Date: April 1st 2007

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-091

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@amsat org

In this edition:

AMSAT Forum at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention
April 17 CubeSat Launch
RAFT Command Stations Needed in Southern USA
AO-51 Configuration for Field Day
ARISS Status Report for the Week of March 26, 2007

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-091 01 AMSAT Forum at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 091 01

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD April 1, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-091 01 The AMSAT forum at Dayton this year has quite an impressive lineup of speakers and topics The day and time of the forum has changed from past years and should be more convenient for most attendees The forum will be on Friday afternoon, May 18, 2007 from 11:15am to 2:00pm

Speakers and topics during the forum are: + Moderator: Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary

Rick Hambly, W2GPS, President, AMSAT-NA "Summary of AMSAT-NA Activities in 2007"
Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, AMSAT-DL President and Bob McGwier, N4HY, AMSAT-NA VP - Engineering, "Phase 3-Express: An Update"
Jim Sanford, WB4GCS, EAGLE Project Manager "Eagle Status Update"
Andrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA VP-Operations and Gould Smith, WA4SXM, AO-51 Command Station, "AMSAT-NA Satellite Operations and AO-51 Update"
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Director-Human Space Flight, "ARISS and Future SuitSat Missions"

Mark this event on your calendar and attend the forum to find out the latest information about current AMSAT projects

AMSAT's initial block of 30 rooms at the Fairfield Hampton Inn has been filled We have negotiated another 7 rooms (with king bed) If you are interested, please call Martha at AMSAT HQ (301-589-6062) as soon as possible The AMSAT office is closed until Wednesday, April 4

[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-091 02 April 17 CubeSat Launch

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 091 02

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD April 1, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-091 02

The CubeSat launch originally scheduled for March 27 via a ISC Kosmotras Dnepr launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan has been re- scheduled to April 17 Four-of-seven CubeSats will be using Amateur Radio frequencies and modes as follows:

CalPoly PolySat CP3 436 845MHz (1W) 1200bps FM AFSK AX 25 (Part-5 experimental license) http://polysat calpoly edu/

CalPoly PolySat CP4 437 325MHz (1W) 1200bps FM AFSK AX 25 http://polysat calpoly edu/

University of Louisiana CAPE-1 435 245MHz (1W) 9600bps FM FSK AX 25 and CW telemetry during opposite 30 second intervals using call sign K5USL http://ulcape org/wiki/Main_Page http://ulcape org/wiki/CAPE1_Telemetry Forward received telemetry to jd harrist@gmail com

Universidad Sergio Arboleda (Colombia) Libertad-1 437 405MHz (400mw) 1200bps FM AFSK AX 25 http://www usergioarboleda edu co/proyecto_espacial/index htm http://www usergioarboleda edu co/proyecto_espacial/english_libertad pdf

Also see http://cubesat atl calpoly edu/ http://showcase netins net/web/wallio/CubeSat htm and http://showcase netins net/web/wallio/ for more information

Due to the $8k cost of the private webcast last time, the CubeSat team is not doing it again So, instead, they will be providing live updates on the Cubesat IRC channel Point your favorite IRC client to #cubesat on irc freenode net We will also be providing a MP3 download of launch countdown audio stream a few hours after launch All of this will be accessible on the CubeSat webpage

There also is a data packet entry form where you can enter data packets you received (from any satellite) at your earth station The form is at: http://cubesat atl calpoly edu/pages/missions/dnepr-launch-2/data-packet-for m php

Preliminary keps: P-POD A (CP2 1, AeroCube2, CSTB1) 1 xxxxxU xxxxxxxx 07086 29310451 00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000x 2 xxxxx 098 0870 161 6633 0071000 198 4663 339 8290 14 5270000000001x

P-POD B (CP3, CAPE1, Libertad-1) 1 xxxxxU xxxxxxxx 07086 29312766 00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000x 2 xxxxx 098 0870 161 6633 0090000 199 4051 339 9000 14 5050000000001x

P-POD C (MAST triple-cube) 1 xxxxxU xxxxxxxx 07086 29311609 00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000x 2 xxxxx 098 0870 161 6633 0084000 198 3918 339 9240 14 5160000000001x

[ANS thanks Ralph, WÃƒÂ˜RPK and Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO at Cal Poly State University for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-091 03 RAFT Command Stations Needed in Southern USA

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 091 03

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD April 1, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-091 03

Due to its low orbit and small footprint, the US Naval Academy Satellite Laboratory needs command stations in the Southern USA between Arizona to Georgia to help us conduct the RAFT satellite primary mission of detecting the 218 98 MHz radar fence when it flies through it Command stations are needed in those states because they are near the radar fence and will be in the footprint of the radar The ideal command station has these atributes:

1) A reasonable 2m beam for ops on 145 825 2) A packet TNC 3) A familiarity with dumb-terminal TNC operations such as A Connections, Converse, UNPROTO, etc B Remote sysop logon of Kantronics TNC's 4) Desireable, is some experience with UI packets and APRS

The objective of these southern command stations is to logon, send the command to activate the RAFT Radar receiver for 1 minute in anticipation of passing through the fence Then hopefully recording any audio heard on the downlink (145 825) Once the radar receiver is on, everyone in the footprint should be able to hear it

For info, see the ANDE-RAFT operations page: http://eng usna navy mil/~bruninga/ande-raft-ops html

And for more info on the 216 98 MHz radar receiver, follow the links to the RAFT design pages

If you meet the criterial above let Bob, WB4APR know

[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR at the US Naval Academy Satellite Lab for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-091 04 AO-51 Configuration for Field Day

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 091 04

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD April 1, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-091 04

For Field Day this year AO-51 will be in a dual repeater mode, with the following frequencies:

L/U repeater Uplink 1268 700 FM, no PL tone Downlink 435 150 FM

V/U repeater Uplink 145 920 FM, no PL tone Downlink 435 300 FM

As a reminder, both the AMSAT and now ARRL Field Day rules state only one completed QSO per FM repeater satellite This is applicable to one per transponder on a single channel fm satellite However, in the case of AO-51, as two transponders are active, you can make one contact on V/U and one on L/U

Please adhere to this rule so that others may have an opportunity to make a QSO Also, all stations are asked to please only transmit when they can hear the satellite, and please use full duplex (with headphones) as a courtesy to the other users

Those stations planning on using circularly polarized antennas please remember the 435 150 downlink is left hand circular polarization (LHCP), and the 435 300 downlink is right hand circular polarization (RHCP)

Stay tuned to AMSAT ANS bulletins or the AO-51 News page: http://www amsat org/amsat-new/echo/ControlTeam php for practice sessions of this mode to be scheduled several times between now and Field Day

73 and Good Luck! Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations

[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-091 05 ARISS Status Report for the Week of March 26, 2007

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 091 05

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD April 1, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-091 05

University School Contact Successful

On Friday, March 16, students from University School in Shaker Heights, Ohio spoke with Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, via amateur radio Twelve stu- dents asked 14 questions Approximately 500 students, teachers and parents, as well as several local television and radio stations were present for the Amateur Radio on the ARISS event Audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers via Skype and had 19 connections from stations located in 6 countries, including 2 repeaters Radio station 90 3 FM, WCPN, covered the news See: http://www wcpn org/news/2007/01-03/0320space html

East Aurora Middle School Contact Successful

East Aurora Middle School in East Aurora, New York experienced an ARISS contact via the telebridge station ZSBTD in South Africa on Monday, March 19 Eleven students each asked one question of Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, as 150 students, teachers, and parents looked on Three tele- vision stations WKBD (ABC), WIVB (CBS), and WGRZ (NBC), and the local newspaper were present to cover the event East Aurora Union Free SchoolsÃ‚Â’ website posted a write up See: http://www eaur wnyric org/popup_info cfm?story=3887

Juvenile Space Club Contact Successful

The Juvenile Space Club in Tatsuno, Tatsunomachi, Nagano-pref, Japan experienced an ARISS contact on Saturday, March 24 Mike Lopez-Alegria, KE5GTK, answered one question each posed to him by 16 children in front of an audience of about 100 Four television stations including Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and four newspapers reported on the event The audio file may be found on this web site: http://www ariss jp/tatsuno/Audio/tatsuno wma Video from two television stations may be viewed on these sites: http://sbc21 co jp/news/index cgi?page=seventop&date=20070324&id=0118881&act ion=details and http://www i-nagano com/nbs-news/2007/03/24181440 html

Upcoming School Contacts

Glenden State School in Glenden, Queensland, Australia has been slated for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 22:39 UTC Parents and the community will be invited to Space Week to observe the products of these activities Nights of star gazing and poetry contests will also be held Television, newspapers and magazines have been notified of the event The audio from this contact will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers, as well as being fed into the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010

Astronaut Training Status

On Monday, March 27, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA, will receive training on the basics of performing a school contact at JSC Nespoli is slated to fly on space shuttle mission STS-120, which will deliver the Harmony module to the ISS

[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]

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73, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM K9JKM at amsat dot org

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