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Today's Topics:
1. Hara Arena News (Alan)
2. Sad News Fw: Hara Arena News (Doug Kuitula)
3. Re: Hara Arena News (Joe Fitzgerald)
4. Re: Hara Arena News (JoAnne Maenpaa)
5. Fripp Island Activation (Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW)
6. NPOTA activations via satellite in southern Arizona on 28
July - report (long!) (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
7. Re: Upcoming ARISS contact with Peoria Riverfront Museum,
Peoria IL (Daniel Cussen)
8. ARISS News Release no. 16-07 (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
9. ANS-213 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Joseph Spier)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:05:52 -0500
From: Alan <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Hara Arena News
Message-ID: <000001d1e9c3$d8864df0$8992e9d0$@xxxxx.xxx>
According to the ARRL, they are going to put the Arena out of its misery:
http://www.arrl.org/news/good-bye-hara-arena-hamvention-to-relocate-in-2017
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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Keep Calm and Carry On
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 18:57:27 -0400
From: "Doug Kuitula" <ka8qcu@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sad News Fw: Hara Arena News
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan" <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 14:05
Subject: [amsat-bb] Hara Arena News
> According to the ARRL, they are going to put the Arena out of its misery:
>
>
http://www.arrl.org/news/good-bye-hara-arena-hamvention-to-relocate-in-2017
>
> 73s,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> Keep Calm and Carry On
>
>
>
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:09:36 -0400
From: Joe Fitzgerald <jfitzgerald@xxxx.xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Hara Arena News
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You can buy a piece of history - Hara Arena officials say they?re
planning to auction venue equipment and furniture on August 27th before
closing.
On 7/29/2016 2:05 PM, Alan wrote:
> According to the ARRL, they are going to put the Arena out of its misery:
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/good-bye-hara-arena-hamvention-to-relocate-in-2017
>
> 73s,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> Keep Calm and Carry On
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:57:26 -0500
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'AMSAT-BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Hara Arena News
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Joe, K0NEB (the Cat in the Hat guy) released a commemorative video that he
prepared for the day that HARA closes down ...
https://youtu.be/hXbQzTD9qgk
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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Alan
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 1:06 PM
> To: AMSAT-BB
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Hara Arena News
>
> According to the ARRL, they are going to put the Arena out of its misery:
>
>
http://www.arrl.org/news/good-bye-hara-arena-hamvention-to-relocate-in-2017
>
> 73s,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:28:50 -0400
From: Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW <nicholasmahr1@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fripp Island Activation
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Hello AMSAT members,
On around July 30th to around Augest 6th we are going to be working the
satellites from Fripp Island South Carolina, EM92 and also will be
activating IOTA NA-110 (Fripp Island) on HF 40-10 meters using a FT-857D
and either a Buddipole or End fed dipole. As for our satellite work we are
working all available satellites SSB/FM, the gear consists of a Arrow
antenna and a IC-821. Note that we will be working the satellites and HF
casually but will try to get it on air as much as possible. The operators
will be Either me or my Dad N8XQM behind the mic. Will try to post updates
here either on the BB or my Twitter on how the operations are going. Fripp
Island is a small island near the border of Georgia close to Savanna, it is
a gated community noted for its nice vacation spot. Hope to hear you from
Fripp Island and hope to have fun down here.
73 KE8AKW Nick
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 05:48:59 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] NPOTA activations via satellite in southern
Arizona on 28 July - report (long!)
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Hi!
On Thursday, 28 July 2016, I decided to make a day-trip to southern
Arizona. I went to a grid that isn't terribly rare, DM42, and planned
to operate from a couple of National Parks on the Air sites around
Tucson. I have enjoyed working other satellite operators who have
operated from the NPOTA sites, and have tried to do my small part to
put NPOTA sites on the satellites. With AO-85 and SO-50 passes during
the day, those passes helped me work enough stations at each site to
have two more official NPOTA activations.
After leaving home early Thursday morning, I drove to the western
edge of Saguaro National Park, near Tucson. Saguaro National Park has
two sections, on the west and east sides of Tucson. I decided to work
from the western half of the park, since that made for a shorter drive,
and I was confident I could find locations that would let me work both
western and eastern passes. With a fuel stop near Tucson, I made it to
the first of the three spots I would operate from - along a road near
the western boundary of the national park - in under two hours.
The first pass was a western SO-50 pass around 1550 UTC. I expected
more stations to show up, even on a Thursday morning. I worked the only
two stations I heard: NP4JV in southern Arizona, and VA6OK in Alberta.
As I wrapped up working this pass, I had a visitor. Jim KB7YSY, who
saw my post to the AMSAT-BB on Wednesday (27 July) evening. Jim lives
very close to this part of Saguaro National Park, and had e-mailed me
earlier Thursday morning asking where I was planning to go. Jim also
saw my APRS track, so he was able to find me easily. We chatted for a
few minutes, and Jim mentioned a picnic area that he thought I might
want to use. More on that later.
After that SO-50 pass, I had about 90 minutes until the next two passes
I planned to work. I went to the visitor center, so I could put the
stamps for the park in my passport, and then drove along a road on the
north side of the park. I needed to find a good spot with a great view
to the east, for the passes around 1730-1830 UTC. FO-29 was passing
by at a maximum elevation of 11 degrees, and AO-85 was only going up to
a maximum elevation of 5 degrees.
After about 45 minutes of driving around, I found an intersection where
I could pull off the road and have a good view to the east. With the
western portion of Saguaro National Park being in the Tucson Mountains,
this was no easy task. I was able to hear myself through FO-29, but made
no QSOs on the 1735 UTC eastern pass. Maybe I should have tried the
western AO-73 pass at that time, which was a 19-degree pass. Then came
AO-85 at 1805 UTC...
I have been reading on Twitter about how NP4JV has been working low AO-85
passes from southern Arizona. I figured that I could make a try at doing
the same thing, if I had a good spot. It turned out that I found a great
spot for the 5-degree pass. I made 5 contacts in the middle 3 minutes of
the 9-minute pass. It seemed easier for me to work this 5-degree pass,
compared to some passes at higher elevations.
After the AO-85 pass, I had just over an hour before the next pair of
passes, FO-29 and AO-85 again. I grabbed a sandwich at a Subway just
outside the national park, and then visited that picnic area Jim KB7YSY
mentioned. The picnic area was just inside the national park boundary,
and was perfect for these two passes around 1915-2000 UTC. FO-29 was
going to rise to a maximum elevation of 76 degrees, followed by AO-85
going up to a maximum elevation of 63 degrees. FO-29 had some activity,
and I was able to work Endaf KG6FIY in California and George WA5KBH in
Louisiana. Unfortunately, I couldn't work the other 2 or 3 stations I
heard, but two contacts were better than zero contacts on the earlier
FO-29 pass.
AO-85 at 1940-1955 UTC had a great crowd. Once the satellite rose above
the mountains south of me, I was able to work 9 stations across the
continental USA and Canada. I had a visitor stop by while I was working
the pass, wondering if I was tracking animals. I explained that I could
track animals, but I wasn't doing that. I also mentioned the National
Parks on the Air program, the reason why I was operating from the park.
If not for the NPOTA program, I wouldn't have been in the park at midday,
with the temperatures already up to 106F/41C outside.
With the 9 contacts I made on AO-85, I had a total of 18 contacts with
13 different stations. This made my visit to Saguaro National Park an
official NPOTA activation, having worked at least 10 different stations.
Instead of trying to work the next AO-85 pass at 2123 UTC from here, I
drove north about 40 miles to find a spot for the next NPOTA activation
I hoped to make.
Northwest of Tucson along the I-10 freeway is Picacho Peak State Park.
This park has two bits of history associated with it. Picacho Peak was
the site of the westernmost battle in the US Civil War. Not a big battle,
but a small bit of US history in Arizona a half-century before becoming
a US state. Almost a century before the Civil War battle, the Spanish
explorer Juan Bautista de Anza led expeditions from Mexico through what
is now Arizona and California, up to what would become the city of San
Francisco. Picacho Peak was used as a camp for the de Anza expeditions,
and is within the corridor defined by the National Park Service for the
de Anza National Historic Trail.
The 2123 UTC AO-85 pass favored the west coast, with a maximum elevation
of 17 degrees. After driving through the Picacho Peak park, I parked at
the westernmost trailhead in the park. From there, I worked 5 stations
up and down California, and one station in Oklahoma, in about 10 minutes.
Logging 6 stations on this pass made me confident I could work 4 more
different stations on the later SO-50 pass, so I could count this stop
as another NPOTA activation.
Now in the mid-afternoon, the outside temperature was up to 109F/43C. I
had hoped to go in the visitor center at Picacho Peak to kill some time,
and get the NPS passport stamp for the de Anza National Historic Trail
at Picacho Peak. I had to wait about 30 minutes for the rangers to come
back to the visitor center. I did not care about fuel economy for my car
between passes, as I was using my car's air conditioning to have a cool
place to escape the heat. When the visitor center opened up, I was able
to get those passport stamps. Unlike most national parks, the stamps were
kept behind a counter, and I had to ask for them. Not many apparently ask
for these stamps, probably not realizing that this state park is also
part of a rather large National Park Service unit (the de Anza trail).
With the passport stamps out of the way, I found a spot at the eastern
edge of the park with a nice view to the northeast. I had an SO-50 pass
coming at 2244 UTC, with a maximum elevation of 18 degrees. From Picacho
Peak, this meant a pass that would cover almost all of the continental
USA. With the earlier AO-85 contacts, I figured I should be able to get
4 contacts on this pass. Not only did I get the 4 I hoped to log (that
was done in the first 2 minutes of the pass), I worked a total of 14
stations. Thirteen of these stations were across the continental USA,
and one was in Cuba (CO6HLP). This pass alone was more than enough to
make this stop an official NPOTA activation. I logged 20 contacts between
the two passes, doubling the minimum number I needed for an activation
(10). After putting my gear back in the trunk of my car, I drove home.
All QSOs made from these two locations have been uploaded to Logbook of
the World. If anyone would like to receive a QSL card for a contact made
with WD9EWK on Thursday, please e-mail me with the QSO details. Please
note that anyone participating in the National Parks on the Air activity
must use LOTW, as ARRL will not accept QSL cards for any awards connected
with this activity. Thanks to everyone who worked me at these two sites!
Despite the hot weather, it was fun to activate two different NPOTA sites
in the same day, all via satellite.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 20:18:47 +0100
From: Daniel Cussen <dan@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Peoria Riverfront
Museum, Peoria IL
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This is a recording of this contact from the telebridge point of view:
https://youtu.be/eTlI-pzbbLg
This was streamed live using a multi viewer POV and mixing it in realtime.
There was no HamTV transmission, but images from the telebridge
station can be interesting for the people at school or at museum.
All the streaming cameras were locally recorded and posted on youtube
and google drive so you can download it or play on web.
Resolution isn?t so high but consider this is a streaming using max 1M
upload (audio+video).
On YouTube: https://youtu.be/eTlI-pzbbLg
On 26/07/2016, n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
> participants at Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria IL on 27 July. The event is
> scheduled to begin at approximately 19:59 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 OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over
> Italy 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.
>
>
>
>
>
> The Peoria Riverfront Museum focuses on interdisciplinary learning - a
> fusion of art, history, science and achievement designed to develop
> knowledge, critical thinking skills and a lifelong passion for learning. We
> have a state-of-the-art planetarium to teach astronomy and other science
> topics, and a giant screen theater that shows educational and feature films.
> Our mission is to inspire lifelong learning for all - connecting art,
> history, science and achievement through collections, exhibitions and
> programs.
>
>
>
> Peoria is the largest city in Central Illinois, with a population of 115,000
> in the city, and about 400,000 in the greater metro area. The surrounding
> area is rural, with a great deal of farming communities.
>
>
>
> The questions to the astronaut will be asked by students in our "Space to
> Ground" club, and by museum visitors and staff. The questions labeled
> "Staff/Audience Member" were collected from museum visitors, but we are not
> sure if the person who submitted the question will be at the event, so we do
> not have names.
>
>
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> Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
>
>
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> 1. What happens when you sneeze in space?
>
> 2. What do you miss from Earth most while you are in space?
>
> 3. How do the plants grow differently in space than on Earth?
>
> 4. From space, what area on Earth looks best?
>
> 5. What do you do for fun while on the ISS?
>
> 6. Is it true that your spine grows abnormally in space?
>
> 7. Would you prefer to go on a spacewalk, or to go for a walk on Earth
>
> with gravity?
>
> 8. What is the first thing you will eat when you return to Earth?
>
> 9. What will you be doing today after you are done talking to us?
>
> 10. Which current science experiment on the ISS interests you most?
>
> 11. What is the most difficult job you do on the ISS?
>
> 12. How many sunsets do you see in a day?
>
> 13. What was the most difficult part of adjusting to weightlessness?
>
> 14. Where do you see human spaceflight in 50 years?
>
> 15. Do you have trouble running into things while moving about the
>
> ISS?
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>
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>
> PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:
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>
> Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the
> International Space Station (ARISS).
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>
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> To receive our Twitter updates, follow @xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> Next planned event(s):
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>
> TBD
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>
>
>
>
> 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), and the National Aeronautics and Space
> Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration
> of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by
> organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard
> the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the
> help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with
> large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these
> radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about
> space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see
> www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.a
> rrl.org.
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>
>
> Thank you & 73,
>
> David - AA4KN
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 15:37:13 -0400
From: <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <aa4kn@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS News Release no. 16-07
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ARISS NEWS RELEASE
no. 16-07
Friday, July 29, 2016
David Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@xxxxx.xxx
ARISS International Face-to-face Meeting Announced for 2016
Featuring a Special Tour of the NASA Johnson Space Center
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International
Face-to-face Meeting for 2016 will take place in the Houston, Texas area,
hosted by ARISS-US team members who will welcome the worldwide ARISS team.
The dates are November 15 - 18, 2016. Meeting attendees can go on a special
tour Monday afternoon, November 14 at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC).
ARISS-International Face-to-face Meetings are always open to the public from
around the world as observers, and there is no registration fee. The
meeting immediately follows the 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium to accommodate
symposium attendees who can extend their stay.
Meeting dates selected coincide with ARISS's 20th anniversary and the team
will be celebrating its 20 successful years. In November 1996, the first
international ARISS meeting took place at NASA Johnson Space Center, as
well. Many ARISS international team members plan to participate in this
year's meeting.
The ARISS-International Face-to-face Meeting agenda is being worked and will
center around ARISS's hardware development project and future initiatives,
sustaining the ARISS program through strategic partnerships and fundraising,
and making a quantum improvement in educational outcomes. Other topics and
discussions will be on:
? how the full ARISS worldwide team can leverage the major outcomes
achieved by the ARISS United Kingdom team members during Astronaut Tim
Peake's mission,
? educating the team on expectations of ARISS's two new benefactors:
NASA Space Communications and Navigation and the Center for the Advancement
of Science in Space
? celebrating the 20thanniversary of the establishment of ARISS, and
? additional topics critical to the future of ARISS.
The ARISS team welcomes all people from around the globe to the
ARISS-International Face-to-face Meeting as observers. ARISS hopes
attendees new to ARISS will decide to begin volunteering after learning
about the many things the ARISS team does. Those interested in coming to
the meeting during any part of November 15 - 18 can e-mail Rosalie White
(k1sto@xxxx.xxxx or Frank Bauer (ka3hdo@xxxxxxx.xxxx. Information will then
be forwarded about the hotel that will offer a special rate .
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), and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration
of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by
organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard
the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the
help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with
large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these
radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about
space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, go to:
www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org , and
www.arrl.org .
Also, join us on Facebook: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) / Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status
Contact:
David Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR , aa4kn@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 22:21:23 -0700
From: Joseph Spier <wao@xxx.xxx>
To: ans@xxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-213 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-213
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:
* ARISS International Face-to-face Meeting Announced for 2016
* RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Nearing Completion
* AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2016 July 29-31
* Dayton Hamvention? 2017 Venue Announcement
* Good-Bye, Hara Arena! Hamvention to Relocate in 2017!
* UK Astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI/GB1SS, Heads Ham Contingent
to 10 Downing Street
* South African SDR Transponder Working Group
* Past AMSAT President Doug Loughmiller, W5BL, SK
* AMSAT Events
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-213.01
ANS-213 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 213.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE July 31, 2016
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-213.01
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ARISS International Face-to-face Meeting Announced for 2016
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International
Face-to-face Meeting for 2016 will take place in the Houston, Texas area,
hosted by ARISS-US team members who will welcome the worldwide ARISS team.
The dates are November 15 ? 18, 2016. Meeting attendees can go on a
special tour Monday afternoon, November 14 at the NASA Johnson Space
Center (JSC).
ARISS-International Face-to-face Meetings are always open to the public
from around the world as observers, and there is no registration fee.
The meeting immediately follows the 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium to
accommodate
symposium attendees who can extend their stay.
Meeting dates selected coincide with ARISS?s 20th anniversary and the team
will be celebrating its 20 successful years. In November 1996, the first
intdio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
Follow us on Twitter:
ARISS_status
[ANS thanks ARISS and the ARRL for the above information]
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RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Nearing Completion
RadFxSat flight unit has been assembled and is going through various
stages of
testing before it is put through environmental (shock, vibe, bakeout)
testing
in August for completion in early September. Launch is scheduled for January
20, 2017.
In a recent test stop in Fox Labs for a few days, most of the testing was
streamed live on YouTube to give enthusiasts an opportunity to ?look
over the
shoulder? of VPE Jerry Buxton, N0JY as he conducted tests on the flight unit
along with other Fox Engineering Team members on GoToMeeting.
If you missed the live video, you can view the archives at
http://www.youtube.com/c/n0jy/live
RadFxSat is expected to be back in Fox Labs around August 11 for another
round
of tests and it is planned to have live streaming during those tests as
well.
http://www.amsat.org/?p=5379
[ANS thanks Jerry, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President of Engineering for the
above information]
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AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2016 July 29-31
The 2016 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium is taking place at the
Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, over the weekend of July 29-31. The
event is
open to all. The presentations will be streamed at
https://beta.batc.tv/live/amsatuk
A full program of presentations, covering all aspects of the amateur
satellite world, has been developed for the Saturday and Sunday and a
?Beginners Session? was scheduled for the Friday afternoon. AMSAT Vice
President of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA was scheduled to give
an update
on the AMSAT-NA Fox Satellites on Saturday.
Download the PDF Schedule
https://ukamsat.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/schedule-2016-amsat-uk-
colloquium-issue-h.pdf
Sessions will include updates on the many new satellites that are
expected to
be launched over the next few months. This includes Eshail-2 which will
carry
the first ever geostationary amateur radio transponder and provide more
than 8
MHz of new intercontinental spectrum ? it will provide coverage to five
continents. Additionally we will have a session on how to develop software
receivers using GNU radio, reviews of the Tim Peake GB1SS ARISS contacts and
the STEM results achieved, information about a new 76 GHz satellite
project, a
review of how to operate ?in the field? and lots more.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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Dayton Hamvention? 2017 Venue Announcement
The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) regrets to inform our many
vendors, visitors and stakeholders that, unfortunately, HARA has announced
the closing of their facility. We have begun execution of our contingency
plan to move Hamvention? 2017 to a new home.
DARA and Hamvention? have enjoyed many successful years working together
with HARA Arena and we wish the Wampler family the best.
DARA and Hamvention? have been working on a contingency plan in the event
HARA would become unavailable. We have spent many hours over the last few
years evaluating possible locations and have found one in the area we
believe will be a great new home! Due to logistics and timing issues, we
will make a formal announcement introducing our new partner. This
information will be coming soon. We all believe this new venue will be a
spectacular place to hold our beloved event. Please rest assured we will
have the event on the same weekend and, since it will be in the region,
the current accommodations and outside events already planned for
Hamvention? 2017 should not be affected.
http://hamvention.org/dayton-hamvention-2017-venue-announcement/
[ANS thanks DARA, Ron Cramer, KD8ENJ, and the Hamvention Staff for the
above information]
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Good-Bye, Hara Arena! Hamvention to Relocate in 2017!
Hamvention? has announced that Hara Arena, the home of Hamvention since
1964,
is closing, but Hamvennal Space Station (ARISS) ham
radio contact with the ISS. Peake inaugurated the use of the ISS Ham TV
system
when he spoke on January 8 with Jessica and other students at Sandringham
School in Hertfordshire, England.
Also attending the reception at 10 Downing Street were Italian astronaut
Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, and the UK's first astronaut, Helen Sharman,
GB1MIR, who traveled to the Russian Mir space station in 1991.
Cristoforetti was among those responsible for configuring the Ham TV digital
Amateur Radio TV (DATV) system on the space station.
Peake dedicated part of his 6 months in space to educational activities for
youngsters on Earth. He described his Principia Mission as the largest
and most
ambitious educational outreach program of any European space mission. It was
supported by ARISS, the UK Space Agency, the ESA, and others on a long
list of
educational institutions and organizations.
The July 29-31 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in Guildford will
feature presentations about Peake's Principia Mission, and Sandringham
School
students will talk about their ARISS experience.
[ANS thanks ARISS and the ARRL for the above information]
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South African SDR Transponder Working Group
During the first AMSAT SA SDR conversation, who met on Wednesday 27 July
2016,
the participants discussed various aspects of changing transponders on
future
satellite missions to Software Defined Radio. The first step in the
process
is to develop a roadmap. The first roadmap proposals will be discussed
at the
group's next Skype conversation on Wednesday 10 August. The group is also
working on setting up an information sharing platform.
Visit
www.amsatsa.org.za
for more information on how to become a member of AMSAT SA and to join
the SDR conversation.
[ANS thanks the South African Radio League News for Sunday, 31 July 2016
for the above information]
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Past AMSAT President Doug Loughmiller, W5BL, SK
Past AMSAT President and AMSAT Journal Editor Doug Loughmiller, W5BL, of
McKinney, Texas, died on July 22. An ARRL Life Member, he was 60 and had
been
suffering from cancer.
?This is very sad news,? said Al Ward, W5LUA. ?He will be missed greatly.?
Loughmiller was probably best known in recent years as a high-altitude
Amateur
Radio ballooning enthusiast, and he evangelized on that topic at the ARRL
Centennial Convention in 2014 as well as at Dayton Hamvention?. He was
the co-
moderator of the BalloonSat Forum at Hamvention, and the co-founder of
ARBONET
(Amateur Radio Balloon over North East Texas) ? described as ?a poor man?s
space program.? He also held a pilot?s license and was interested in motor
sports, fishing, and scuba diving.
He also was an active Amateur Radio instructor, and he was the recipient of
the 2008 Herb S. Brier Award bestowed by the ARRL to recognize a volunteer
Amateur Radio instructor.
Loughmiller grew up in Indiana and, after graduating from high school there,
he attended Paris Junior College in Texas. His first career was as a
baker, but
from there he jumped to a job in the Satellite Communications Department
at the
University of Surrey, in England, as a payload supervisor. Subsequently he
pursued a successful career in the electronics component industry,
working for
Arrow Electronics, Future Electronics/FAI, and RAM Electronic Sales.
Loughmiller ran for elective office in the ARRL West Gulf Division and
in the
North Texas Section. He was a member of the Denton County Amateur Radio
Association and the Red River Valley Amateur Radio Club, where he served as
president in the 1980s.
A service was helded in Paris, Texas, on July 27, with many AMSAT, ARRL,
and
amateur radio friends in attendance.
http://www.arrl.org/news/past-amsat-president-doug-loughmiller-w5bl-sk
[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information]
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AMSAT Events
Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around
the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where
AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working
amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with
AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations,
forums, and/or demonstrations).
*Saturday, 6 August 2016 ? Austin Summerfest in Austin TX
*Saturday, 13 August 2016 ? KL7KC Hamfest in Fairbanks AK
*Saturday, 20 August 2016 ? Spark in the Park in Wyoming MI
*Saturday, 3 September 2016 - Shelby Hamfest in Shelby, NC (ARRL North
Carolina State Convention) - AMSAT Forum Only
*Saturday and Sunday, 10-11 September 2016 Boxboro Hamfest in Boxborough,
MA (ARRL New England Division Convention)
*Friday, 23 September 2016 ? presentation at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Amateur Radio Club in Pasadena CA
*Friday and Saturday, 21-22 October 2016 ? CopaFest 2016, south of
Maricopa AZ
*Saturday, 12 November 2016 ? Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest in
Marana AZ
*Saturday, 3 December 2016 ? Superstition Superfest in Mesa AZ
*Saturday, 14 January 2017 ? Thunderbird Hamfest 2017 in Phoenix AZ
*Saturday, 4 February 2017 ? Palm Springs Hamfest in Palm Springs CA
*Friday-Sunday, 10-12 February 2017 Orlando HamCation in Orlando, FL
*Friday and Saturday, 17-18 February 2017 ? Yuma Hamfest in Yuma AZ
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]
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ARISS News
Successful Contacts
* A telebridge contact via W6SRJ with students attending the ESA Space Camp
2016 in Lenk, Switzerland, was successful Mon 2016-07-25 .
* A telebridge contact via W6SRJ with students at United Space School
hosted
by the Foundation for International Space Education (FISE), in Seabrook TX,
USA was successful Tue 2016-07-19.
* A telebridge via VK4KHZ with students at the YOTA Camp 2016 IARU-R1 in
Salzburg, Austria,was successful Mon 2016-07-18.
* A telebridge via W6SRJ contact with students participating in Frontiers of
Flight Museum's ?Moon Day 2016?, Dallas TX, USA was successful Sat
2016-07-16.
* A telebridge contact via W6SRJ with students from a consortium of schools
attending the ISS R&D Conference, San Diego, CA, USA as part of STEM Day was
successful Thu 2016-07-14. .
Upcoming Contacts
* A direct contact via BN?SH with students at Sacred Heart Primary School,
New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C, is scheduled for Tue 2016-08-02 08:36:03
UTC.
The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi, KF5LKS.
The Sacred Heart Primary School in Taiwan was founded in 1965 and is part
of the world family of Sacred Heart Schools which can be found on five
continents. Its philosophy of education is rooted in the development of the
whole person. This founding vision was that of a great educator- Madeleine
Sophie Barat - who lived at the time of the French Revolution. In her
day, as
in ours, the social fabric was disintegrating. Her response was to try to
rebuild and transform society through an education based on solid
intellectual
training and spiritual values leading to the development of the whole
person.
Sacred Heart Education
People in East Asia are, to a large extent, shaped by Confucianism, whose
tradition stresses respect for teachers and family. Our teachers are
provided
with regular in service training to enable them to meet the unique
challenges
of personal and social responsibility, posed by the influence of modern
technology and the Western stress on individualism, which are rapidly
changing
our world. At the same time, they learn to nurture a global awareness and
concern in their students.
Sacred Heart School strives to give students a well-rounded education, based
on the conviction that each person has talents and capacities which can
contribute to the betterment of society. We believe that school is the place
for students to both acquire a love of learning and experience hope, joy and
fullness of life.
We are convinced that true human development is based on faith in God's love
for each person.Youngsters of various religious beliefs are welcome.
Faith is
integrated with life and students are offered an education which teaches
personal values and emphasizes mutual respect among all people. At the same
time, a deep appreciation for intellectual values is cultivated, allowing
students to be knowledgeable, questioning, and reflective.
Our students are taught to be persons capable of being both independent and
able to work with others; of having a compassionate heart ? especially
for the
marginalized of society and of experiencing joy in service and in living for
others. Creativity is encouraged in the teaching of all subjects so that the
students can develop their own vision and learn to live with commitments.
Profile
At present the school has 781 students from 7 to 12 years of age. The campus
is ideally situated in the suburbs, at the foot of the Goddess of Mercy
Mountain, with the Tamsui River in the foreground. School buildings are
surrounded by spacious gardens with abundant flowers, birds and trees. We
believe that both dedicated educators and a healthy environment are
essential
to quality education which will influence the students for life.
* A telebridge contact via IK1SLD with Scouts participating in Space
Jam 10,
in Rantoul IL, USA, is scheduled for Sat 2016-08-06 15:59:03 UTC. The
scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins, KG5FYJ.
Greetings from the participants and volunteers of Space Jam 10 in Rantoul,
Illinois. Though primarily a weekend Scouting and STEM education event,
we are
open to all interested youth. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from 27 states have
come together in an educational and fun format to learn life skills that
will
prepare them for the increasingly complex futurerations are going.
Fripp Island is a small island near the border of Georgia close to Savanna,
it is a gated community noted for its nice vacation spot. Hope to hear you
from Fripp Island.
[ANS thanks Nick, KE8AKW for the above information]
Chinese Rocket Burns Up Over North America
The body of China's experimental Long March 7 rocket re-entered Earth's
atmosphere on Wednesday night, July 27th, around 9:38 p.m. Pacific Time,
creating a bright fireball over the western USA. The glowing trail was
spotted
in Utah, Nevada and much of California.
The re-entry signaled the Long March 7's return from one month in space. It
began its mission on June 25, 2016, in a night launch from the Wenchang
Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island off China's southern coast. The
flight
tested new technologies essential to China's developing space program.
The Long
March 7 is expected to play a key role in the construction of a Chinese
space
station planned for the decades ahead.
Videos of the can be viewed here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=E1JRauKggsc
[ANS thanks SpaceWeather.com for the above information]
National Parks on The Air - Satellite Activation - Blue Ridge Parkway Video
John Brier, KG4AKV, has post a video on YouTube of his recent NPOTA
Activity.
https://youtu.be/EyXZ59-t8BQ
John reports this was filmed on Sunday July 17th, 2016 on the Craggy
Overlook
Trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina.
I think this video is pretty fun! This was my first National Parks on
The Air (NPOTA) activation and it couldn't have been more exciting and
beautiful. I made ten contacts, which is the minimum required to get
credit for an NPOTA activation, and half of those contacts were from a
short pileup immediately after I put my call out on the bird, SO-50.
This pass is from Sunday July 17th 2016 but I technically did my first
activation the day before at the same place, and I even made 14
contacts on that near overhead pass, but I had more video sources
(four) from Sunday than Saturday, and I also operated better, with
more efficiency and with less screwups (though not none), than the
Sunday activation.
Saturday felt very hectic as I struggled to operate well while also
tracking the relatively faster moving satellite overhead. If I make a
video of that pass I'm sure it won't seem that bad to others but
that's just how it felt. I probably will make a video of that pass too
but I definitely also want to make more opportunities for me to
experience pileups like this. That's why it was so exciting.
As I said at the end of the video there are three national parks on
the Outer Banks of North Carolina: Cape Lookout, Cape Hatteras and the
Wright Brothers National Memorial. I'm sure those would be great
places to get some cool video, though I'm not sure if I'll be able to
use my DSLR out in that harsh environment! They'll also just be fun to
visit.
I'm thinking of trying HF operation too as I bet I could get a pileup
there too. Maybe I'll get a Buddipole. That would be a cool addition
to my operating because over the last year I've done almost
exclusively satellite communications. It would be another opportunity
for a different kind of video too.
Stations contacted:
01) K8II
02) NP4JV
03) W7JSD
04) N6UA
05) KC3FHV
06) NX9B
07) W5CBF
08) KD8ATF
09) KD8VRX
10) K8YSE
Please Subscribe:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceComms1?sub_confirmation=1
Links to videos featured at the end:
TOMSK Bandit ISS Repeater:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svnB7h_k7_M
My First Perfect ISS SSTV Image:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7to9uX1sWC4
Equipment I use for ISS Reception:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3JwOwjYIkM
ISS Reception (Kopernik Observatory):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGFEanljOG8
[ANS thanks John Brier, KG4AKV 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 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,
Joe Spier, K6WAO
k6wao at amsat dot org
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