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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-023
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information
service of AMSAT, 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@amsat.org
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins
via the ANS List; to join this list see:
https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/
In this edition:
* Visit AMSAT at Orlando Hamcation
* EASAT-2 and HADES Updates
* AMSAT EA Receives Two OSCAR Designations: SO-114 & SO-115
* Amateur Operation in 3.45 – 3.5 GHz Must Cease by April 14, 2022
* Launch of a Wooden Satellite Still Pending
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 20, 2022
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-023 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2022 Jan 23
Visit AMSAT at Orlando Hamcation
Hamcation 2022 is scheduled for February 11 - 13, 2022 at the Central Florida
Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Orlando, FL. You are invited to visit the
AMSAT booth located at the far west end of West Hall. There you can see the
SatPC32 and CubeSat Sim demos, ask questions, or just say "Hi." In addition,
AMSAT President, Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT President, will host An AMSAT
forum in Classroom 1 on Saturday at 3:00 PM. For more information about
Hamcation 2022, including directions, operating hours, vendors, and a
complete forum schedule, please visit https://www.hamcation.com/.
If you are interested at volunteering at the AMSAT booth, contact Dave
Jordan, AA4KN, at aa4kn at amsat dot org.
[ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, for the above information.]
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Join the 2022 President's Club!
Score your 2" 4-Color Accent Commemorative Coin.
This gold finished coin comes with
Full Color Certificate and Embroidered Iron-on AMSAT Logo Patch
Donate today at
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
You won't want to miss it!
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EASAT-2 and HADES Updates
Felix Paez, EA4GQS, AMSAT-EA Mission Manager provided the last information on
their satellites as of January 18, 2022.
"We confirm the reception of both EASAT-2 and HADES, as well as the decoding
of telemetry and the FM recorded voice beacon with the callsign AM5SAT of the
first one. EASAT-2 appears to be working well except for the deployment of
the antennas, something that apparently has not yet occurred and causes weak
signals. However, the AMSAT-EA team confirms that, based on the reception of
FSK, CW, the FM voice beacon and the telemetry data that has been decoded, it
can be said that the satellite is working perfectly. In the event of low
battery or system malfunction, the on-board computer would not transmit CW
messages or the voice beacon-callsign, as it would be in a 'safe' state with
only fast and slow telemetry transmissions.
"These signals that have been able to confirm the operation of both
satellites were received by Dr. Daniel Estévez EA4GPZ at 18:07 UTC on
Saturday, January 15, using two antennas from the Allen Telescope Array. The
TLEs used were obtained from the radio amateur community, with Doppler
observations from the Delfi-PQ satellite, deployed together with EASAT-2 and
Hades.
"TLEs used were these ones:
https://github.com/AMSAT-EA/easat2-tle-lottery/blob/main/satnogs-2022-01-16-DELFI-PQ.tle
Daniel, EA4GPZ, performed a preliminary analysis using just one polarization
of one of the satellite dishes. EASAT-2 has been detected with a relatively
strong signal, close to the Delfi-PQ signal, obtaining said recorded voice FM
beacon transmissions and FSK, FSK-CW at 50 baud.
"The CW beacon clearly shows the message: VVV AM5SAT SOL Y PLAYA, which is
one of several that both satellites emit, although the callsign AM5SAT
confirms that it is EASAT-2.
"In the recording made by Daniel EA4GPZ there is also a faint trace confirmed
to be from Hades and stronger packets probably from the IRIS-A satellite.
"HADES, like EASAT-2, is transmitting weak signals, weaker than the ones of
EASAT-2, most likely because the on-board computer has not yet managed to
deploy the antennas either, although it will continue trying regularly. The
reason the signals are suspected to be weaker at Hades is that the antennas
are more tightly folded than those of EASAT-2. In any case, this is great
news, since the transmission pattern confirms the proper functioning of the
satellite. In the observations you can see the FSK tones with a deviation of
about 5 kHz interspersed with the FM carrier corresponding to the voice
beacon of the satellite, which has callsign AM6SAT. The AMSAT-EA team is
working to try to decode the telemetry signals and obtain more detailed
information on the state of the satellite.
"We kindly ask you, if you have very high gain antennas, to try to receive
them, specially Hades. If we could decode telemetry it would be very helpful
for us.
"Until antennas are deployed it will be very difficult to use their repeaters
or to receive any SSTV camera images from Hades, but we hope that this will
happen sooner or later, at least because even if the computer doesn't succeed
applying heat to the resistor where the thread is attached, with time, the
thread should break due to the space environment conditions.
Details of the decoded telemetry and voice, as well as more details in:
https://www.amsat-ea.org/ (Texts are In Spanish)
And in the following Twitter threads:
EASAT-2 transmissions:
https://twitter.com/ea4gpz/status/1482457631566487553
EASAT-2 decodings by Gabriel Otero:
https://twitter.com/gaoterop/status/1482758196037050382
HADES transmissions:
https://twitter.com/ea4gpz/status/1482696274797338625."
[ANS thanks Felix Paez, EA4GQS, AMSAT-EA Mission Manager for the above
information.]
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AMSAT EA Receives Two OSCAR Designations: SO-114 & SO-115
On January 13, 2022, the EASAT-2 and HADES satellites were launched on a
Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Developed
by AMSAT-EA, both satellites carry FM and digital repeater payloads to
provide services to amateur radio enthusiasts around the world.
At the request of AMSAT-EA, AMSAT hereby designates EASAT-2 as Spain-OSCAR
114 (SO-114) and HADES as Spain-OSCAR 115 (SO-115). We congratulate AMSAT-EA,
thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and
wish them continued success on this and future projects.
[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations/OSCAR Number
Administrator for the above information.]
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AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all
begins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar
panels, propulsion, and attitude control. Come along for the ride.
The journey will be worth it!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF
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Amateur Operation in 3.45 – 3.5 GHz Must Cease by April 14, 2022
The FCC has established April 14, 2022, as the date by which amateur radio
transmissions must stop in the upper 3.45 – 3.5 GHz segment of the amateur
secondary 9-centimeter band. Secondary operations are permitted to continue
indefinitely in the remainder of the band, 3.3 – 3.45 GHz, pending future
FCC proceedings.
On January 14 the FCC released DA 22-39, which announces the results of
Auction 110 for the 3.45 – 3.55 GHz band. Release of this notice triggered
FCC rules adopted last year requiring that amateur radio operations between
3.45 GHz and 3.5 GHz cease within 90 days of the public notice.
In October 2021, ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, urged Congress to direct
the FCC to preserve Amateur Radios secondary use of the 3 GHz band in a
written statement responding to H.R. 5378, the Spectrum Innovation Act of
2021, before the US House Commerce Communications and Technology
Subcommittee.
A chronology of actions responding to amateur access on the 3.5 GHz band can
be found on the ARRL website.
[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information.]
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Launch of a Wooden Satellite Still Pending
Two spacecraft comprised of wood or using wooden framing are hoping to launch
this year and next. One will carry an amateur radio payload.
WISA Woodsat, a Finnish spacecraft that planned to include an amateur radio
payload, was forced to postpone its announced launch target from 2021 to 2022
after the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Amateur Satellite
Frequency Coordination system turned away its request to use amateur radio
frequencies.
“I regret to inform you that IARU is not in a position to support the WISA
Woodsat Coordination request,” the coordinator said. “The main reason is
that the primary mission doesnt seem to be an amateur mission.”
As announced last year, WISA Woodsat was designed to accommodate multiple
missions from materials science, space education, and awareness to
promoting and facilitating amateur radio communication with and via
satellites. No transponder was on board, but the satellites sponsors said
they had the support of Finlands IARU member-society, SRAL, to use amateur
radio frequencies. They are now reworking the spacecraft to use commercial
radio frequencies.
“To our great disappointment, we cant serve the radio amateur community
with the LoRa-repeater mission as we had hoped and planned. We will continue
to share the pictures and data online, but the technical aspect has been
diminished due to this decision,” said WISA Woodsats Chief Engineer
Samuli Nyman of Arctic Astronautics.
Meanwhile, LignoSat, a 1U-sized CubeSat with an outside structure mainly
composed of wood, has applied for IARU frequency coordination and hopes to
launch from the ISS in 2023. Built by students at Japans Kyoto University,
LignoSat includes a unique amateur radio payload but not a transponder.
The LignoSat application for IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination in
December said the CubeSat would carry amateur radio equipment that will
extract call signs of amateur radio stations from uplinked FM packet signals
and respond to them via the CW downlink and the senders call signs to
convey thank you messages. The plan proposes UHF downlinks for CW and FM.
The satellites development team, comprised of Kyoto University and
Sumitomo Forestry Company, said its aiming to harness the environmental
friendliness and the economy of wood in spacecraft development. They say a
satellite with a wooden exterior would burn up upon re-entering Earths
atmosphere at the end of its mission, lessening its burden on the
environment. The wooden framework also will permit the satellites antennas
to be inside the spacecraft. A plan is under way to use an experimental
apparatus on the International Space Station to hold wooden sheets of varying
hardness, taken from several tree species, attached. These would remain
exposed to the space environment for about 9 months to determine their
deterioration.
The team is headed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut
Tako Doi. Now a Kyoto University professor, Doi was the first JAXA astronaut
to take part in spacewalks from the shuttle Columbia in 1997. He said the
concept, if successful, could lead the way to “allowing even children who
are interested in space to make a satellite.” LignoSat would be deployed
from the ISS in July 2023.
[ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information.]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for January 20, 2022
The following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT TLE Distribution:
- DELFI-PQ - NORAD Cat ID 51074 (Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for the
identification)
- Still waiting for the SpaceTrack Catalog ID for Tevel-1 thru Tevel-8,
EASAT-2, and Hades to be identified.
As always, the latest Keps data can be found at
https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/keps@amsat.org.
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above
information.]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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ARISS NEWS
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between
amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The
downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
+ Quantorium Children's Technopark, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia, direct via
TBD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS.
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz.
The scheduled crewmember is Anton Shkaplerov.
Contact is go for January 25, 2022 at 08:45 UTC
+ Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS.
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz.
The scheduled crewmember is Pyotr Dubrov.
Contact is go for February 2, 2022 at 08:45 UTC
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for
the above information.]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
+ 4A90, MEXICO (Special Event). Members of the Federacion Mexicana de Radio
Experimentadores (FMRE)[Mexican Society]are celebrating their 90th
anniversary during January, February and March 2022 promoting each of the 31
States and Mexico City with the following 32 different special event
callsigns and 4A90FMRE:
- January 16-30: 4A90MOR, 4A90NAY, 4A90PUE, 4A90QRO, 4A90TLX and 4A90VER
- January 31-February 14: 4A90AGS, 4A90BAC, 4A90BCS, 4A90COA, 4A90CHH and
4A90DGO
- February 15-March 1: 4A90NLE, 4A90SLP, 4A90SIN, 4A90SON, 4A90TAM and
4A90ZAC
- March 2-16: 4A90CAM, 4A90CHI, 4A90GRO, 4A90OAX, 4A90QUI, 4A90TAB and
4A90YUC
Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8/FT4 and the
satellites. Awards are available (see QRZ.com for details). For more details
on the event, see: http://fmre90.puebladx.org
+ N5BO – 1/22-26/2022
Justin travels five days to see how many #pota he can activate with a minimum
of 50 QSOs at each stop. He will also look to add EL88/87 to his SAT /R at
some point.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above
information.]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
+ ARRL National Convention
February 10-13, 2022
DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld
10100 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32821
+ Orlando HamCation
February 11-13, 2022
Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park
4603 West Colonial Drive
Orlando, Florida 32808
+ CubeSat Developers Workshop
April 26–28, 2022
San Luis Obispo, CA
+ Hamvention 2022
May 20, 2022 to May 22, 2022
Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center
210 Fairground Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
https://www.hamvention.org
+ 2022 Rocky Mountain ARRL Division Convention
October 7, 2022 - October 9, 2022
Event Center at Archer
3921 Archer Pkwy
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82007
https://wyhamcon.org/site.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, for the above
information.]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ The January operating schedule shows one remaining date in January for
FO-29 operation. That will be January 29 from 00:03 UTC until battery
exhaustion.
FO-29 will be in full sunshine from January 28 to the end of April. During
that time, continuous operation can be expected.
[AMSAT thanks Akira Kaneko,JA1OGZ, for the above information.]
+ The SpaceX Smallsat Rideshare program offers a viable and affordable option
to launch up to 200 kg into a sun-synchronous, low Earth orbit. That is why,
along with approximately 80-90 other satellites, USCs Dodona
satelliteits third everhitched a ride on SpaceXs latest mission,
Transporter 3 this week. Dodona is a project out of USCs Space Engineering
Research Center. Part of SERCs mission is creating hands-on opportunities
for students and faculty to build and test advanced space technology, in
addition to integrating, launching and operating small satellites. Dodona
takes advantage of the space focused curriculum through analysis tools and
techniques that are taught at USC through the Astronautical Engineering
Department. The complete story can be found at
https://www.isi.edu/news/45250/usc-launches-its-3rd-satellite-into-space/.
[AMSAT thanks Information Sciences Institute for the above information.]
+ The very first Svalbard QO-100 Satellite DX-Pedition will take place April
22-24, 2022 from Kapp Linné – Isfjord Radio at 78° North. They will
operate two QO-100 satellite stations under the callsigns JW0W and JW100QO,
while JW0X will be used by another team for contacts on shortwave. With
QO-100 only 3° above the horizon, Kap Linné was the only suitable place in
the area with Svalbard at the edge of the satellite footprint. Looking for a
suitable location to stay and getting there, is one of the biggest challenges
and cost drivers for the team. More information at
https://amsat-dl.org/en/svalbard-qo-100-satellite-dx-pedition/.
[AMSAT thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information.]
+ The University of Cambridge has announced the creation of the Raspberry Pi
Computing Education Research Centre. With computers and digital technologies
increasingly shaping all of our lives, its more important than ever that
every young person, whatever their background or circumstances, has
meaningful opportunities to learn about how computers work and how to create
with them. The Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre wants to
increase understanding of what works in teaching and learning computing, with
a particular focus on young people who come from backgrounds that are
traditionally underrepresented in the field of computing or who experience
educational disadvantage. MOre information can be found at
tinyurl.com/ANS-023-Cambridge.
[AMSAT thanks Raspberrypi.org for the above information.]
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Join AMSAT today at https://launch.amsat.org/
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:
* Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).
* Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at
one-half the standard yearly rate.
* Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall
be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in
this status.
* Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.
Contact info [at] amsat.org for additional membership information.
73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
This week's ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org
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