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Today's Topics:
1. (no subject) (Gregory Beat)
2. Re: (no subject) (John Becker)
3. Re: Another Rotor Design - Great Fun, Easy to Build and Very
Cheap (Thomas Doyle)
4. What is the tone for AO-85? I can't locate that anywhere
(Mark Lunday)
5. Re: What is the tone for AO-85? I can't locate that anywhere
(Bryan Green)
6. ARISS Contact - Tuesday (John Spasojevich)
7. Next Cygnus Launch Attempt Rescheduled For Tomorrow (B J)
8. Inmarsat L-Band Sample IQ File? (Scott)
9. Re: Inmarsat L-Band Sample IQ File? (Ken Swaggart)
10. Sunday from En82 and En83 (jeffory broughton)
11. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-12-06 01:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
12. Upcoming ARISS contact with Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski
Junior High School, Swietajno, Poland (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
13. ANS-340 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2015 08:53:10 -0600
From: Gregory Beat <w9gb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
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** Another Rotor Design - Great Fun, Easy to Build and Very Cheap **
What is a Stepper Motor?
https://learn.adafruit.com/all-about-stepper-motors
That Stepper Motor used by Thomas Doyle, W9KE
http://www.tomdoyle.org/3dPrinterRotor-1/3DPrinterRotor-1.html
can also be found at Adafruit (NYC) in either 5 or 12 Volt models.
Holding Torque @ 12VDC: 250 gram-force*cm, 25 N*mm/ 3.5 oz-force*in
The 12 Volt version of this same stepper motor used by W9KE
can be found in the Icom IC-746 automatic tuner sub-assembly.
http://www.adafruit.com/products/918
Mr. Carlson's Lab on YouTube
Paul Carlson, VE7ZWZ
Troubleshooting the Icom IC-746 (repairing that stepper motor)
He notes that the "rotor" is a weak point in this stepper motor design.
http://youtu.be/UdY6RhNOCWg
===
You can also use larger stepper motors, such as a NEMA 17 (also sold at
Adafruit)
Holding torque per phase: 2 Kg*cm, 20 N*cm/ 28 oz*in
http://www.adafruit.com/product/324
w9gb
Sent from iPad Air
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 10:59:27 -0600
From: John Becker <w0jab@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Gregory Beat <w9gb@xxxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
Message-ID: <566317EF.6070006@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Thanks for posting.
well worth the time reading.
John, W0JAB
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 12:29:20 -0600
From: Thomas Doyle <tomdoyle1948@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Phil <phil_lor@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Another Rotor Design - Great Fun, Easy to
Build and Very Cheap
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Thanks Phil,
It is an updated version of a table top rotor I did several years ago.
http://www.tomdoyle.org/satellite/SatTrackerIPoint.html
The idea was to have a pointer that would point at the satellite so I knew
where to point a hand-held Elk. It worked fine. This one is smaller and of
course works with SatPC32.
The steppers are too good a deal to pass up. To keep the size and cost down
they designed a stepper with a high step angle of 5.625 degrees. They are
geared down 64:1. Amazing amount of torque for such a little motor. Five of
them with ULN-2003 driver boards for $16. I believe they could turn fairly
large bread slicer capacitors and a rotary inductor as used in antenna
tuners. A homebrew mechanical automatic antenna tuner would be an
interesting project.
http://www.amazon.com/USPRO%C2%AE-Stepper-28BYJ-48-4-Phase-ULN2003/dp/B00JB22I
QC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1449338556&sr=8-5&keywords=stepper+motor
73 W9KE tom...
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:43 PM, Phil <phil_lor@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> On 05/12/15 02:31, Thomas Doyle wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> http://www.tomdoyle.org/3dPrinterRotor-1
>>
>
> That's really cleaver Tom. I imagine that the rotator would only handle
> the lightest of aerials.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Phil
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 14:20:02 -0500
From: "Mark Lunday" <wd4elg@xxxxx.xx.xxx>
To: "'AMSAT BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] What is the tone for AO-85? I can't locate that
anywhere
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Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC FM06be
wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 11:27:51 -0800
From: Bryan Green <bryan@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@xxxxx.xx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] What is the tone for AO-85? I can't locate
that anywhere
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67 Hz
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 5, 2015, at 11:20, Mark Lunday <wd4elg@xxxxx.xx.xxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
> Greensboro, NC FM06be
> wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
>
>
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 13:52:20 -0600
From: John Spasojevich <johnag9d@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS Contact - Tuesday
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Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the
*Konstanty Ildefons Ga?czy?ski Junior High School, ?wi?tajno**, Poland *on
Tuesday 8 December. AOS is anticipated at 08:19 UTC
The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The
contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and LU1CGB in Argentina. The
contact is expected to be conducted in English.
Audio from this contact will be fed via SP3QFE into the:
EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) Server
Audio Streaming is anticipated via the school at:
http://ariss.pzk.org.pl/live
** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other
manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes
**
73,
John - AG9D
ARISS Audio Distribution Team
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 20:04:26 +0000
From: B J <va6bmj@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Next Cygnus Launch Attempt Rescheduled For
Tomorrow
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http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/12/cygnus-return-atlas-v-launch/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2015/12/05/atlas-cygnus-launch-reset-sunday/
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 17:12:58 -0500
From: "Scott" <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Inmarsat L-Band Sample IQ File?
Message-ID: <5A81F33DCC474414952DD6A1415CCCC6@xxxxxx>
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I sure hope this isn't too far off-topic, but I would imagine that a lot of
Amsat people enjoy other satellite activities as well.
I've searched but have not found any sample IQ .wav files of L-Band InmarSat
data streams. It sure would be helpful to know what I'm looking for when I
scan around the 1.5 GHz area.
I'm also quite anxious to test the new JAERO software but of course you need
a signal (live or recorded) to see anything decoded.
If anyone has a URL for sample Inmarsat files, I sure would appreciate it.
Thanks!
-Scott, K4KDR
Montpelier, VA USA
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 14:27:49 -0800
From: "Ken Swaggart" <k.swaggart@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "Scott" <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Inmarsat L-Band Sample IQ File?
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I've been monitoring the Pacific Inmarsat at 178 east on 1541.450 MHz. This
is the only channel that has traffic in the clear. It consists of distress
messages, weather, and other traffic of interest to merchant shipping. There
is an Atlantic satellite, but, since I can't see it from my QTH I didn't
save and info about it.
Here are a couple of IQ files. I was using an AirSpy decimated by 64 with
sample rate set to 2.5 MSPS. The antenna was a 10 turn homebrew helix (now
rebuilt to 20 turns):
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9kjdjltwr9emtad/AABvQNzUPMNOwzsr-Spoc_Fba?dl=0
Occasionally I upload the messages I've received a web page:
http://www.ocrg.org/inmarsat/inmarsat.html
(not much happening today!)
73,
Ken, W7KKE
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott
Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2015 14:12
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Inmarsat L-Band Sample IQ File?
I sure hope this isn't too far off-topic, but I would imagine that a lot of
Amsat people enjoy other satellite activities as well.
I've searched but have not found any sample IQ .wav files of L-Band InmarSat
data streams. It sure would be helpful to know what I'm looking for when I
scan around the 1.5 GHz area.
I'm also quite anxious to test the new JAERO software but of course you need
a signal (live or recorded) to see anything decoded.
If anyone has a URL for sample Inmarsat files, I sure would appreciate it.
Thanks!
-Scott, K4KDR
Montpelier, VA USA
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 19:28:26 -0500
From: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sunday from En82 and En83
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We are still on schedule to be parked on those two grids for 7 hours from 9
am to 4 pm EST.on Ao73,Ao85,Fo29,Ao7.
WB8RJY.JEFF
jeff broughton
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 20:44:42 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-12-06
01:00 UTC
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-12-06 01:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
The development at Gagarin from Space, "the Polytechnic professional
councils" of the city of Grozny, Russia, direct via RW3WW/6
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Volkov RU3DIS
Contact was successful: Sat 2015-12-05 16:25 UTC (***)
Konstanty Ildefons Ga?czy?ski Junior High School, ?wi?tajno, Poland,
telebridge via LU1CGB
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-12-08 08:19:31 UTC 62 deg
****************************************************************************
**
From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment
(USOS)
hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be
conducted by the ARISS Russia team.
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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@xxxxx.xxx or aj9n@xxx.xxx.
****************************************************************************
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
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?
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@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
****************************************************************************
ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Francesco IK?WGF with 115
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 114
****************************************************************************
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.
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 8061 date
and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-12-06 01:00 UTC.
(***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1014. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 979. (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont,
Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin
Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-12-06 01:00 UTC.
(***)
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************
Exp. 43/44 on orbit
Scott Kelly
Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF
Exp. 44 on orbit
Oleg Kononenko RN3DX
Kimiya Yui KG5BPH
Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Exp. 45 on orbit
Sergey Volkov RU3DIS
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 21:59:42 -0500
From: <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <ariss-press@xxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-edu" <amsat-edu@xxxxx.xxx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Konstanty Ildefons
Galczynski Junior High School, Swietajno, Poland
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski Junior High School, Swietajno,
Poland on 08 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:19
UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes
before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and
30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and LU1CGB. The
contact should be audible over Argentina and adjacent areas. Interested
parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is
expected to be conducted in English.
Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski Junior High School in Swietajno, attended by
approximately 170 pupils (aged 13-15), is situated in a picturesque Land of
a Thousand Lakes in Szczytno County (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in the
northeastern part of Poland). The school consists of seven forms and it
employs twenty well-qualified teachers. Mazurian Amateur Radio Club SP4YWM
has been established here and it functions with the number of seventeen
school members (among which there are three primary school pupils and one
pre-school girl, all from Swietajno).
In preparations for the amateur radio contact with the ISS, the students
with the guidance of their teachers improved their English, got familiar
with the life and work on the ISS. They had a great opportunity to learn
everyday English in order to ask an astronaut questions during the ISS
contact as well as the specialized language of science to visit space
agencies pages. The students learned geography with the use of modern
technologies and photographed the Earth from the board of the ISS
(EarthKAM). The school cooperated with the Olsztyn Planetarium to organize
an observation. The planetarium visited Swietajno to accompany one of the
school events. Consequently, the Astronomical Mobile Laboratory called
Astrolabium was at the school's disposal. Last year the ARISS participants
from Swietajno attended the 4th Polish-Wide Conference of Contributors and
Sympathisers in ARISS held in the central part of Poland, where they focused
on interesting topics concerning the ISS and le
arned how other Polish schools had prepared for ARISS contacts in the past.
The pupils also performed an experiment in the near space as a part of the
miniSAT project. They sent peas, bubble wrap and a watch to the near space
to the altitude of about 30 000 meters above the Earth. The conditions
differ significantly between the near space and the surface of the Earth:
the pressure is much smaller, UV radiation is higher and the temperature is
below zero degrees Celsius. People from all over Poland, including the
pupils from Swietajno, took part in it. The balloon used in the event was
marked "CP26". The experiment in the near space was possible thanks to HAM
radio operators and other volunteers from a non-governmental organization
called Copernicus Project Foundation (near Torun, Poland). Their two
flagship projects are MiniSAT and Near Space Program in Poland and they have
organized above 30 balloon flies to the near space since 2005.
In March 2013 the school started public relations activities connected with
the HAM radio contact between an astronaut on the International Space
Station and the students from Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski School. An
official inauguration of the ARISS program in Swietajno had been prepared.
TVP Olsztyn, Radio Olsztyn and other local mass media were present there and
took part in an inaugural lecture on ARISS. As a continuation of EarthKAM
program an exhibition of the photographs taken by the students was organized
during the inauguration. Before that, Swietajno primary school pupils
(between the ages of 5 and 12) had been invited to participate in the
preparations to the ARISS contact. As a result, some of them are going to
ask the astronaut their questions, together with their older friends from
the junior high school.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Can you eat ice cream on the ISS?
2. How often do you observe the Earth and try to find your house?
3. How long can an astronaut stay on the ISS?
4. How old must be a person to become an astronaut?
5. Can you stop or change the direction of the ISS flight?
6. How do you spend your free time in space?
7. What time zone is used on the International Space Station?
8. Do you sometimes have a party on the ISS?
9. Can an astronaut catch a cold or flu on the ISS?
10. What was your most difficult task in space?
11. What is the most impressive thing you've seen from space?
12. Can you see New Year's Eve fireworks from space?
13. How long does it take to get from Earth to the space station?
14. What do you miss most from Earth you don't have in space?
15. Do you do the laundry on the ISS to clean your clothes?
16. Have you ever seen any unidentified flying objects?
17. Can you take your pet to the International Space Station?
PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:
Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS).
To receive our Twitter updates, follow @xxxxxxxxxxxx
Next planned event(s):
TBD
ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the
volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the
world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA,
CNES, JAXA, and CSA.
ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of
Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the
International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first
hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters'
interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the
ARISS program visit the ARISS website at ariss.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 22:22:42 -0500
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-340 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-340
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* AMSAT Ground Terminal Development Expands to Texas
* AMSAT SKN on OSCAR 2016 In Memory of W2BXA
* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-12-02 20:30 UTC
* WRC-15 Satellite News
* Cubesat by an Elementary School Will be Aboard the Orbital-ATK Cygnus
Launch
* 73 on 73 Award Recipients
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-340.01
ANS-340 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.01
From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.
December 6, 2015
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-340.01
AMSAT Ground Terminal Development Expands to Texas
Hardware consisting of Ettus Research USRP X300 SDR, USRP B210 SDR,
UBX40 USRP
Daughterboard, GPDSO Kits, and antennas have been ordered from National
Instruments Corp. for delivery to Bill Reed NX5R in Dallas TX to equip a
second
community for development of the AMSAT Ground Terminals. These terminals
will be
used for the Phase 4B and other digital/microwave satellites being
developed by
AMSAT and in partnership with Virginia Tech.
Michelle Thompson W5NYV has been leading the effort in the San Diego CA
area,
which started up when the P4B project was announced earlier this year.
Amateur
radio operators in the Southern California area from AMSAT, Palomar Amateur
Radio Club, and the San Diego Microwave Society have been implementing a
terrestrial system to mimic the ground and space segments of a digital
satellite
communications link and developing code and hardware techniques for use
in the
P4B and future HEO opportunities that AMSAT is pursuing. Expanding the
system to
the Dallas area will allow more collaboration, development, and testing
by AMSAT
and North Texas Microwave Society amateurs with San Diego and other
regions. The
investment in equipment and community building will increase the number and
quality of ideas in developing this next generation system of amateur radio
satellite communications.
Another development system is being planned for the east coast. AMSAT is
actively recruiting individuals and groups that want to work together to
establish increased regional technical activity in support of satellite
service
goals. Rick Hambly W2GPS has campaigned for the creation of this very
type of
activity on the east coast for many years. Successful east-coast
expansion will
add even more variability and expertise to the project.
By involving amateurs who have expertise in both microwave and digital
communications and in varying terrain and conditions, as well as including
people with various backgrounds and experience, AMSAT plans to produce a
ground
terminal that will be useful with a variety of next generation satellites
including Phase 4B, Phase 3E, the Heimdallr Lunar Cube Quest CubeSat, and an
AMSAT developed HEO CubeSat. These are all projects currently being
pursued by
the AMSAT Engineering and ASCENT (Advanced Satellite Communications and
Exploration of New Technology) Teams.
?The development of a ground terminal along with satellite projects is
part of a
plan to offer a way for amateurs to buy, build, or access ideas to
develop their
own ground terminals which will be useful for many future AMSAT satellite
mission for years to come? said AMSAT-NA Vice President of Engineering Jerry
Buxton, N0JY. ?The concept of common uplink (5 GHz) and downlink (10 GHz)
frequencies with software defined transponders allows many different
experimentation and communications opportunities ranging from simple
texting to
voice, streaming video, data exchange, and reliable EMCOMM access in remote
areas, with bandwidths to support many satellites and users.?
If you are interested in supporting the effort please visit
http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1121 to submit a request. While those who
live in
the San Diego, Dallas, or Maryland areas may find it easier to participate,
volunteers from other areas are welcome to join and contribute remotely.
[ANS thanks Jerry, N?JY, for the above information]
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AMSAT SKN on OSCAR 2016 In Memory of W2BXA
You are cordially invited to participate in Straight Key Night on OSCAR
2016,
sponsored by AMSAT for all radio amateurs throughout the world.
Operate CW through any amateur satellite from 0001 through 2400 UTC on 1
January
2016, using a manual, non-electronic key. Note that bugs are now
allowed, as
they are in similar ARRL and SKCC events.
There is no need to send in a log, but please nominate someone you
worked for
Best Fist. Your nominee need not have the best fist of those you heard,
just of
those you worked. Send your nomination to w2rs@xxxxx.xxx.. A list of those
nominated will be published in early February.
This year?s event is being held in memory of Ben Stevenson, W2BXA
(1914-2011).
Licensed since 1929, Ben was one of the world?s top DXers on both HF and
satellites. He led the DXCC Honor Roll for many years, and among his many
awards were Satellite DXCC No. 1 and post-war Worked All Zones No. 1.
Founding
president of the North Jersey DX Association, Ben shared his knowledge and
enthusiasm with one and all.
[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information]
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-12-02 20:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Nanasawa Kibounooka Elementary School, Atsugi, Japan, direct via 8N1NKSG
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH
Contact was successful: Wed 2015-12-02 09:33:51 UTC 61 deg
Yayoi Elementary School, Yatomi, Japan, direct via 8N2YAYOI
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH
Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-12-04 09:25:46 UTC 57 deg
Dragonskolan, Ume?, Sweden, telebridge via LU1CGB
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-12-04 10:15:01 UTC 72 deg
Ingushetia, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Volkov RU3DIS
Contact is a go for: Sat 2015-12-05 16:25 UTC
Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski Junior High School, Swietajno, Poland,
telebridge via LU1CGB
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-12-08 08:19:31 UTC 62 deg
[ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information]
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WRC-15 Satellite News
In his report for Day 16 of the WRC-15 conference Colin Thomas G3PSM says:
Discussions took place on suggested frequency bands for possible new
or an
upgrade of existing allocations to the space operations service
within the
frequency ranges 150.05-174 MHz, 400.15-420 MHz [and 420-450 MHz] for
short
duration satellites.
This potential future agenda item is an attempt to overcome the
problem of
non-amateur nano- and pico-satellites using the amateur service bands. No
decision was reached and the document has been passed to plenary for
decision.
More reports about WRC-15 activities can be found at
http://rsgb.org/main/blog/category/news/special-focus/wrc-15/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information
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Cubesat by an Elementary School Will be Aboard the Orbital-ATK Cygnus Launch
NASA will enable the deployment of three small research satellites, or
CubeSats,
selected through the CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) for two
universities and
one primary school as part of the ninth installment of the Educational
Launch of
Nanosatellite (ELaNa) missions.
Full story at this URL:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ELaNa_IX_mission_launches_first_cubesat_buil
t_
by_elementary_school_students_999.html
[ANS thanks SpaceDaily for the above information]
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73 on 73 Award Recipients
Paul Stoetzer N8HM reports more awards have been issued for contacts
made via
the AO-73 (FUNcube-1) amateur radio satellite.
The 73 on 73 Award aims to promote activity on AO-73. The requirements are
straight-forward:
1. Work 73 unique stations on AO-73.
2. Contacts must be made on or after September 1, 2014.
3. There are no geographic restrictions on your operating location.
The latest recipients are:
20. David D?Aliesio IW0HLG ? 31 May 2015
21. Kiyosi Hasegawa JA3FWT ? 22 June 2015
22. Mariusz Kocot SQ9MES ? 28 June 2015
23. Hector Luis Martinez W5CBF ? 12 July 2015
24. George K. Carr II WA5KBH ? 17 July 2015
25. Michel Ribot F6GLJ ? 18 July 2015
26. Paul Stoetzer N8HM ? 21 July 2015
27. Jeffrey Lamb NX9B ? 2 August 2015
28. Imre F?zi HA1SE ? 13 September 2015
29. Herman Blom PB0AHX ? 1 November 2015
30. Joseba Andoni Barrio ? 22 November 2015
Full information on how to apply is at
http://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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