Date: February 18th 2007

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-049

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In this edition:

AMSAT-DC Meeting and Space Seminar Coming March 24
AMSAT Awards
TAPR Announces Production Of HPSDR Janus and Ozy Boards
Satellite Shorts From All Over
ARISS Status Report for the Week of February 12, 2007

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-049 01 AMSAT-DC Meeting and Space Seminar Coming March 24

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 049 01

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD February 18, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-049 01

Are you near Washington, D C or know someone who is? Then YOU ARE HEREBY INVITED to the next AMSAT-DC Meeting and Space Seminar The day-long event will be held on Saturday, March 24 near BWI airport

Get the meeting announcement at http://www amsat org/amsat-new/fieldops/eventDetail php?eID=259 and share it with others

In building our agenda, we are lining up one or two presentations from local folks who are building a CubeSat of all things! We'll take a close look at the brand new AMSAT lab on our eastern shore Get news on a new S-Band beacon Lots more will be offered too

Please forward this event announcement to one who might like to know about it Take it to a club meeting Announce it on a net Gosh, tell a high school or college student -- and an instructor too All are invited

[ANS thanks Pat, N8PK, AMSAT-DC Co-host for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-049 02 AMSAT Awards

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 049 02

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD February 18, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-049 02

Bruce, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards says, "Here are the Awards this week "

We would like to welcome the following to the satellite community They have made their first satellite contact and are now members of the AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club Bob Huson WA7HYD Paulo Pinto CT1ETE Fernando Martins CT2ISG

AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Carlos Roy i Garcia EB3FYM (Award #143)

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

[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-049 03 TAPR Announces Production Of HPSDR Janus and Ozy Boards

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 049 03

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD February 18, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-049 03

Here is a ground floor opportunity for amateur radio operators interested in experimenting with Software Define Radio This week TAPR announced production plans of the High Performance Software Defined Radio (HPSDR) Janus and Ozy boards

According to the HPSDR organization, the Janus module is a very high performance, dual, full duplex, A/D and D/A converter board This is planned as a cost effective approach to develop a board which approaches the performance of professional high end sound cards Paired with the Ozy board and with proper software, it can act like a very high performance sound card external to the PC

The OZY module is an FPGA based interface controller card that pro- vides the input and output connections to the real world OZY also provides a high speed USB 2 0 interface to the controlling PC

Interested radio amateurs should visit Dale's, WA8SRA HAMSDR website http://www hamsdr com/ You will need to register for full access on the site If you are already a member and have previously expressed interest in these projects, log in and re-enter your quantities of each board

If you are new to HPSDR and Dale's Website, please join for instant access by providing the information requested

What is HPSDR? see - http://hpsdr org/ What is an Ozy? see - http://hpsdr org/ozy html What is a Janus? see - http://hpsdr org/janus html

There are many other HPSDR projects in design and testing; most will require the Janus and Ozy boards

[ANS thanks HPSDR org for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-049 04 Satellite Shorts From All Over

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 049 04

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD February 18, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-049 04

Clive G3CWV reported that during the period 23 January to 14 February OSCAR 11 was heard with good steady signals To investigate the on-board clock's hour problem Clive would welcome some telemetry from differents parts of the world, at times when the orbits do not pass over the UK Please e-mail to him at @amsat org The VHF beacon is on 145 826 MHz with AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry For additional information about OSCAR 11 see: http://www users zetnet co uk/clivew/
There are several new pieces of software that are being uploaded and tested this week on AO-51 Additionally the S band transmitter will be on for an as of yet undetermined number of daylight passes over the Air Force Academy ground station in Colorado Springs, Colorado
The US Air Force plans to launch Falconsat-3 in late February FS-3 will carry an amateur payload along with its primary science mission More details on the upgrades and Falconsat-3 will be made available soon
If you're looking for Delaware on the satellites look for Steve, W3HF on the FM satellites 24 February 2007, during the local afternoon and early evening
Some satellite operators may be able to copy EME signals from the Japanese Big Dish Project JAMSAT is participating with several other organizations in setting up a 32m-Dish EME station in Ibaragi, Japan They plan to be active on 144MHz, 432MHz, 1296MHz and 5 6GHz from 23 Feb to 24 March at possible windows Full information is available at: http://8n1eme jp/modules/news/ and the planned EME operating schedule can be seen at http://8n1eme jp/SKD-EME-8N1EME-060215-1EN pdf

[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-049 05 ARISS Status Report for the Week of February 12, 2007

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 049 05

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD February 18, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-049 05

School Contacts

Hanazono Elementary School in Akashi-city, Japan, had an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Monday, February 12

The Vasant Valley School in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India has been approved for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, February 24 via the telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii This school is a Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, crew pick

Crew Training

Astronaut Clay Anderson and cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin recently parti- cipated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact simulation to prepare for school contacts while onboard the ISS Yurchikhin will fly in March as part of Expedition 15, and Anderson is expected to launch in June

[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, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM k9jkm@amsat org

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