AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-179

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In this edition: * ARISS Reaches 443 School Contacts * Alaskan Satellite Ops Planned * Original American Colonies Will Be Active on Satellite * Call for Papers--2009 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference * AMSAT Awards * ARISS Status - 22 June 2009

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-137 01 ARISS Reaches 443 School Contacts

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 179 01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 28, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-179 01

A major milestone for the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station or ARISS school project This as the total number of ARISS contacts between the astronaut hams on board the orbiting outpost and schoolrooms here on Earth has now reached 443

An average of 20 students are able to ask questions of an on-orbit crew during a normal ARISS contact That totals out to well over 8000 school kids world-wide who have gotten a chance to vicariously visit the International Space Station via ham radio since the classroom contact program began

As space experimentation has progressed so has amateur radio's part in it Today, the ARISS school contact program is an important part of this ongoing work by ham radio volunteers world-wide Hams working with astronauts and cosmonauts to bring the science of spaceflight a little closer to kids here on Earth

[ANS thanks Bruce, K6PZW, & Newsline for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-137 02 Alaskan Satellite Ops Planned

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 179 02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 28, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-179 02

Dan Littel, AJ9K has advised that he will be on vacation in Alaska between July 1 - 11, and will try to be active during a few passes during his stay Dan will be using my 5w VX-5R HT and AL800 whip on AO27, SO50 and AO51, if in mode J Here is Dan's expected schedule:

2 July2 BP51 Anchorage 3-4 July AO63 Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Isl 5-8 July BP64 Fairbanks 9-11 July BP42 Denali NP

Dan may also be able to fit in a few more grids while in transit Dan also noted that, "since this is a vacation, and I will have minimal control over my schedule (that's my family's job, and I'm only a minority voting member ) I hope to be as active as practical"

[ANS thanks Dan, AJ9K, for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-137 03 Original American Colonies Will Be Active on Satellite

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 179 03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 28, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-179 03

During the period from July 1 through July 5 at least nine of the Original 13 American Colonies will be active on the amateur satellites as part of a special event organized by Ken, KU2US, in New York Here is the Web site announcing the event, and the certificate available:

http://home comcast net/~dzabawa/ThirteenColonies htm

You’ll also find updates on Ken’s QRZ com page – look up KU2US

As of Wednesday, 24 June, there are commitments from stations in nine of the original 13 colonies, and they will be using the call signs for each that are listed on the special events page Tim, N3TL provided the following example, "I’ll be operating as K2G daily during the special event I intend to work at least one pass of every satellite as K2G, every day "

Listed alphabetically by Colony, here are the stations that have confirmed to date The calls they will use are in parentheses:

Georgia – Tim, N3TL (K2G) Massachusetts – Dave, KB1PVH (K2H) New Hampshire – Rik, N1XED (K2K) New Jersey – Marc, W4MPS (K2I) New York – Peter, WB2OQQ (K2A) North Carolina – Jim, ND9M (K2J) Rhode Island – Fletch, N1RCN (K2C) South Carolina – Art, K4YYL (K2L) Virginia – Steve, NL7VX (K2B)

As of the 24th, there are four of the original 13 colonies NOT scheduled to be active on the satellites:

Connecticut Delaware Maryland Pennsylvania

Can anyone help with any of them?

The process is simple: 1 – Please email n3tl@bellsouth netto let him know of your interest 2 – You can work as many or as few satellite passes as you like during the special event It’s supposed to be fun, not work! 3 – After the event, email your log(s) to KU2US, who will handle the certificates

Tim will provide more information after hearing from anyone who wants to activate one of the four remaining colonies

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to work one or more of us on passes from July 1 through July 5 You only need to work one station to get the certificate, but the more the merrier!

[ANS thanks Tim, N3TL, for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-137 04 Call for Papers--2009 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 179 04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 28, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-179 04

Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 28th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 25-27, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois These papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings (you do NOT need to attend the conference to have your paper included in the Proceedings) The submission deadline is July 31, 2009 Please send papers to:

Maty Weinberg ARRL 225 Main St Newington, CT 06111

or you can make your submission via e-mail to: maty@arrl org

Papers will be published exactly as submitted and authors will retain all rights

[ANS thanks Steve, WB8IMY, for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-137 05 AMSAT Awards

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 179 05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 28, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-179 05

We would like to welcome the following to the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite contact

Nick Kucij, KB1RVT Dave Glow, AA1VX

The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award

Peter Carr, WW3O #US133 Chris Lemon, KB9CL #US134 Thomas Lepley, KX3TL #US135 George Carr, WA5KBH #US136

The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award

Ham Operator, Your Call #500

Who will receive #500? Stay tuned, possibly coming in a week, two weeks, could be soon If you have not sent in for your award yet, don't miss out on this opportunity

To see all the awards visit http://www amsat org or http://www amsatnet com

Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards

[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-137 06 ARISS Status - 22 June 2009

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 179 06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 28, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-179 06

1. Upcoming School Contacts

Inukjuak Space Camp in Kuujjuaq Quebec, Canada has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on July 2 at 17:58 UTC, assisted by telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii Makivik Corporation, a non-profit organization that promotes economic growth of Inuit businesses, is supporting the event Students from grades 1-6 have been involved in a space club to learn about space, the International Space Station and amateur radio protocol Audio from this contact will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101377) and JK1ZRW (277208) servers

1. ARISS International Meeting Held

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Face to Face Meeting was held on Thursday and Friday, June 18 -19 at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands Team members gave reports on their respective regions as well as status updates on the program’s committees including education, publicity, operations and hardware

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

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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office

73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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