AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-153

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:

• Deadline for AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Approaching
• Barry Baines, WD4ASW Interview with Amateur Radio Newsline
• IARU Issues Position Paper on Nanosatellites and Picosatellites
• Joe Spier K6WAO Joins ANS Editorial Staff
• ANTELSAT CubeSat
• 5 in EM55 Award

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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 153 01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD June 2, 2013 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-153 01

Deadline for AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Approaching

It is time to submit nominations for the upcoming open seats on the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors A nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT member for the position Four director's terms expire this year: Barry Baines, WD4ASW, Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, Drew Glasbrenner, K04MA, and Tony Monteiro, AA2TX

In addition to traditional submission of written nominations, which remains unchanged and is the preferred method, nominations 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 301-608-3410

Written nominations, consisting of names, calls and individual sig- natures should be mailed to:

AMSAT-NA 850 Sligo Ave #600 Silver Spring, MD, 20910

No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required If it is other than this, i e electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address 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-NA BYLAWS

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]

Barry Baines, WD4ASW Interview with Amateur Radio Newsline

The weekly broadcast of the Amateur Radio Newsline interviewed AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW at the Dayton Hamvention about the Fox-1 cubesat and the current situation in working with ITAR regulations This was included in Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1868, dated May 31 2013 and carried on-the-air during many nets and amateur radio news reports A full transcript of the interview with Barry, titled, “HAMVENTION 2013: PART 2 – WRAPPING IT UP”, by Amateur Radio Newsline’s Stephan Kinford, N8WB: is available at the AMSAT Website http://ww2 amsat org/?p=661

[ANS thanks the Amateur Radio Newsline for the above information]

IARU Issues Position Paper on Nanosatellites and Picosatellites

During a teleconference in mid-May, the IARU Administrative Council authorized the distribution of a paper which sets forth the IARU positions on the agenda items that will be considered during the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2015 Resolution 757 calls for the results of studies of the procedures for notifying space networks that presently apply to nanosatellites and picosatellites to be reported to WRC-15 Because of the possible implications of these studies for the amateur and amateur-satellite services, the IARU is following the progress of these studies attentively

The agenda items that impact amateur radio and amateur-satellite services including the IARU position on each of those agenda items have been published in the IARU E Newsletter for May 29, 2013 http://ukamsat files wordpress com/2013/05/iaru-e-newsletter-29-may-2013 doc

The IARU says all IARU member-societies are encouraged to meet with their telecommunication authorities to discuss the WRC-15 Agenda Items and to gain support from their telecom authorities for the IARU positions

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]

Joe Spier K6WAO Joins ANS Editorial Staff

Joe Spier K6WAO, of Weimar, CA has joined the AMSAT News Service as a rotating editor Joe also serves AMSAT as Associate Director for Education He was the contact liaison for the AMSAT sponsored Pacificon ARISS contact, last Fall Look for Joe’s first ANS Bulletin, scheduled for release on June 9 as ANS 160 AMSAT welcomes Joe and thanks him for volunteering his time to the AMSAT News Service Please send any news related to amateur radio in space to the ANS Editor mailbox at ans-editor@amsat org

[AMS welcomes Joe, K6WAO, to the Weekly News Team]

ANTELSAT CubeSat

ANTELSAT is a 2U CubeSat class satellite with a 70 cm SSTV downlink and amateur radio AX 25 Digipeater that is planning a Yasny Dnepr launch in 2013 It has been developed by ANTEL (the national telecom service provider) and Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de la República (FING), the State Faculty of Engineering

The purpose is to build and operate the first satellite ever launched into orbit by Uruguay Its goal is to develop skills in radio and aerospace engineering, to promote enthusiasm in STEM education at all levels, and provide challenging activities for undergraduate students The spacecraft is planned to transmit colour and infrared images of the surface of the earth, and to provide several services to radio amateurs (AX 25 digipeater, telemetry beacon, uplink signal report, SSTV downlink) The mission is purely experimental and a technology demonstrator of all the satellite subsystems, which have been custom designed locally

Communications: - VHF receiver on 2m amateur band, 1200bps AX25 protocol - Telecommand uplink - Store and forward (digipeater) service uplink - UHF transmitter on 70cm amateur band: - CW beacon - Telemetry downlink at 1200 bps AX25 protocol - Backup downlink for image data via low resolution SSTV - Store and forward service downlink - S-band transmitter on 2 4 GHz: - Downlink for payload image data - Telemetry backup link - 2 redundant transmitters

Attitude control: - Attitude determination via magnetometer and photodetectors - Active 3-axis control via magnetorquers

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]

5 in EM55 Award

Congratulations to Dave Beumer, W0DHB for earning certificate #46 for 5 IN EM55 award This award is earned by working five (5) different hams in the EM55 grid You do not have to be in your home grid to count the stations worked There are several satellite ready hams in EM55: WA4NVM, WA4HFN, WB4LHD, WA4OVO, KI4OTG, KD4NOQ, KJ4BIX, AJ4KF, N4MGT and W5KUB

Send your log to WA4NVM or WA4HFN for checking, along with your current mailing address The award is free and should any donations be sent, they will be forwarded to AMSAT along with your call and name Contacts between June 1, 2011 to the present count for this award

[ANS thanks Rick, WA4NVM, 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

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