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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-197
In this edition:
* AMSAT Board of Directors Voting Has Begun
* Youth on the Air Camp 2023 To Be On Satellites
* HABGab and StratoScience Balloon Launch
* Space Shuttle Remembered
* Historical Space Tour Before Orlando Hamcation
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* ARISS-USA Seeks for Director of Education
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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 [at]
amsat.org
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
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ANS-197 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
>From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2023 July 16
AMSAT Board of Directors Voting Has Begun
AMSAT members may access the 2023 Board of Directors election information
and balloting now. Candidate statements can be reviewed by voting members
via AMSATâ€Ös Wild Apricot membership portal. An email with a link to
the
electronic ballot was sent to all AMSAT members when the voting opened on
July 15th.
The nomination period for the 2023 Board of Directors Election ended on
June 15, 2023. The following candidates have been duly nominated:
Barry Baines, WD4ASW
Jerry Buxton, N0JY
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
Zach Metzinger, N0ZGO
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
As four seats on the Board of Directors are up for election this year, four
of these candidates will be seated on the Board, along with one alternate
when the voting period concludes on September 15th.
To view the candidate statements members may go to https://launch.amsat.org
/
and log in using their usual member credentials. Those who need assistance
with the login should see the document at https://bit.ly/44LOXPV
[ANS thanks Jeff Davis, KE9V, AMSAT Secretary, for the above information]
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The 2023 AMSAT President's Club coins are here now!
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of its launch
on June 16, 1983, this year's coin features
an image of AMSAT-OSCAR 10.
Join the AMSAT President's Club today and help
Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/
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Youth on the Air Camp 2023 To Be On Satellites
Youth on the Air (YOTA), the camp for young amateur radio operators in
North, Central and South America, will operate special event station
VE3YOTA while camp is in session from July 16-21, 2023. The camp will also
have a contact with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station,
and complete a Parks on the Air (POTA) activation. The camp's opening and
closing ceremonies will also be streamed on YouTube.
Campers will be operating special event station VE3YOTA from the camp at
Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and the Diefenbunker Cold
War Museum in Carp, Ontario, Canada. Additionally, campers will activate a
two-for-one POTA location.
Activation of the VE3YOTA callsign will begin on Sunday, July 16 and
conclude at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 21. Youth will operate the station as
they finish projects, between sessions, and during free time.
In addition, dedicated HF station operating times will be: Monday, July 17
through Wednesday, July 19 from 2300Z to 0230Z (7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. EDT).
Dedicated satellite station operating time will be: Wednesday, July 19 from
1400Z to 1700Z (10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT).
Fifteen QRP stations will activate a two-for-one POTA location, Central
Experimental Farm National Historic Site (VE-5095) and Rideau Canal
National Historic Site (VE-4882) on 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m. Weather
permitting, the activation will be on the air on Tuesday, July 18 from
1900Z to 2100Z (3 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT) and Thursday, July 20 from 1300Z to
1600Z (9 a.m. to noon EDT).
The opening and closing ceremonies and the International Space Station
contact will be streamed live on the Youth on the Air YouTube channel. The
opening ceremony is Sunday, July 16 from 2100Z to 2315Z, and will feature
keynote speaker Phil McBride, VA3QR, the president of Radio Amateurs of
Canada. The ARISS contact is currently scheduled to take place on Tuesday,
July 18 at 1842Z (2:42 p.m. EDT). The closing ceremony is Friday, July 21
from 1500Z to 1600Z (11 a.m. to noon EDT). The channel will also feature a
daily highlight video spotlighting the activities of the previous day.
For details about the camp, visit https://youthontheair.org/
For additional information, please contact Camp Director Neil Rapp, WB9VPG
at director@youthontheair.org.
[ANS thanks Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, and YOTA 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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HABGab and StratoScience Balloon Launch
HABGab 2023 is a special event for the ham radio community in New England
taking place in the Summer of 2023. Attached to a 2000g weather balloon
will be suspended three payloads:
+ One will contain a crossband UHF/VHF repeater, built from two linked
Baofeng BF-F8HP HTs. This repeater will act as a 2-3 hr. one-time event for
hams around New England. Anyone with a ham radio license is invited to try
calling into the repeater during the flight.
+ To make it even more exciting, the second payload will transmit live
video of the flight from two cameras. The camera feed and repeater audio
will be streamed live on YouTube from New England Sci-Tech.
+ The third payload will contain a number of science and engineering
experiments from middle school students at New England Sci-Tech and
Franklinâ€Ös BFCCPS school as part of a new program called StratoScie
nce Lab.
Each weekend starting in July will be a new potential opportunity for
flight, however, much depends on good weather and wind patterns. Current
launch date set for Sunday, July 16. Please check
https://nescitech.org/clubs/newbs/habgab-launch/ regularly as the launch
date approaches to get an up to date countdown. High altitude balloon
flights can be frequently scrubbed many times before finally launching.
During the flight, the balloonâ€Ös real-time position will be availab
le
online at https://amateur.sondehub.org under the callsign W1U. The
repeaterâ€Ös frequencies are currently set to:
Uplink (your transmit): 146.55 MHz
Downlink (your receive): 446.05 MHz
When calling in, listen for the W1U station operator then try to making a
contact! Please have your four character Maidenhead grid location for the
contact exchange. If your contact is confirmed, you will receive a special
event QSL card for HABGab 2023!
The HABGab and StratoScience payloads will have several ham radio trackers
aboard, which provide live position and altitude data to ground stations.
These ground stations post this data to the internet in real time. This
means you can view the position of the payload at any time during the
flight by visiting this website, https://amateur.sondehub.org/, navigating
to Massachusetts, and looking for these callsigns:
W1U – Main payload (transmitted by repurposed RS-41 radiosonde)
W1U-15 – Main payload (transmitted by custom-built APRS transmitter
)
W0MXX-15 – Autorotation device. A small, unpowered helicopter that
will
separate from main payload at 81,000 feet and descend to the ground using
autorotation. Tracker is a LightAPRS module.
KC1SFR-11 – Glider that will separate from main payload at 80,000 f
eet and
glide back to the ground. It will also deploy a parachute at roughly 3,000
feet.
Also onboard will be a U4B Pico tracker being tested by KC1OAV in
preparation for a circumnavigation flight to happen at a later date. This
can be tracked separately at http://qrp-labs.com/tracking.html under the
name NESciTech1.
HABGab 2023 has been made possible thanks to a grant from the Amateur Radio
Relay League (ARRL).
[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, and New England Sci-Tech for the above
information]
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