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Today's Topics:
1. Fw: Update: DELFI C3 Close Approach Message (Peter Portanova)
2. AO7 0200Z Hawaii (Robert Smith)
3. ANS-197 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (JoAnne Maenpaa)
4. FO29 schedules with AK and NW VE (Andrew Glasbrenner)
5. AO-07 mode? (Tom Gentry)
6. Re: AO-07 mode? (Ib Christoffersen)
7. ISS KIBO CubeSats (Mineo Wakita)
8. Re: AO-07 mode? (Clayton Coleman W5PFG)
9. Re: AO-07 mode? (Tom Gentry)
10. New AO-27 schedule uploaded (George Henry)
11. Re: Behind NASA Video on Rover Landing (Robert McGwier)
12. Re: Behind NASA Video on Rover Landing (Robert McGwier)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:20:25 -0400
From: "Peter Portanova" <wb2oqq@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fw: Update: DELFI C3 Close Approach Message
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FYI
73 WB2OQQ
Subject: Update: DELFI C3 Close Approach Message
Sir/Ma'am,
The United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) has updated a
predicted conjunction between DELFI C3 (SCC# 32789) and SCC# 23657.
Primary Object: DELFI C3 (SCC# 32789)
Secondary Object: SCC# 23657
Time of Closest Approach: 15 JUL 2012 21:21 UTC
Overall miss distance: 211 meters
Radial (dU) miss distance: -196 meters
In-Track (dV) miss distance: -41 meters
Cross-track (dW) miss distance: -69 meters
Primary Radial Error (U): 21 meters
Primary In-track Error (V): 289 meters
Primary Cross-track Error (W): 12 meters
Secondary Radial Error (U): 5 meters
Secondary In-track Error (V): 64 meters
Secondary Cross-track Error (W): 2 meters
Very Respectfully,
JSpOC Orbital Protection Team
Joint Space Operations Center
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:59:13 -1000
From: Robert Smith <dukenuke@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO7 0200Z Hawaii
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Aloha all
It appears A0-7 is still in MODE A. If so, I may give CW a try
on the 0200Z pass this afternoon. My key speed is SLOW and reception
is "iffy." Regardless it would be nice to make a contact in MODE A.
I am still at my home QTH and mountains are problematic. The
footprint does make it to western Iowa northward to Minnesota fm my
home QTH. QRS pse, or if in MODE B I will still give it a try.
Worth a try.
73 de NH7WN, robert
Honolulu
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 22:01:07 -0500
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-197 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-197
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.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor@xxxxx.xxx
In this edition:
* 2012 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting Comes to Orlando
* AMSAT-UK Monitoring UK Space Agency Reform of the Outer Space Act
* Successful ARISS School Contacts Reported
* Cuba to Alaska Contact Successful via FO-29
* Official Opening of the RSGB National Radio Centre
* NASA TV to Cover Three Hams Docking at ISS
* Five CubeSats Ready for July 21 JAXA HTV-3 Launch
* HORYU-2 Telemetry Resumes Operation
* 50th Anniversary of Telstar-1
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-197.01
ANS-197 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 197.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
July 15, 2012
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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2012 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting Comes to Orlando
AMSAT announces the 2012 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held on
Friday, October 26th through Sunday, October 28th. The Symposium
weekend will feature:
+ Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations
+ Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World
+ Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members
+ Meet Board Members and Officers
+ Annual General Membership Meeting
+ Annual Banquet-Keynote Speaker and Door Prizes
CALL FOR PAPERS
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This is the second call for papers for the 2012 AMSAT Annual Meeting
and Space Symposium to be held in Orlando, Florida on the weekend of
October 26-28, 2012 at the Holiday Inn, Orlando Airport Hotel.
Proposals for papers, symposium presentations and poster presenta-
tions are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite
community:
+ Papers for publication in the Proceedings
+ Symposium Presentations
+ Poster Presentations
+ Equipment and Operating Demonstrations
We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible,
with final copy to be submitted by October 1 for inclusion in the
printed proceedings.
Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz, N8FGV, at
n8fgv at amsat.org.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
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To help you plan your trip to Orlando the 2012 Symposium Committee
has posted a high-level schedule of the weekend's events.
Preliminary 2012 Symposium Schedule
Thursday 25 October 2012
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AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting 8am - 9pm
Friday 26 October 2012
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AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting 8am - Noon
Trips to SkyCraft 9am - Noon
AMSAT Symposium 1pm - 5pm
Saturday 27 October 2012
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Symposium 8am - 3pm
AMSAT General Meeting 3:30pm
AMSAT Banquet 6:30pm - 10pm
Sunday 28 October 2012
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7:30am AMSAT Area Coordinator's Breakfast
Local trip of Interest TBD
Monday 29 October 2012
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Special trip to Kennedy Space Center 8am-6pm
The trip will include a round trip bus from the hotel and entrance
to the Space Center. The cost will be about $100. This is a wonderful
experience for those that haven't been and for those that have been
multiple times. We need to get an idea of how many will participate
to select the correct bus. Contact Martha if interested
Watch the AMSAT Symposium Web Pages for the latest information:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2012/index.php
[ANS thanks the 2012 Symposium Committee and 2012 Syposium Proceed-
ings Editor Dan Schultz, N8FGV for the above information]
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AMSAT-UK Monitoring UK Space Agency Reform of the Outer Space Act
A posting on the UK Space Agency Web Site, announced, "Reform of
the Outer Space Act 1986: Consultation". Graham Shirville, G3VZV
commented, "Whilst they only relate to UK legislation, both the
Consultation Document and the Impact Assessment Document cover a
lot of interesting ground, technical, legal and statistical. Well
worth a review in my opinion. These proposals make the Space Act
more 'cubesat friendly'"
Both of these documents can be accessed on the UK Space Agency web:
http://tinyurl.com/UK-Space-Act (www.bis.gov.uk)
The AMSAT-UK web summarizes the scope of the new Consultation:
This is in response to the Government Growth Review published in
March 2011, in which the Government set out its wish to reform the
Outer Space Act 1986 by introducing an upper limit on liability
for UK operators.
The Outer Space Act covers all UK satellites irrespective of size,
from tiny low cost educational CubeSats up to large commercial ?500
million satellites.
The key aspects of the consultation are the proposals to waive the
capped liability and insurance requirement for in-orbit operation
of any satellite that meets the criteria of a CubeSat and to remove
the requirement for unlimited indemnity from satellite operators.
The existing Outer Space Act imposes heavy additional costs (>?50,000
per annum) on those wishing to launch small educational CubeSats. The
additional costs act as a major deterrent and to-date no such UK Cube-
Sat has been launched.
Graham concludes, "Rest assured that AMSAT-UK will be responding!"
More news will be posted as available. The UK Space Agency says that
responses are due by August 31, 2012.
[ANS thanks Graham Shirville, G3VZV and AMSAT-UK for the above
information]
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Successful ARISS School Contacts Reported
Nunavik Youth Connect With ISS
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On July 4, youth attending the Cirqiniq Summer Camp in Kuujjuaq,
Quebec (Nunavik), Canada spoke with on-orbit astronaut Joe Acaba,
KE5DAR via an ARISS contact. Telebridge station K6DUE in Greenbelt,
Maryland provided the radio connection.
The contact was held in conjunction with a circus camp being offer-
ed to youth, ages 13 to 17, in Nunavik that was led by a group of
instructors affiliated with Cirque du Soleil?. The campers learned
tight-wire walking, aerial acrobatics and juggling among other
skills and ended the session with a parade and community show. This
year's theme was "Planets and the Universe." Local media covered
the event.
STEM High School Aerospace Scholars, Houston, TX Connect With ISS
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An ARISS school contact with participants at Women in STEM High
School Aerospace Scholars, Houston, TX was successfully completed
on July 10. The contact was a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ.
The group of high school juniors were participating in a summer pro-
gram called WISH, an acronym for Women in STEM High School Aerospace
Scholars. The students were selected from responses to a nationalung women attended briefings,
and engaged in competitive hands-on engineering activities related
to space exploration and research.
The ARISS contact was incorporated into the learning activities
early in the week while learning about space communication and wire-
less technology.
A video of the contact has been posted on-line:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igM-2qegJWo&feature=player_embedded
The NASA Press release about the Women in STEM High School Aerospace
Scholars program can be viewed on-line at:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/jun/HQ_12-209_WISH.html
[ANS thanks the ARISS Status Report and NASA for the above
information]
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Cuba to Alaska Contact Successful via FO-29
Hector Martinez, CO6CBF in Cuba reported a successful satellite con-
tact Dale Pelzer, KL7R in Alaska via the FO-29 satellite. Cuban ama-
teurs cannot operate on AO-7 mode B so FO-29 is their only opportun-
ity for long range contacts.
Hector says the first 10 attempts via SSB were unsuccessful. Dale
drove around 4 miles from his home to a nearby hill, many times very
late at night. On Sunday, July 8 at 1920 UTC the two stations finally
connected via CW.
Dale's equipment includes a Yaesu FT-817 (only 5W semi-duplex) and
ARROW antenna with preamplifier. Hector's equipment is mostly a home-
brew setup, 10 elements yagi on 2m and 18 elements yagi for 70cm with
a homebrew preamplifier.
Hector will continue to look for new grids and long-range contacts
via satellite. He invites interested stations to contact him via
e-mail: co6cbf@xxxxxx.xx.xx
[ANS thanks and congratulates Hector Martinez CO6CBF and Dale Pelzer
KL7R for the above information]
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Official Opening of the RSGB National Radio Centre
Wednesday, July 11, saw the official opening of the RSGB's National
Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes.
The opening and unveiling of the plaque was undertaken by Mr. Ed
Vaizey, MP. Mr Vaizey is the Minister for Culture, Communications
and the Creative Industries and, as such, has overall responsibil-
ity for OFCOM. He stated that he fully supported the aim of the
Centre in being able to enthuse and inspire children to become the
engineers of the future.
Attendees included many of the sponsors together with Iain Standen,
the Chief Executive of the Bletchley Park Trust plus, from overseas,
Dave Sumner K1ZZ, CEO of the ARRL and Ole Garpestad, LA2RR IARU
Vice-President.
AMSAT-UK have supported the creation of this valuable educational
outreach resource at Bletchley Park and have arranged for the pro-
vision and installation of a set of fully steerable VHF and UHF
satellite antenna arrays. It is hoped that it may be possible to
use the NRC as the FUNcube-1 Mission Control Centre during the
Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP) of the mission later
this year.
National Radio Centre http://www.nationalradiocentre.com/
Pictures of opening http://www.uk.amsat.org/8841
[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA; RSGB, and AMSAT-UK for the above
information]
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NASA TV to Cover Three Hams Docking at ISS
NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, along with Russian
cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, RK3DUP, and Japan Aerospace Explora-
tion Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI were launched aboard
a Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakh-
stan at 0240 UTC, July 15.
The three ham crew will arrive at the ISS on July 16, joining NASA
Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, KE5DAR, and two Russian cosmonauts: Expe-
dition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka, RN3DT, and Flight Engineer Ser-
gei Revin, RN3BS.
NASA TV?s scheduled coverage of the docking is as follows:
Monday, July 16
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11:15 PM CDT (0415 UTC, July 17) -- Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M
docking coverage begins (docking at 11:38 PM [0438 UTC, July 17]),
followed by post-docking news conference from Mission Control in
Korolev, Russia.
Tuesday, July 17
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2:00 AM CDT (0700 UTC) -- Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M hatch
opening and welcoming ceremony coverage begins (ceremony sched-
uled for 2:25 AM [0725 UTC]).
NASA TV can be viewed on-line at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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Five CubeSats Ready for July 21 JAXA HTV-3 Launch
Five cubesats are scheduled to be launched on July 21 aboard the
JAXA HTV-3 supply mission to the ISS. The satellites have been
integrated with the J-SSOD small satellite deployer. The J-SSOD
deployer will be integrated to the Japanese Experiment Module,
also known as Kibo. They will be deployed with the Kibo robotic
arm planned for the September, 2012 timeframe.
The five CubeSats on this mission include:
+ Raiko
http://www.astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/RAIKO/ (Japanese)
2U cubesat, photography, Ku-band beacon
+ We Wish
http://www.meisei.co.jp/news/2011/0617_622.html
Infrared camera for environmental studies
+ FITSat 1
http://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml
High-speed data test, high power LED visual tracking
CW Beacon 437.250 MHz,
FM Data 437.445 MHz,
High speed data 5840.00 MHz.
+ F-1 Vietnam Student CubeSat
On-board camera for earth observation mission
VX-3R1, 437.485 MHz FM downlink:
o Solar cell power only, operates in sunlight only
o Output power: max 0.3W, half-wave dipole antenna
o Morse code beacon (10 chars) using PWM CW every 30 seconds
VX-3R2, 145.980 MHz FM downlink:
o Rechargeable battery, operates in dark and sunlight
o Output power: max 1.0W, half-wave dipole antenna
o AFSK 1200bps, half duplex, one AX.25 packet every 30 seconds
+ TechEdSat
http://ncasst.org/techedsat.html
http://www.uk.amsat.org/5018
Downlink on 437.465 MHz
[ANS thanks the CubeSat teams, AMSAT-UK, and Mineo Wakita JE9PEL for
the above information]
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HORYU-2 Telemetry Resumes Operation
On Tuesday, July 3, the amateur radio satellite HORYU-2 (call sign
JG6YBW) recovered from a problem with stuck telemetry on its 437.375
MHz telemetry downlink. The HORYU-2 Blog indicates the team are now
attempting to take pictures using the on-board camera. Read the KIT
HORYU Blog in Google English: http://tinyurl.com/HORYU-Blog
The free KIT HORYU-2 telemetry software can be downloaded from
http://kitsat.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/Documents/information_launch_english.html
A HORYU-2 online WebSDR receiver can be found at:
http://sdr.opt.ro:8901/
HORYU-2 CW Telemetry Decoder by DK3WN:
http://tinyurl.com/SatSoftwareDK3WN/
HORYU-2, built by students from the Kyushu Institute of Technology,
was launched by JAXA from Tanegashima Space Center on May 18 with
the Observation Mission ?SHIZUKU? (GCOM-W1). The SHIZUKU observation
images acquired by AMSR2 have been released. See:
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2012/07/20120704_shizuku_e.html
[ANS thanks the HORYU-2 Team for the above information]
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50th Anniversary of Telstar-1
Recently amateur radio satellite operators have commemorated the
50th anniversary of the launch of the first two amateur radio sat-
ellites: OSCAR-1 on December 12, 1961 and OSCAR-2 on June 2, 1962.
Amateur radio was in space just four years after Sputnik-1, the
first satellite was put in orbit.
This past week, fifty years ago, on July 10, 1962 the first commer-
cial communications satellite, Telstar-1, was launched. Two days
into its mission, it relayed the world's first transatlantic tele-
vision signal, from Andover Earth Station, Maine, to the Pleumeur-
Bodou Telecom Center, Brittany, France.
The satellite was spin-stabilized to maintain its desired orienta-
tion in space. Power to its onboard equipment was provided by a
solar array, in conjunction with a battery back-up system. During
the course of its operational lifespan, Telstar 1 facilitated over
400 telephone, telegraph, facsimile and television transmissions. It
operated until November 1962, when its on-board electronics failed
due to the effects of radiation.
SpaceMart.com has published an article of Telstar's 50th anniversary:
http://tinyurl.com/Telstar-50th (www.spacemart.com)
[ANS thanks AMSAT, Project OSCAR, and SpaceMart.com for the above
information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Look in the August 2012 issue of QST magazine for a satellite arti-
cle, "Backpacking With Satellites", on page 65 by David Palmer,
KB5WIA. Dave covers lots of portable satellite operating advice,
portable equipment selection, trek planning, and includes several
interesting photos.
+ Listen for Patrick, WD9EWK/VA7EWK on VO-52 at 0200 UTC July 17
during his on-air satellite demonstration at the Tri-City Amateur
Radio Association meeting in Goodyear, Arizona. Additional demo-
stration opportunities that evening may occur on SO-50 at 0300 UTC
and one more VO-52 pass at 0335 UTC. All demonstration plans are
dependent on the weather. Patrick will try to update the AMSAT-BB
with the demonstration plans on Monday afternoon, as well as his
Twitter feed @xxxxxx (use http://twitter.com/wd9ewk if you aren't
on Twitter directly to view this feed).
+ Listen for David, XE3DX operating on SO-50 and AO-27 between
July 16 - 20 from EK48, EK49, EK69, EL50, EL51, EL61 and EL60
in Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo States in Mexico. He can
be reached via e-mail at xe3dx@xxxxx.xxx
+ Listen for Norm, N3YKF operating from Peru. His trip begins on
July 22. He says he has received the customs documents to bring
amateur radio equipment. He plans to drive the Panamerica Sur
from Lima to Nazca, Peru, activating grid squares along the way.
+ Watch a video on the Vimeo site "Grand Finale 2010-11", by McLean
Fahnestock showing all 135 launches of the space shuttle program
at once: http://vimeo.com/27505192
+ To help you sound like the smartest ham on the band here are three
videos that explain CERN's discovery of a Higgs-like particle:
o Minute Physics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uh5mTxRQcg
o BBC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzQpeqE_wLg
o Physicist Michio Kaku on CNN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTVT-MlRq6o
o What?s a Higgs Boson, Anyway? on UniverseToday.com:
http://www.universetoday.com/96122/whats-a-higgs-boson-anyway/
+ The free publication SatMagazine includes an article covering
advances in CubeSat technology. "Advances In CubeSats Enable New
Apps" by Erik Mumm starts on page 56. Download the July/August 2012
SatMagazine at http://www.satmagazine.com/2012/SM_JulAug2012.pdf
+ In the quiet, peaceful setting of a storage bay in the northwest
corner of NASA's cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy
Space Center Spaceflight Now photographer Walter Scriptunas II used
the tranquil opportunity to shoot this gallery that captures the
space shuttle Atlantis in exquisite detail:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts135/120703gallery/
+ When you play NASA's "Rocket Science 101!", you will select your
favorite NASA mission and build a rocket to send the spacecraft
into orbit. Rocket Science 101 is available online at:
http://go.nasa.gov/Mn28Nt
+ Enjoy a 5 minute video commemorating the 50th anniversary of
NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WrGEU5irS8o
+ Jason Brand VK2FJAB, age 10, was interviewed for the morning
"Today" show on Channel 9 in Australia. He talks about amateur
radio and his Do-It-Yourself space projects. Watch it at:
http://www.uk.amsat.org/8821
+ One of the interior decorating features often selected for the
well-equipped-shack includes a copy of the Electromagnetic Radia-
tion Spectrum Poster. Unihedron, a manufacturer of portable tools
for physics and astronomy, offers you a link to download a personal
PDF copy of the poster or purchase a full-size printed copy at:
http://unihedron.com/projects/spectrum/moreinfo.php
+ This image from the French Pleiades satellite shows the island of
Mont Saint Michel and its surrounding bay in northwest France. The
photo was captured on May 3 at an altitude of about 700 km. See:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=41338
+ Sometime this summer, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will
leap from the edge of space, attempting to not only break the
sound barrier with his body, but also break the record for the
longest freefall from nearly 37km altitude. View a video simula-
tion at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VCqnQq86fkY
+ The next Hudson Valley Satcom net date will be on Thursday July 19
at 8PM EDT (UTC-4 UTC) on the 146.97 MHz MBARC Repeater (PL 100).
This net is also available on echolink on the N2EYH-L node if you
would like to join via this route. (Stu, WA2BSS)
[ANS thanks everyone 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. And with that, please keep in mind the discussion during
Field Day setup when one ham was admiring the new tent being erected
at an operating position. The owner remarked on the great deal he got
on the purchase of the tent getting it at half price. The ham said,
"Yes, it is a great deal!" The owner noted it was the year of his
discount tent. (Apologies to Richard The Third and Willy Shakespeare.)
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
K9JKM at amsat dot org
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:30:41 -0400
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] FO29 schedules with AK and NW VE
Message-ID: <DF20CF5D-39B4-40F9-89C6-8F4404ED430A@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Hi all,
I was looking at my grid map today and noticed I only have BO49 and BP40
confirmed in the far NW. I'd love to make a schedule for new grids for me,
or to confirm FL or EL88 for you. Anyone up for FO29 at 1952z on sunday? I
can work to the horizon and a bit below in that direction, especially
portable from a nearby beach on the Gulf. This 8 degree pass covers all of
Alaska and NE VE.
73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:05:17 -0500
From: Tom Gentry <t.gentry@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-07 mode?
Message-ID: <5002174D.9080101@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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Is AO-07 mode hopping or stuck in one mode at the present? On 14 July
2012; at 23:55 UDT, I just had a nice 40 degree high pass and heard
nothing on 145 MHz. Me or the bird?
Tom K5VOU
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:02:55 +0200
From: "Ib Christoffersen" <oz1my@xxxxxx.xx>
To: <t.gentry@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-07 mode?
Message-ID: <EB9E3C4E76E44961A53BBF6565310AFD@xxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi Tom,
It switches between mode-A and mode-B now since it is in sun all the time.
Today (15th July) it is in mode-B.
It seems to switch approximately at 0300 UTC each day.
Have a nice Sunday, July 15, 2012
73 OZ1MY/Ib
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af Tom Gentry
Sendt: 15 July 2012 03:05
Til: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Emne: [amsat-bb] AO-07 mode?
Is AO-07 mode hopping or stuck in one mode at the present? On 14 July
2012; at 23:55 UDT, I just had a nice 40 degree high pass and heard
nothing on 145 MHz. Me or the bird?
Tom K5VOU
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:32:13 +0900
From: "Mineo Wakita" <ei7m-wkt@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
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Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS KIBO CubeSats
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RAIKO, FITSAT-1, WE-WISH, TechEdSat, F-1
They will be loaded into the J-SSOD deployer on ISS KIBO with
TechEdSat and F-1 by HTV-3 (Kounotori-3) on 21 July 2012.
These satellites will be deployed from KIBO by the robotic arm
in September 2012.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/iss_kibo.htm
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/techedf1.htm
JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 08:55:03 -0500
From: Clayton Coleman W5PFG <kayakfishtx@xxxxx.xxx>
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Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-07 mode?
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Checking the web page at http://oscar.dcarr.org/ is the best
indication/predictor of mode A/B operation I've found.
73
Claytontuck in one mode at the present? On 14 July 2012;
> at 23:55 UDT, I just had a nice 40 degree high pass and heard nothing on
> 145 MHz. Me or the bird?
>
> Tom K5VOU
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:28:50 -0500
From: Tom Gentry <t.gentry@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-07 mode?
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Thanks for the replies! I had forgotten about the dcarr.org site and
that is just what I needed. It appears it was in mode A on the pass in
question. Now I need to repair my antennas from the wind storm last
nite :( and I will be back.
73,
Tom K5VOU
On 7/15/2012 8:55 AM, Clayton Coleman W5PFG wrote:
> Checking the web page at http://oscar.dcarr.org/ is the best
> indication/predictor of mode A/B operation I've found.
>
> 73
> Clayton
> W5PFG
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Tom Gentry <t.gentry@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>> Is AO-07 mode hopping or stuck in one mode at the present? On 14 July 2012;
>> at 23:55 UDT, I just had a nice 40 degree high pass and heard nothing on
>> 145 MHz. Me or the bird?
>>
>> Tom K5VOU
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 10:40:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: George Henry <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] New AO-27 schedule uploaded
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Just found out that 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!
George, KA3HSW
AO-27 Satellite Schedule Lister site:?
https://sites.google.com/site/ao27satellitescheduler/
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:51:43 -0500
From: Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
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Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Behind NASA Video on Rover Landing
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Risky Rover landing?
The landing of Opportunity is the most complex sequence I can everyone
recall in a landing system. So many moving part that complex is an
understatement!
I hope that all of this complexity is not regretted later because
Opportunity is our best chance for interesting on Mars for years.
On Jul 13, 2012 6:09 PM, "Clint Bradford" <clintbradford@xxx.xxx> wrote:
> L.A. TIMES article - Behind JPL's "Seven Minutes of Terror" video on risky
> rover landing ...
>
> http://soc.li/8graWEB
>
> And don't forget to watch the launch of astronauts to the ISS Saturday
> morning!
>
> Clint K6LCS
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:52:14 -0500
From: Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
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Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Behind NASA Video on Rover Landing
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*ever
On Jul 15, 2012 2:51 PM, "Robert McGwier" <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Risky Rover landing?
>
> The landing of Opportunity is the most complex sequence I can everyone
> recall in a landing system. So many moving part that complex is an
> understatement!
>
> I hope that all of this complexity is not regretted later because
> Opportunity is our best chance for interesting on Mars for years.
> On Jul 13, 2012 6:09 PM, "Clint Bradford" <clintbradford@xxx.xxx> wrote:
>
>> L.A. TIMES article - Behind JPL's "Seven Minutes of Terror" video on
>> risky rover landing ...
>>
>> http://soc.li/8graWEB
>>
>> And don't forget to watch the launch of astronauts to the ISS Saturday
>> morning!
>>
>> Clint K6LCS
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