Date: June 21st 2010

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-171

ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation ANS 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 This is your chance to join in the ranks of AMSAT There is still an opening or two for someone to step in and assist with the ANS editing process If you are interested, please drop a line to Gould Smith, WA4SXM@amsat org There are many other volunteer slots and you can find them in the advertisement in the AMSAT Journal It takes many helpful hands to keep our group well oiled (ed )

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In this edition:

Last Call For Speakers
BOD Nominations Announced
AO-51 Field Day Schedule
Lunar Lander Cubesat Poposed
1675-1710 MHz Weather Satellite Band Under Study for Re-Allocation
Name That Satellite
Hudson Valley, NY SatCom Net on Thursday
ARISS Status

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-171 01 Last Call For Speakers

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 171 01

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 20, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-171 01

Hi All,

This is the final call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2010 which will be held at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, UK (same venue as in 2009) on Sat 31st Jul and Sun 1st Aug 2010, with a beginners session on the afternoon of Friday 30th

AMSAT-UK invite speakers, about amateur radio, space and associated activities to this event, details of which, can be found at:

http://www uk amsat org/content/view/32/42/

As this is a late call, the submission of a paper is not required but any PowerPoint or similar material can be made available online, afterterwards

Submissions should be sent ONLY to G4DPZ, via the following routes:

e-mail: david johnson AT blackpepper co uk

SnailMail: QTHR from www QRZ com

Likewise if anyone knows of a good speaker, please send contact and other information to G4DPZ

Dave G4DPZ

[ANS thanks Dave, G4DPZ, for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-171 02 BOD Nominations Announced

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 171 02

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 20, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-171 02

It is my pleasure to announce that the following have been nominated to serve on the AMSAT Board of Directors for two year terms:

Tom Clark, K3IO Lou McFadin, W5DID Tony Monteiro, AA2TX Gould Smith, WA4SXM

Candidates will be afforded the opportunity to have statements of their qualifications and positions circulated to the membership
In accordance with the bylaws of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, the ballots will be mailed no later than July 15th, and must be returned no later than September 15h to be counted

Since there are four candidates for three seats, the three candidates having the greatest number of votes will be elected to full terms The forth candidate will serve as an alternate until the next annual election

Alan Biddle WA4SCA AMSAT Corporate Secretary

[ANS thanks Alan, WA4SCA for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-171 03 AO-51 Field Day Schedule

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 171 03

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 20, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-171 03

AO-51 Operations Team Announces Field Day Schedule

It's that time of year again; summer and Field Day! Each year the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as an emergency preparedness exercise The event takes place during a 24-hour period on the fourth weekend of June

For 2010 the event takes place during a 27-hour period from 1800 UTC on Saturday June 26, 2010 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 27, 2010 Those who set up prior to 1800 UTC on June 26 can operate only 24 hours The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own version of Field Day for operation via the amateur satellites, held concurrently with the ARRL event

AMSAT-NA VP Operations, Drew KO4MA says the AO-51 Command Team and Operations Group has announced the AO-51 configuration for Field Day:

June 21 10:40Z - June 24 09:35Z FM Repeater, V/S to allow testing of V/S station equipment prior to Field Day: Uplink: 145 880 Mhz FM Downlink: 2401 200 Mhz FM

June 24 09:35Z - June 27 06:40Z FM Repeater, V/U Please observe the 1 QSO per repeater Field Day rule Uplink: 145 920 Mhz FM, PL 67Hz Downlink: 435 300 Mhz FM

June 27 06:40 - June 27 22:00Z FM Repeater, V/S Please observe the 1 QSO per repeater Field Day rule Uplink: 145 880 Mhz FM Downlink: 2401 200 Mhz FM

AMSAT Field Day rules and scoring instructions are available on-line at: http://www amsat org/amsat-new/awards/amsatfd php Read the latest AO-51 Command Team and Operations Group News on-line at: http://www amsat org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews php

[ANS thanks the AO-51 Operations Team for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-171 04 Lunar Lander Cubesat Proposed

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 171 04

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 20, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-171 04

Lunar Lander CubeSat Proposed

In a story first reported in the European EE Times, Vermont Technical College, Norwich University, St Michael's College, and the University of Vermont are working together to land a CubeSat on the moon (EE Times http://tinyurl com/22vuz7q)

The team is currently working on initial designs for the spacecraft, with the aim of achieving further NASA funding in June 2011 Primary funding for this effort is being provided by the Vermont Space Grant Consortium under NASA grant

In the current phase of the program The Vermont CubeSat project, led by Professor Carl Brandon of Vermont Technical College aims to launch by 2015 It is developing the first CubeSat that can be launched from a geostationary orbit to successfully land on the moon The CubeSat electronics are based on a Texas Instruments (TI) MSP430 processor and the software will control navigation, communications, scientific ins- truments, camera and the CubeSat's propulsion system

SPARK, a new high level programming language and toolset designed to support the development of mission critical software will be used for the moonbound cubesat SPARK was adopted for the CubeSat project be- cause of Vermont Technical College's experience in using SPARK and the related Ada programming language in developing mission critical control systems for a project to create Arctic sea ice monitoring buoys Both the CubeSat and buoy systems face similar challenges in terms of coping with inhospitable conditions and the impossibility of fixing any soft- ware bugs when deployed

The proposed lunar lander will be a single unit CubeSat (10*10*10 cm) with four mini-thrusters on the bottom to maximize control and manoeu- vrability Two potential options for propulsion are being examined - a bi-propellant booster or a Xenon powered ion drive booster The Xenon thruster can also be used for a triple CubeSat that would go to and orbit the moon

[ANS thanks EE Times and the SouthGate ARC News for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-171 05 1675-1710 MHz Weather Satellite Band Under Study for Re-Allocation

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 171 05

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 20, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-171 05

1675-1710 MHz Weather Satellite Band Under Study for Re-Allocation

The ARRL has picked up on a news item in regards to the National Broadband Plan (NBP) recommending that the FCC should make 500 MHz of spectrum available for broadband use within the next 10 years, including 300 MHz between 225 MHz-3 7 GHz for mobile use in the next five years One of the first slices of spectrum being eyeballed includes the 1675-1710 MHz band utilized by weather satellites

The FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) has engaged in discussions with the National Telecommunications and Information Ad- ministration's (NTIA) Office of Spectrum Management to begin examining various frequency bands that may be suitable for mobile broadband use

NTIA has preliminarily identified the 1675-1710 MHz band for such use and is examining the impact on its incumbent federal users of the weather satellite products The FCC issued a Public Notice (ET Docket No 10-123) on June 4, 2010, seeking information to help better compre- hend the current use of the 1675-1710 MHz band by non-federal entities and better understand its potential utility for broadband

The full story can be found on the ARRL web site: http://tinyurl com/29zv8a6

[ANS thanks the ARRL Letter for June 17, 2010, Editor: S Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-171 06 Name That Satellite

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 171 06

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 20, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-171 06

Name that satellite

SA-AMSAT is inviting radio amateurs to propose a name for its CubeSat project which was announced at the recently held Space Symposium The project name should be a single word in any of South Africa's official languages and reflect the spirit of the project

A good example is the name given to the around-the-world-balloon project which is called "lalela", the Zulu word for "listen"

The winning entry will receive a satellite handbook Entries should be sent by e-mail to saamsat@intekom co za SA-AMSAT's web page is at: http://www amsatsa org za/

The closing date is 15 July

[ANS thanks SA-AMSAT, SARL, and SouthGate for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-171 07 Hudson Valley, NY SatCom Net on Thursday

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 171 07

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 20, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-171 07

Hudson Valley SatCom, NY Net on Thursday

The next "HV Satcom" group net is Thursday June 24 8PM (EDT) (Or 2400 UTC), with an echolink Node of N2EYH-L, & the repeater used is "146 970 (Pl 100; 600 down), & for more info: www hvsatcom org 73, Stu (WA2BSS) (Director;Mt Beacon ARC)

[ANS thanks Stu, WA2BSS, for the above information]

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-171 08 ARISS Report

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 171 08

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-171 08

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report June 14, 2010

Upcoming School Contact

Asahi Manabiya, located in Owariasahi, Aichi, Japan, has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, June 23 at 12:48 UTC Asahi Manabiya is a volunteer club with approximately 50 members It hopes to pique children's interest in natural science including electrical and electronic phenomena through this ARISS activity

Astronaut Caldwell-Dyson Speaks with ISIS Andrea Ponti via ARISS

On Monday, June 7, students from ISIS Andrea Ponti in Gallarate, Varese, Italy, linked up with on-orbit astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, KF5DBF via an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact An audience of more than 250 students, teachers and visitors, located in several classrooms and connected by multimedia screens, were present for the contact ARISS mentor Francesco De Paolis, IK0WGF introduced the event and ARISS activities with a presentation via phone line The event was distributed via webcast and was covered by the local media and newspapers This contact was the final event of several cross-curricular activities involving different school subjects including Science, History, Geography, Math, Information Technology and English

ARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline

On June 11, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1713 included a short story titled, "Radio from Space: Astroham Congratulates WIA on its 100th Anniversary "
The article is about Tracy Caldwell-Dyson's ARISS contact during the WIA's anniversary dinner in which she sent greetings and talked about the advancements in communications over the years A link to the audio is provided
To view the article, see: ftp://ftp arnewsline org/quincy/News/news txt

Astronaut Training Status

Astronaut Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC is scheduled to receive ARISS basic operations training on July 12

[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, Dee Interdonato, NB2F nb2f at amsat dot org

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