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#4718 Fri 10 Dec 2004 03:19:PM
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE<br /><br />ANS-340<br /><br />ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North<br />America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the<br />activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share<br />an active interest in designing, building, launching and<br />communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.<br /><br />Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:<br /><br />ans-editor@amsat.org<br /><br />In this edition:<br />* New Director of Field Ops<br />* Echo Updates<br />* OSCAR 0 Highlight <br />* New Sats<br />* ISS Update<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-340.01<br />New Director of Field Ops<br /><br />AMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.01 From<br />AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.<br />December 5, 2004<br />To All RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-340.01<br /><br />New Director-Field Operations Appointed<br /><br /><br />AMSAT-NA Vice President-Marketing and User Services Barry Baines, WD4ASW<br />has appointed Gould Smith, WA4SXM as Director-Field Operations for<br />AMSAT-NA effective immeadiately.<br /><br />"After serving as head of Field Operations since 1995 and given the<br />Board of Director's recent decision to have me serve in a new capacity<br />as VP-Marketing & User Services, it was necessary to find a new team<br />leader for Field Operations who will continue to provide leadership to<br />the Field Ops team with enthusiasm, vision and provide the guidance<br />necessary to encourage our Area Coordinators to represent AMSAT in their<br />local communities" said Baines. Barry continued, "Gould's talents have<br />been well demonstrated by his tireless efforts to encourage new comers<br />to our hobby. He is well respected inside AMSAT as well as by others as<br />an author, presenter, and role model within Field Operations."<br /><br />Gould Smith, WA4SXM was first licensed in 1976 and currently holds an<br />Advanced Class license. A member of AMSAT since 1988 and and a Life<br />Member, he has served as an Area Coordinator since 1989. He is well<br />known as an author of six AMSAT publications. His first book was<br />published in 1991 ("Decoding Telemetry from the Amateur Satellites") and<br />his most recent publication, "Echo: Operations, Development, and<br />Specification" was released in 2004. An accomplished lecturer, Gould<br />has made a number of presentations about satellites at the Dayton<br />Hamvention, AMSAT Symposium, and ARRL Division Conventions. He has also<br />authored various presentations that have been utilized by Area<br />Coordinators.<br /><br />Gould will lead an organization of 176 "Area Coordinators" who represent<br />AMSAT in their local communities. These volunteers man AMSAT booths at<br />hamfests, give club presentations, serve as 'Elmers' for newcomers to<br />amateur radio satellites, organize local AMSAT nets and provide other<br />means of supporting the amateur satellite program in their hometowns.<br />As 'Ambassadors of AMSAT", they serve as the local contact for people<br />needing information on the amateur satellite program.<br /><br />"I am looking forward to the challenge of keeping the Field Ops team<br />vibrant and vocal in spreading the word about amateur satellite<br />activities and operation, as well as raising funds for EAGLE and other<br />satellite projects", said Gould.<br /><br />[ANS thanks Barry, WD4ASW for the above information]<br /><br /><br />/EX<br /><br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-340.02<br />ECHO Updates<br /><br />AMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.02 From<br />AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.<br />December 5, 2004<br />To All RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-340.02<br /><br />Find ECHO Status at:<br />http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ControlTeam.php<br /> <br />[Tnx Emily Clarke for correction]<br /><br />/EX<br /><br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-340.03<br />OSCAR 0 Highlight<br /><br />AMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.03 From<br />AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.<br />December 5, 2004<br />To All RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-340.03<br /><br />OSCAR 0, better known as the moon, will offer a visual delight on<br />Tuesday, December 7 after moonrise . The planet Jupiter and several of<br />its moons will be covered, or "occulted," by the Earth's moon.<br />It will be visible throughout the Northern Hemisphere,weather<br />permitting. This last occurred in 1968 so it is infrequent. The last<br />time this happened and was viewable in NY was 1889. It should be a<br />great site in the cool crisp air at this time of the year. Next view<br />2026. You can think thoughts of "moonbounce!"<br /><br /><br />/EX<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-340.04<br />New Sats<br /><br />AMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.04 From<br />AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.<br />December 5, 2004<br />To All RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-340.04<br /><br />Ralphie and Sparkie, a pair of satellites from the University of New<br />Mexico are presently scheduled to launch as part of the Boeing Delta 4<br />Heavy Lift Launch demonstration for the USAF from Cape Canaveral.<br />Launch is currently scheduled for 1931 UTC on 10 December 2004. The two<br />satellites will be ejected while the Delta 4 coasts in a parking orbit<br />approximately 100x135 nautical miles high with a 28 deg inclination.<br />The satellites will conduct a technical investigation to demonstrate<br />packet radio for inter-satellite links using a frequency of 437.5 MHz.<br />Due to the low orbit it is anticipated that re-entry will occur within<br />one to two weeks.<br /><br />[ANS thanks IARU Satellite Coordinator for the above information]<br /><br /><br />/EX<br /><br />SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-340.05<br />ISS Update<br /><br />AMSAT News Service Bulletin 340.05 From<br />AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.<br />December 5, 2004<br />To All RADIO AMATEURS<br />BID: $ANS-340.05<br /><br />International Space Station Status Report #04-65<br />4 p.m. CST, Friday, December 3, 2004<br />Expedition 10 Crew<br /><br />The International Space Station’s Expedition 10 crewmembers completed the first 50 days of their six-month mission this week, highlighted by a short flight in their Soyuz spacecraft.<br /><br />To put the Station in the preferred configuration for two spacewalks out of the Russian Pirs Docking Compartment next year, Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov moved their ISS Soyuz 9 spacecraft Monday from Pirs to the Earth-facing docking port on the Zarya module during a 21-minute flight. The work to prepare the Station for possible autonomous operations, and then to reconfigure it for normal operations, stretched from Sunday afternoon until early Monday afternoon.<br /><br />After getting off duty time Tuesday and Wednesday to rest, Chiao and Sharipov spent the rest of the week on routine maintenance tasks, such as the regeneration of filter cartridges in the Elektron oxygen generation system. They also completed audits of on board computer hardware and food as mission managers finalize the appropriate manifest for the next Russian cargo craft. The ISS Progress 16 spacecraft will ferry food, fuel, clothing and other supplies to the Station. The audit of food supplies aboard the Station confirmed that sufficient food remains for the crew until arrival of the next supply craft. Managers have adjusted the amount of food to be carried on the Progress, however, to ensure onboard stores are fully replenished.<br /><br />Included in the cargo are three laptop computers that will return the Station Support Computer network to full functionality. This week, one of the computers that crewmembers use to access messages while working at the Zvezda module’s command post, failed. Another computer is being temporarily moved from Sharipov’s sleep station to the command post until the new laptops are delivered.<br /><br />The new Progress cargo ship is targeted for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:19 p.m. CST on Dec. 23 (2219 GMT), and is due to arrive at the Station just after 6 p.m. CST on Christmas night (0005 GMT on Dec. 26).<br /><br />Chiao and Sharipov will spend time over the next three weeks loading unneeded materials from throughout the Station into the Progress currently mated to the Zvezda module. It will be undocked and deorbited on Dec. 22.<br /><br />On Tuesday, Sharipov located a missing component of an American spacesuit’s cooling pump. The shim, a washer-shaped piece of metal that is custom fit for each spacesuit, was missing last month at a time when Chiao was repairing the spacesuit’s pump assembly. The shim was planned to be installed in a portion of the spacesuit in a pure oxygen environment to ensure it is in pristine condition and free of contamination. Spacewalk specialists at the Johnson Space Center decided further spacesuit repair attempts will utilize a new shim to be delivered on the upcoming Progress to avoid any potential contamination from the shim that was temporarily lost.<br /><br />Information on the crew's activities aboard the Space Station, future launch dates, as well as Station sighting opportunities from anywhere on the Earth, is available on the Internet at:<br /><br />http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/<br /><br />Details on Station science operations can be found on an Internet site administered by the Payload Operations Center at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., at:<br /><br />http://scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/<br /><br />The next ISS status report will be issued Dec. 10, or sooner if events warrant.<br /><br />[ANS Thanks Arthur, N1ORC for this info]<br /><br />/EX<br /><br />In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the<br />President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining<br />donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional<br />benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Or use<br />the new website store.<br /><br />Material from AMSAT Weekly Bulletins may be republished or reproduced<br />in whole or in part in any form without additional permission. Credit<br />must be given to the AMSAT Weekly Bulletins and The Radio Amateur<br />Satellite Corporation (AMSAT).<br /><br />73,<br />This weeks ANS Editor,<br />Dee Interdonato, NB2F<br />nb2f at amsat dot org

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Ok, Hi all...<br /><br />I’m taking a real shot in the dark here, but im going to ask anyways.<br /><br />I know that amateur TV broadcasts signals on the ground and can be picked up and broadcast using specific equipment. Is this the same case for Amateur Sat?<br /><br />If so - where can I get a sat from to broadcast as an amateur?<br /><br />Does something like that exist?<br /><br />If so - again- how much does it cost?<br /><br />Thanks

#4720 Sun 12 Dec 2004 01:06:PM
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A few of the Amateur sats have SSTV (Slow scan TV) and the ISS is setup for it will be soon. The last I heard there isn't any Ham sats presently doing SSTV though. WebberSat or AO-18 was the last sat, (I think) that had a store and forward SSTV setup.

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Sory for sounding stupid, but what is HAM sat? and what is ISS?<br /><br />Does anyone know if these satellite services are accessable . if so how is it done (whats the procedure)

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HAM sat is a term that is used for Amateur radio sat and ISS is the international Space Station.


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