[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf V ready to ship

[JoAnne Maenpaa]

Congratulations to the ARISSat-1 Team!

ARISSat-1 will be the presented in detail during the Saturday morning
sessions at the AMSAT 2010 Space Symposium and Annual Meeting which 
will be held on Friday, October 8 through Sunday, October 10. 

AMSAT Vice-President of Engineering Tony Montiero, AA2TX and Gould,
WA4SXM along with ARISSat team members will host the Saturday ARRISat-1 
sessions including:

+ ARISSat-1 Overview
+ Software Radio Technology
+ BPSK-1000 format for ARISSat-1
+ ARISSatTLM - Software Demodulator and Telemetry Program
+ Calculating Available Power (Examples: ARISSat & Fox)
+ Power System
+ Assembling ARISSat-1
+ ARISSat-1 Vibration Testing

The team plans to have a working ARISSat-1 prototype attending the
Symposium.

ARISSat-1 design and operations are discussed in detail in these 
papers published in the 2010 Symposium Proceedings book:

ARISSat-1 Overview
   Tony Monteiro AA2TX

ARISSat-1 Power System
   Tony Monteiro AA2TX

Software Radio Technology on ARISSat-1
   Tony Montiero AA2TX

ARISSatTLM - A Software Demodulator and Telemetry Display
             Program for the ARISSat-1 Satellite
   Douglas Quagliana KA2UPW

BPSK-1000 format for ARISSat-1
   Phil Karn KA9Q

An additional feature presentation and paper will introduce you to
AMSAT's next satellite ... AMSAT-FOX Preview by Tony Monteiro, AA2TX

The AMSAT 2010 Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held 
at the Chicago/Elk Grove Holiday Inn which is near O'Hare Airport. 

On-line registration for the Symposium continues on-line at the AMSAT 
Store site: http://www.amsat-na.com/store/SymposiumReg.php The regis-
tration fee is $45.00 from now through 5 October. Online registration 
closes 5 October at Midnight. Registration at the door will be $50.00.

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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org 
Editor, AMSAT News Service
Copy Editor, AMSAT Journal