AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-033

The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including 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

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In this edition:

• January/February 2014 AMSAT Journal is Ready
• AMSAT-NA at Orlando HamCation 2014 Next Weekend!
• AMSAT SKN Best Fist Winners
• Von Karman Institute QB50 Precursor Flights to Carry Ham Transponders
• HamTV Article Available From AMSAT Journal Sample Downloads Page

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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 033 01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD February 2, 2014 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-033 01

January/February 2014 AMSAT Journal is Ready

AMSAT Journal Editor, JoAnne K9JKM announced this week that the January/February 2014 issue of the magazine is complete It has been sent to the print shop Using past metrics it has taken be- tween 3-4 weeks for the print shop, mail processing, to delivery at your QTH

In this issue you will find:

• AMSAT Announcements

• Apogee View by Barry Baines, WD4ASW

• An Internet Remote Station by John Papays, K8YSE/7

• Report From the 2013 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting from many contributors

• Symposium Photos from many contributors

• Special Events: Tours of the Battleship Texas and the Johnson Space Center

• Star Comm Group Announces New "Got Grids" Award
  by Damon Runion, WA4HFN

• Full Circle - From Hearing W5LFL in 1983 to a Handshake in 2013 by George Carr, WA5KBH

• AMSAT Thanks Our 2013 Prize Donors

• Congratulations and Thanks to Our Dedicated Volunteers

• Thanks from Hector, CO6CBF by Hector Martinez, CO6CBF

Thanks to the Journal editors: James, K3JPH; Bernhard, VA6BMJ; and Douglas, KA2UPW/5 for all their help to get this issue ready And very big thanks to all who sent articles, photos, and information! Please keep those coming to the Journal mailbox: journal@amsat org

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Journal team for the above information]

AMSAT-NA at Orlando HamCation 2014 Next Weekend!

AMSAT-NA will be at the 2014 Orlando HamCation on Friday through Sunday, 7-9 February 2014 Stop by the AMSAT booth where John Papay, K8YSE will be demonstrating his two remote satellite stations Don’t miss the AMSAT Forum on Saturday, February 8th It will be moderated by Dave Jordan, AA4KN and will be located in the Children’s Safety Village, Classroom I, 1:45 – 2:45 PM Speakers will include AMSAT-NA President Barry Baines, WD4ASW on AMSAT’s activities, Lou McFadin, W5DID on the new HamTV experiment on the International Space Station, and Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA Vice President for Operations on AO-73 and other new amateur satellites Drew will also will be on hand both Saturday and Sunday conducting portable satellite contacts and fielding questions from the crowd

Drew and John will be operating as W100AW/4 for the portable demos from the HamCation!

[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above announcement]

AMSAT SKN Best Fist Winners

Thanks to all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night on OSCAR 2014, held in memory of Robert Morris, W2LV

The following participants each received one or more nominations for Best Fist: AA5PK, N5AFV, W5ACM, WA5KBH, WB7QXV, K9CIS, W9EN

An honorary nomination goes to W2LV, whose distinctive bug fist was always easy to copy Bob preferred a bug to a keyer because he was active on American Morse, which uses both short and long dahs He could switch effortlessly between the American and international Morse codes

Congratulations to all, and see you next year!

[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information}

Von Karman Institute QB50 Precursor Flights to Carry Ham Transponders

The Von Karman Institute of Belgium is developing a launch of the QB50 constellation of 50 2U CubeSats into a 350 km low earth orbit for scientific research The precise QB50 launch date is still to be confirmed but the launch window is defined as being between December 2015 and November 2016

AMSAT-UK, AMSAT-Francophone, and AMSAT-NL are preparing amateur radio payloads to fly on two QB50 precursor spacecraft in advance of the main launch

These are expected to be launched in April or May this year to a 600 km Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) on a Dnepr launch vehicle from Dombarovsky near Yasny One will carry a FUNcube based U/V linear transponder from AMSAT-NL and AMSAT-UK and the other will be a U/V FM transponder with AX25 telemetry from AMSAT-Francophone

QB50: Amateur Radio transponder payloads to launch 2014 http://amsat-uk org/2013/07/20/qb50-amateur-radio-transponder-payloads-to-la unch-2014/

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and Southgate for the above information]

HamTV Article Available From AMSAT Journal Sample Downloads Page

Membership includes the AMSAT Journal and discounts on purchases made through the AMSAT store Until now, only AMSAT members have been able to enjoy the satellite and space technical and operating features The Journal team has made selected sample articles avail- able for everyone to sample

This week a timely article, "Low Cost DVB-S Receivers Suitable For HAMTV Reception", by Bill Ress, N6GHZ is now ready for you to down- load This was originally published in the November/December issue of the AMSAT Journal

The link to the sample articles (in PDF format) can be found on the "Join AMSAT" page of http://www amsat org A direct link is: http://ww2 amsat org/?page_id=1095

Follow the Join AMSAT links to sign up to receive your very own copy of the AMSAT Journal - this is an exclusive membership benefit in AMSAT

While you navigate around http://www amsat org take a look at the expanding content and updated pages Hint: Click on the graphic across the top of each page to jump back 'home'

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Journal Team and Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the above information]

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

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