[amsat-bb] FW: ANS-109 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins

[Dee]

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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-109

ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America,
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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.

Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:

ans-editor at amsat.org


In this edition:
* AMSAT Activites at Dayton 2009
* AMSAT/TAPR Banquet Note
* HAMSAT
* SumbandilaSat: From Sub To Space
* Satellite Shorts
* Balloon Launch-Assist in Tracking
* ARISS Schedule

 
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-109.1
AMSAT Activites at Dayton 2009

  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 19, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-109.1

In addition to being the keynote speaker at the AMSAT/TAPR Banquet on
Friday, Richard Garriott, entrepreneur, game programmer and space tourist
will being visiting the AMSAT booth on Friday and Saturday. Come by and meet
Richard, the specific times will be available soon.  We will be having our
Thursday night get-together at a new location this year - Tickets Pub in
Fairborn. The menu has many tasty items, so come by and visit with your
AMSAT friends.
Drew and Keith will be leading the outdoor satellite demonstrations this
year. They will have two types of stations setup and operational -  computer
controlled station and handheld station. 
This is the 40th Anniversary of AMSAT, we have a great tee design by Steve
Kenwolf to celebrate the event as well as many pices of AMSAT memorabilia on
display.
Members of the SuitSat-2  team will have a complete operational SuitSat
protoype with an experiment. As always there will be new publications,
frequency chart, LVB Trackers and premiums for membership renewal. The AMSAT
Forum is Saturday moring
11:15 to 13:30 in Room 5. Visit the AMSAT web site for additional
information. Come by booths
444-449 during the May 15-17 2009 Dayton Hamvention.

[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM, for the above information]

/EX


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AMSAT/TAPR Banquet Note

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 109.2
  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 19, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-109.2

The Dayton AMSAT/TAPR banquet is just about 1 month away.  
Our Guest Speaker is Richard Garriott, W5KWQ. If you have not registered, go
to the AMSAT website and look on the left hand side.  There will be a box
that says Dayton Hamvention.  Click on that and it will lead you to the
banquet registration.  You MUST be pre- registered to attend. You cannot
register at Dayton.

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[ANS thanks Martha, AMSAT Manager, for the above information] /EX


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HAMSAT

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 109.3
  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 19, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-109.3

 Hi All
Hamsat 4th Birthday is coming up next month, 5 May 2009 and Hamsat has been
the most popular Amateur Sat for beginners and veterans all over the world.

 Hamsat is very healthy and should serve the ham community for many more
years.

 Amsat India is pleased to announce that we are conducting a Workshop to
coincide with the 4 th anniversary celebrations of the Hamsat.
( Note this is an advance infomation, complete programme schedule is frozen
and will be announced shortly)

 Date  10 May 2009
Starts at 8 AM with registration and breakfast Morning sessions include
various topics Lunch Afternoon session Tea & close by 4 pm

 Venue : Little Lilly English School, Vidyaranyapura, Bamgalore Delegate fee
Rs 100/-

 Detailed programme schedule etc will be announced shortly on these email
groups, local nets etc.
You may also check our web page www.amsatindia.org email :
info at amsatindia.org

 We request all hams and wouldbe hams interested in Amateur Satellite
activity to kindly participate and make the event a grand success.
Looking forward to your participation.
Best 73
Pop
VU2POP
Secy  Amsat India

[ANS Thanks Pop, VU2POP, for the above info] /EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-109.4
SumbandilaSat: From Sub To Space

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 109.4
  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 19, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-109.4

A Sat News Daily story dated April 12, 2009, says SumbandilaSat to launch in
June from a sub. 

SumbandilaSat: From Sub To Space
http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=195613620 

SatNewsDaily were quoting from a South African Business Report story -  

Russian sub to launch second satellite
http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=552&fArticleId=4930464 

The South African Business Report website last year carried a story on the
use of Soyuz launcher at Baikonur. 
http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=552&fArticleId=4596130 

The Southern Africa AMSAT website is still quoting Baikonur
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ 

[ANS Thanks, Trevor, M5AKA, for the above info] 

/EX

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Satellite Shorts
AMSAT News Service Bun 109.5
  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 19, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-109.5

Good DX via AO-7

This week AO-7 continued to surprise and delight amateur radio satellite
operators with opportunities for good DX. On April 12 Tim, N3TL reported,
"At 21:33 UTC today G1WPR answered my "CQ DX" 
on AO-7 Mode B. I was sending CW with the straight key I picked up for
Straight Key Night on AO-51, and Terry called me in SSB so we completed a
cross-mode QSO of more than a minute with a few exchanges. I am thrilled!"

Tim also logged more trans-Atlantic AO-7 QSOs on April 16, "PH7PCF in the
Netherlands answered my CW "CQ DX" with a hello in SSB. Then, a couple of
minutes later, F2IL returned my CW in some CW from France. 
What a hoot!"

The equipment at N3TL consists of a Yaesu FT-857D for TX and a Yaesu
FT-817ND for RX (both used radios). He uses a Diamond MX-72H duplexer to
connect them to a dual-band Elk log periodic, which is hand-held, manually
tracking the satellites. Computer doppler control was done with Simon's HRD
Satellite Tracker.  Of the CW operation Tim described his setup, "I have the
"CQ DX" call set up in a memory buffer on my FT-857D. But when somebody
responds, the straight key takes over."

Turning 35 years old on November 15, 2009 AO-7 still carries lots of amateur
satellite traffic.  Joe, K3SZH says Igor UA9CS Igor has now logged over 6000
QSOs via the bird.  Also, this month Mike, KC9ELU has reached his 1000th QSO
via AO-7.

[ANS thanks Tim, N3TL and Joe, K3SZH for the above information]

/EX


W0YPT Silent Key

AMSAT received the sad news that Telmer G. Olson, W0YPT became a silent key
at age 91 this week. Telmer had worked the satellites from the earliest
OSCARs to the modern satellites.  Jerry, W0SAT remembered, "He elmered me
and helped me get on the satellites in 1996. I knew him as a great friend
that I called on for advice all the time. I used to visit him at his QTH and
went to hamfests with him too. I and all the people who ever had contact
with will always remember the many QSO,s and contacts we had with him." 

ANS thanks Jerry, WOSAT for the above information]

/EX

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Balloon Launch-Assist in Tracking

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 109.6
  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 19, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-109.6

The NS3 group of Cornell University engineering graduate students will
launch PBH-9 (Project Blue Horizon) from Lockheed Martin in Owego NY on
Sunday evening, 19Apr09, at approximately 21:00EDT (Monday, 20Apr09,
01:00UT)  This ARHAB flight (Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning) will
ascend and then float for up to 50-hours while drifting to the east.

The payload will include a KC2TUA-8 144.390 APRS beacon (track via
(http://findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=KC2TUA-8)
and HF CW position report and telemetry downlinks on 7.104MHz and 10.148MHz.
The NS3 PBH-9 team requests distant ground stations receive and report HF
telemetry via N2XE at arrl.net including reception UT date and time.

Distant receiving stations are welcome to also submit HF reception reports
to W0RPK at amsat.org for the ARHAB <50MHz telemetry reception record, see
http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/ARHABrecords.htm.

Additional PBH-9 information including HF telemetry transmit schedule and
format is available via
http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/ARHABlaunchannouncements.htm.  
Flight updates are available from the NS3 PBH-9 team via
http://twitter.com/pbh3.

[ANS thanks Ralph, W0RPK, for the above information]

/EX



SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-109.7
ARISS Schedule

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 109.7
  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 13, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-109.7

1. Upcoming School Contacts

Students from Ulvila Upper Secondary School in Ulvila, Satakunta, Finland
have been preparing for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact. It was completed on Friday, April 17 at 07:40 UTC. They
have studied physics and astronomy and have researched the ISS. They have
written essays and created posters on related subject matter.  
Students have also learned about amateur radio. Newspaper, radio and
television coverage is anticipated.

An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled for St. Edward School in Ashland, Ohio, U.S.A. on Monday, April 20
at 16:36 UTC.  The ARISS contact has been integrated into the science
curriculum which covers topics on satellite images, global positioning of
satellites, telescopes, and radio waves. Students read science related books
and poems, conducted informational internet searches, wrote stories and
informational articles, interviewed amateur radio operators, and studied and
applied science and math objectives. Media coverage is expected.

2. Japanese Contact to be Rescheduled

An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was
scheduled for Thursday, April 9 between Kawanishi Seiwadai Community Center
in Hyogo, Japan and Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA onboard the ISS. Due to technical
difficulties, the contact did not take place.  The contact will be
rescheduled in the near future.

3. Parkside Contact Video 

On Monday, March 30, students from Parkside Community College in Cambridge,
U.K. took part in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact with Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, KE7KDP/HA5SIK.

Video of the contact is now available.  
See:  http://www.it-sparkles.co.uk/ARISS/Parkside.aspx 

4. Article Posted on ARISS - Kalori Contact

On Wednesday, April 1, Kalori Catholic School students in Wallaroo,
Australia experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact with Mike Fincke, KE5AIT. The Yorke Peninsula Country Times
published an article covering the event.  See:
http://www.ypct.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4840&Itemid
=66

5. ARRL Article on CLC Contact

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran a story about an Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station (ARISS) contact that took place in October
2008 between the Indianapolis Challenger Learning Center (CLC) and
Spaceflight Participant Richard Garriott, W5KWQ. The article, "Hams Mentor
Challenger Center Students for Garriott Contact," may be found here: 
http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2009/04/08/10758/?nc=1

The ARRL Web site has 100,000 regular readers.

6. ARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline

On April 3, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1652 included an Amateur Radio
on the International Space Station (ARISS) news item.  The story, "Ham Radio
in Space:  KE7KDP, KE5AIT and RA3DT Return from the ISS," summarizes the
ARISS accomplishments of Charles Simonyi and Mike Fincke during their
missions.  To view the story, go to:
ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt

7. Astronaut Training Status

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team provided
another training session to Mike Fossum on Thursday, April 9 to prepare him
for his amateur radio license exam.

8. ARISS Report to WIA

The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) will hold its Annual General
Meeting (AGM) over the May 1-3 weekend.  
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) mentor and
telebridge station operator Tony Hutchison, V K5ZAI will give his ARISS
2008-09 report.  It has been posted on the ARISS Web site under "Latest
News."  
See: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm  

9. ARISS-Related Article in NASA HQ News Briefs

NASA Headquarters News Service cited an op-ed found in the Times of London.
The item, written by Lucy and Stephen Hawking, mentions Richard Garriott's
mission and how he inspired youth through his numerous radio contacts while
onboard the ISS.  
See:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/arti
cle6027988.ece

10. Simonyi PowerPoint Presentation 

An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) volunteer prepared a PowerPoint presentation on Spaceflight
Participant Charles Simonyi's mission and used this during the Milwee Middle
School (Longwood, Florida) contact on April 1. To view the slideshow, go to
www.mydrive.ch/en. Enter username, "plethra2" and password, "aa4kn_1".
Select the "ARISS SLIDE SHOW" folder and download the available files. 

11. SuitSat-2 Meeting Held 

A SuitSat-2 meeting was held in Phoenix, Arizona on April 3 - 5. 
The team primarily worked on software, but there was also some final
coordination on the cabling and hardware.  
The software team was able to run some integration tests and achieved the
first radio frequency (RF) output of the system. During the testing, the
team demonstrated the continuous wave (CW) and voice message transmissions.
Work continues on the solar panel mounting.  Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) plans to have
SuitSat-2 hardware ready for delivery by September.



[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]

/EX


73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Dee Interdonato, NB2F
nb2f at amsat dot org