AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-160

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In this edition:

• AMSAT Field Day on the Satellites
• Final Call for Nominations - AMSAT Board of Directors
• AMSAT President Awarded Russian E T Krenkel Medal
• 37th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium, October 18-20, 2019
• Dollar-for-Dollar Match on your ARISS Donation Thru June 17, 2019
• AO-85 Back in Operation
• VUCC Awards-Endorsements for June 2019
• 2019 Edition of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites Available
• Upcoming Satellite Operations
• Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
• CAMSAT Announces Upcoming Launch of CAS-7B
• Satellite Shorts From All Over

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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 160 01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE YYY To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-160 01

AMSAT Field Day on the Satellites

Most hams know about the ARRL Field Day event each June, and most who have participated in an ARRL Field Day in recent years are aware that a satellite contact will gain 100 bonus points for a participating station However, all may not be aware that there is a parallel event sponsored by AMSAT that is geared exclusively to satellite operation

The AMSAT Field Day 2019 event is open to all Amateur Radio operators Amateurs are to use the exchange as specified in ARRL rules for Field Day The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of all amateur sat- ellites, both analog and digital

Note that no points will be credited for any contacts beyond the ONE allowed via each single-channel FM satellite Operators are encouraged not to make any extra contacts via theses satellites (Ex: SO-50)

CW contacts and digital contacts are worth three points Satellite digipeat QSO’s and APRS short-message contacts are worth three points each, but must be complete verified two-way exchanges The one contact per FM satellite is not applied to digital transponders

The use of terrestrial gateway stations or internet gateways (i e EchoLink, IRLP, etc ) to uplink/downlink is not allowed Complete rules and scoring details may be found at: https://www amsat org/field-day/

Certificates will be awarded for the first-place emergency power/port- able station at the AMSAT General Meeting and Space Symposium in the fall of 2019 Certificates will also be awarded to the second and third place portable/emergency operation in addition to the first- place home station running on emergency power A station submitting high, award-winning scores will be requested to send in dupe sheets for analog contacts and message listings for digital downloads

You may have multiple rig difficulties, antenna failures, computer glitches, generator disasters, tropical storms, and there may even be satellite problems, but the goal is to test your ability to operate in an emergency situation Try different gear Demonstrate satellite operations to hams that don’t even know the HAMSATS exist Test your equipment Avoid making more than ONE contact via the FM-only voice HAMSATS or the ISS, and enjoy the event!

[ANS thanks AMSAT/KK5DO for the above information]

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Final Call for Nominations - AMSAT Board of Directors

It's time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT Board of Directors election Four directors' terms expire this year: those of Jerry Buxton, N0JY; Clayton Coleman, W5PFG; Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA; and Paul Stoetzer, N8HM In addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one-year terms

A valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT member for Director Written nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and call, and the nominating individuals' names, calls and individual signatures should be mailed to:

AMSAT 10605 CONCORD ST STE 304 KENSINGTON MD 20895-2526

In addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which is the preferred method, the intent to nominate someone may be made by electronic means These include e-mail, fax, or electronic image of a petition Electronic petitions should be sent to martha at amsat org or faxed to +1-301-822-4371

No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive at the AMSAT office no later than June 15th If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required If electronic means are used, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT office within 7 days following the close of nominations on June 15th

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT BYLAWS

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]

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AMSAT relies on your donations to Keep Amateur Radio in Space Please consider a one-time or recurring donation today at https://www amsat org/donate/

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37th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium, October 18-20, 2019

AMSAT has announced that the 2019 37th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting will be held on Friday through Sunday, October 18- 20, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia The location will be The Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22203

The Hilton Arlington is located in the heart of the Ballston neighbor- hood of Arlington, VA Connected to the Ballston Metro Station, the hotel offers easy and effortless access to Washington D C ’s top tour- ist destinations like the National Mall, Smithsonian Museums and historical monuments The hotel is six miles from Reagan National Airport and the National Mall

The AMSAT Board of Director’s Meeting will be held just before the Symposium, October 16-17, at the same hotel

The current plan includes tours of Washington D C /Baltimore area on Sunday and Monday, October 20-21 The banquet speakers will celebrate AMSAT’s long history, and an OSCAR Park display also is planned, so please plan join us for the 50th Anniversary Symposium — you would be glad you did

You can make hotel reservations by calling the hotel directly at 703-528-6000 The group name is AMSAT, Radio Amateur Satellite Corpor- ation

A link for online reservations will be posted at a later date Symposium and banquet tickets will be available for purchase on the AMSAT store in July

[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]

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Dollar-for-Dollar Match on your ARISS Donation Thru June 17, 2019

During the ARISS Forum at the Hamvention, it was announced, that between now and June 17, that an anonymous donor will equally match one dollar for each dollar donated up to $10,000

Here is an excellent opportunity to get the most from your donations to the ARISS FundRazr The FundRazr Project was initiated to raise $150,000 towards the ARISS Radio Upgrade on ISS To date 90 contributors have donated $24,840 to the campaign, about 17% of the goal $10,000 of your dollars, donated now, will raise that total to $44,840, including the matching funds It would be great if we could actually achieve one-third of our goal ($50,000) by mid-June Please donate today at https://fundrazr com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_6ruVeeeNzOa6ruVeeeNzOa

[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information ]

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AMSAT President Awarded Russian E T Krenkel Medal

AMSAT President and ARRL Life Member Joe Spier, K6WAO, has been awarded the Russian E T Krenkel Medal, a prestigious award granted to individuals and organizations for outstanding global contributions to Amateur Radio

Joe Spier, K6WAO is a long time supporter of Amateur Radio in Space and international cooperation K6WAO is the President of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) He has also served AMSAT as Executive Vice President, and Vice President, Educational Relations

He is a long term supporter of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) and scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics education Spier is an AMSAT Life Member He also is a Life Member of American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA)

The award's namesake, Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel, was a radio amateur who, over the years, used the call signs RAEM, U3AA, and UA3AA Born in Poland, Krenkel was an Arctic explorer who took part in the first Soviet "drifting station," North Pole-1 He was made a "Hero of the Soviet Union" in 1938 for his exploits

Krenkel's son, T E Krenkel, is among the four signatories to the award certificate The younger Krenkel, a professor at the Moscow Technical College of Telecommunication and Informatics, said his father was an avid radio amateur who served as the first chairman of the Central Radio Club in the USSR

Krenkel's image appears on postage stamps from the USSR and Russia, and he authored a biography entitled My Callsign is RAEM In the era when all radio amateurs received QSL cards via Box 88, Moscow, Krenkel was allowed to have his own postal address on his QSLs and was issued the non-standard RAEM call sign

Information about the Krenkel Medal can be found at: http://krenkelmedal org/index php?id=49

[ANS thanks the Russian National Academy of Researches and Discoveries for the above information]

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AO-85 Back in Operation

AO-85 is almost back in full sun It was commanded on at about 1200Z on Friday morning, June 7 The repeater is on, but so far no DUV tele- metry, so IHU must not be working Also, repeater isn't dropping be- tween uplinks as it should in this mode But it has been left on, so users should feel free to use while you can Reports too please!

[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations for the above information]

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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for June 2019

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period May 1, 2019 through June 1, 2019 Congratulations to all those who made the list this month!

CALL 01May 01Jun

NP4JV 730 763 W5RKN 660 675 KE4AL 502 556 AA8CH 500 550 NS3L 426 457 VE7CEW 386 428 K9UO 300 351 HP2VX 108 300 KK4YEL 200 300 AD0HJ 225 250 PT9BM 203 225 WW8W 181 201 ND0C New 153 W1OH 101 126 W5PFG(DM95)109 125 KL2DN 100 112 WB4SON New 106

[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information]

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2019 Edition of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites Available

The 2019 Edition of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites, the de- finitive reference for the new or experienced amateur satellite oper- ator is now available from the AMSAT store for $25 + shipping

This definitive reference is written for the new satellite operator by Gould Smith, WA4SXM, but includes discussions for the experienced op- erator who wishes to review the features of amateur satellite communi- cations The new operator will be introduced to the basic concepts and terminology unique to this mode Additionally, there are many prac- tical tips and tricks to ensure making contacts, and to sound like an experienced satellite operator in the process

Newly revised in May 2019 with information on new satellites and addi- tional information about operating and logging satellite QSOs It also includes information on several satellites of interest to hams expected to be launched in the coming year

[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]

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Upcoming Satellite Operations

For latest information, see: https://www amsat org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/

Hot Rod Power Tour Rove (North Carolina to Ohio) – June 8-14, 2019 WY7AA will be traveling with several thousand other Hot Rods along a winding route from NC to OH RJ will mostly be activating in the even- ings on FM passes including grids EM95, FM06, EM86, EM78, EM69, EN71, and EN81 Checkout the event route: http://tinyurl com/ANS-153-HotRods And if anyone is anywhere close to the route, come out and see the spectacle and let RJ know on Twitter if you are coming out Follow RJ on APRS fi as WY7AA-9

HomewardBoundRove (DN13, DN14, DN21, DN22, DN23) – June 14-18,2019

Casey, KI7UNJ, will be hitting a few grids on his way home Look for DN13/DN14 line on June 14th, DN21/DN22 line June 15th, DN22 June 17, and DN23 June 18th FM only Pass times expected between 1700-2000 UTC Specific passes to be posted on Casey’s Twitter feed: https://twitter com/KI7UNJ

Drummond Island (EN85, EN86) – June 15-18,2019 Chris, AA8CH, will be up on Drummond Island again June 15-18, staying in EN86 and also activating EN85 as well Open to any sked requests if someone needs either grid May activate EN74, 75, 76 on the way there or back depending Will try to post passes to @charliehotel10 twitter if possible

Post Hot Rod Power Tour Rove (New York to Wyoming) – June 15-27, 2019 Following the Hot Rod Power Tour, WY7AA will be heading to FN02 for a few days and plan to work FN01/11 gridline around June 17-18 Details to follow He will be heading as far east as FN32 and then eventually working his way back to DN71 Specifically looking for EN01/02 along the way Details will be posted to Twitter and his QRZ page as the trip plans unfold Follow him on APRS fi as WY7AA-9, as he will not have Twitter access along the road

JosephOrBustRove (DN04, DN05, DN15) – June 28-30, 2019

Casey, KI7UNJ, will be wandering around Eastern Oregon and decided to do a little grid activating Look for Casey on FM passes in DN04 mid-Friday, June 28th, in DN15 Friday night to Saturday evening, and DN05 Sunday morning Specific passes to be posted on Casey’s Twitter feed https://twitter com/KI7UNJ

Iceland (HP95 IP15 IP25 IP03 HP03) – July 13-19, 2019 Adam, K0FFY, is taking his family (and his radios) to Iceland Tenta- tive schedule is HP95 July 13, IP13 and IP15 July 14-15, IP25 July 16, IP03 or HP93 July 17-18, and HP94 July 19 There’s a lot to see, so passes will be best effort and announced on Twitter shortly prior https://twitter com/K0FFY_Radio

Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat org

[ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-06-04 01:00 UTC

Dům dětí a mládeže Olomouc (House of Children and Youth Olomouc), Olomouc, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KWX The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Sat 2019-06-08 13:05:59 UTC 90 deg

Peninsula Grammar, Melbourne, Australia, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV Contact is go for: Thu 2019-06-13 11:10:52 UTC 79 deg

Smithsonian Air and Space – Udvar-Hazy, Chantilly, VA, USA, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV (*) Contact is go for: Sat 2019-06-15 18:11:51 UTC 42 deg

Note, all times are approximate

[ANS thanks ARISS/AJ9N for the above information]

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CAMSAT Announces Upcoming Launch of CAS-7B

CAMSAT, the Chinese Amateur Satellite Group, has announced the upcom- ing launch of a short-life experimental sail satellite carrying an FM repeater within the next few weeks CAS-7B ( BP-1B ) is scheduled to be launched at the end of June this year, according to a June 1 news release that has been widely disseminated

Because of the orbital apogee and the size and mass of the satellite, the orbital life of the satellite is expected to be only one week, up to a maximum of one month, which will also provide with an opportunity for hams to track and monitor satellite entering the atmosphere

The launch will use a new launch vehicle from a small commercial rocket company This is the first launch of this launch vehicle, and there is a large possibility of failure However, if successful, the satellite will send CW telemetry on 435 715 MHz There will also be an FM crossband repeater with uplink at 145 900 MHz and downlink at 435 715 MHz

AMSAT-UK has made the full news release available online at: https://bit ly/2Wo78w5

[ANS thanks CAMSAT for the above information]

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Satellite Shorts From All Over

• The CubeSat Standards Handbook is a summary of freely available space standards with potential application for the CubeSat domain There is a recent version of the CubeSat Standards Handbook at: https://bit ly/2MoDxhp (ANS thanks Artur Scholz of LibreCube Initiative for the above information)

• An article celebrating the success of the Chip-Sat swarm was pub- lished by the Standford University News service and can be seen at: https://stanford io/2F3UhVt (ANS thanks @zacinaction on Twitter for the above information)

• There have been many questions posted recently in various social media channels concerning activity on PO-101 A schedule of PO-101 activity is posted weekly at: https://twitter com/Diwata2PH (ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the above information)

• The Group for Earth Observation (GEO) aims to enable amateur recep- tion of weather and earth imaging satellites The GEO Newsletter weather satellite publication is available for free download at: http://www geo-web org uk/geoquarterly php (ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information)

• CubeSat Developers Workshop talks now available to view at: https://bit ly/2ETUhqD (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information )

• A very good article about the cubesat simulator is posted at: https://bit ly/2KtFdnv (ANS thanks www rtl-sdr com for the above information)

• An article on the advantages of using 3-D printing to create feed horns and antennas for satellite stations can be found at: http://www satmagazine com/story php?number=944589183 (ANS thanks SatMagazine com for the above information)

• An article concerning possible changes to the 1240-1300 MHz band allocation can be found at: https://bit ly/2IqTjDv (ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information)

• TAPR Board of Directors election results: There were 144 votes cast in the TAPR Board of Directors election, as follows: Scotty Cowling WA2DFI: 133 George Byrkit K9TRV: 114 John Koster W9DDD: 106 Brian Rogers N1URO: 61 Therefore, WA2DFI, K9TRV and W9DDD have been elected to the Board of Directors to serve three year terms (ANS thanks Stana Horzepa, WA1LOU, TAPR Secretary for the above information)

• The RACE mission concept involves two ‘6-unit’ CubeSats that will fly together in close formation and perform close-proximity opera- tions These will include rendezvous and docking, and the ability to perform a close flyby around uncooperative targets, such as derelict satellites Full article at: https://bit ly/2EWJCvI (ANS thanks the European Space Agency for the above information)

• The blog, "On All Bands," has two recent posts on how to work amateur satellites Part 1 is at: https://tinyurl com/y6hxcujl Part 2 is at: https://tinyurl com/y54dr8sk (ANS thanks Sean Kutzko, KX9X, 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 addi- tional benefits Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office

Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information

73 and remember to help keep amateur radio in space, This week's ANS Editor,

K0JM at amsat dot org

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