AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-271

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In this edition:

• 2020 Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
• Reminder: Current AMSAT Journal is available on Member Portal
• AMSAT-DL Online Symposium
• AMSAT-UK Convention
• ARRL LOTW new user guide
• AMSAT Field Day Results for 2020 have been posted
• ARISS News
• Upcoming Satellite Operations
• Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
• Satellite Shorts From All Over

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-271 01 ANS-271 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 271 01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD DATE 2020 September 27 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-271 01

2020 Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium Announcement:

The 2020 Virtual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, October 17th from 9:00am CDT - 5:00pm CDT (UTC -5) Symposium presentations will be a combination of pre-recorded video segments along with a question and answer sessions held via a Zoom meeting

The Symposium will be made available for free live on AMSAT's YouTube channel

Registered attendees will receive a digital copy of the AMSAT Symposium Proceedings and will be entitled to join the Zoom meeting Only registered attendees will be able to participate in the question and answer sessions Registered attendees will also be entered into prize drawings Registration is free and available only for AMSAT members Registration will close on Friday, October 16th at 5:00pm CDT

Proposals for papers and Symposium presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible

Final papers for the Symposium Proceedings must be submitted by October 5, 2020 to Dan Schultz, N8FGV, n8fgv@usa net

Symposium presentations should be limited to 15 minutes of pre-recorded video Video presentations must be submitted by October 10, 2020 to Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, n8hm@arrl net We ask that presenters be available to take questions via Zoom immediately following the airing of their pre-recorded video

Tentative Schedule

9:00am CDT Opening Remarks 9:15am CDT - 12:45pm CDT General Presentations 1:00pm CDT - 2:00pm CDT AMSAT Education / CubeSat Simulator 2:00pm CDT - 3:00pm CDT ARISS / AREx update 3:00pm CDT - 4:00pm CDT AMSAT Engineering 4:00pm CDT - 5:00pm CDT 2020 AMSAT Annual General Meeting

(ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager for the above information)

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Reminder: July/August AMSAT Journal Is Available on Member Portal

Due to COVID-19, the July/August 2020 issue of The AMSAT Journal will only be available to members on AMSAT's Member Portal Please visit launch amsat org to view/download your copy today

The AMSAT Journal is a bi-monthly magazine for amateur radio in space enthusiasts, published by the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) Each issue is your source for hardware and software projects, technical tips, STEM initiatives, operational activities, and news from around the world

Inside the Current Issue Engineering Update, Jerry Buxton N0JY User Services Update, Robert Bankston KE4AL Treasurer's Report, Robert Bankston KE4AL Educational Relations Update, Alan Johnston KU2Y AMSAT Field Day 2020, Bruce Paige KK5DO For Beginners - Amateur Radio Satellite Primer VI, Keith Baker KB1SF/VE2KSF Satellite Cyber Threats, Omar Álvarez-Cárdenas XE1AO; Miguel A García-Ruiz VE3BKM; Margarita G MayoralBaldivia XE1BMG; Raúl T Aquino-Santos (SWL) Integration of a Distributed Ground Station Network, M A Mendoza- Bárcenas (SWL); Rafael Prieto-Meléndez (SWL); Alejandro Padrón- Godínez (SWL); Gerardo Calva-Olmos (SWL), Omar Álvarez-Cárdenas XE1AO; Margarita G Mayoral-Baldivia XE1BMG; Alfonso TamezRod- ríguez XE2O Satellite Antenna Tracking Using Goto Telescope Mounts, Dwayne Sinclair NA6US

[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information]

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     Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office
is closed until further notice
 For details, please visit

https://www amsat org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/

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The Online AMSAT-UK Convention takes place on Sunday, October 11, from 11am BST (10:00 GMT) to approximately 5pm, with a break for lunch, and several short breaks during the day You don't have to be a member of AMSAT-UK to participate, and the event is free of charge but please register ASAP

A number of interesting talks and demonstrations are planned including a talk on the Lunar Amateur Radio Transponder project (LUNART)

A draft schedule of the day's events may be downloaded from: https://bit ly/35ZsOCg

Please register online at http://tinyurl com/amsatukreg2020

[ANS thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA & AMSAT-UK for the above information]

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AMSAT-DL Symposium Announcement:

AMSAT-DL have announced this year's Symposium on Saturday, September 26, will be streamed live on YouTube and most of the lectures will be in English to cater for an international audience Mattias, DD1US reports: "Instead, we will broadcast the symposium as an "online" meeting in DATV via the broadband transponder of QO-100 and on the Internet on the YouTube channel of AMSAT-DL at: https://www youtube com/user/amsatdl

Announced sessions will include presentations on Lunar Amateur Radio Transponder project (LUNART) and several sessions focused on QO-100 usage and modes of operation

The current schedule can be found on the AMSAT-DL homepage at: https://amsat-dl org/en/ [ANS thanks Matthias Bopp, DD1US & AMSAT-DL for the above information]

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A guide for beginner LOTW users has been released by Gary, ZL2IFB Gary pulled together a team of contributors who assisted him on the project The 33 page guide was written with the new user in mind, but contains many tips and explanations that veteran users will find useful as well The guide may be downloaeded from: https://www g4ifb com/LoTW_New_User_Guide pdf

[ANS thanks Gary, ZL4IFB for the above information]

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AMSAT Field Day Results for 2020 have been posted:

Bruce Paige, KK5DO has posted the AMSAT Field Day 2020 results on the AMSAT web site A direct link to the results page is: https://www amsat org/field-day-2020-results/

Alternatively, it is possible to navigate to the page by clicking on Events, Field Day and Field Day 2020 Results

[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests & Awards and AMSAT Board Member for the above information]

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ARISS NEWS

Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145 800 MHz worldwide ARISS NEWS

Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station The downlink frequency on which to listen is 145 800 MHz worldwide

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-21 19:30 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

Turkish State Meteorological Service
Mehmet Zakir Ekni High School, Yenimahalle, Turkey
Kuyubaşi Şehit Oğuzhan Duyar Secondary School, Keçiören, Turkey Ted Ankara College Foundation High School, Gölbaşı, Turkey Maya Anatolian High School, Gölbaşı, Turkey Direct via TC2TSC

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy KF5KDR Contact is go for: Tue 2020-09-29 12:35:08 UTC 78 deg (*)

There is a new radio on board the ISS The Kenwood D710GA is now in use The crossband repeater is now available when the radio is not being used for ARISS school contacts

The frequencies are 145 99 MHz up (67 tone) and 437 800 MHz down Watch the Doppler on the downlink

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ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates

Postponed: No new schools have been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19:

The ARISS webpage is at https://www ariss org/
Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also

[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team men- tors for the above information]

ARISS Europe announcement: Possible SSTV Events

Slow Scan TV (SSTV) transmissions will probably occur from the Internat- ional Space Station (ISS) next week Possible times: Wed 2020-09-30 13:05 UTC to 18:45 UTC Thu 2020-10-01 12:30 UTC to 17:40 UTC

Images will be downlinked at 145 8 MHz and the expected SSTV mode of operation is PD 120 Radio enthusiasts participating in the event can post and view images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery at: https://www spaceflightsoftware com/ARISS_SSTV/

[ANS thanks Gaston Bertels, ON4WF of ARISS Europe for the above information and JoAnn Maenpaa, K9JKM for the relay]

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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
        be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit

Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www amsat org/donate/

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Upcoming Satellite Operations

Upcoming Roves: Quick Hits: FK67, NP3V, 9/26: Saturday 26 NP3V - Luis will be activating grid FK67 again Activation will be on AO-91, SO-50 and IO-86 all FM

DM35, DM36 and DM45: @K7TAB 9/23 - 10/1 ish: I will be camping in DM35 and will operate from there occasionally over the next 8-10 days I will also activate DM36 at some point, probably early to middle of next week I will also be very near DM45, so Sats & SOTA may happen again!

EN10, @K0JM, 9/25: K0JM possibly EN10 for one or two FM passes on Friday morning, strictly holiday style, as circumstances permit

CN76/77 10/3 and 10/4 @AD0DX Just booked tickets for beautiful Ocean Shores, WA CN76/CN77 grid line Sat Oct 3 approx 0000z to Sun Oct 4th approx 1700z, pass details closer to the trip

EL Grids, @N1PEB 10/10 -10-14: 10/10 EL95 Key Largo, 10/11 EL94 Key West, 10/12 EL84 Dry Tortuga, 10/13 EL94 Key West, 10/14 TBD

Major Roves: Beginning this Saturday, 19 Sept thru Friday, 25 Sept, @kylee_ke0wpa and @ND0C will be doing some holiday roving in several Iowa grids: EN11, EN12, EN20, EN21, EN22 and EN30 - some lines None of them are particul- arly rare, but we'll be there nevertheless Operation will be limited by work commitments and family activities, but we will focus on AO-91 and SO-50 and maybe some linears Hope to turn a few grids green for some folks Please play nice, i e no blind calls, no stomping and allow the QSOs to be completed!

* Postponed DL88: Ron (@AD0DX) and Doug (@N6UA) are making another run at the elusive DL88 in Big Bend National Park, TX As we know they tried this grid back in March, and due to the mud couldn't get to the grid, so never ones to quit, off they go again Today the tent- ative date is Monday July 6th, 2020 They will be using the K5Z call sign More information is available at the K5Z QRZ Page

[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the above information]

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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events

Clint Bradford, K6LCS will give his "Work the FM Voice Satellites With Minimal Equipment" Zoom presentation on the following dates for: 10/27/2020 - Cherryland ARC / Traverse Bay ARC Additional presentations are in the planning stage: TBD - Antelope Valley (CA) ARC and a private presentation for a Boy Scout troop in Danville, Pennsylvania

Club Groups are asked to update their copies of the Zoom application prior to the scheduled session by directly downloading it from https://zoom us/

[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6CLS for the above information]

RSGB 2020 Convention - antenna modelling and ionoscatter

During the online RSGB 2020 Convention, you will be able to enjoy some excellent lectures On Saturday, 10 October 2020, the RSGB will be presenting two online streams for everyone to enjoy

Highlights will be "Antenna Modelling With MMANA-GAL with Steve Nichols, G0KYA and Palle, OZ1RH will look at Ionoscatter on 50 and 144MHz

Information is available at https://rsgb org uk/convention

[ANS thanks the RSGB GB2RS News for the above information]

AMSAT-DL has been live streaming this year's AMSAT-DL Symposium Details on the Internet on the YouTube channel of AMSAT-DL at: https://www youtube com/user/amsatdl

Editor's Note: we are not aware if the YouTube presentations will be available after the Symposium

[ANS thanks Matthias Bopp, DD1US & AMSAT-DL for the above information]

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Satellite Shorts From All Over

• NASA officials released a nearly five-year, $28 billion plan Monday to return astronauts to the surface of the moon before the end of 2024, but the agency's administrator said the "aggressive" timeline set by the Trump administration last year hinges on Congress approv- ing $3 2 billion in the next few months to kick-start development of new human-rated lunar landers (ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information)

• Astronauts on the International Space Station carried out an "avoid- ance maneuver" on September 22 to ensure they would not be hit by a piece of debris, said NASA, urging better management of objects in Earth's orbit Russian and US flight controllers worked together dur- ing a two-and-a-half-minute operation to adjust the station's orbit and move further away, avoiding collision [Such maneuvers usually mean that Keps for ISS must be updated -- Ed ] (ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information)

• A solid-fueled Long March 11 launcher delivered nine small Chinese Earth observation satellites to orbit on September 15 after firing off a ship positioned in the Yellow Sea Unfortunately, the payload did NOT include the CAS-7 satellites amateurs have been anticipating That launch is still pending (ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information)

• Sept 22 Spaceflight Now published an updated general launch schedule: Updating time for Delta 4-Heavy/NROL-44; Adding date and time for Falcon 9/Starlink 12; Electron/STP-27RM delayed; Falcon 9/GPS 3 SV04 moved forward; Adding date for Falcon 9/SpaceX CRS 21; Adding date for Falcon 9/Turksat 5A; Adding date for Falcon 9/Transporter 1; Atlas 5/CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 delayed Details at: https://spaceflightnow com/launch-schedule/ (ANS thanks Spaceflight Now for the above information)

• Sept 24 Blue Origin scrubbed a test of NASA landing system hardware on the latest New Shepard flight Additional Additional information may be found at: https://bit ly/3hYWSQX (ANS thanks NASA's spaceflight com for the above information)

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73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space, This week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ

kd4iz at amsat dot org

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