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Today's Topics:
1. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-11-05 00:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
2. Photos for "movie" with ARISS promotion. (Armand SP3QFE)
3. Re: AMICALSAT Award (christophe.mcr)
4. Has anyone heard Neutron-1? (Douglas Quagliana)
5. Re: Has anyone heard Neutron-1? (Mark L. Hammond)
6. ANS-313 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin (Frank Karnauskas)
7. What a Wonderful bird (Jean Marc Momple)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 00:17:00 +0000 (UTC)
From: <aj9n@???.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-11-05
00:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1841028559.1404391.1604535420411@????.?????.???>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-11-05 00:00 UTC
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Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
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TBD
No ARISS school contacts are planned until at least 2020-11-30
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The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
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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. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements
at https://www.ariss.org/
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The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19:?
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Postponed:
No new schools
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Cancelled:
No new schools
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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?2020-11-05 00:00 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 2020-10-14 18:00 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 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is
seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations,
individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a
crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be
held between July 1, 2021 and December 30,
2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates.
To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for
organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the
contact into a well-developed education plan.
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The deadline to submit a proposal is November 24th, 2020. Proposal
information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and
the proposal form can be found at www.ariss.org. An ARISS Introductory
Webinar session will be held on October 8, 2020 at 8PM ET. The Eventbrite
link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2020.eventbrite.com
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The Opportunity
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Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in
scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10
minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through
a question-and-answer session.
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An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio
between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms
and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity
to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space
and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will
have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless
technology, and radio science.
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Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling
activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to
accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.
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Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and
space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational
organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations? volunteer
efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable
communication between crew on the ISS and students
around the world using Amateur Radio.
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Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education@?????.???.
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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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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 unless otherwise noted.
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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 137
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.
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Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1403.
Each school counts as 1 event.??????????????????????????????????
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1336.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.
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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. 63 now on orbit
Kate Rubins KG5FYJ
Sergey Ryzhikov
Sergey Kud-Sverchkov
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2020 09:40:33 +0100
From: Armand SP3QFE <kontakt@??????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Photos for "movie" with ARISS promotion.
Message-ID: <7db4214834110a467ac1d1edd600f011@??????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
Hi all,
If you have some photos or images that you can share with me, and I can
use it in the "ARISS promotion movie", please send it to me.
There should be an agreement by persons on the photo(s) - which is not
necessary for hardware only, as well as an agreement by the
owner of the photo, that I can use it.
I have some nice collection of astronauts thanks to NASA access, but not
for the cosmonauts. As far as I understans English, we can use them for
this non-profit movie.
73, Armand Budzianowski SP3QFE
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 21:25:37 +0100
From: "christophe.mcr" <christophe.mcr@?????.???>
To: Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple@?????.???>
Cc: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>, ans-editor@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMICALSAT Award
Message-ID:
<CADF-Vj2TW_BAK-csvZMu58+afGqGJfengpt22mn+JZQAdpqLBw@????.?????.???>
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Dear
The amsatf email address is open
73's
Christophe
Le sam. 31 oct. 2020 ? 17:53, Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple@?????.???>
a ?crit :
> Good Evening,
>
> Address amsatf@???????.??? bounce back presently, probably not yet
> activated.
>
> Nice initiative from AMSAT-FR to motivate us to send TLM. Bravo Messieurs.
>
> I am already sending via Satnogs and this will surely motivate me further
> to do so in future.
>
> All the best to Amicalsat, strong signal this side.
>
> 73
>
>
> Jean Marc (3B8DU)
>
> On Oct 31, 2020, at 6:25 PM, christophe.mcr via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Dear
>
> The french version is available on :
> https://site.amsat-f.org/2020/10/11/diplome-amsat-f-amicalsat/
>
> Regards
>
> --
> *Christophe Mercier*
> *Pr?sident AMSAT-Francophone*
>
> Le sam. 31 oct. 2020 ? 15:21, christophe.mcr <christophe.mcr@?????.???> a
> ?crit :
>
> Dear all
>
> The satellite has been active since September 3, 2020. The launch of the
> Vega rocket went well. According to the project team, the commissioning of
> the satellite is in progress and is proceeding normally. The team has
> succeeded in stabilizing the satellite and is beginning to test image
> capture and retrieval.
>
> The contributions of radio amateurs have been very important for the
> project. This has contributed to the commissioning of the satellite. In the
> case of AMICALSAT , it is possible to send telemetry to the dashboard
> hosted by the Satnogs network via
>
>
> - a Satnogs station
> - the AMICALSAT Decoder software provided by AMSAT-F. (
>
>
https://code.electrolab.fr/xtof/josast/-/blob/master/ApplicationAmicalsat/src/
site/markdown/UserManual.md
> )
> - the software edited by DK3WN (TLM Forwarder)
>
>
> Data from AMICALSAT Decoder is also sent to the AMSAT-F database (
> https://amsat.electrolab.fr/). To date, more than 42 radio amateurs from
> all over the world have contributed more than 28,000 telemetry frames.
>
> In order to thank the radio amateurs who have sent telemetry via AMICALSAT
> Decoder software before December 31, 2020, AMSAT-F will issue a diploma.
>
> *Rules for issuing the diploma*
>
> The diploma in electronic format will be given to all radio amateurs or
> earphones that have received data from the Amicalsat satellite and sent
> these data to the AMSAT-F database with the "AMICALSAT Decoder" software.
>
> Depending on the number of data received on the AMSAT-F database ((
> https://amsat.electrolab.fr/)
> ) , the nature of the diploma will be different depending on the number
> of frames received before December 31, 2020 23:59 UTC :
>
>
> - GOLD Diploma for persons having sent more than 5000 frames to the
> AMSAT-F database.
> - Silver Diploma for those who have sent between 2500 & 4999 frames to
> the AMSAT-F database.
> - Bronze Diploma: for those who have sent between 500 & 2499 frames to
> the AMSAT-F database.
> - Diploma without mention for persons having sent between 1 & 499
> frames to the AMSAT-F database
>
>
> The request for a diploma is done by sending an email to
> amsatf@???????.??? indicating your callsign or the name given in the
> AMSAT-F database to send the data.
>
> Only the received frames actually registered on
> https://amsat.electrolab.fr/ will be taken into account.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Christophe Mercier
> Amsat-F president
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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: 4
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 17:18:25 -0600
From: Douglas Quagliana <dquagliana@?????.???>
To: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Has anyone heard Neutron-1?
Message-ID:
<CALaYSmnvKhqGveHDNvhFrGqyYWdv_3kcWA+6pKDgq74OYYnxKQ@????.?????.???>
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Friends,
Has anyone heard Neutron-1? It was supposed to be deployed November 5.
According to this NASA webpage,
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-31-mission-cubesats-deployed
dated November 6, it was deployed, but I haven't seen anything on amsat-bb.
Anyone heard it?
73,
Douglas KA2UPW/5
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 18:36:48 -0500
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@?????.???>
To: Douglas Quagliana <dquagliana@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Has anyone heard Neutron-1?
Message-ID:
<CAPRXzyokh+7je+-YorhJDfuEMd2WsmkX37cwm36NJj5QdsFwBQ@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi Douglas,
Nobody has heard it yet.
Mark N8MH
On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 6:19 PM Douglas Quagliana via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> Friends,
>
> Has anyone heard Neutron-1? It was supposed to be deployed November 5.
> According to this NASA webpage,
>
> https://www.nasa.gov/feature/elana-31-mission-cubesats-deployed
>
> dated November 6, it was deployed, but I haven't seen anything on amsat-bb.
> Anyone heard it?
>
> 73,
> Douglas KA2UPW/5
> _______________________________________________
> 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]
AMSAT Director and Command Station
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 17:05:19 -0700
From: "Frank Karnauskas" <n1uw@???????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-313 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin
Message-ID: <001301d6b562$d937e5f0$8ba7b1d0$@???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-313
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:
* Neutron1 Launched from the ISS
* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for November 2020
* AMSAT GridMaster Award
* IARU Coordinates Frequencies for Six Satellites in October
* ARISS Team Attends ISS National Lab Education Summit
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-313.01
ANS-313 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 313.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
November 08, 2020
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-313.01
Neutron1 Launched from the ISS
Hawaii's first 3U CubeSat designed to detect neutrons was launched on
November 5, 2020 by the ISS and is now in Low Earth Orbit.
The science payload, a small neutron detector developed by Arizona
State University, will focus on measurements of low-energy secondary
neutrons - a component of the LEO neutron environment.
For the first month and during the spacecraft commissioning phase,
the beacon will transmit 1200bps BPSK every 60 seconds on the IARU
coordinated frequency of 435.300MHz . The Hawaii Space Flight
Laboratory welcomes the worldwide Amateur Radio community to collect
the beacons and forward them to n1-info@????.??????.???. The beacon
format is now public and published at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-313-Neutron1.
After the initial commissioning phase, Amateurs will be able to use
the V/U FM repeater during available times and according to the
available power budget. Stay tuned for more mission updates on their
Twitter account @???????????? and their website:
https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/missions/neutron-1/.
[ANS thanks the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory 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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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for November 2020
Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the
ARRL for the period October 1, 2020 through November 1, 2020.
Congratulations to all those who made the list this month!
CALL Oct Nov
KO4MA 1753 1779
N3GS 652 679
N0JE 655 675
KE4AL 625 631
K7TAB 600 627
WD9EWK(DM43) 623 625
KI7UNJ 551 576
N9FN 450 486
K0JM 300 403
N5BO New 401
N4DCW 300 400
WA9JBQ 355 375
VE6WK 207 355
AK7DD 255 326
KS1G 285 325
KF6JOQ 251 303
W4DTA 275 301
N6RFM 226 276
W2ZF 101 276
K8BL 257 274
N7AGF 200 240
N3CAL 171 181
W7YED 127 163
DL6IAN New 154
K3HPA 128 150
EA2AA 125 148
NA1ME 100 126
WD9EWK(DM42) 100 126
WY4X New 108
N7UJJ New 101
F4BKV New 100
W4WT New 100
If you find errors or omissions. please contact Ron off-list at
<mycall>@<??????>.com and he will revise the announcement. This list
was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months.
It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your
call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids
that are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the work!
[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information.]
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AMSAT GridMaster Award
With last week's activation of DL88, there are 4 new recipients of the
GridMaster award. They all sent in their applications within days of
each other.
#16 Chris AA8CH
#17 Robert KE4AL
#18 George N3GS
#19 Kerry WC7V
Awesome job and thanks to K5Z for activating the grid!
[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO 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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IARU Coordinates Frequencies for Six Satellites in October
During the month of October the IARU coordinated frequencies for six
upcoming Amateur Radio satellites:
+ OreSat0 (Portland State Aerospace Society at Portland State
University is a 1U CubeSat. The mission is to provide flight heritage
to the "OreSat bus", an open source card-cage based system that is
ideally suited for education CubeSat projects involving
interdisciplinary teams of students. Downlinks on UHF using CW
beacon, 9k6 G3RUH AX25/APRS packet beacon and a 96k GMSK
engineering downlink. Also downlink on S Band using amateur 802.11b
DPSK with 11M chip/sec spread and 1 Mbps data rate for bulk mission
data. Downlinks on 436.500 MHz and 2425.00 MHz have been
coordinated. Planning a launch with Momentus Space from Cape
Canaveral in February 2021 into a 450 km polar orbit. More info at:
http://oresat.org/ and https://github.com/oresat.
+ TartanArtibeus-1 (Carnegie Mellon University) is a 1P PocketQube.
The
Amateur Radio community globally will be provided with a delay
ping-back service, allowing Amateurs to send messages, with replies
from the satellite transmitted later. A UHF downlink using 3kbps FSK
compatible with RadioHead library. A downlink on 437.170 MHz has
been coordinated. Planning a SpaceX launch from KSC in December 2020
into a 550km SSO.
+ SATLLA-2 (Ariel University) is a 2P picosat that will take
low-resolution photos and will broadcast the photos over the Amateur
Radio with its position in orbit and data from its sensors. UHF and S
Band downlinks using LORA from 476bps to 9k6 bps. Downlinks on
437.250 MHz and 2401.000 MHz have been coordinated.Planning a SpaceX
launch into a 410 km 52 degree orbit in December 2020.
+ CSIROSat-1 (University of South Australia & CSIRO) is a 3U CubeSat
mission that will perform hyperspectral infrared imaging of the earth
for scientific research purposes. An experimental two-way link for
Amateur Radio operators to exchange short messages through a
?ping-pong? arrangement of data exchange is among the several
communications experiments. Proposing a 9k6 FSK downlink. A downlink
on 437.315 MHz has been coordinated. Planning a launch from Cape
Canaveral in March 2021 into an ISS orbit.
+ PyCubed-1 (Carnegie Mellon University) is a 1P PocketQube that will
test a novel 3-axis attitude control system based on magnetic torque
coils. In addition, it will test new low- power LoRa radios in
low-Earth orbit which will be of interest to many other Amateur Radio
small satellite operators. Proposing a 3kbps UHF downlink. A downlink
on 437.290 MHz has been coordinated. Packets are standard LoRa format
and are compatible with the RadioHead library. Planning a SpaceX
launch from KSC into a 550 km SSO in December 2020.
+ Grizu-263A (Zonguldak B?lent Ecevit University) is a pocketcube
satellite with a digipeater mode that will allow forwarding of
received messages back to earth to support communication between
Amateur Radio operators. Proposing a UHF downlink using 4k8 FSK. A
downlink on 437.190 MHz has been coordinated. Planning a SpaceX
launch from Vandenberg into a 500 600 km SSO in December 2020.
Information on these and other upcoming satellites can be found at:
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/.
[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information.]
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ARISS Team Attends ISS National Lab Education Summit
A group of ARISS team members took part in the three-day ISS National
Lab Education Summit on October 26-28, 2020. On Day 1, Space Station
Explorers Senior Education Manager Dan Barstow gave a presentation
titled ?20 Years of STEM Education?the ISS National Lab Report. His
talk highlighted several of the Space Station Explorers programs,
and one was ARISS. Barstow related a small amount of ARISS?s long
history, described how it enhances youth education, and displayed
some of ARISS?s metrics on engaging youth.
Frank Bauer shared additional comments on ARISS activities and plans
such as this past summer?s balloon race using amateur radio payloads
and how ARISS transformed its school contacts in ways that
safeguarded students from Covid.
Rosalie White added that ARISS is not just K-12; colleges and
universities often host ARISS contacts with the students mentoring
elementary schools. She thanked Barstow for describing ARISS as
?having the power to combine ham radio and space exploration into a
magical elixir to engage students.?
Day 3 sessions focused on upcoming activities allowing students to
engage with the ISS. At another session, Barstow introduced the
Student Mission Control project, an initiative where students can
receive live ISS telemetry data in a mission control setting, and
then analyze and interpret the data. Barstow described the ARISS
contribution to this initiative, where on-board telemetry data
acquired by sensors attached to an ARISS-developed Raspberry Pi
computer can be transmitted from the ARISS on-board radio system and
directly received on the ground and evaluated by the Mission Control
students.
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
CN73,CN74,CN82,CN83, November 6-8, 2020
@?????? will be operating holiday style on FM. He will tweet as
soon as he knows were and when. His main goal is CN73/83 and to run
doubles. "Hope I can help a few."
KH67, November 11-21, 2020
7Q7RU on AO-7, RS-44 and QO-100. More information at:
https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/7q7ru
HH02, November 13-15, 2020
Sandro Ribeiro, PY1SAN and Claudio Marcelo, PY1CMT are QRV on QO-100
with some opportunities AO-07, FO-29 or RS-44 using CW and SSB as
ZX6BA from Prado, Brazil, Bahia. The activity will be on several HF
bands too, using CW and FT8 on an Alex Loop Antenna with 5 watts.
QSL via LoTW.
FN53/54/55/56/57/64/65/66/67 November 13-18, 2020
@????? will be in Maine. Details to follow.
GG99, November 16-18, 2020.
Sandro Ribeiro, PY1SAN and Claudio Marcelo, PY1CMT are QRV on QO-100
and maybe AO-07, FO-29, RS-44 using CW and SSB as PR1S from
Nova Almeida, Brazil, Espirito Santo. Activity will be on several HF
bands too, using CW and FT8 on an Alex Loop Antenna with 5 watts.
QSL via LoTW.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR for the above information.]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
November 11, 2020
Rick Tejera K7TEJ from the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club (TBARC)
will be giving a presentation and demonstration of satellite
operations to the Northwest Christian School in Glendale, AZ. The
demo will be on SO-50 at 2323UTC. He will be using the club call
WB7TBC and the church is in Grid DM33wp. He may try to get a student
on the air. Please keep an ear out for Rick and respond to his call
as the kids will appreciate it. Rick will send a reminder as the
date gets closer.
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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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ARISS News
No ARISS contacts are currently scheduled.
November 12: ARISS educator Kathy Lamont is scheduled to give a talk
at the online Virginia Association of Science Teachers Conference.
Her presentation is titled ?How to Talk with an Astronaut 250 Miles
Above You.?
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
The deadline for United States organizations to submit an ARISS
contact proposal is November 24, 2020. For more information, visit
http://www.ariss.org/.
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]
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Shorts from All Over
* EIRSAT-1 Video Available Online
The EIRSAT-1 CubeSat, built by students at University College Dublin
is due for launch on the Vega rocket in early 2021. David Murphy,
EI9HWB and Fergal Marshall of the EIRSAT-1 team gave a comprehensive
technical run-through of the satellite?s payload, subsystems and
onboard communications. You can watch the entire video presentation
at: https://amsat-uk.org/.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]
* Tel Aviv TAU-SAT1 Gets Press Coverage
The Times of Israel posted an informative article on the Tel Aviv
University's plans to launch a "shoebox-size" satellite next year.
Read the article at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-313-Tel-Aviv.
[ANS thanks Mark Johns, K0JM for the above information.]
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President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive
additional benefits. Application forms are available from the
AMSAT office.
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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
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Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 22:24:46 +0400
From: Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple@?????.???>
To: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] What a Wonderful bird
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Dear All,
If I was Louis Armstrong this would be the tittle of my song ?What a
Wonderful Bird? (QO-100).
Just to share I copied many stations on both NB and WB (ATV) trough the bird
today, but more important were 2 QSO?s I made on ATV (both video a audio)
with Brazil and Germany on ATV, so nice to QSO?s with excellent audio and
video from a bird in GEO. So great that QO-100 enable us in remote island to
be able to enjoy Dx in these days of low HF propagation.
Thanks to QARS and AMSAT-DL to have make this possible.
73
Jean Marc (3B8DU)
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