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Today's Topics:
1. Re: ORI receives half million dollar grant, and, it's only
the first. (Bruce Perens)
2. Re: ORI receives half million dollar grant, and, it's only
the first. (Phil Karn)
3. Re: AMSAT D-Star talkgroups (Don KB2YSI)
4. Re: ORI receives half million dollar grant, and, it's only
the first. (Daniel Schultz)
5. Re: ORI receives half million dollar grant, and, it's only
the first. (Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL))
6. Re: ORI receives half million dollar grant, and, it's only
the first. (Diane Bruce)
7. Re: ORI receives half million dollar grant, and, it's only
the first. (Zach Metzinger)
8. 1.2G on LEO Pack (Jeff Davis)
9. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-12 20:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
10. AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin ANS-257 for September 13,
2020 (Frank Karnauskas)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:52:01 -0700
From: Bruce Perens <bruce@??????.???>
To: Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ORI receives half million dollar grant, and,
it's only the first.
Message-ID:
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Zach,
The purpose is not to berate AMSAT but to make a point - that AMSAT can
meet the requirements of ARDC and potentially have money for launches from
a source that is actually giving out money on that scale. But the cost for
AMSAT is running the project ITAR and EAR free, and producing the software
as Open Source and the design documents under creative commons.
Now, most people would say "Sure, let's do that, it's worth it. As it
happens, people here have just soundly rejected that plan.
At this point, AMSAT needs to make the decision to run some projects in
Open Source mode, or turn its back on the potential for million-dollar
checks. That is the point.
Thanks
Bruce
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 17:30:20 -0700
From: Phil Karn <karn@????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ORI receives half million dollar grant, and,
it's only the first.
Message-ID: <3f893202-7014-44a6-caad-1cfc0bc1fa9e@????.???>
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On 9/11/20 16:52, Bruce Perens via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> But the cost for
> AMSAT is running the project ITAR and EAR free, and producing the software
> as Open Source and the design documents under creative commons.
>
> Now, most people would say "Sure, let's do that, it's worth it. As it
Bruce, I hesitate to jump in here but I want to ask the others here a
sincere question:
Is AMSAT's hesitancy to embrace open project development due to a
continuing fear of export controls, or are there other reasons? Are
there ways to further resolve this fear and/or any other concerns about
going open?
Again, this is a completely honest question; I really don't know the
answer. Having some experience myself with the export control process, I
know how illogical, irrational and opaque the whole thing can be, and I
fully understand how it can play with everyone's minds.
So despite ORI's success in its ITAR commodity jurisdiction request I
can't fault AMSAT for still being hesitant to jump in with both feet. It
will probably take time for this development to be better understood by
everyone and for people to become comfortable with it. i also see
nothing to prevent AMSAT from filing its own CJRs for projects that it
proposes to do in the open. The more favorable rulings we get, the
better it will be for everyone.
ARDC certainly doesn't want to fund a project only to get the principals
in legal trouble. On the other hand, our policy of only funding open
development projects is non-negotiable. We certainly hope that AMSAT can
find a way to move forward with projects that can be developed under
open terms and we are as eager to evaluate their proposals as from
anyone else, and as we already have from ORI.
73, Phil
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 10:11:37 -0400
From: Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???>
To: "Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET" <wd9get@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT D-Star talkgroups
Message-ID:
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I only have experience with the D74a, after linking to the reflector, you
have to tell the radio to use the reflector.
On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 6:28 PM Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> I'm having trouble with the AMSAT D-Star reflectors. I can hear traffic
> with no difficulty, but I am not heard when I transmit. Other reflectors
> work fine (30C, 1C, 4B, etc). I've tried the various alternative
> reflectors that are hooked together (DCS, XLX, XRF systems using
> reflectors 28C, SAT, and SIN). When I transmit, the Pi-Star shows me
> getting into the hotspot and it shows the reflector connected. The
> gateway pages for the reflectors sometimes show me connected, sometimes
> they don't.
>
> My hotspot is a RPi 3 running Pi-Star 4.1.2 with a DVMega board
> (firmware 3.26) -- both the newest versions
> I've tried accessing the hotspot with both my TH-D74A and Icom ID-51A
> I use the Pi-Star interface to change reflectors
> I can use the AMSAT reflectors from my Windows computer with an AMBE
> stick and BlueDV
>
> If anyone has any insights as to why my transmissions aren't getting to
> the system I'd appreciate advice.
>
> Keith WD9GET
> _______________________________________________
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--
73,
Don KB2YSI
https://www.hamqth.com/kb2ysi
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 23:27:42 -0400
From: "Daniel Schultz" <n8fgv@???.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ORI receives half million dollar grant, and,
it's only the first.
Message-ID: <014yiLDAQ5120Set.1599881262@?????.???.???.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Going Open Source is the second thing that AMSAT needs to do. The first thing
is to learn how to govern the organization in an adult manner without all the
petty bickering and name calling of the past couple of months, no matter which
group wins the BOD election in a few days.
The more I learn about the secondary launch market as it exists today, the
more I must conclude that the only way that we will get a launch to HEO for a
satellite large enough to serve our needs will be to buy it on the commercial
launch market, and we are talking millions of dollars for that. Since we have
no generous Arab royalty on this side of the pond, it did not look very
hopeful that some rich benefactor would come to our aid. It still might be too
big of an ask, but the days of free satellite launches as "ballast" are far
behind us and we better learn to adapt to that reality.
Dan Schultz N8FGV
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Michael, W4HIJ, wrote:
It appears there are resources out there if AMSAT is willing to do what's
necessary to have access to them. I guess the question is what's that involve?
Is it simply just going open source or is there more to it than that? Are
there other stumbling blocks that they wouldn't be comfortable with for some
reason?
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 16:46:19 +0100
From: "Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL)" <peter@????????.??.??>
To: Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@?????.???>
Cc: Amsat <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ORI receives half million dollar grant, and,
it's only the first.
Message-ID:
<CAFvUaioQQGF-a8cijg-jPM34Cp2-QNpMnd2s6ORnmkmM9fEieg@????.?????.???>
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Zach,
no you summed it up for myself too.
Peter, 2M0SQL
On Sat, 12 Sep 2020, 00:30 Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB, <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
> On 2020-09-11 12:04, Bruce Perens via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>
> > OK, excuse me for having some fun with you. But there is an element of
> > truth in that.
>
> Bruce,
>
> I speak only for myself and on behalf of none.
>
> Irrespective of the bazillions that ARDC might be giving your
> organization, but I and I suspect many potential volunteers are being
> turned off by your incessant berating and criticizing of AMSAT (NA).
>
> I've got a fixed number of hours to volunteer, and I prefer to give
> those to an organization that isn't trying to undermine another. Live
> and let live, and "vote with your feet" as a friend used to say.
>
> ORI is not something I want to be associated with, at this point.
>
> 73,
>
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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: 6
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 12:15:19 -0400
From: Diane Bruce <db@??.???>
To: peter@??????.???? "Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL)" <peter@????????.??.??>
Cc: Amsat <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ORI receives half million dollar grant, and,
it's only the first.
Message-ID: <20200912161519.GA91299@?????.??.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 04:46:19PM +0100, Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL) via
AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Zach,
>
> no you summed it up for myself too.
>
> Peter, 2M0SQL
>
> On Sat, 12 Sep 2020, 00:30 Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB, <amsat-bb@?????.???>
> wrote:
>
> > On 2020-09-11 12:04, Bruce Perens via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> >
> > > OK, excuse me for having some fun with you. But there is an element of
> > > truth in that.
> >
> > Bruce,
> >
> > I speak only for myself and on behalf of none.
> >
> > Irrespective of the bazillions that ARDC might be giving your
> > organization, but I and I suspect many potential volunteers are being
> > turned off by your incessant berating and criticizing of AMSAT (NA).
> >
> > I've got a fixed number of hours to volunteer, and I prefer to give
> > those to an organization that isn't trying to undermine another. Live
> > and let live, and "vote with your feet" as a friend used to say.
It goes both ways. All the bickering at the ORI guys is turning me off
from AMSAT. I have at least one article in the journal, I helped fix
one article on the older website and I've handed out AMSAT material
at one hamfest but all you guys whinging and calling ORI folks names
makes me not want to be associated with you folks.
I think I can speak for everyone here that I am so looking forward to
when all this unpleasant stuff is off of the BB.
> > 73,
> >
> > --- Zach
> > N0ZGO
73, Diane VA3DB
--
- db@???????.??? db@??.??? http://www.db.net/~db
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 14:10:58 -0500
From: Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@?????.???>
To: Diane Bruce <db@??.???>, peter@??????.??????????? Goodhall
(2M0SQL)" <peter@????????.??.??>
Cc: Amsat <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ORI receives half million dollar grant, and,
it's only the first.
Message-ID: <870739af-f585-d6ce-3d67-90e4aecb0c02@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
On 09/12/20 11:15, Diane Bruce wrote:
> I think I can speak for everyone here that I am so looking forward to
> when all this unpleasant stuff is off of the BB.
Diane,
On this, we agree completely.
--- Zach
N0ZGO
(FreeBSD-er since sometime in the late 90's)
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 15:25:05 -0400
From: Jeff Davis <ke9v@???.???>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 1.2G on LEO Pack
Message-ID: <5A556B9B-89AE-4B4D-B392-BA367DF44C67@???.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Looking for links to photos of 1.2G antenna installed on the same boom as a
LEO Pack.
Thanks!
73 Jeff KE9V
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 20:14:23 +0000 (UTC)
From: <aj9n@???.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-12
20:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1285439323.1483267.1599941663968@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-12 20:00 UTC
?
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
Avellaneda Ikastetxea, Sodupe, Spain, telebridge via ZS6JON
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR
Contact is go for: Fri 2020-09-18 12:56:34 UTC 65 deg
?
Watch for live stream at:?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMDcOZOF2FE&feature=youtu.be (***)
?
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?
There is a new radio on board the ISS.? The Kenwood D710GA is now in use.?
The crossband repeater is now available when the radio is not being used for
ARISS school contacts.?
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The frequencies are 145.99 MHz up (67 tone) and 437.800 MHz down.? Watch the
Doppler on the downlink.?
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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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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.?
?
The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19:?
?
Postponed:
No new schools
?
Cancelled:
No new schools (***)
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?
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
?
Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also.
?
?
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
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)
?
?
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
?
The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2020-09-12 20:00 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.
?
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 2020-09-10 14:00 UTC.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
?
?
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
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)
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
?
Message to US Educators
?
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
The Proposal Window of February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 has now closed.
?
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.
?
Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education@?????.???.
?
About ARISS:
?
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)
?
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@????????.???
?
ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and
Australia and Russia)
?
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.
?
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@???.???.
?
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/
?
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.?
?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details.?
Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.????????????
?
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
?
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
?
?
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:
?
Francesco IK?WGF with 140
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138
Sergey RV3DR with 135
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 1398.
Each school counts as 1 event.??????????????????????????????????
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1331.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.
?
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
?
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
?
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
?
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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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 19:09:23 -0500
From: "Frank Karnauskas" <Frank@???????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin ANS-257 for
September 13, 2020
Message-ID: <001001d68962$24ad8440$6e088cc0$@???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-257
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and
information 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://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 dot org.
In this edition:
* Virtual 2020 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting on
October 17, 2020
* AMSAT Virtual Symposium Call for Papers
* Preparations Continue for World Radiocommunication Conference 2023
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for September 10, 2020
* AMSAT-DL Announces Virtual Satellite Symposium September 26, 2020
* AMSAT-UK Announces Colloquium 2020 October 11, 2020
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-257.01
ANS-257 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 257.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
September 13, 2020
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-257.01
Virtual 2020 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting on
October 17, 2020
The 2020 Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
will be held Saturday, October 17, 2020 from 9:00am CDT - 5:00pm CDT
(UTC -5). Symposium presentations will be a combination of
pre-recorded and live video segments along with question and answer
sessions held via a Zoom meeting. The tentative schedule is:
9:00am CDT
Opening Remarks
9:15am CDT - 12:45pm CDT
General Presentations
1:00pm CDT - 2:00pm CDT
AMSAT Education / CubeSat Simulator
2:00pm CDT - 3:00pm CDT
ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station)/
AREx (Amateur Radio Exploration)
3:00pm CDT - 4:00pm CDT
AMSAT Engineering
4:00pm CDT - 5:00pm CDT
2020 AMSAT Annual General Meeting
The Symposium will be streamed free of charge on AMSAT's YouTube
account. Registered attendees will receive a digital copy of the
AMSAT Symposium Proceedings and will be entitled to join the Zoom
meeting and participate in the question and answer sessions.
Registered attendees will also be entered into prize drawings.
Registration is free and available only for AMSAT members at
https://launch.amsat.org/Events.
Registration will close on Friday, October 16 at 5:00pm CDT.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]
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AMSAT Virtual Symposium Call for Papers
Proposals for papers and Symposium 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.
Final papers for the Symposium Proceedings must be submitted by
October 5, 2020 to Dan Schultz, N8FGV at n8fgv@???.???. Symposium
presentations should be limited to 15 minutes of pre-recorded video.
Video presentations must be submitted by October 10, 2020 to
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM at n8hm@????.???. We ask that presenters be
available to take questions via Zoom following the airing of their
pre-recorded video.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office
is closed until further notice. For details, please visit
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/
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Preparations Continue for World Radiocommunication Conference 2023
Preparations for World Radiocommunication Conference 2023
(WRC-23) go forward, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
continues its efforts to protect amateur and amateur-satellite
allocations. The international conference, which generally takes
place every 4 years, is sponsored by the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU).
IARU participated in the first online meeting of Project Team A
(PTA) of the WRC-23 CEPT Conference Preparatory Group (CPG),
reporting this week that ?a good start was made on items of interest
to the amateur and amateur-satellite services.?
Agenda Item 1.12 addresses studies stemming from WRC-19 that are now
underway to consider a new secondary allocation to the Earth
exploration-satellite (active) service (EESS active) for spaceborne
radar sounders in the 40 ? 50 MHz range, taking into account the
protection of incumbent services (including in adjacent bands),
which would include 6 meters. A handful of countries have also
allocated secondary amateur bands in the vicinity of 40 MHz.
The WRC-19 Resolution (Res. 656), which ordered the studies, noted
that spaceborne-active RF sensors can provide unique information on
physical properties of the Earth, and that spaceborne-active remote
sensing requires specific frequency ranges depending on the physical
phenomena to be observed. Spaceborne radars are intended to operate
only in uninhabited or sparsely populated areas with particular
focus on deserts and polar ice fields, between the hours of 3 AM
and 6 AM local time.
Agenda Item 1.14 addresses the Earth Exploration Satellite service
(passive) (EESS passive) in the range 231.5 - 250 GHz. The Amateur
and Amateur-satellite services have a primary allocation at
248???250 GHz, and a secondary allocation at 241???248 GHz.
Agenda Item 9.1 will consider and approve the Report of the Director
of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau on the activities of the
Radiocommunication Sector since WRC-19. This includes a review of
the amateur service and the amateur-satellite service allocations
in the frequency band 1.240 ? 1.300 GHz to determine if additional
measures are required to ensure protection of the radionavigation-
satellite (space-to-Earth) service (RNSS) operating in the same
band.
The 1.240 ? 1.300 GHz band is allocated worldwide to the amateur
service on a secondary basis, and the amateur-satellite service
(Earth-to-space) may operate in the band 1.260 ? 1.270 GHz. The
primary concern is the potential for interference to the Galileo
Global Navigation Satellite System (GPS) in ITU Region 1 (Europe,
the Middle East, and Africa). Instances of interference to one of
the RNSS channels from amateur operations have been reported. IARU
has said it?s prepared to fully cooperate in any studies.
The IARU participated in the initial meeting of Project Team C of
the WRC-23 CEPT CPG, where the preliminary CEPT position on
international studies on coexistence between the amateur service
and RNSS was discussed.
Agenda Item 9.1A concerns spaceweather sensors, which must be
protected by regulation without placing constraints on incumbent
services. ?The scope of this topic is wide and could cover HF to
EHF spectrum,? IARU said. ?Until studies are progressed, it is not
certain how the amateur and amateur-satellite services might be
impacted.?
Agenda Item 9.1C was proposed by a few countries interested in
the possible use of mobile technologies in frequency bands allocated
to the fixed service. ?In practice, amateur service allocations in
the range 430 MHz to 250 GHz could be affected where there is a
primary allocation to the fixed service and a secondary allocation
to the amateur service,? IARU said, citing 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz as
examples.
Last summer, France raised a proposal to consider 144 ? 146 MHz as a
primary allocation to the Aeronautical mobile service, as part of a
broader consideration of spectrum allocated to that service.
IARU pledged to continue ?to represent the amateur and Amateur-
satellite services throughout the electromagnetic spectrum
at meetings of regulatory bodies during the coming months.?
[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information.]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for September 10, 2020
As noted last week, Arianespace launched of 53 new satellites on
September 3, 2020. This also placed three new satellites carrying
Amateur Radio transmitters into orbit. They are Amicalsat, TTU-100
and UPMSAT 2. So far, only UPMSAT 2 has been identified as Object
46276 (See below).
Based on observations this past week, Nico Janseen has refined his
identification of UPMSat 2 to be Object 46276, not Object 46277 as
it seemed last week. Also, OBJECT D (Cat ID 46275) and OBJECT F
(Cat ID 46277) have been added this week in hope that they may be
Amicalsat and TTU-100. Watch for further information.
Therefore, the following satellites have been and added to this week's
AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution:
OBJECT D - Cat ID 46275
UPMSat 2 - Cat ID 46276
OBJECT F - Cat ID 46277
Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, for verifying Cat ID 46276 is in fact
UPMSat2.
The following satellite has decayed from orbit and has been removed
from this week's AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution:
Tanusha-3 - NORAD Cat ID 43597 (Decayed on August 5, 2020 per
Space-Track).
[ANS thanks the Ray Hoad 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.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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AMSAT-DL Announces Virtual Satellite Symposium September 26, 2020
Unfortunately, the AMSAT-DL Symposium planned for September 26-27,
2020 cannot take place this year in the usual manner. Since the
health of everyone is very close to our hearts and the legal
framework currently leaves no other option, AMSAT-DL has decided not
to hold a meeting on site in Bochum this year. A social meeting with
dinner is not possible, nor is a flea market or other activities such
as the QO-100 User Meeting which happened for the first time during
the HAM Radio Fair in Friedrichshafen in 2019.
Instead, AMSAT-DL will broadcast the symposium as an online meeting
in DATV via the broadband transponder of QO-100 and on the internet
on the AMSAT-DL YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/amsatdl.
Due to the international audience, most of the lectures will be held
in English. The current schedule can be found on the AMSAT-DL
homepage at https://amsat-dl.org.
AMSAT-DL and its board invites everyone to this year's AMSAT-DL
online conference and the virtual QO-100 user meeting.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT-DL for the above information.]
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AMSAT-UK Announces Colloquium 2020 October 11, 2020
There will not be an in-person AMSAT-UK International Space
Colloquium this year instead they will be holding an Online Event on
Sunday, October 11, 2020. This is the day after the RSGB?s Radio
Convention which is also an on-line event.
The AMSAT-UK Convention will run from 11:00am to approximately
5:00pm, with a break for lunch and several short breaks during the
day. (Times are British Summer Time, or UTC/GMT + 1.) Membership in
AMSAT-UK is not required to attend and the event is free of charge.
The event will be in the form of a Zoom Webinar. Register at
http://tinyurl.com/amsatukreg2020 and follow the instructions which
will arrive by email. No special software is installed since a
browser plug in is used by Zoom.
Those who are registered before the start of the Colloquium will be
entered for a number of free raffles which will take place during the
event. The event will be hosted by Graham Shirville, G3VZV and
Jim Heck, G3WGM and formally opened by our Chairman, Martin Sweeting,
G3YJO. For those registered it will be possible to pose questions to
the speakers during Q and A sessions. Informal on-line discussions
after the official close of the Colloquium, are also planned.
The Colloquium will be live streamed to the AMSAT-UK YouTube channel
at https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK.
Complete information is available at https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
CN86; 9/19 & 9/20
John Van Dalen, @????? hopes to access the FM satellites AO-91, and
AO-92 on most passes on September 19 and 20 during the WWDXC Salmon
Run. If they count, John will be at Lewis and Clark State Park
(K-3221) in Washington and in Lewis County which will be Grid CN96.
Check Twitter @????? for updates.
JM08; 9/17 - 9/21
Philippe Chateau, EA4NF will be @????????? on Formentera Island. This
counts as DXCC EA6, Grid JM08, and IOTA EU-004. Philippe will be on
LEO FM & Linear birds. QSL via LoTW as EA6/EA4NF. For this new
satellite portable activation, Philippe will bring with him his
Yaesu FT-818ND and a FT-817ND operating in full duplex with an
Alaskan Arrow Antenna.
DM06, DM07, DM08, DM16, DM17 and DM18; 9/11 and 9/13
David Bartholomew, AD7DB is heading out to activate DM06, DM07, DM08,
DM16, DM17 and DM18 on Friday, 9/11/20 and Sunday 9/13. Taking FM
gear only. Click @????? for details.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR for the above information.]
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ARISS News
+ Completed Contacts
College Raymond Sirot, Gueux, France, telebridge via VK5ZAI
The ISS callsign was NA1SS.
The astronaut was Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR.
The contact was successful on Thursday, 9-10-2020 at 08:17:01 UTC.
+ Upcoming Contacts
Avellaneda Ikastetxea, Sodupe, Spain, telebridge via ZS6JON
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS.
The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR.
The contact is go for Friday, 9-18-2020 at 12:56:34 UTC.
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
+ Clint Bradford K6LCS has booked his ?Work the FM Voice Satellites
With Minimal Equipment? presentation for the for the following clubs:
09/14/2020 ? North Agusta Belevedere Radio Club
10/27/2020 ? Cherryland ARC / Traverse Bay ARC
TBD ? Antelope Valley (CA) ARC
TBD ? A private presentation for a Boy Scout troop in Danville, PA
These will be Zoom presentations. Everyone is asked to update their
copies of the Zoom application by directly visiting Zoom.us.
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.]
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Shorts from All Over
+ UPMSAT-2 Recordings Wanted
The UPMSAT-2 team would appreciate receiving recordings of their
satellite. They are especially interested in recordings made from
outside Spain. UPMSAT-2 transmits on 437.405 MHz using USB, not FM.
Recordings can be send to contacto@????????.???
[ANS thanks Felix Paez EA4GQS for the above information.]
+ Route 66 On-the-Air from W6D
Christy Hunter, KB6LTY is happy to report that the COVID-19 pandemic
is not keeping the 2020 Route 66 On-the Air event off the air. This
year the event starts September 12 and goes through September 20.
Christy will be representing W6D on the FM and SSB birds from her
home not far from Route 66 in DM14. Only paper QSL cards will be
issued for W6D contacts(no LoTW). Look for W6D on QRZ.com for her
mailing address. Complete information on the event can be found at
http://w6jbt.org/.
[ANS thanks Christy Hunter, KB6LTY for the above information.]
+ Reminder: Annual GNU Radio Conference Begins September 14, 2020
GRCon20 will be held starting September 14, 2020 online as a virtual
event. Keynote speakers include: Becky Schoenfeld W1BXY, Managing
Editor of QST magazine, Oona R?is?nen [windytan] hacker of signals
and computer programmer, and Jim St. Leger, Director Open Source,
Intel. Full registrations are sold out but free registration
for all virtual GRCon20 technical talks, keynotes, and lightning
talks is still available at https://tickets.gnuradio.org/grcon20/.
[ANS thanks GNU Radio for the above information.]
+ NASA, NOAA to Discuss Solar Cycle Prediction
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
will discuss predictions for the upcoming solar cycle during a media
teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 15. Tracking the solar
cycle is a key part of better understanding the Sun and mitigating
its impacts on human technology and infrastructure.
During the teleconference, experts on the Solar Cycle 25 Prediction
Panel will discuss recent updates in solar cycle progress, and the
forecast for the upcoming cycle, Solar Cycle 25. Complete information
and registration information can be found at
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-257-NASA-Live.
[ANS thanks NASA Radio for the above information.]
+ AT&T Seeking Buyers For DirecTV
Well-heeled Amateurs wanting a geosynchronous ham radio satellite of
their own now have their chance. AT&T purchased DirecTV in 2015 and
paid some $67 billion overall. With declining viewership and
increased competition, ATT&T wants to unload the company and decrease
its debt load. Most observers suggest the price might be a
flea-market bargain at about $20 billion. The catch? ATT&T would
retain 50% ownership.
[ANS thanks Satnews for the above information.]
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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
additional 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
student rate for a maximum of six post-secondary years in this
status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT office for additional student
membership information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
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