AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-204

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In this edition: * UK Olympics Special Events Satellite Operations Commence This Week * AMSAT Board of Directors 2012 Ballots in the Mail * AMSAT Commemorative Shirt Available for the Symposium * AMSAT and ARISS Support Moon Day 2012 at Dallas Love Field Air Museum * Three Hams Arrive + Three Hams Aboard = Six Hams Aboard ISS * NASA JPL Explore Mars: Curiosity 3-D Interactive Experience * Satellite Shorts From All Over * ARISS Status - 16 July 2012

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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 204 01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD July 22, 2012 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-204 01

UK Olympics Special Events Satellite Operations Commence This Week

With the "London 2012 Olympics" official opening taking place during the next week, this is a reminder of the previously posted information about the "Amateur Radio Flagship Event Stations" that will be opera- ting beginning Wednesday July 25 until the Games close on September 9

The London station 2O12L (two-oscar-one-two-London) and the station in Wales (two-oscar-one-two-Wales) will be operating on amateur HF and VHF/UHF bands during the event

The Barry Amateur Radio Society in Wales, subject to operator avail- ability and suitable passes, will endeavor to make contacts via the amateur radio satellites as well of course as the HF bands

The London has a restriction imposed on VHF/UHF activation which will limit personal operations on the satellites Outside the re- stricted zone however there maybe other amateur radio operators who may be active, not as "flagship stations" but using a personal or club call sign under a notice of variation

Barry Amateur Radio Society in Wales looks forward to making as many contacts as possible for this rare opportunity We take this as an opportunity to wish all those participating in the Olympic Games and amateur radio operators world wide "Good Luck"

[ANS thanks Ken Eaton, GW1FKY and the Barry Amateur Radio Society, Wales, UK for the above information]

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AMSAT Board of Directors 2012 Ballots in the Mail

Ballots for the 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election have been mailed to all members Also included is biographical information about each of the candidates

Select no more than three of the six listed candidates (in alphabet- itcal order):

• Tom Clark, K3IO
• Steve Coy, K8UD
• Mark Hammond, N8MH
• Lou McFadin, W5DID
• Gould Smith, WA4SXM
• Patrick E Stoddard, WD9EWK

The 3 candidates receiving the most votes will become directors serving 2 year terms The 2 receiving the next highest number of votes will be seated as alternates for 1 year terms

You must mail your ballot back to be received at the AMSAT-NA Office no later than the close of business on September 15, 2012:

AMSAT 850 Sligo Avenue, #600 Silver Spring, MD 20910

[ANS thanks AMSAT Corporate Secretary Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the above information]

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AMSAT Commemorative Shirt Available for the Symposium

AMSAT offers you the chance to have the coolest ham shirt of the year as we announce the special commemorative shirt for the 2012 Symposium The polo shirt is ultramarine blue, silk touch 5-ounce 65/35 poly/ cotton pique fabric (ask the XYL what this means) in men's and ladies' styles

The men's shirt is available in sizes XS to 6X, with a pocket on the left side: + XS - XL $20 + 2X - 3X $23 + 4X - 6X $28

The ladies' shirt is available in sizes XS to 6X, no pocket: + XS - XL $18 + 2X - 3X $21 + 4X - 6X $26

The Symposium logo (AMSAT Fox) is embroidered on the left side of the men's and ladies' shirts You can optionally add up to 2 lines of your callsign/name embroidered on the right side of the shirt for $5 per shirt

Shirts must be ordered by mail with the order form sent with the AMSAT ballots

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]

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AMSAT and ARISS Support Moon Day 2012 at Dallas Love Field Air Museum

Moon Day 2012 was held on July 21 at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field in Dallas, Texas to commemorate Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon The event featured space exhibits, demonstrations and other space activities AMSAT and ARISS were represented as they showed amateur radio satellites including a model of the Fox-1 satellite This was an opportunity to promote the ARISS program also

The purpose of Moon Day is to celebrate this astounding achievement of humankind by bringing together local and national organizations into one place where the public can walk and talk with the people and the groups who are on the frontlines of space exploration, along with space and astronomy advocates, hobbyists, and educators

More information about the event was posted at: http://nightsky jpl nasa gov/event-view cfm?Event_ID=37613

The Frontiers of Flight Museum web page can be found at: http://www flightmuseum com/

You can re-live the Apollo 11 launch on July 16, 1969 with this video: http://www youtube com/watch?v=-CAN2WsDVt8&feature=player_embedded

[ANS thanks AMSAT and ARISS for the above information]

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Three Hams Arrive + Three Hams Aboard = Six Hams Aboard ISS

Three hams arrived at the International Space Station on July 17 when the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft docked and the hatches opened on the 37th anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz docking

Expedition 32 crew members NASA astronaut Suni Williams KD5PLB, cos- monaut Yury Malenchenko RK3DUP and Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide KE5DNI joined with Expedition 31's NASA astronaut Joe Acaba KE5DAR and cosmonauts Gennady Padalka RN3DT and Sergei Revin RN3BS to bring the crew complement up to six

Video of the hatch opening, welcome aboard, and the press conference from the ISS have been posted at: http://tinyurl com/Soyuz-Arrival (UniverseToday com)

Padalka, Acaba and Revin will be on board until September 17th, and the newest crew will stay until November 12, 2012

[ANS thanks NASA and UniverseToday com for the above information]

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NASA JPL Explore Mars: Curiosity 3-D Interactive Experience

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California invites you to prepare for the arrival of the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curi- osity on August 6 JPL has developed a new 3-D interactive experience which will allow you to follow along with Curiosity's discoveries on Mars

The beta version of "Explore Mars: Curiosity", a new 3-D interactive experience can be found at: http://mars jpl nasa gov/msl/participate/

When you first access this site you will be asked to download the Unity application which loads seamlessly with your web browser Once started you will receive high-resolution terrain maps of Gale Crater, Curiosity's landing site, collected from Mars orbiters A 3-D "virtual rover" version of Curiosity will follow the path of the real rover as it makes discoveries

JPL advises interested Mars fans to download the Unity game environ- ment and test drive the rover early to reduce potential download de- lays as global interest peaks during the August landing events

Also available on the JPL Mars Science Laboratory web site is the Mars Rover Landing immersive experience for the Xbox 360 You will able to take control of your own spacecraft using Kinect and face the extreme challenges of landing a rover on Mars More details are available on the web site

MarsDaily com has a related article: http://tinyurl com/MarsDaily

[ANS thanks NASA JPL and MarsDaily com for the above information]

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Satellite Shorts From All Over

• Listen for special event station N8M operating from the Henry Ford/ Greenfield Village (Detroit) Maker Faire July 28-29 They will be operating on all bands, all modes including satellite and 6 meters Satellite operation will be active on all modes on as many passes as possible QSL info can be located on the Ford Amateur Radio Lea- gue website: http://www k8utt org/index htm (via John, N8NWA)

• Listen for Canadian special event station CG3B operating from FN03 on the satellites The special event commemorates 200 years of friendship between Canada and the US (after the War of 1812) More information is posted on the callsign page on QRZ com You can QSL via VE3FOI and your QSL will be mailed to you a special issue 1812 Canadian stamp The event is sponsored by the Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club (via John, K8YSE)

• The ARRL posted audio and video of the July 12 interview with ARRL News Editor S Khrystyne Keane K1SFA and Astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT The video and transcript is posted at: http://www arrl org/news/astronaut-don-pettit-kd5mdt-chats-with-arrl

• The August QST Magazine features activities by amateur satellite operators On page 20 you will find coverage of the SSTV contact via ARISSat-1 by Farrell Winder, W8ZCF, and Jeff Winder, KB8VCO On page 63 "Long Haul Radio" discusses amateur radio operation from an 18-wheeler including mention of packet via ISS by John McLendon, AB8JL Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, well known to satellite operators has an article on page 41, "Rethinking Electrical Power for the Ham "

• As a friendly reminder, we are approaching the deadline for article submissions for the next issue of the AMSAT Journal Please finish your articles and submit them to journal@amsat org by July 23

• Watch the inspirational video, "The Audacity to Dream" on-line at: http://www universetoday com/96289/the-audacity-to-dream/ The des- cription reads, "Making its debut at the TEDxISU (International Space University) event on July 6, the video above is an inspira- tional call-to-arms for anyone who's ever looked to the stars and dreamed of a day when the sky was, in fact, not the limit

• A new schedule was uploaded to AO-27 on July 4th Users of the Java AO-27 Satellite Schedule Lister should make sure that you have downloaded the latest data files: https://sites google com/site/ao27satellitescheduler/ (George, KA3HSW)

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ARISS Status - 16 July 2012

1. Upcoming School Contact

ESA Space Camp, which is being held at St Columba’s College, Whitechurch, Dublin, Ireland, has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Sunday, July 22 at 17:25 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California The ARISS contact is part of an educational program of which some activities are based around André Kuipers’ mission, Spaceship Earth Children at the camp will have 2 weeks of space education covering the themes of Climate, Biodiversity and the Human Body as well as Earth Observation and the Solar System The children will also receive lessons about how to communicate with the crew on the ISS from a ham radio expert

1. ARISS Contact with Women in STEM

An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held with Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars in Houston, Texas on Tuesday, July 10 via telebridge station W6SRJ in California The high school girls came from across the U S to participate in the program which provided them the opportunity to plan a space exploration mission and to learn from women that work at NASA Joe Acaba, KE5DAR on ISS answered 23 questions during the Q&A session Approximately 150 students and guests were present for the event Video may be viewed here: http://www youtube com/watch?v=igM-2qegJWo&feature=youtu be

1. Expedition 30/31Crew Scheduled for Debrief

Astronauts Don Pettit and André Kuipers (Expedition 30/31) will take part in a debrief session to give feedback on the ARISS program The debrief is currently scheduled for August 15

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

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