Date: April 4th 2010

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-094

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The AMSAT team is preparing for the 2010 Dayton Hamvention AMSAT *
Booth and activities For the latest information go to: *
http://www amsat org/amsat-new/hamvention/2010/Dayton php *

In this edition:

AMSAT at Dayton Hamvention 2010
2010 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting
FUNcube at United Kingdom Space Conference 2010
Delfi-C3 Survives Orbital Near Miss
Satellite Shorts From All Over
Update on the ISS Columbus Module Amateur Radio Station

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-094 01 AMSAT at Dayton Hamvention 2010

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 094 01

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD April 4, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-094 01

The 2010 Dayton Hamvention will be held this year on 14-16 May 2010

This is the 59th year of the Dayton Hamvention, sponsored by DARA (Dayton Amateur Radio Association) As has been the case for the many years Hamvention will be at the Hara Arena Complex on the north side of Dayton Further information on Hamvention 2010, including advance ticket sales and motel accommodations, can be found at http://www hamvention org

AMSAT will occupy the same booths (444-449) in Ball Arena, right across from the ARRL area and just inside the door from the Satel- lite Demonstration area Plan to visit all of the AMSAT activities!

AMSAT Activities at Dayton

AMSAT has planned a number of great activities during Hamvention There will also be a number of new offerings at the AMSAT booth as well as special deals

The AMSAT theme for 2010 is "Space Technology for Hams" We will have multipe exhibits of the new AMSAT satellites on display

ARISSat

ARISSat has continued to develop this past year We will have on display one of the operational development prototypes We expect the satellite to be launched later this year

AMSAT Thursday Night Get-together

We will be at Tickets Pub & Eatery this year The menu is great and a nice change of pace Check it out at TicketsPub com

AMSAT Forum

The AMSAT Forum will be on Saturday May 15 in Forum Room 5 from 11:15 am - 1:30 pm

AMSAT/TAPR Banquet

The fourth annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be Friday night May 14 at the Kohler Banquet Center TAPR will be providing the keynote speaker The price for the Banquet is $30 Seating is limited and reservations are required Follow the Dayton Banquet 2010 link below for information about reservations and additional information Additional information as it becomes available

AMSAT Hotel

AMSAT has a limited block of rooms reserved at the Country Inn & Suites in Fairborn, OH Please contact Martha at the AMSAT office for room price and availability during Hamvention Priority for rooms will be given to those volunteering to work in the AMSAT booth for multiple 2 hour shifts during Hamvention The phone number for the AMSAT office is 301-589-6062 Other hotels in the immediate area of the Country Inn & Suites include the Fairfield Inn, Ramada Inn, Hampton Inn, Fairborn Holiday Inn, Red Roof Inn and the Homewood Suites if addi- tional accommodations are needed

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Dayton Hamvention Team for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-094 02 2010 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 094 02

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD April 4, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-094 02

AMSAT announced the 2010 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held in Chicago on Friday, October 8th through Sunday, October 10th

Features planned for this exciting weekend of Amateur Radio in Space:

Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations
Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World
Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members
Meet Board Members and Officers
Annual General Membership Meeting
Annual BanquetÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â—Keynote Speaker and Door Prizes

This year we have selected the Chicago/Elk Grove Holiday Inn just west of Chicago at 1000 Busse Road, Elk Grove, IL The hotel is near OÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â’Hare Airport and has free hourly shuttles

Watch the ANS bulletins and the AMSAT Symposiumweb page for the latest updates: http://www amsat org/amsat-new/hamvention/2010/Dayton php

[ANS thanks the 2010 Symposium Committee for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-094 03 FUNcube at United Kingdom Space Conference 2010

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 094 03

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD April 4, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-094 03

The United Kingdom Space Conference was held from March 24-28 in Godalming Surrey This premier event always attracts a stellar cast of speakers and this year was no exception The launch of the UK Space Agency in same week added to the excitement Many of the presentations are available for view from the Ustream server

AMSAT-UK attended to explain their exciting plans for the FUNcube satellite As well as the Amateur Radio SSB/CW transponder FUNcube will provide an in-orbit tool for science education outreach and hands-on training in space and all the STEM subjects (Science technology Engineering & Mathematics)The telemetry system is designed for easy reception by school pupils using extremely simple hand held VHF receive equipment connected to a PC sound- card or USB port

The satellite contains a materials science experiment and pupils will be able to receive the results direct from space and compare them with similar reference experiments in the classroom

The FUNcube stand at the conference included a mock-up of the new satellite and a demonstration of the telemetry FUNcube is expected to be launched in early 2011

Michael Castle, G1ZVN, gave a short introduction on FUNcube during one of the education sessions and FUNcube was also featured in a presentation on the UK National Cubesat project

During the 5 days over 1000 people attended the event and the con- cept behind FUNcube was well received

There will be more demonstrations of FUNcube at the AMSAT-UK Inter- national Space Colloquium to be held in Guildford from 31 July to 1 August

For more information about AMSAT-UK follow these links: FUNcube: http://www FUNcube org uk/ AMSAT-UK: http://www uk amsat org/ Ustream Server: http://www ustream tv/channel/uksc-2010

[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-094 04 Delfi-C3 Survives Orbital Near Miss

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 094 04

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD April 4, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-094 04

This week the Delft University of Technology in the Netherland's Delfi-C3 satellite survived a close encounter with orbiting COSMOS debris On March 30 the two spacecraft passed near each other with a head-on velocity of 15 km/sec and an estimated clearance of 492 meters As of April 2, Wouter was able to report, "Delfi-C3 and the COSMOS debris missed each other by more than 700 meters, so no harm was done as far as we know Delfi-C3 is still performing nominally "

The Delfi-C3 Operations Team invites amateur radio operators to have a look at the mission operations page at: http://www delfic3 nl/index php?option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=12 2 for frequency info and the latest RASCAL download

Due to Delfi-C3's habit of sometimes switching off from science mode, you might hear nothing while Delfi-C3 is fine Don't panic! but please do listen the orbits after and post your findings on the satellite status page at: http://oscar dcarr org

[ANS thanks Wouter Weggelaar, PA3WEG for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-094 05 Satellite Shorts From All Over

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 094 05

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD April 4, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-094 05

Nick, KB1RVT reported working OX/N0RC, Reid on HO-68 from Green- land (grid FQ56) at 1544 UTC on April 1 Ib, OZ1MY reported he could copy Reid in Copenhagen during the same pass Reid will be using OX/N0RC for his call since OX3RC never came in Reid added that his trip to Greenland has been extended until the end of May
If you want to read a straight-forward guide to Software Defined Radio check out the web pages produced by Tobias Wellnitz DH1TW: http://www dh1tw de/understanding-the-sdr-concept
Gabriel, EA6VQ reported DX-Sherlock now provides satellite-specific real-time maps and QSO lists See: http://www vhfdx info/spots/map php?Frec=SAT
OSCAR-11 achieved 26 years in orbit on 01 March! It was designed, built and launched within a period of six months, using commercially available 'off the shelf' components (COTS) Once again, congratula- tions to Professor Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO, his team at the Univer- sity of Surrey and groups of radio amateurs who also contributed to the project Unfortunately, the satellite wasn't transmitting on its birthday, but was heard briefly, three days later Due to eclipses, deterioration of the battery and other parts of the satellite, it's not possible to predict when the satellite will be heard in the coming months It is likely that it may be heard occasionally, by stations tuning around the beacon frequency: 145 826 MHz AFSK FM ASCII Tele- metry Please send reception reports to g3cwv at amsat dot org
JI5RPT plans to operate as JD1BLY from Chichijima Island (IOTA AS-031) Ogasawara on 40m to 6m and Satellite (CW/DIGI/SSB) between May 2 to May 7, 2010 QSL via his home callsign JI5RPT Logsearch will be on his website http://www ji5rpt com/jd1/ (via Makoto, JI5RPT via NG3K-DX-News and MakeMoreMilesonVHF Newsletter)
Eric, ON4HF has set up a new satellite forum and invites interested radio amateurs to register and enjoy the site at: http://www on4hf be/forum
Listen for Brock, W6GMT on the FM satellites as he begins his annual trip north to the summer QTH in Minnesota on Wednesday, April 7th His trip will take him through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota I will activate grids using his FT-817 and an Elk antenna He will accept grid requests via e-mail at w6gmt@bak rr com QSL to his Minnesota address
And, LU4FLJ worked SebastiÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¡n, W4AS via AO-7, Mode B on 3/21/2010 at 23:22 UTC

[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-094 06 Update on the ISS Columbus Module Amateur Radio Station

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 094 06

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD April 4, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-094 06

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) international team met for the monthly teleconference on March 16 Two highlights of the meeting include the planned installation of VHF and UHF FM amateur radio equipment and possible digital amateur television from the Columbus module at the International Space Station

The installation of the Ericsson radio used by ARISS in the Columbus module is scheduled to be done by astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT on the STS-134 shuttle flight planned for late July 2010 ESA hopes to have a special contact to commemorate the first operation of amateur radio in the Columbus Module

Gaston Bertels, ON4WF reported that the Amateur Radio - Columbus (ARCOL) Working Group is currently proposing the flight of a digital amateur television (DATV) system to downlink TV on S-band ARISS US team members Mark Severance N5XWF; Mark Steiner K3MS; Lou McFadin W5DID; Kenneth Ransom N5VHO; Rosalie White K1STO; and Carol Jackson KB3LKI are assisting

The Digital Television capability, under consideration for installation by the ESA in December, 2010 poses technical challenges The biggest technical challenge is the obtaining of a suitable power supply Gaston is working with ESA to resolve this

While DATV from the Columbus module will open up an exciting new capa- bility for education contacts, it will require a more capable ground station to receive the S-band DATV signals This has implications for the existing telebridge stations, including how the DATV images would be routed to the event sites Gaston will be establishing a working group to help tackle these two challenges (reception and passing to the event site), and is actively soliciting volunteers to help out

The ARCOL group has already accomplished the assembly and installation of the L- and S-band patch antennas mounted on the exterior of the Columbus Module

[ANS thanks the ARISS team 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 And with that please keep in mind the tale of the man who walks into a hardware store and asks if they have a tool for breaking up some hard ground The shop assistant points to a row of suitable tools along the wall and replies, "Certainly sir, take your pick " After that the bloke tried a career as a gold prospector, but it didn't pan out

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

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