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Today's Topics:
1. ARISS News Release No. 20-12 (David Jordan)
2. Re: HEO & Geo Orbits, (W3AB/GEO)
3. Bod meetings (Pgprendergast)
4. DIWATA-2B (PO-101) - Tone setting in SubTone.sqf (Rafael Pena)
5. A few minor nit-picks about the AMSAT Status webpage
(Loren M. Lang)
6. ARISS News Release No. 20-12 (David Jordan)
7. Next steps for open source satellite regulatory relief
(Michelle Thompson)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 03:09:19 +0000 (UTC)
From: David Jordan <n4csitwo@?????????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release No. 20-12
Message-ID: <1059428951.4024794.1597979359585@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
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ARISS News
Release???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?????????????????????????????????? No.?? 20-12??????
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@?????.???
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FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
?
?
ARISS Contact Scheduledfor Students, Faculty at i-Educate Conference,
Hosted byQueensland Government Department of Education, Brisbane, Australia
?
August20, 2020?Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has
receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts.
ARISS is thegroup that puts together special amateur radio contacts between
students aroundthe globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the
International Space Station (ISS).
?
This will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio and studentswill take
turns asking their questions of ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio
callsign KF5KDR. There will be a live closed videolink, and 500 educators
tied into the conference will watch the students. FredKemmerer, call sign
AB1OC, in New Hampshire (USA) will serve as the relayground station. Shane
Lynd, call sign VK4KHZ in Australia will be themoderator. Bob Pitman, call
signVK4DA in Australia will distribute live audio via Echolink *HAM* ?69556,
IRLP 9556, and AllStar 48820 49903.
?
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for August24, 2020 at 7:32 pm in
Brisbane (09:32 UTC,?5:32 am EDT,?4:32 amCDT, 03:32 am MDT and 02:32 am PDT).
?
This contact is in conjunction with the online i-Educate 2020 Conference
sponsored by the Department of Education,Queensland Government in Brisbane,
Australia. The purpose of the weeklong conferenceis for school digital
leaders to present interactive solutions in online workshopsettings to
demonstrate to educators and school staff how to enrich
technology-learningoutcomes in classrooms and increase STEM availability
awareness in schools. ????
????
_____________________________.
?
Astime allows, students will ask these questions:
?
1. What was the mainambition or reason for going to the ISS in the first
place?
2. What was it likesee space for the first time?
3. Do you ever havearguments?
4. Did you have anyissues (personal, technical) whilst flying up towards the
ISS?
5. Was your childhooddream being a pilot and this is the progression, or did
you always dream ofgoing into space?
6. What mindset doyou need to have to be an astronaut?
7. How did you becomeinterested in being an astronaut?
8. Circa what year doyou predict space hotels will be physically possible to
achieve? And do youthink these space stations are the first steps towards
developing said hotels?
9. When you are inspace, you orbit the Earth incredibly fast. Because of
this, has yourperception of time changed since being in space? If so, how is
it different?
10. How do you keeppersonal hygiene up to standards e.g. how you go for a
shower/bath, toilet, andshaving?
11. Have you had alife threatening experience on the space station?
12. How does it feelto be isolated in space, knowing there isn?t anyone else
around you exceptyourself and fellow crew mates?
13. During yourlaunch windows there have been several technical delays, how
do you deal withthe build-up and then let down of your emotions in these
events?
14. What will youmiss the most about life on the ISS when you return to Earth?
15. You were a NavySeal, what brought you across to NASA and spaceflight?
16. What is it likegoing on a spacewalk for the first time?
17. How do youmaintain a positive mindset and good mental health in space,
for example withthe global pandemic of COVID-19 how are you coping with
being such a distanceaway from the people you love and care about?
18. What were youremotions during lift off?
?
?
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station(ISS).? In the United States,
sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and
NASA?s SpaceCommunications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS
is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and
mathematicstopics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between
crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio
contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities learn about space,
space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org
MediaContact:
DaveJordan, AA4KN
ARISSPR
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Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS
and@????????????.
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 20:55:37 -0700
From: W3AB/GEO <w3ab@?????.???>
To: Jerry Buxton <n0jy@?????.???>
Cc: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] HEO & Geo Orbits,
Message-ID: <efdb829a-dcb0-4e34-abc9-aad8ea3e8bf9@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Jerry,
Thank you for your clarification. I for one appreciates it.
?___
Sent from my two way wrist watch
73 de W3AB/GEO?
On Aug 20, 2020, 17:44, at 17:44, Jerry Buxton via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>On 8/19/2020 22:51, Jim Walls via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> It may not have been YOUR suggestion, but I recall that one has been
>> answered.? As I recall reading here, AMSAT HAS been in contact with
>> various launch providers.? And no, I'm not going to do the research
>> for you to find it (I don't keep all messages on this reflector).
>True.? And many of the new LV companies have contacted us/me regarding
>their services both new and in development.
>These are the movers and shakers although that definition probably
>varies with the individuals who ask this question and my use of it
>here.
>
>With the current demand for small satellite launches to LEO and the
>situation regarding orbital debris, most of the new entries into the
>launch industry are targeting low, Low Earth Orbit of 450-500 km.?
>There
>are two good reasons for that.? One, these orbits take less fuel
>mass/volume and smaller engines to reach.? Two these orbits provide
>maybe 2-3 years of orbit lifetime which is favorable with the orbital
>debris regulations.
>In the latter, we are and have for many years been very good stewards
>of
>the orbital debris requirements with absolutely no rogue intentions and
>a record that has earned us opportunities to look for high orbits.? In
>the former, we don't wish to go to those altitudes right now and the
>clamor of public opinion here and elsewhere supports that point.
>And so, while I am happy in knowing that AMSAT has a reputation that
>warrants contact from at least some of these new movers and shakers,
>they are not able to help us at this time.
>
>There is also the process of gaining a ride on a launch vehicle and I
>think that a lot of our members probably consider the launch provider
>to
>be ULA, or SpaceX, ISRO, or our latest with Virgin Orbit.? And in all
>four (covering five launches), Fox-1A & Fox-1B, Fox-1Cliff, Fox-1D, and
>Fox-1E, respectively, in none of the launches is AMSAT dealing directly
>with any of those launch vehicle providers.? Launch providers are NASA
>through the ELaNa program on ULA and VO and Spaceflight through their
>rideshare contracts with ISRO and SpaceX.? Further, we then work with
>the payload integrator for that launch, Cal Poly, Tyvak, and TriSept
>for
>the ELaNa launches and another division of Spaceflight for their ISRO
>and SpaceX launches (that we purchased).
>
>I have had the pleasure of meeting folks who work for ULA and SpaceX,
>and look forward to the same with Virgin Orbit soon, at integration but
>none are anywhere near the top of their corporation especially in the
>context that I think "movers and shakers" is meant with these
>corporations.
>Short of an invitation to a gala or otherwise someone who knows any of
>those company senior officers or directors, there is no chance to ask
>if
>they can extend a hand to AMSAT and just get us a ride please because
>we
>are a bunch of good guys and gals.? And I have been in situations to
>ask
>those not that high up because hey, it never hurts to ask, right?? And
>their answer if any usually is exactly what works so well for their
>industry; that we should contact one of the launch providers.
>
>Consider what it might be like, were we able to ask Tony Bruno for
>another ride on a ULA vehicle as a bit of a favor toward the good
>things
>that us bunch of good guys and gals do for a sliver of the world
>population, and he said yes!
>I don't mean what it might be like for us, although that probably
>follows a lot like what it would be like for ULA; having given a small
>group a favor of a million dollars of launch in an act of compassion
>and
>charity, and it being quite public of course since AMSAT has trouble
>staying mum even when specifically told to by launch providers,
>suddenly
>15,000 other organizations who deem themselves worthy of Tony or Elon
>or
>Sir Richard sharing a bit of that type of charity with them come out of
>the woodwork and bombard them with requests.? That later turn into
>demands, that later turn into vilification...
>Of course they then include AMSAT in that vilification because we got
>something they can't have and that's not fair!
>And we have all seen classic examples of all three of that progression
>of love and teamwork on -bb lately, so you know what I mean.
>
>My money is on Tony and the others most certainly having considered
>that
>same scenario no matter who asks the favor, and that's why even if you
>or I got to have two minutes with any of them at a gala some night it's
>very likely that they will refer us to a launch provider, maybe put in
>a
>plug for their favorite since they know now that we talked that we are
>just a bunch of good guys and gals.? I'll also bet a small amount that
>it is the reason that Elon launched his car, since the questions came
>up
>about how ham radio could have been there and why not, at that time
>too.? Can't upset anyone by using that space for a great big publicity
>stunt, eh?
>
>As Joe mentioned in his reply to GEO (George?) he is not the first to
>ask and we have been in contact and remain active with our connections
>and new connections that come along in the launch game.? We would not
>be
>doing our job if we did not and besides, it's part of the fun of this
>aspect of amateur radio to have the standing to be able to meet and
>talk
>to many different folks about (especially) cheap rides to places very
>high up.? Ask any of our launch providers and at least privately,
>because of their NDAs of course, they might share the fact that have
>and
>continue to ask and explore opportunities, even those that might be a
>"what if" just to look for any openings.
>
>Of course few of you know all of this, and it probably only comes up in
>detail when this question inevitably comes around again.? I mention or
>allude to it in the Journal or talks now and then, but of course none
>of
>it is even in detail until something is signed.? Only fools brag about
>that which they do not yet hold in their hand, or at least I think
>that's true because I have burned myself and embarrassed others
>(organizations too) by being too confident.
>
>I'll QRT with little aside, the meeting that I will remember best out
>of
>all of them in our adventures to orbit is the one at the Fox-1A (AO-85)
>launch, which was an Air Force launch carrying NRO stuff on a ULA
>rocket
>(so you kinda get the big launch provider picture I mentioned).?
>The Captain in charge of that Air Force mission was there and I got to
>talk to him at the launch party.? His name?? Captain Kirk.?
>This part of the amateur radio hobby just doesn't get any more fun than
>that.
>
>73, and thank you all for your support.
>
>Jerry Buxton, N?JY
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>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!
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 07:33:52 -0400
From: Pgprendergast <pgprendergast@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Bod meetings
Message-ID: <CE1DDF2C-6A06-4D35-AEB4-C85B4EABD17D@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
After reading many posts it appears many confuse the purpose of a bod.
The frequent calls for frequent meetings suggest that many people feel the
bod is a so called operations committee instead of what a bod is supposed to
be.
The bod should only set the mission vision and values of the organization.
Further the bod is exclusively responsible for holding the directors and
officers accountable for delivering on those goals.
If the bod has to meet ?frequently ? then something is amiss
Some current bod members clearly demonstrate a lack of understanding between
engaging in operations and providing leadership
Peter
W2PP
Life Member
Sent from my iPhone
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:42:56 +0000
From: Rafael Pena <pinoleronica@???????.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>, Charles Reiche
<charlieray@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] DIWATA-2B (PO-101) - Tone setting in SubTone.sqf
Message-ID:
<DM5PR03MB3228E8D8B0B62662E2FE28E7C65B0@?????????????.????????.????.???????.??
?>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Charles, it worked this time! I had rem out one in lieu of the other (the
one you provided). I reset it. I've just worked a pass of the sat (though
briefly)...
73 / Rafael / NN3RP
Message: 5
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:52:56 -0400
From: Charles Reiche <charlieray@?????.???>
To: Rafael Pena <pinoleronica@???????.???>
Cc: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] DIWATA-2B (PO-101) - Tone setting in
SubTone.sqf
Message-ID:
<CAMkCmDrk44fL9HgBhBG0-WQOyU_nbrRc77aaUtHZzDjw2j+scg@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi Rafael,
I've been using:
PO-101,141.3,$3F,1
and it works on my 9700.
Make sure "PO-101" is the full name in your keps file or rename your
subtone.sqf entry to match the keps name
Parameter 3 and 4 ($3F and after) should be ignored by the software as
those are for Yaesu and Kenwood.
73
N3CRT
Charles Reiche
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 7:45 PM Rafael Pena via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
>
> This might have been discuss / addressed before. I tried searching the
> BB but I could not find a search engine?
>
> I am using new Icom 9700 (yeay!) and I have not been able to TX on the
> above subject sat. The T for tone in the software comes on automatically
> with T1. My Tone setting in the SubTone.sqf file is:
>
> PO-101,141.3,$08,22
>
> I also use: PO-101,141.3,$3F,1
> to no avail.
>
> Any tips are appreciated.
>
> Rafael / NN3RP
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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: 5
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:27:14 -0700
From: "Loren M. Lang" <penguin359@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] A few minor nit-picks about the AMSAT Status
webpage
Message-ID:
<CACymvmeQvCOxjnrGq==m5RHi3bvmxYL0KyJjM6VYQJCvg9ugdw@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Nothing major, just a few small nitpicky items I noticed while developing
my App for the AMSAT Status webpage. The first is that the quarter hours
are not perfectly equal. That they are listed as:
:00-15
:16-30
:31-45
:46-59
I popped out because it didn't quite align with my time-picker widget that
goes 0, 15, 30, 45. The minutes should really be either:
00-14
15-29
30-44
45-59
Or:
01-15
16-30
31-45
46-00
If they are all perfectly 15 minutes long. My widget automatically selects
the current quarter hour when it's loaded. Though, it is a pretty minor
issue.
The other item I would like to see changed is the return of a test
satellite or two. There used to be AO-98 and AO-99, I believe, before those
numbers became real satellites that were advertised as being for testing
purposes. It would be nice to have something I could put in there for
testing that would also be select-able from the AMSAT API at
/status/api/v1/sat_info.php that I could use to provide automated testing
of my App. It doesn't necessarily have to show on the main page as long as
I can pull it back down through the API so I can automate release testing
whenever I provide an update.
Thanks for providing this great service!
73s,
-Loren
K7IW
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 03:54:09 +0000 (UTC)
From: David Jordan <n4csitwo@?????????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release No. 20-12
Message-ID: <1184987813.4372655.1598068449212@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
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ARISS News
Release???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?????????????????????????????????? No.?? 20-12??????
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@?????.???
?
?
?
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
?
?
ARISS Contact Scheduledfor Students, Faculty at i-Educate Conference,
Hosted byQueensland Government Department of Education, Brisbane, Australia
?
August20, 2020?Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has
receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts.
ARISS is thegroup that puts together special amateur radio contacts between
students aroundthe globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the
International Space Station (ISS).
?
This will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio and studentswill take
turns asking their questions of ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio
callsign KF5KDR. There will be a live closed videolink, and 500 educators
tied into the conference will watch the students. FredKemmerer, call sign
AB1OC, in New Hampshire (USA) will serve as the relayground station. Shane
Lynd, call sign VK4KHZ in Australia will be themoderator. Bob Pitman, call
signVK4DA in Australia will distribute live audio via Echolink *HAM* ?69556,
IRLP 9556, and AllStar 48820 49903.
?
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for August24, 2020 at 7:32 pm in
Brisbane (09:32 UTC,?5:32 am EDT,?4:32 amCDT, 03:32 am MDT and 02:32 am PDT).
?
This contact is in conjunction with the online i-Educate 2020 Conference
sponsored by the Department of Education,Queensland Government in Brisbane,
Australia. The purpose of the weeklong conferenceis for school digital
leaders to present interactive solutions in online workshopsettings to
demonstrate to educators and school staff how to enrich
technology-learningoutcomes in classrooms and increase STEM availability
awareness in schools. ????
_____________________________.
?
Astime allows, students will ask these questions:
?
1. What was the mainambition or reason for going to the ISS in the first
place?
2. What was it likesee space for the first time?
3. Do you ever havearguments?
4. Did you have anyissues (personal, technical) whilst flying up towards the
ISS?
5. Was your childhooddream being a pilot and this is the progression, or did
you always dream ofgoing into space?
6. What mindset doyou need to have to be an astronaut?
7. How did you becomeinterested in being an astronaut?
8. Circa what year doyou predict space hotels will be physically possible to
achieve? And do youthink these space stations are the first steps towards
developing said hotels?
9. When you are inspace, you orbit the Earth incredibly fast. Because of
this, has yourperception of time changed since being in space? If so, how is
it different?
10. How do you keeppersonal hygiene up to standards e.g. how you go for a
shower/bath, toilet, andshaving?
11. Have you had alife threatening experience on the space station?
12. How does it feelto be isolated in space, knowing there isn?t anyone else
around you exceptyourself and fellow crew mates?
13. During yourlaunch windows there have been several technical delays, how
do you deal withthe build-up and then let down of your emotions in these
events?
14. What will youmiss the most about life on the ISS when you return to Earth?
15. You were a NavySeal, what brought you across to NASA and spaceflight?
16. What is it likegoing on a spacewalk for the first time?
17. How do youmaintain a positive mindset and good mental health in space,
for example withthe global pandemic of COVID-19 how are you coping with
being such a distanceaway from the people you love and care about?
18. What were youremotions during lift off?
?
?
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station(ISS).? In the United States,
sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and
NASA?s SpaceCommunications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS
is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and
mathematicstopics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between
crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio
contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities learn about space,
space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org
.
?
MediaContact:
DaveJordan, AA4KN
ARISSPR
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS
and@????????????.
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 13:45:00 -0700
From: Michelle Thompson <mountain.michelle@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>, ans-editor@?????.?????????? BoD
<bod@?????.???>, Senior-officers <senior-officers@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Next steps for open source satellite regulatory
relief
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Greetings all!
Next steps for open source satellite regulatory relief, building on the
Final Determination letter from the US State Department, began Friday 21
August 2020.
1) A Commodity Classification Request to the US Commerce Department is
underway!
2) An Advisory Opinion request that this openly published work ceases to be
subject to the EAR will follow the classification request, and is already
underway as well.
The summary of the Commodity Jurisdiction request will eventually be
published by the State Department at
https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&sys_id=6ea6afdcdbc363005
29d368d7c96194b
And, our wonderful law firm says we are now able to publish the DS-4076.
Why?
1) info contained is already openly published
2) because the request was successful
The first reason is straightforward. Our designs and policies covered are
already published. This is not usually the case for a request. It is much
more common to have proprietary and confidential information presented for
a determination. There are "few to none" submission packets generally
published.
The second reason is because if a request is not successful then the
information contained within it may end up being controlled upon final
determination. So, if you publish before the final determination is made,
then there is a big risk that you have disclosed controlled information.
This was the most pressing reason not to publish the form until the
determination was made.
The lawyers did not recommend one way or another (let the State Department
Summary serve or publish the entire form in addition to the State
Department Summary). They left it up to those of us that commissioned the
work, which is customary. Since most of the team already wanted to release
the documents involved, the lawyers cleared the way, and we think it's a
good idea on general principals, it's at
https://github.com/phase4ground/documents/tree/master/Regulatory
Another part of the discussion with the law firm was how these results can
be best used by others. This has significant relevance in industry and
academia. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible to use the results.
There were three suggestions here.
1) Help people that have the money for it make additional similar filings.
2) Write about it in popular and technical press.
3) Write implementation guidelines and policies for others to adopt.
The goal of additional filings is to build a body of Final Determination
letters that solidly support open source work. This is somewhat similar to
the way patent portfolios work in commercial settings. It's the sort of
thing AMSAT can really help with, given the connections and legacy.
Writing about the determination helps build momentum and confidence. This
includes but is not limited to conference proceedings, newspaper tech
sections, and blogs.
"How to Comply" checklist and set of policies at a minimum would help
technical organizations snap into the zone. Making this accessible through
clear guidelines is, to me, a necessary step. The law firm will review them
before they are published.
This effort gives direct and large benefits to AMSAT in particular. It
allows free and open international collaboration, dramatically reduces
legal risks, increases the potential volunteer corps, simplifies
fundraising, and reduces management burdens.
The work applies to orbits besides GEO and technology besides DVB-S2/X.
Those that "insist" on extremely narrow final determinations can write
their own Commodity Jurisdictions requests and expect to get the same
result because they can use this one directly in their request as a
reference. As said before, additional filings would be of great benefit to
the community because a population of results strengthens the case for open
source work. However, additional filings are not strictly necessary to
completely reverse the ITAR/EAR situation at AMSAT.
The key to using this result, or any like it, is that the public domain
carve out is solid and provides a bright path out of a bad place. In order
to use it, one has to commit to open source policies and follow the law
with regard to what constitutes publishing. You do have to avoid the things
we specifically avoided. Those are going to be highlighted in the
guidelines. They are things that AMSAT engineering does not do in the first
place and will pose no impediment.
This final determination letter doesn't relieve anyone of having to file
for a license to take hardware out of the country, but that isn't
impossibly hard either. The word from experienced commercial and amateur
satellite builders is that the heavy lifting has been done and we are in a
"very improved" state.
There are several organizations that have gotten in touch about this to
collaborate and/or take advantage of it. I will do my best to get traction
in the commercial and industrial world as well as amateur and academic. I
will not give up until we have a situation where there is the absolute
minimum regulatory fear and risk for amateur volunteers, and we get the
maximum amount of free and open international technical cooperation.
This sort of work is the least I can do to pay it forward. Amateur radio
was the reason engineering became my vocation. Amateur radio is responsible
for a great deal of my personal success.
Thank you to those that have supported this effort. To everyone that voted
for me for AMSAT Director, this is what I was talking about delivering to
you as part of my campaign. I have faith that the organization will take
full advantage of it.
-Michelle W5NYV
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