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Today's Topics:
1. Six CubeSats deployment from ISS at 16 Jan (Masahiro Arai)
2. FUNcube Warehouse Maintenance (David Johnson)
3. FW: NO084 PSAT Spin Rate over 10 RPM (BRICSAT listening?)
(Robert Bruninga)
4. AlSat-1N image + AMSAT-UK Colloquium + Phase 4 (M5AKA)
5. ANS-015 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Joseph Spier)
6. Fox1-b and also UO-11 (News) (GW1FKY@xxx.xxxx
7. KLM 2m 14c polarization circuit question (Capacitor
Replacement) (Brian Sarkisian, KG8CO)
8. Upcoming ARISS contact with High School "L?on Blum", Le
Creusot, France (David H Jordan)
9. FUNcube Warehouse may be slower than usual (David Johnson)
10. Dead LVB tracker rehab for free! (Norm n3ykf)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:58:53 +0900
From: Masahiro Arai <m-arai@x.xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Six CubeSats deployment from ISS at 16 Jan
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Six CubeSats delivered to ISS by HTV-6 will deploy from ISS with new
JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) at 16h Jan. New J-SSOD
has four satellite install cases. One satellite install case has 3U
space, so new J-SSOD can delploy twelve CubeSat at one time. Six
CubeSats are installed followings,
satellite
install CubeSats
case
#1 three 1U CubeSats ITF-2?WASEDA-SAT3?FREEDOM
#2 one 3U CubeSat EGG
#3 one 2U CubeSat AOBA-VELOX3
#4 one 3U CubeSat TuPOD (including Tancredo1 and OSNSAT)
ITF-2?WASEDA-SAT3?AOBA-VELOX3, TuPOD and Tancredo1 are opeprate on
ham band.
#1 and #2 will be deployed at 0900-0930z 16th Jan, #3 and #4 will be
1030-1100z.
Live broadcast will start at 0850z on YouTube JAXA channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4xq_rj0QiQ
This info from JAXA.
73
Masa JN1GKZ
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:13:26 +0000
From: David Johnson <dave@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube Warehouse Maintenance
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Hi,
We are making some changes to allow us to migrate some functions to another
server, you may experience some short outages
during this period.
If you experience any problems, either with the web site or Dashboard
uploads, please let me know.
73
Dave
G4DPZ
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:38:39 -0500
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: NO084 PSAT Spin Rate over 10 RPM (BRICSAT
listening?)
Message-ID: <58851b267985e91786d5aaf894e4fade@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Thanks everyone!
Here is the question. Did anyone ever happen to hear anything on 435.350
during the last week that did *not* correlate with PSAT? It may have been
BRICSAT in full sun! Its PSK31 trasnponder is on the same downlink... and
since its only problem was poor power budget, it may have been alive and no
one was listening?
It all started Friday afternoon, when I happened to tune to PSAT and heard
only about 10 seconds at the tail end of a pass and saw about a 5 second
swoosh before the transponder dropped out. Giving me a complete guess at
maybe 12 RPM.
KO6TZ reported: a screen capture from Spectran of the "swoosh" fade lines
from the 23:30utc pass of NO-84. The tick marks ? are 1 second spacing?
[with] just slightly over 5 secs between the fades. That puts the spin at
~11.7 RPM.
And of course DK3WN nailed it with this high res plot:
http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=76608
Showing 5 rotations in 32 seconds or about 9.4 RPM
We had to use this signal strength method since the the telemetry spin data
is of no practical use since it is undersampled. IE, we are only sampling
at once every 5 seconds and so this is HALF the Nyquist rate. To capture a
spin of 12 RPM we would need to sample over 24 times a minute. So that is
why we needed people to simply listen for it and determine the spin that
way.
And it looks like today is the last day of full sun.
We had gotten excited when we noticed this full sun late Friday afternoon
and realized it would be a good time to listen for BRICSAT which also has an
HF PSK31 downlink on 435.350. But we noticed that after 20 months in space,
that BRICSAT has separated enough that it ended its full sun period the day
before.
Then we went and looked and noticed this full sun period for both satellites
was only 5 days long anyway. We are embarrassed that we have not been
watching the orbit and looking for these full sun periods. They may be rare
indeed.
Bob
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 17:11:55 +0000 (UTC)
From: M5AKA <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AlSat-1N image + AMSAT-UK Colloquium + Phase 4
Message-ID: <812678764.8782869.1484413915042@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Six CubeSats to Deploy from ISS Monday, January 16
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/01/14/six-cubesats-to-deploy-from-iss/
AMSAT Phase 4B video report N4HY and KJ4QLP
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/january/amsat-phase-4-video-report.htm
Chris Bridges M0IEB @xxxxxxxxxxxxxx reports AlSat-1N CubeSat image received
2 x Groundstations + 210 kB/day throughput over 9K6 G3RUH link = 1.328 MB
RGB image
https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk/posts/1267028420006871
Sandringham School students High Altitude Balloon project #sandHABflight
https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk/photos/a.555434137832973.1073741826.208113275
898396/1270788916297488/?type=3
David Crump G8GKQ @xxxxxxx and Noel Matthews @xxxxx attended the Es'Hail 2
Phase 4A Geostationary Amateur Radio transponder meeting at Bochum
https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk/posts/1271327429576970
2017 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/01/13/2017-amsat-uk-colloquium/
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 20:41:33 -0800
From: Joseph Spier <wao@xxx.xxx>
To: ans@xxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-015 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-015
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:
* RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launch Date Moved to August 29, 2017
* AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2017
* ITF-2 CubeSat Set to Deploy from ISS
* Satellite Logging Updates Requested for ARRL LoTW
* College OSCAR Activity, Grow Future Membership
* 2017 Interplanetary Small Satellite Conference
* Frequency Plan of the PicSAT Project Validated by the IARU
* AMSAT Events
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-015.01
ANS-015 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 015.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE January 15, 2017
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-015.01
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RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launch Date Moved to August 29, 2017
The launch date for RadFxSat (Fox-1B) has been moved to August 29, 2017.
RadFxSat is one of four CubeSats making up the NASA ELaNa XIV mission,
riding as secondary payloads aboard the Joint Polar Satellite System
(JPSS)-1 mission. JPSS-1 will launch on a Delta II from Vandenberg Air
Force Base, California.
RadFxSat is a partnership with Vanderbilt University ISDE and hosts four
payloads for the study of radiation effects on commercial off the shelf
components. RadFxSat features the Fox-1 style FM U/v repeater with an
uplink on 435.250 MHz (67.0 Hz CTCSS) and a downlink on 145.960 MHz.
Satellite and experiment telemetry will be downlinked via the "DUV"
subaudible telemetry stream and can be decoded with the FoxTelem software.
RadFxSat construction and testing was completed in the fourth quarter of
2016 and the CubeSat is currently in clean storage at Fox Labs, waiting
for delivery and integration which is now scheduled for June, 2017.
[ANS thanks Jerry Buxton, N?JY, AMSAT Vice President for Engineering
for the above information]
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AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2017
AMSAT-UK is very happy to announce that the dates of the next AMSAT-UK
Colloquium will be 14-15 Oct 2017. This year it will be incorporated into
the RSGB Convention at the Kents Hill Park Convention Centre in Milton
Keynes.
Exact details are currently being finalized with the RSGB and these will be
notified when they are known.
If you have not been to Kents Hill before, it is very close to the M1
motorway and is near to Bletchley Park, where RSGB members have free entry.
For overseas visitors it is convenient for planes to London Luton Airport
(30-minute taxi ride) and also London Gatwick and Birmingham airports,
both of which have direct train connections to Bletchley and/or Milton
Keynes
stations. These stations are approximately 10 minutes away by taxi.
[ANS thanks Jim Heck, G3WGM for the above information]
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ITF-2 CubeSat Set to Deploy from ISS
Toshihiro Kameda, JJ3GRX/W3GRX, of the University of Tsukuba's "Yui"
satellite project in Japan, reports that the ITF-2 ("Imagine The
Future") CubeSat is set for release from the International Space
Station (ISS) on Monday, January 16, at 0910 UTC.
The 1U ITF-2 was designed and built at the university. The Amateur
Radio downlink is 437.525 MHz. Updated information will be announced
on the AMSAT Bulletin Board at,
http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/ .
ITF-2 is the successor to the unsuccessful ITF-1, which launched in
2014 but was never heard.
Six CubeSats delivered to ISS by HTV-6 will deploy from ISS with new
JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) at 16h Jan. New J-SSOD
has four satellite install cases. One satellite install case has 3U
space, so new J-SSOD can delploy twelve CubeSat at one time. Six
CubeSats are installed as follows,
satellite
install CubeSats
case
#1 three 1U CubeSats ITF-2, WASEDA-SAT3, FREEDOM
#2 one 3U CubeSat EGG
#3 one 2U CubeSat AOBA-VELOX3
#4 one 3U CubeSat TuPOD (including Tancredo1 and OSNSAT)
ITF-2, WASEDA-SAT3, AOBA-VELOX3, TuPOD and Tancredo1 operate on the
amateur radio bands.
#1 and #2 will be deployed at 0900-0930z 16th Jan, #3 and #4 will be
1030-1100z.
Live broadcast will start at 0850z on YouTube JAXA channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4xq_rj0QiQ
[ANS thanks the ARRL and JAXA for the above information]
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Satellite Logging Updates Requested for ARRL LoTW
AMSAT has requested that BY70-1 be added as "BY70-1" in the next
configuration file for the ARRL Logbook of the World (LoTW). AMSAT has also
requested that this update be made no later than January 31st due to NPOTA
QSOs that were made via the satellite.
AMSAT has also requested the addition of IO-86 as well as SAREX and MIREX
for previous QSOs that occurred via the digipeater carried on various Space
Shuttle missions and the Mir space station.
If anyone notices a satellite that was available for amateur operation that
is not included in the LoTW configuration file, please let me know:
Paul Stoetzer
n8hm@xxxx.xxx
Please also keep in mind that there may be a delay in requests being made
for the addition of satellites to the LoTW configuration file while AMSAT
awaits word of any potential OSCAR number request.
[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information]
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College OSCAR Activity, Grow Future Membership
In 2008-2009 we used to have regular College Satellite Nights, where clubs
active in our area of interest would get on the birds at the same time and
give out contacts. Please let me know if there is an interest again in
doing this once per month and if the group minds allowing SO-50 to be the
venue.
It is important to our future that we grow our ranks through attracting
younger hams. OSCAR operating at the college level can also be a huge
advantage for attractive college students to the hobby. Many of our
technician course attendees at UF are there for that reason (we give
two licensing courses a year).
Please help spread the word to those at your local universities, and to
other college clubs. There will be a College Student Amateur Radio Forum
at HamCation HamFest in Orlando, Saturday Feb. 11. Please let college
student hams know of the event info.
The event is ARRL sponsored, part of CARI, the Collegiate Amateur Radio
Initiative. The forum will take place at 3pm, and there is room for 50
college student attendees. There are more events planned for the day,
including an evening social event for college students. We should also have
table space for the day for college clubs to distribute club info and to
meet, greet, and network with alumni. The table would be a good place for
high school student hams to network in preparation for a life of amateur
radio during the upcoming college years.
Questions can be directed to the moderator of the forum, UF Doctoral
student Andy Milluzzi, KK4KWR - andy@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
For the latest of information see the CARI Facebook group -
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ARRLCARI/
[ANS thanks Dr. Jay H. Garlitz, AA4FL, FCC Trustee, W4DFU at Univ. of
Florida,
since 2005, www.gatorradio.org. The Club Station of the Gator Amateur
Radio Club,
at UF since 1934, for the above information]
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2017 Interplanetary Small Satellite Conference
The Interplanetary Small Satellite Conference (ISSC) will be held at San
Jose
State University on May 1-2, 2017 in San Jose, California. The conference
addresses interplanetary small satellites, including mission design,
enabling
technologies, science applications, and all other technical aspects of
these
missions. You can find out more details about the conference at
http://www.intersmallsatconference.com/
This year we are expecting over 200 people to attend the conference. This
year?s keynote speakers will be announced soon. The conference will feature
a suite of talks and attendees from JPL, NASA and other space agencies,
universities, and companies from around the world to work on developing
this
important new direction for small spacecraft missions.
The Interplanetary Small Satellite Conference also gives an exciting chance
for organizations to sponsor an exhibitor table or a booth. A table is $270
(includes one registration) and a booth is $540 (includes two
registrations).
Prices are guaranteed until January 31, when they may increase.
Registration will be available soon on our website, but please email us at
exhibitors@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
for information and to reserve your spot. Tables and booths will be
assigned
on a first-come, first-served basis when registration payments are received.
Please also consider submitting an abstract to represent your organization.
Abstracts are due on February 15, 2017. I hope you'll be able to join us in
beautiful San Jose. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any
additional questions.
[ANS thanks the ISSC Committee (via the cubesat.org mailing list)
for the above information]
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Frequency Plan of the PicSAT Project Validated by the IARU
AMSAT-F (AMSAT Francophone) announced on January 8 the the
IARU validated the proposed frequency plan for the PICSAT
satellite project of the Paris Observatory.
The satellite will offer capabilities for telemetry data transmission:
AX25 -
9k6 BPSK, and an FM transponder.
Uplink : 145.910 MHz FM
Downlink : 435.925 MHz FM
AMSAT-F and R?seau des ?metteurs Fran?ais (REF), the national
non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in France, will
provide
active technical support for this project.
For more information :
IARU Coordination:
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=536
Link budget estimated:
https://perso.lesia.obspm.fr/picsat/files/2016/12/PicSat_IARU_Coordination.pdf
Project page:
http://lesia.obspm.fr/PICSAT.html
REF-Info:
http://ref-info.ref.org/projet-picsat-de-lobservatoire-de-paris/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-Francophone 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, 14 January 2017 ? Thunderbird Hamfest 2017 in Phoenix AZ
*Friday and Saturday, 20-21 January 2017 ? Cowtown Hamfest in
Forest Hill, TX
*Thursday, 26 January 2017 ? presentation for Arizona Repeater Association
in Tempe 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
*Friday-Sunday, March 31, April 1 & 2, 2017, NVCON in Las Vegas, NV
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]
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ARISS News
Successful Contacts
* A combined telebridge via K6DUE with students at Coll?ge Saint-Guibert,
Gembloux, Belgium and Euro Space Center, Transinne, Belgium was successful
Thu 2017-01-12.
* A direct contact via W6FOG with students at the World Genesis Foundation
(WGF), Goodyear, AZ. & Quartzsite in Motion, Quartzsite, AZ. was successful
Wed 2017-01-11.
* A direct contact via K4JMC with students at Rainbow Middle School in
Rainbow City, AL. was successful Wed 2017-01-04.
* A direct contact via F1IMF with students at Coll?ge Mathilde Marthe
Faucher, Allassac, France was successful Wed 2017-01-04.
* A direct contact via F4KJV with students at Primary School Georges
Wallers,
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59), France was successful Sat 2016-12-31.
* A direct contact via IK1SLD with students at Ecole Communale de Saint
Sylvestre, Saint Sylvestre, France was successful Wed 2016-12-21.
Upcoming Contacts
* A telebridge via K6DUE students at the L?on Blum High School, Le Creusot,
France, is presently scheduled for Mon 2017-01-16 11:53:17 UTC 60 deg.
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG.
Le Creusot is a commune in the Sa?ne-et-Loire department in the region of
Bourgogne in eastern France. Formerly a mining town, its economy is now
dominated by large metallurgical companies such as ArcelorMittal, Schneider
Electric, and Alstom. In the 19th century, iron ore mines and forges around
Le Creusot generated a business in steel, railways, armaments, and
shipbuilding.
The lyc?e L?on Blum (Le Creusot-71) together with the lyc?e international
Charles de Gaulle (Dijon-21) and lyc?e Pierre Paul Riquet (Saint-Orens-31)
were selected after a call for projects in March 2015 by the CNES Youth
Education department for the PROXIMA mission. The project is named CERES
(after the name of ancient roman goddess of agriculture). Thomas will grow
some seeds in space as part of the CERES educational experiment. A special
cargo of mustard, lentil and radish seeds was sent to him on the Space
Station. He should water them and take pictures at regular intervals to
study how the seeds grow in space. Students of the two partner high schools
and a local elementary school are also participating to the list of
questions.
Watch
http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html
for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled.
[ANS thanks ARISS and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
South East VHF Society Conference Charlotte NC April 28-29
The SVHF Society will hold their convention in Charlotte, NC this year on
April 28 and 29 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Charlotte Airport, 2600
Yorkmont Road, Charlotte, NC 28201.
We have arranged rooms at $95; you can call 800-222-TREE and ask for this
rate under the name "South East VHF Society". Early registration guest room
rate of $89 is offered for reservations made by January 31, 2017. If you
plan to attend, please call now to reserve your room at this lower rate
before the end of January.
Registration information will be posted soon on the web site
(http://svhfs.org) so watch for the sign up details. The conference fee for
pre-registration is $30, Friday's Luncheon is $15, and Saturday's banquet is
$40.
[ANS thanks Gary Greene, W2ZV, SVHF Society conference committee member for
the above information]
AMSAT CW Activity Day reports
As of 8 January, only two of the participants in AMSAT CW Activity
Day have posted reports to amsat-bb. While there is no requirement to do
so, if you participated, please consider posting one while it's still fresh
in your mind. You can post a list of stations worked, satellites used,
"Soapbox" comments, suggestions for next year's event, or what have you.
[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information]
DXpedition Teams Make Satellite Plans
FP, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON. Eric, KV1J, will once again be operating
from the Island of Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid GN17)
as FP/KV1J between July 4-18th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using
CW, SSB and RTTY (but primarily SSB and RTTY). He will generally be on
the highest frequency band that is open (favoring 12/10m). He will be
active in the IARU HF Contest (July 8-9th), NA QSO Party-RTTY (July
15-16th) and the CQ VHF Contest [6M only] (July 15-16th). QSL via KV1J,
direct or by the Bureau. Also eQSL and LoTW. For more details and updates,
check out his Web page at:
http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July17.html
PLEASE NOTE: Eric mentions, "I will also be on the analog Satellites when
the WX is good enough to operate from outside."
YN, NICARAGUA. A team of four operators, sponsored by Texas DX Society,
will be operating near Granada beginning March 20th and ending March 27th.
Operators mentioned are Keith/NM5G (YN2MG), Ken/KD2KW (YN2KW), Bill/K5WL
(YN2WL) and Marty/W5MF (YN2MF). The group plans to participate in the CQWW
WPX SSB Contest (March 25-26th) as YN2KW and station, as a Multi-Op/Single-
Transmitter/All-Bands/Low-Power entry. Outside of the contest, operators
will use their own callsigns on CW, SSB, RTTY and other Digital modes.
They will also have equipment to make some satellite contacts as time
and weather permit. QSL YN2KW via N5ET, all others callsigns listen for
instructions, but probably the same route.
[ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1299 for the above information]
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive 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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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 04:41:08 -0500
From: GW1FKY@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox1-b and also UO-11 (News)
Message-ID: <8d75f7.4274e441.45ac9db4@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Hi all,
Pleased to learn the good news on the success of Space-X and the
announcement for the launch date for
the Fox1-b payload being slated for 29th August 2017.
With thanks to Bob Doran ( G4VRC ) whom has been closely monitoring for
activity on UO-1. He posted
the following good news this morning.
Ken Eaton
GW1FKY
From: robert.doran28@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:robert.doran28@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sent: 15 January 2017 09:11
To: G3YJO@xxxxx.xxxx GW1FKY@xxx.xxx
Subject: UO-11 on
Good morning Martin and Ken,
UO-11 was switched on on the 8.24 pass this morning. The next pass is
10.00 - 10.12.
Bob Doran G4VRC
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:51:18 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Brian Sarkisian, KG8CO" <cqkg8co@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] KLM 2m 14c polarization circuit question
(Capacitor Replacement)
Message-ID: <2083314271.3179350.1484441478162@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
I had to replace the RCA connector on the circuit board. ?I see there is a
capacitor that there was a capacitor soldered to the RCA connector.
What is the capacitance of that capacitor ?
Thank you
Brian, KG8CO?
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 21:08:11 -0500
From: David H Jordan <aa4kndhj@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx ariss-press@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with High School "L?on
Blum", Le Creusot, France
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at High School "L?on Blum", Le Creusot, France on 16 Jan. The
event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:53 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 K6DUE. The contact should be
audible over the east coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to
listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be
conducted in English.
Le Creusot is a commune in the Sa?ne-et-Loire department in the region of
Bourgogne in eastern France. Formerly a mining town, its economy is now
dominated by large metallurgical companies such as ArcelorMittal, Schneider
Electric, and Alstom. In the 19th century, iron ore mines and forges around
Le Creusot generated a business in steel, railways, armaments, and
shipbuilding.
The lyc?e L?on Blum (Le Creusot-71) together with the lyc?e international
Charles de Gaulle (Dijon-21) and lyc?e Pierre Paul Riquet (Saint-Orens-31)
were selected after a call for projects in March 2015 by the CNES Youth
Education department for the PROXIMA mission.
The project is named CERES (after the name of ancient roman goddess of
agriculture) Thomas will grow some seeds in space as part of the CERES
educational experiment. A special cargo of mustard, lentil and radish seeds
was sent to him on the Space Station. He should water them and take
pictures at regular intervals to study how the seeds grow in space.
Students of the two partner high schools and a local elementary school are
also participating to the list of questions.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. On imagine la vie dans l'espace tr?s diff?rente de celle sur Terre.
Malgr? les liaisons radios, vous sentez-vous coup? de la r?alit??
2. Qu?avez-vous ressenti pendant votre sortie extrav?hiculaire? Avez-vous
eu
peur du vide?
3. Constatez-vous quelques changements corporels? Par exemple la
croissance
acc?l?r?e des poils, des cheveux ou des ongles,
ou ? l'inverse une d?shydratation de la peau, perte de cheveux, etc...?
4. Y aurait-il une diff?rence de ressenti si la station elle-m?me n??tait
plus en chute libre
mais en r?elle apesanteur, ?loign?e de toute source de gravit??
5. Avez vous d?j? r?alis? notre exp?rience CERES sur la croissance des
plantules?
sinon quelles hypotheses ou conclusions pouvez vous d?j? faire?
6. Serait-il possible d?entretenir des cultures ou d?velopper un jardin
dans
l?ISS
afin de subvenir ? une partie des besoins nutritionnels des
astronautes?
7. Pensez- vous qu'il soit possible de faire pousser dans l'espace des
v?g?taux
dont la plus grande partie est ici enfouie sous terre comme les
carottes
par exemple? et des v?g?taux plus grands comme des arbustes?
8. Que pensez-vous de la participation et l'implication de lyc?ens ? des
exp?riences men?es dans l'espace?
9. Pensez-vous que des exp?riences comme CERES pourraient ?tre r?alis?es
sur
Mars
et permettre dans les ann?es ? venir d'?ventuelles cultures sur cette
plan?te pour une future colonisation?
10. Le fait de rester plusieurs mois dans une m?me station avec cinq
co?quipiers ne cr?e-t-il pas parfois des conflits ? cause du stress?
11. Sur Terre, l'homme est un g?ant de la d?couverte, de la technologie et
du progr?s.
Mais, au milieu de l'univers, comment se sent-on?
12. Les particules dues aux pluies d'?toiles filantes ont-elles des
cons?quences (m?me minimes)
sur l'ISS ou peut-?tre m?me sur vous, astronautes?
13. Quelles diff?rences observez-vous entre les exp?riences r?alis?es sur
Terre et dans l'Espace?
14. Comment vous organisez vous dans l?ISS avec les autres astronautes?
Existe-t-il un roulement pour les diff?rents services,
comme la pr?paration des repas, etc...
15. Pouvez-vous vous v?tir comme vous le souhaitez dans la station
spatiale
internationale?
Avez-vous la possibilit? de laver votre linge dans l?ISS?
16. Pensez-vous au retour sur Terre? Si oui, appr?hendez-vous cet instant?
17. Les astronautes suivent-ils (ensembles) toutes les traditions et f?tes
de leur pays d'origine?
(par exemple No?l le 25 d?cembre pour les Europ?ens et Am?ricains et
le
7 janvier pour les Russes)
18. J?ai toujours r?v? d??tre astronaute. Quels conseils me donneriez-vous?
19. Allez-vous r?aliser des exp?riences dans l'ISS dans le but d?installer
la vie sur Mars?
20. Pensez-vous que votre g?n?ration d'astronautes ira sur Mars? Esp?rez-
vous y aller vous-m?me?
Translated:
1. Life in space is thought to be very different from life on Earth. In
spite of radio connections, do you ever feel you are cut off from
reality?
2. How did you feel during your Extra-Vehicular-Activity? Did you fear the
void?
3. What sort of body changes can you notice on you? For instance, did you
notice any accelerated growth or loss phenomena concerning your hairs,
hair, nails or even any form of dehydration?
4. Would you feel different sensations if the Space Station was not
continuously falling around Earth, but really away from any source of
gravity?
5. Did you already start our CERES experiment about seed germination? What
difficulties did you meet? Otherwise what hypothesis could you make on
its potential results?
6. Would it be possible to grow crops or develop a garden on the ISS in
order to partially feed astronauts?
7. Do you think it?s realistic to grow vegetables in space, considering
that
their major parts are buried in the soil here on earth, such as carrots
for instance? What about bigger size plants like trees?
8. How do you feel about the fact that high schoolers take part in and get
involved into space experiments?
9. Do you think that experiments like CERES could be made on Mars and
enable
potential cultivation on that planet in the years to come to pave the
way
for a future colonization?
10. You are living with five other astronauts in the same station for
several months: Could it be source of tension because of stress?
11. Here on Earth, human beings are witnessing major scientific
discoveries
and huge technological progress. However, how do we feel in the middle
of the universe?
12. Do the particles triggered by meteor showers have some consequences ?
even tiny ones ? on the ISS or maybe even on you as an astronaut?
13. What differences can you make between experiments that are being
carried out on Earth and those in space?
14. How do you schedule activities with the other astronauts? Do you take
turns to work on different tasks, like preparing meals?
15. Can you dress as you want on the ISS? Can you wash your clothes there?
16. Do you have in mind the moment you will come back on Earth? If so, do
you feel concerned about that moment?
17. Do the astronauts share together all the traditions and celebrations
of
their own countries? Christmas for instance, which is celebrated on
December 25th in Europe and America but on January 7th in Russia?
18. I have always dreamt of being an astronaut. Any helpful piece of
advice?
19. Are you going to make experiments in the ISS in order to settle life
on
Mars?
20. Do you think that your current generation of astronauts will go on
Mars?
Is that your personal hope?
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Thank you & 73,
David ? AA4KN
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:10:22 +0000
From: David Johnson <dave@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube Warehouse may be slower than usual
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Hi,
Please excuse us while we try out some new ideas in the warehouse.
There will be some remote debugging across the network so you might
experience a few timeouts.
We will keep these to a minimum.
73
Dave, G4DPZ
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 13:49:55 -0500
From: Norm n3ykf <normanlizeth@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "<,amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxxxxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Dead LVB tracker rehab for free!
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Dude below commented on my project on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9V7JaE_psE
Since the possibility of repair was out the window, I just made do.
Please contact him:
Hi Norm, I've built over 700 LVB trackers for AMSAT NA and have fixed
many that were lightening damaged. All the parts are currently
available and I don't charge for the repairs. Just an FYI. 73 Mike
WB8CXO?
Our new model X p100d rocks. Will check out RFI compatibility soon.
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