancelled:
No additional schools
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The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
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Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also.
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Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at
https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
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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.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
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The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2020-06-09 01:00 UTC. (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
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https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-05-17 11:30 UTC.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
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The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at
https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
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ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
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The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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Message to US Educators
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ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
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The Proposal Window of February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 has now closed.
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For future proposal information and more details such as expectations,
proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information
Webinars, go to www.ariss.org.
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Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education@?????.???.
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About ARISS:
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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
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, engineering, 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.
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ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
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Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board
the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from
September to October and from February to April.
Please refer to details and the application form at
www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email
to:? school.selection.manager@????????.???
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ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and
Australia and Russia)
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Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by
filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate
regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically
listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are
unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada
representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate
coordinator.
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For the application, go to:? https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.
ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to:
ve3tbd@?????.???
ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to:
ariss@???????.???? Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/
ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/
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ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.?
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.? Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@?????.??? or aj9n@???.???.
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Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. ?That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/
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Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
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Looking for something new to do?? How about receiving DATV from the ISS??
Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for
troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest
news on the troubleshooting efforts.?
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If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details.?
Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.????????????
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http://www.ariss-eu.org/
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If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
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The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
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Francesco IK?WGF with 140
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138
Sergey RV3DR with 133
Gaston ON4WF with 123
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The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
?
?
?
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1389.
Each school counts as 1 event.??????????????????????????????????
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1322.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.
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A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
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Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
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The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and
the Virgin Islands.
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QSL information may be found at:
https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
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ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
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Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction.
rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
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https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 62 now on orbit
Chris Cassidy KF5KDR
Anatoli Ivanishin
Ivan Vagner
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SpaceX-Demo2 now on orbit
Welcome aboard!
Bob Behnken KE5GGX
Doug Hurley
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 21:08:41 +0100
From: David Johnson <dave@?????.??.??>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube Data Warehouse Testing
Message-ID: <064E74CB-2677-4D5E-A010-DDA238BEBE68@?????.??.??>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi,
I am doing some testing to correct a problem with recovering fitter messages
from FC1.
If you could spare data from a pass or two to point to the test server, I
should appreciate it.
Change the URL in the dashboard to:
http://data.g4dpz.me.uk
and then change it back to
http://data.amsat-uk.org
when you have sent some data.
I will move the scores across to the main site afterwards.
Many thanks
73
Dave, G4DPZ
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 20:00:20 -0700
From: Michelle Thompson <mountain.michelle@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yasme Foundation Awards Grant to Open Research
Institute
Message-ID:
<CACvjz2Uq+31-pt3tJf6oqa3Ld8ogkaVgsNcj18yyK7YGCdEywg@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Good news!
https://openresearch.institute/2020/06/10/yasme-foundation-generously-awards-g
rant-to-ori/
Yasme Foundation Generously Awards a $30,000 Grant to Support the Open
Research Institute (ORI) Amateur Radio Satellite Service Research and
Development Program
ORI, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to open source research and development in
amateur radio, has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Yasme Foundation.
This grant completes the Phase 1 fundraising campaign and allows ORI?s
communications prototype work for geosynchronous and interplanetary amateur
radio satellites to proceed.
Combined with the ARRL Foundation?s recent maximum grant of $3,000, the
$14,000 in proceeds from ORI?s successful Trans-Ionospheric electronic
badge fundraiser, and many deeply appreciated individual donations, a total
of $51,490 was raised for Phase 1 of the Digital Multiplex Transponder
research and development program.
A project that will directly and immediately benefit from this work
includes the Amateur Radio Exploration (AREx) project, brought to you by
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS).
AREx is devoted to designing and building amateur radio equipment for the
Lunar Orbiting Platform Gateway project. This lunar orbiting station will
have open source broadband microwave amateur equipment and affordable open
source ground stations. AREx is not limited to Gateway, as there are many
other opportunities under consideration that can re-use all of the work.
All work completed by ORI is made available to the general public at no
cost.
The Yasme Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation organized to
support scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio,
including DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction and
promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. Yasme supports various
projects relating to amateur radio, with an emphasis on developing amateur
radio in emerging countries and encouraging youth participation in amateur
radio.
The Yasme Foundation makes supporting grants to individuals and
organizations providing or creating useful services for the amateur radio
community. Regardless of originality or novelty, Yasme supports these
programs in order to further the development of amateur radio around the
world.
The global perspective and commitment to authentic, accessible, and
sustainable amateur radio training and experience puts Yasme Foundation
into the rare category of organizations that provide true and broad public
benefit.
Find out more about the Yasme Foundation here: https://www.yasme.org/
ARISS is the home for AREx. ARISS can be found on the web at
https://www.ariss.org/
JAMSAT supports AREx and has partnered with ORI to work on the Gateway
Ground Station, which also directly benefits from this grant. JAMSAT can be
found on the web at
https://www.jamsat.or.jp
Open Research Institute supports AREx and open source amateur radio
research & development, primarily microwave.
Find ORI on the web at
https://openresearch.institute
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 23:19:22 -0400
From: Mark Hammond <marklhammond@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-92 in mode L/v at 0319utc for 24 hours 10 June
20
Message-ID: <56583ec2-1294-5d54-5407-8f3662a3ac71@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Happy L-band!
--
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 08:16:11 -0500
From: Bruce <kk5do@????.???>
To: Michelle Thompson <mountain.michelle@?????.???>, AMSAT BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yasme Foundation Awards Grant to Open Research
Institute
Message-ID: <c88db603-b8ac-a046-89e8-34f013ebbc78@????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
That is good news. Hope the work is fruitful.
73...bruce
On 6/9/2020 10:00 PM, Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Good news!
>
>
https://openresearch.institute/2020/06/10/yasme-foundation-generously-awards-g
rant-to-ori/
>
> Yasme Foundation Generously Awards a $30,000 Grant to Support the Open
> Research Institute (ORI) Amateur Radio Satellite Service Research and
> Development Program
>
> ORI, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to open source research and development in
> amateur radio, has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Yasme Foundation.
> This grant completes the Phase 1 fundraising campaign and allows ORI?s
> communications prototype work for geosynchronous and interplanetary amateur
> radio satellites to proceed.
>
> Combined with the ARRL Foundation?s recent maximum grant of $3,000, the
> $14,000 in proceeds from ORI?s successful Trans-Ionospheric electronic
> badge fundraiser, and many deeply appreciated individual donations, a total
> of $51,490 was raised for Phase 1 of the Digital Multiplex Transponder
> research and development program.
>
> A project that will directly and immediately benefit from this work
> includes the Amateur Radio Exploration (AREx) project, brought to you by
> Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS).
> AREx is devoted to designing and building amateur radio equipment for the
> Lunar Orbiting Platform Gateway project. This lunar orbiting station will
> have open source broadband microwave amateur equipment and affordable open
> source ground stations. AREx is not limited to Gateway, as there are many
> other opportunities under consideration that can re-use all of the work.
>
> All work completed by ORI is made available to the general public at no
> cost.
>
> The Yasme Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation organized to
> support scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio,
> including DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction and
> promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. Yasme supports various
> projects relating to amateur radio, with an emphasis on developing amateur
> radio in emerging countries and encouraging youth participation in amateur
> radio.
>
> The Yasme Foundation makes supporting grants to individuals and
> organizations providing or creating useful services for the amateur radio
> community. Regardless of originality or novelty, Yasme supports these
> programs in order to further the development of amateur radio around the
> world.
>
> The global perspective and commitment to authentic, accessible, and
> sustainable amateur radio training and experience puts Yasme Foundation
> into the rare category of organizations that provide true and broad public
> benefit.
>
> Find out more about the Yasme Foundation here: https://www.yasme.org/
>
> ARISS is the home for AREx. ARISS can be found on the web at
> https://www.ariss.org/
>
> JAMSAT supports AREx and has partnered with ORI to work on the Gateway
> Ground Station, which also directly benefits from this grant. JAMSAT can be
> found on the web at
> https://www.jamsat.or.jp
>
> Open Research Institute supports AREx and open source amateur radio
> research & development, primarily microwave.
> Find ORI on the web at
> https://openresearch.institute
> _______________________________________________
> 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
--
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020
ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*
Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News
http://www.arrl.org
AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:14:38 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@????.???>
To: ans@?????.???? AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-162 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - 38th
Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Moving to
Virtual Event
Message-ID:
<CABzOSOqeMA4jjTP4MDwA_fW9=hZURYcOPc3X-YUar-UHQhXkLQ@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-162
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:
* 38th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Moving
to Virtual Event
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-162.01
ANS-162 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 162.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE June 10, 2020
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-162.01
38th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Moving to
Virtual Event
The 38th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting in-
person event scheduled to be held in Bloomington, Minnesota has been
canceled. The event will be shifted to a virtual, online platform.
This comes after a decision made between AMSAT's Senior Leadership and
Board of Directors in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While
AMSAT recognizes the national challenges related to recent events in
Minneapolis, they have no bearing on the Symposium decision
whatsoever. We anticipate holding 2021's Annual Space Symposium at the
previously announced 2020 venue.
The in-person event was scheduled to occur Friday, October 16th -
Sunday, October 18th. As the 2020 virtual event plans are developed,
they will be announced via the usual AMSAT channels.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office 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 addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
73 and Remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space,
This week's ANS Contributing Editor,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 02:52:28 +0000 (UTC)
From: Robert Bankston <ke4al@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Member Portal Huge Success!
Message-ID: <410572851.2549238.1591843948018@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
It?s been 41 days since I first launched AMSAT?s new, online Member Total.?
In that short time, 1,060 members have logged in, and we added 254 new and
previously expired members to our ranks.
? ?
A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into transitioning our old dBase4
database into our new online Member Portal.? It has been a humbling
experience to see everything come together and the expanded services we can
now offer our Members.
??
While my original plan was to spend the first couple of months getting our
members signed up, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, took the initiative to collect,
capture and upload all of The AMSAT Journals, dating back to 2014, to make
them accessible to our members.? In addition, Paul also made added AMSAT?s
latest Amateur Satellite Frequency Guide as a member only benefit.? This was
a huge effort and added a lot of value for our members.? Be sure to thank
Paul for making it happen.
??
To all of the members who have already signed up on the new AMSAT Member
Portal and those who I have exchanged emails with, I thank you.? I hope the
level of our service lives up to your expectations.
??
For those who have not signed up, what are you waiting for?? It?s a fairly
simple process and only takes a few minutes of your time.
??
It is important that each and every member log in and MAKE SURE YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION IS UP TO DATE.? While you?re there, take a moment to download
the current satellite frequency guide, the stroll on over to The AMSAT
Journal Archive.
??
If you not a member, there is no better time to join.? Visit launch.amsat.org
??
73,
? Robert Bankston, KE4AL?
? Vice-President, User Services?
? Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 09:22:23 -0400
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@?????.???>
To: Robert Bankston <ke4al@?????.???>, Robert Bankston
<ke4al@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Member Portal Huge Success!
Message-ID:
<CAPRXzyq98Uj3uqynr9NEMoo7e45ERpeMLOCN22ouQq1hAYFZTg@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Robert, this is fantastic. Thanks for the endless hours you have put into
this (and Paul N8HM, too!). The new portal is so nice. It's great having
the ability to keep information up to date, and to have access to back
issues of the Journal. Renewing or joining is easy.
Bravo! How in the world you made enough time during the what must be the
longest tax season on record is beyond me. And you're still on the air, to
boot! Thanks for giving of your time and expertise.
73,
Mark N8MH
AMSAT Director, Command Station
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 10:53 PM Robert Bankston via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> It?s been 41 days since I first launched AMSAT?s new, online Member
> Total. In that short time, 1,060 members have logged in, and we added 254
> new and previously expired members to our ranks.
>
> A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into transitioning our old dBase4
> database into our new online Member Portal. It has been a humbling
> experience to see everything come together and the expanded services we can
> now offer our Members.
>
> While my original plan was to spend the first couple of months getting our
> members signed up, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, took the initiative to collect,
> capture and upload all of The AMSAT Journals, dating back to 2014, to make
> them accessible to our members. In addition, Paul also made added AMSAT?s
> latest Amateur Satellite Frequency Guide as a member only benefit. This
> was a huge effort and added a lot of value for our members. Be sure to
> thank Paul for making it happen.
>
> To all of the members who have already signed up on the new AMSAT Member
> Portal and those who I have exchanged emails with, I thank you. I hope the
> level of our service lives up to your expectations.
>
> For those who have not signed up, what are you waiting for? It?s a fairly
> simple process and only takes a few minutes of your time.
>
> It is important that each and every member log in and MAKE SURE YOUR
> CONTACT INFORMATION IS UP TO DATE. While you?re there, take a moment to
> download the current satellite frequency guide, the stroll on over to The
> AMSAT Journal Archive.
>
> If you not a member, there is no better time to join. Visit
> launch.amsat.org
>
>
> 73,
>
> Robert Bankston, KE4AL
> Vice-President, User Services
> Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
> _______________________________________________
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Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 09:48:24 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@????.???>
To: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@?????.???>
Cc: Robert Bankston <ke4al@?????.???>, AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Member Portal Huge Success!
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It's great to see the years of work behind this transition all finally come
together! Robert was the key person in getting this system implemented,
but, as with anything, it was a team effort involving several people,
including:
Clayton Coleman, W5PFG - Our now-President originally proposed a managed
membership solution to resolve the problems we ran into for several years
while attempting to build our own membership solution using open-source
tools. Robert took the ball and ran with it.
Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P - Our IT team lead who has provided an immense amount
of support and leadership for our IT systems for many years.
Matt Alberti, KM4EXS - An invaluable member of our IT team.
Martha Saragovitz - Our long-time office manager.
As far as content - I have made all the Journals from 2014-present
available for members via the portal. My plan is to get all AMSAT
periodicals ever published available from 1969 to the present. However, our
archives have a gap. If anyone has copies of The AMSAT Journal, The Amateur
Satellite Report, or other AMSAT periodical from 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, or
1992, please let me know. In the short term, you should expect to see other
resources made available very soon.
73,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
Executive Vice President
AMSAT
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:23 AM Mark L. Hammond via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> Robert, this is fantastic. Thanks for the endless hours you have put into
> this (and Paul N8HM, too!). The new portal is so nice. It's great having
> the ability to keep information up to date, and to have access to back
> issues of the Journal. Renewing or joining is easy.
>
> Bravo! How in the world you made enough time during the what must be the
> longest tax season on record is beyond me. And you're still on the air, to
> boot! Thanks for giving of your time and expertise.
>
>
> 73,
> Mark N8MH
> AMSAT Director, Command Station
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 10:53 PM Robert Bankston via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> > It?s been 41 days since I first launched AMSAT?s new, online Member
> > Total. In that short time, 1,060 members have logged in, and we added
> 254
> > new and previously expired members to our ranks.
> >
> > A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into transitioning our old dBase4
> > database into our new online Member Portal. It has been a humbling
> > experience to see everything come together and the expanded services we
> can
> > now offer our Members.
> >
> > While my original plan was to spend the first couple of months getting
> our
> > members signed up, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, took the initiative to collect,
> > capture and upload all of The AMSAT Journals, dating back to 2014, to
> make
> > them accessible to our members. In addition, Paul also made added
> AMSAT?s
> > latest Amateur Satellite Frequency Guide as a member only benefit. This
> > was a huge effort and added a lot of value for our members. Be sure to
> > thank Paul for making it happen.
> >
> > To all of the members who have already signed up on the new AMSAT Member
> > Portal and those who I have exchanged emails with, I thank you. I hope
> the
> > level of our service lives up to your expectations.
> >
> > For those who have not signed up, what are you waiting for? It?s a
> fairly
> > simple process and only takes a few minutes of your time.
> >
> > It is important that each and every member log in and MAKE SURE YOUR
> > CONTACT INFORMATION IS UP TO DATE. While you?re there, take a moment to
> > download the current satellite frequency guide, the stroll on over to The
> > AMSAT Journal Archive.
> >
> > If you not a member, there is no better time to join. Visit
> > launch.amsat.org
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Robert Bankston, KE4AL
> > Vice-President, User Services
> > Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
> >
>
>
> --
> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
> _______________________________________________
> 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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