[ans] ANS-272 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

 
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Date: September 28th 2019

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-272

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:

  • Experimenter Wednesday Announced for AO-92
  • The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates
  • 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
  • 2019 AMSAT Symposium On-line Registration Open Until October 11
  • Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne Moves Another Step Closer to Flight
  • ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
  • Upcoming Satellite Operations
  • NASA's International Space Apps Challenge Coming October 18-20
  • FO-29 Returns!
  • AMSAT-DL Memorandum Regarding QO-100 Operation
  • Satellite Shorts From All Over

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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 272 01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE September 29, 2019 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-272 01

Experimenter Wednesday Announced for AO-92

The AO-92 Command Team announces that Experimenter Wednesday will run on UTC Wednesday (begins Tuesday evening in North America) when AO-92 will be commanded to operate in mode L/v for 24 hours This new schedule will be followed for an as of yet undetermined test period

The frequencies for AO-92 L/V are:

Uplink:   1267 359 MHz FM with 67 Hz CTCSS tone for access Downlink:  145 880 MHz FM (including DUV telemetry)

The mode change is announced by the command team via Twitter (follow @AMSAT) You can view AMSAT tweets without needing an account with Twitter - go to https://twitter com/AMSAT

The tweets flow through to the AMSAT facebook page and and are plan- ned to include amsat-bb Also current status can be found on the AO-92 health and telemetry page at: http://www amsat org/tlm/health php?id=4&port=

[ANS thanks the AO-92 Command Team for the above information]

The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates

Information about AMSAT activities at important events around the country is posted on the AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions web page:

https://www amsat org/other-events/

Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT repre- sentatives give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence such as a table or booth with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with pre- sentations, forums, and/or demonstrations

A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download from the page (above) - get the "AMSAT Intro Brochure", a color brochure that is designed to be printed double-sided and folded into a tri-fold handout Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office if you need pre-printed copies

To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration, please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Ambassadors for the above information]

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     Don’t miss the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium                   October 18-20 in Arlington, VA                https://www amsat org/amsat-symposium/

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2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting

Please join us for the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Symposium, to be held in the Washington, DC Metro Area on October 18, 19, and 20, 2019

The Symposium venue will be the Hilton Arlington, located in the heart of the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, VA The Hilton Arlington is located at 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22203, USA TEL: +1-703-528-6000 and the reservation code is AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation)

Connected to the Ballston Metro Station, the hotel offers easy and effortless access to Washington DC's top tourist destinations like the National Mall, Smithsonian Museums and historic monuments The hotel is six miles from Reagan National Airport and the National Mall There are plenty of restaurants nearby

The Symposium will feature OSCAR Park - a display of satellites from throughout the history of amateur radio in space - paper presentations, and a banquet with speakers celebrating AMSAT's long history, and other events The AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting will be held on October 16th and 17th at the same hotel Two guided tours are available On Sunday, October 20th a bus tour to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum is available for $30 (max 35 people) and on Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier will lead a day tour to the National Mall via the Metro

So please plan on attending the 50th Anniversary Symposium - you will be glad you did and keep checking the AMSAT website for further updates and information

The 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting features:

  • Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations
  • Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World
  • Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members (October 16-17)
  • Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers
  • AMSAT  Annual General Membership Meeting
  • Annual Banquet, Speakers and Door Prizes !!

The latest news and information is always posted at: https://www amsat org/amsat-symposium/

[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information]

2019 AMSAT Symposium On-line Registration Open Until October 11

An on-line registration rate for the 37th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting, Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia, is available through October 11, 2019 per the following schedule:

Registration September 16, 2019 – October 11, 2019 $65 (on-line) Registration at the Door $70

You can complete your registration on-line via the AMSAT Store: https://www amsat org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

This year, all registrants will receive a digital copy of the Proceed- ings on a thumb drive Attendees may purchase a hard copy for $25 00 Non-attendees may put their name on a waiting list for a hard copy, if there are any left over The digital version of the Proceedings will be made available on the online store shortly after the Symposium concludes

Student Registration is 50% off and does not include the Proceedings

[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information]

Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne Moves Another Step Closer to Flight

Virgin Orbit LauncherOne's progress report this week says that the rocket has been "been fully integrated, tested, checked, re-checked, analyzed, and triple-checked" LauncherOne now is destined for a rig- orous crucible of engineering demonstrations and tests at a test site up in Mojave to begin Virgin Orbit's first proper launch campaign

The orbital test flight rocket is currently being installed into a newly built test stand in Mojave, where in the coming weeks it will run through a number of critical exercises, including loading and fueling with our mobile ground support equipment The Virgin Orbit team is prepping and practicing, making sure we know how to do every- thing they could conceivably ever need to do Then, it’s off to the skies — first for a captive carry flight, and then for the launch itself The second flight of LauncherOne will carry RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E to orbit

Read the Virgin Orbit press release (with photos) posted at: https://virginorbit com/launcherone-shaping-up-and-shipping-out/

View a video of captive flight testing of LauncherOne https://www instagram com/p/BybTdllh_z9/

[ANS thanks Virgin Orbit for the above information]

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ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule

  • About Gagarin From Space, Meeting of 30 universities, Plovdiv,   Bulgaria, direct via LZ1KDP The contact was successful

  • ARISS Contact Colorado University/Northridge Elementary School Suc-   cessful ARISS Mentor Bob, WB4SON reported that the September 24   contact between Astronaut Nick Hague and Northridge Elementary   School (Colorado University in Boulder) was a complete success All   16 student questions were asked and answered One of the teacher   questions was asked and answered before Claudio, IK6SLD, who's team   did a fantastic job at the ground station, completed the contact   Thanks also to Charlie, AJ9N who moderated the contact Colorado   University Aerospace, The Boulder Amateur Radio Club (BARC), and   the University of Colorado Amateur Radio Club hosted the event and   did a wonderful job (via WB4SON)

  • Sonoma County Main Library, Santa Rosa, CA, telebridge via K6DUE*   The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS   The scheduled astronaut is Nick Hague KG5TMV   Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-01 19:53:13 UTC   * Ed note - K6DUE is located in Maryland, USA so the contact     will be audible over eastern portions of North America

  • UAE school #3 with Space Flight participant, direct via TBD   The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS   The scheduled astronaut is Hazza Al Mansour   Contact is go for Wed 2019-10-02 09:45 UTC

  • AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium   Sat 2019-10-12 to Sun 2019-10-13

  • Watch for MAI-75 SSTV sessions:   Wed 2019-10-09 09:50 to 16:00 UTC   Thu 2019-10-10 08:45 to 16:25 UTC

AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS These up- grades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astro- nauts in space via Amateur Radio We have reached a great milestone with $33,830 raised or about 23% towards our goal This would not have been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more informa- tion and to DONATE TODAY visit:       https://fundrazr com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]

Upcoming Satellite Operations

[Ed note - Twitter URLs can be accessed with your web browser  even if you do not have a personal Twitter account ]

Remember to check out W3ZM On the Road for additional upcoming activations + EM87 Sept 27-30 N4DCW  |  Twitter: https://twitter com/MWimages + EL07 Sept 29 K5IX  |  Twitter: https://twitter com/K5IXdave

  • Brennan, N4QX, England (IO-91), October 1-3   Next week, October 1-3, work and facilities permitting: QRV on   the FM satellites as M/N4QX from grid square IO91 QSL exclus-   ively via Logbook of the World Yeah, I know London isn't rare,   but it's where I will be

  • AMSATandAngling (DM15, DM06) October 11-13, 2019

      Ed, KN6DBC, is going fishing (literally), but he is bring gear to   work FM Satellites October 11 he’ll be in DM15, and October 12-13   in DM06 Visit Ken’s Twitter feed for specific pass schedule and   further updates: https://twitter com/KN6DBC

  • Central California (CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06) – October 19, 2019   David AD7DB will re-visit the four grids near Kettleman City CA   AO-91, AO-92, SO-50 will be used, with eastern passes a priority   Maybe PO-101 if it’s on, and AO-85 if it’s not too finicky Con-   tacts will be put on LOTW following the trip Updates on Twitter:   https://twitter com/ad7db

  • FP, ST PIERRE & MIQUELON (GN17) September 24 to October 8, 2019   Eric, KV1J, will once again be operating from the Island of Miquelon   (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J between   September 24 and October 8 This is his 13th trip to the island   Activity will be on 160-6 meters (no 60M – not authorized) using CW,   SSB, RTTY, FT8 (but primarily SSB, RTTY and FT8) and the satellites   He will generally be on the highest frequency band that is open   (favoring 12/10m) He will be active in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest   (September 28-29) ADDED NOTE: Eric will usually try to be on as   many Satellite passes as he can when the WX is good, generally   favoring the FO-29, XW-2x, AO-7, and possibly the FM birds Eric   states, “Equipment is two FT-817s and an Arrow dual band yagi   I’ll favor the SSB birds usually higher in the passband, but will   also try FM if they do not get too busy Satellite logging is by   paper so may not get loaded to LoTW until the week after I return   to the USA ” Weekends may be limited since he will be concentrat-   ing on the low(er) bands and contests QSL via KV1J, direct or by   the Bureau Also eQSL, ClubLog and LoTW For more details and up-   dates, check out his Web page at: http://www kv1j com/fp/Sep19 html

  • D4, CAPE VERDE (Update/Satellite Op) Harald, DF2WO, will once   again be active as D44TWO from Praia, Santiago Island (AF-005),   between September 29th and October 13th Activity will be holiday   style on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and mostly the Digital modes   (FT8, PSK31, JT65 and RTTY) and slow CW

      Harald has been working hard in the last few months getting his   satellite station for QO-100 working and is now confident he will   use it from Cabo Verde He will be using an Icom 7300, 2 Transvert-   ers with 3 watts output on EsHail using the QO-100 Geostationary   Satellite He will also have a FT-450D into a homemade HEX BEAM   and a dipole for 40 meters Please DO NOT send your card via the   Bureau it WILL NOT be received - To receive a bureau card you MUST   request via M0OXO OQRS ONLY! (Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1428)

  • WW0, UNITED STATES (Special Event) Members of the Northern Colorado   Amateur Radio Club (NCARC), WWV ARC, RMHam, and FCCW along with the   National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will activate   special event station WW0WWV between September 28 and October 2 to   celebrate the 100th anniversary of WWV, the world's oldest contin-   uously operating radio station

      The WW0WWV station(s) will be set up adjacent to the WWV transmitter   site in Fort Collins, Colorado Operations will be on various HF bands   following typical propagation, and will include 160 meters as well as   satellites (SO-50, AO-91, and AO-92) and 6-meter meteor scatter

      Modes will be CW, SSB and digital QSL via ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW,   or direct to the WWV Amateur Radio Club, 1713 Ridgewood Rd, Fort   Collins, CO 80526, USA For more details, visit the following URLs:   http://wwv100 com   https://tinyurl com/ANS-244-NIST-WWV   (Via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1428)

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

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

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         The digital download version of the 2019 edition of     Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a        DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store   Get yours today!           https://tinyurl com/ANS-237-Getting-Started

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NASA's International Space Apps Challenge Coming October 18-20

NASA's International Space Apps Challenge has become the world's largest global hackathon, engaging thousands of citizens across the globe to use NASA's open data to build innovative solutions to challenges we face on Earth and in space

Space Apps inspires local communities to come together, think intensely, and create solutions to important problems Each year, Space Apps engages thousands of individuals in cities around the world to work with NASA's open source data in a 48-hour sprint Teams of technologists, scientists, designers, entrepreneurs, artists, and others collaborate to answer some of the most pressing challenges on Earth and in space

Space Apps 2019 will take place on October 18-20, 2019 See:  https://www spaceappschallenge org/

On one weekend each year, with the help of NASA's Global Organizing Team (fondly known as the GO Team), hundreds of local leads around the world host events in a 48-hour sprint in which their participants hack solutions to challenges that NASA proposes, creating games, smartphone and computer apps, videos, teaching tools, and much more

The challenges change each year within the theme of Earth and space https://2019 spaceappschallenge org/challenges/

There are two ways to find a location to participate near you: https://2019 spaceappschallenge org/locations/ https://2019 spaceappschallenge org/locations/map

Registration information is posted on the Space Apps web page

[ANS thanks NASA's International Space Apps Challenge for the above information]

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     The Fox-In-A-Box Raspberry Pi SD card for setting up a    Raspberry Pi-based telemetry station for the Fox-1 satellites                now supports the Raspberry Pi 4               Get yours today on the AMSAT Store!    https://amsat org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/

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FO-29 Returns!

FO-29 is reported to be back in operation after being off the air since last July:

Modes:    Analog - CW, SSB voice Telemetry:    JA - CW, 100 mW Uplink:    146 000 MHz - 145 900 MHz LSB/CW Downlink:    435 800 MHz - 435 900 MHz USB/CW Telemetry:  435 795 MHz, CW - 100 mW; frame rate of one frame per                          minute Each frame begins and ends with                          the historic 'HI' The characters are sent                          at a rate of about 100 characters per minute Sponsor:    JAMSAT, JARL

Mineo Wakita JE9PEL offers a nice FO-29 Satellite CW Telemetry Analysis Program for free on his web site The program is called "fo29cwts" Mineo's web site is: http://www ne jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29cwts htm

[ANS thanks JAMSAT for the above information]

AMSAT-DL Memorandum Regarding QO-100 Operation

AMSAT-DL and QARS asks the users of the new geostationary QO-100 satellite for radio discipline During the last weeks some stations have been transmitting with much too much power and sometimes out- side of the official band limits Also permanent carriers are sent without indication of callsign This was also critically observed in the control center of Es'hailSat in Qatar

Please do not send louder than the CW beacon

Stick to the band plan: No operation is allowed below the CW beacon and above the PSK beacon

The satellite is not a measuring device: To test your power ampli- fier in continuous operation, please use a dummy load and a suitable measuring device

Check regularly the bandwidth of your transmissions, maximum band- width 2 7 kHz, no FM

Qatar has made a great gift to the amateur radio community with the Qatar OSCAR 100 satellite We should act accordingly Please, kindly point this out to other stations on the transponder If there are still violations, in the worst case a temporary shutdown could be expected

A video describing the LEILA-2 power detection system aboard QO-100 can be accessed at: https://www youtube com/watch?v=AabJGt0vzXU&feature=youtu be

[ANS thanks Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, and AMSAT-DL for the above information]

Satellite Shorts From All Over

  • AMSAT-DL reports the sad news of the passing of Hanspeter Kuhlen,   DK1YQ, who died suddenly last weekend Peter Gülzow, DB2OS, wrote   on behalf of the Rudak and AMSAT-DL team, "We're going to miss him   Our hearts are with his family " Hanspeter was the Project Manager   for RUDAK on OSCAR-13 and on OSCAR-21/RS-14 He was also part of   the command station team for OSCAR-10 and OSCAR-13

  • AO-73's BPSK telemetry downlink on 145 935 MHz includes text mes-   sages, called FITTER messages, for announcements, greetings, and   commemorations Satellite users can have their message uplinked by   the FUNcube team so that it can be read globally in the downlink   message stream Simply email: operations@funcube org uk to request   FITTER messages to be uploaded Please keep them short and give them   a couple of weeks notice if you can As well as being available for   download on 2 metres they can be also be seen via the internet at:   http://data amsat-uk org/ui/fc1-fm/fitter

  • Fred Kemerer, AB1OC, has documented a satellite station set-up based   on the Flex 6000 series radios on his blog at:   https://tinyurl com/ANS-272-AB1OC-Flex

  • APRS on IO-86 uses aliases of ARISS and YBSAT - APRS operation is   active on a schedule alternating with the FM repeater and the other   primary payload of LAPAN A2/ORARI Typically one in the morning and   another one in the evening Please check twitter @lapansat for the   weekly schedule (Yono, YD0NXX, AMSAT-ID Technical Team)

  • This article covers available SDR hardware, software and configura-   tions, but it also teaches a little radio theory and a taste of the   mathematics to understand what's going on:   https://arachnoid com/software_defined_radios/   (via nooelec com on Twitter)

  • 2019 marks AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary of Keeping Amateur Radio in   Space To help celebrate, AMSAT is sponsoring the AMSAT 50th   Anniversary Awards Program Full details are available at   https://www amsat org/amsat-50th-anniversary-awards-program/   Bruce Paige, KK5DO, Director of Contests and Awards, reported   this week that the awards are being printed and will be sent   shortly to all those who have applied

  • The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2019 for K-12 students   in U S public, private and home schools can enter the Mars 2020   Name the Rover essay contest One grand prize winner will name the   rover and be invited to see the spacecraft launch in July 2020 from   Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida The Name the Rover   contest is part of NASA's efforts to engage students in the STEM   enterprise behind Mars exploration and inspire interest in science,   technology, engineering and mathematics NASA posted all the info   at: https://mars nasa gov/mars2020/participate/name-the-rover/

  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has produced a safety guide for   approaching a black hole Watch this video before you blast off to   learn more about black holes and (more importantly) how to stay   safe: https://www youtube com/watch?v=aMTwtb3TVIk&feature=youtu be   Brochures, science video clips are available for downloading from:   https://svs gsfc nasa gov/13322 NASA has produced a visualization   model of the appearance of a black hole depending on the observer's   angle of approach https://youtu be/o-Psuz7u5OI   (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • AMSAT-SA Space Symposium 2020 in South Africa is planned for   July 18, 2020 The theme will be: Amateur Radio in Space – explor-   ing VHF, UHF and Microwaves The latest information will be post-   ed at: http://www amsatsa org za/

  • AMSAT SA has announced that parallel to its analogue Kletskous   CubeSat, the group is working on a digital project featuring a   Software defined transponder Called AfriCUBE, the CubeSat will   use the same space frame as KLETSKOUS Anton Janovsky is current-   ly building a prototype transponder AMSATSA is inviting persons   interested in becoming part of the development team to send their   details to admin@amsatsa org za

  • Dance like nobody's watching! A Boston Dynamics robot performs   its gymnastics floor routine: https://youtu be/_sBBaNYex3E

[ANS thanks everyone 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 behave and to help keep amateur radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm at amsat dot org

Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA https://www amsat org/mailman/listinfo/ans

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