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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-233
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@amsat.org
In this edition:
* AMSAT Symposium Reminder
* AMSAT Symposium Agenda
* AMSAT Election Deadline Approaching
* Software Defined Transponder Prototype On-the-Air
* AMSAT Website Technical Review Team Formed
* New AMSAT Video News Released
* ARISS Status - 15 August 2005
* OSCAR 11 Report - 15 August 2005
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AMSAT Symposium Reminder
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 233.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 21, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Space! Ham radio goes there and you can join in the fun! Come to the
AMSAT Technical Symposium and Annual Meeting this fall in lovely
Lafayette, Louisiana. Education and technical sessions begin on Friday,
the 7th of October. Technical, Field Ops, and the IARU forum follow
through Sunday the 9th of October. Enjoy the best of Acadian Louisiana
with Friday's "Shrimp Boil," Saturday's Banquet with great prizes, and
Sunday's "Swamp Tour."
This year represents the first time that you can register for the
Symposium online! To get the $10 early registration discount,
registrations must be received by 15 September 2005. For more, see:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Symposium team for the above information]
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AMSAT Symposium Agenda
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 233.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 21, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Thursday, 6 October 2005
8 am-Noon AMSAT Board Meeting
Noon-1 pm Lunch Break
1 pm-5 pm AMSAT Board Meeting
5 pm-6 pm Dinner Break
6 pm-9 pm AMSAT Board Meeting
Friday, 7 October 2005
8 am-Noon AMSAT Board Meeting
1 pm-5 pm AMSAT Symposium
5:30 pm Shrimp boil
7:30 pm President's Club Meeting
Saturday, 8 October 2005
8 am-noon AMSAT Symposium
Noon-1 pm Lunch on own
1 pm-1:30 pm Awards Ceremony
1:30-4 pm AMSAT Symposium
4 pm-5 pm AMSAT Annual Meeting
7-7:30 pm Attitude Adjustment
7:30-10 PM Banquet
Sunday, 9 October 2005
7 am-8:30 am Area Coordinators Breakfast
7:30 am First Swamp Tour
9:30 am Second Swamp Tour
11:00 am IARU Meeting
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Symposium team for the above information]
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AMSAT Election Deadline Approaching
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 233.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 21, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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With the deadline for the receipt of ballots for the AMSAT Board of
Directors less than a month away, Bill Hook, W3QBC, who heads up AMSAT's
Ballot Counting Committee, advises that to date only 609 ballots have
been received. This amounts to only 15% of the total number of ballots
mailed to members.
Votes are needed to select the 4 best qualified to serve among the 8
candidates. The biographical information as submitted by the Candidates
can be found on the AMSAT website at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/AboutAmsat/candidate_bios.php
To be counted, ballots must be received at the AMSAT office before the
close of business on Thursday, 15 September 2005.
[ANS thanks Bill W3QBC for the above information]
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Software Defined Transponder Prototype On-the-Air
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 233.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 21, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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At the labs of CNS Systems, Inc. in Md. (W2GPS business), W2GPS, W3IWI,
and N4HY made the first on-the-air tests using a prototype software
defined transponder on 16 August 2005. A sucessful three way QSO was
conducted in a 45 Khz wide transponder. An audio clip of this first QSO
is available at
ftp://ftp.cnssys.com/pub/amsat/Eagle_SDT_1st_Contact.mp3
At the AMSAT Symposium in Louisiana, the plan is to have both the Mode B
and the Mode A transponder fully functional and usable by all. We will
show the power of using software defined radio for the transponders by
having 1/2 of the transponder divided into two or three FM channels and
the other half fully linear whilst adding 400bps AMSAT standard beacon
in the middle, AND on command, switch it to fully linear, etc.
We will incorporate the Stella AGC algorithms developed by Howard,
G6LVB, adapted to our hardware for the demonstration in Lousiana.
Expect to be able to conduct SSB, CW, FM, etc. QSO's on Mode A, Mode B
and Mode LS if time permits.
[ANS thanks Bob, N4HY for the above information]
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AMSAT Website Technical Review Team Formed
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 233.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 21, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT's VP-Marketing & User Services is pleased to
announce that our Website Technical Review Team, under the leadership of
Gould Smith, WA4SXM has been formed. Gould serves as Director-Field
Operations and is the author of a number of AMSAT books. He is well
qualified to handle this important task with the assistance of a very
capable team that he has formed. The team that Gould has developed
consists of AA2TX, KO4MA, KQ6EA, N8FGV, and VA3DB.
The team has begun a systematic look at the content of the AMSAT website
for technical issues, and is assigning a priority to identified items.
The first areas the team is addressing are the Glossary and the Mode J
operation article. When appropriate, they will seek input from other
individuals who may be knowledgeable in particular areas. Two members
of the team will OK articles for technical content with final approval
from Gould before he forwards them for inclusion on the website.
"Our team is excited about updating the technical content of our
website" says Gould Smith, WA4SXM. "However, this will take some time
and will require thoughtful evaluation. In looking at the Glossary for
example, we have found through our initial research that even the
experts sometimes disagree on proper definition of technical terms. We
want the AMSAT website to be a trusted and reliable source."
Emily Clarke, W0EEC serves as Director-Website and will be working
closely with Gould to implement changes as they are developed.
Should website visitors wish to suggest areas of current website
technical content for the team's consideration or are interested in
submitting suggested technical changes or updates, they can do so by
contacting Gould Smith, WA4SXM using his AMSAT e-mail alias. Please
put 'Website Technical Review' in the subject line. Gould and several
members of the team will be attending the AMSAT Symposium in Lafayette,
LA (7-9 OCT 2005) and are interested in hearing comments from attendees
concerning their thoughts on the updating of technical content of our
website.
[ANS thanks Barry, WD4ASW for the above information]
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New AMSAT Video News Released
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 233.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 21, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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AMSAT's Director of Video Services, Don Jacob, has posted a number of
new video packages centering around Dayton 2005 & Space Day at the
Smithsonian which are available for stream viewing on the AMSAT Web
Site: www.amsat.org
Select the box on the left entitled "AMSAT Video News" and take a look.
Enjoy,
AMSAT Video Department
[ANS thanks Gunther, W8GSM for the above information]
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ARISS Status - 15 August 2005
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 233.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 21, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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1. ARISS Student Pursues Astronaut Career
Stephanie Radcliff was a student at Daviess County High School (DCHS) in
Owensboro, Kentucky when the school experienced an ARISS contact on May
31, 2001. She had prepared three questions to ask astronaut Susan Helms,
KC7NHZ, that day, including one concerning future space explorations.
Four years later, on August 12, 2005, Stephanie returned to her alma
mater to speak to the students there. She is now a graduate of
Emory-Riddle University, and holds a degree in the aerospace field. She
has taken the first steps toward becoming an astronaut and hopes to be
accepted for astronaut training. Harold Wilson, the coordinating
teacher of the DCHS - ARISS contact, remarked that it was the ARISS
contact which inspired Stephanie to pursue this career choice.
2. PCSAT2/MISSE5 Status
The PCSAT2 PSK-31 transponder was turned on. It uses an uplink on 29.402
+/- 1 KHz and downlink on 435.275 +/- Doppler using FM . For more
information, see: http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pec/pc2ops.html
3. ARISS International Meeting
ARRL ran a story on the ARISS International face-to-face Meeting held at
the University of Surrey. The article, entitled, "ARISS Delegates Urged
to Cast Eye on Future of Ham Radio in Space," may be found on their
website. See: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/08/12/106/?nc=1
ARISS delegate Rosalie White is currently working on the minutes of the
U.K. meeting. They will be posted on the ARISS and AMSAT websites in the
near future.
The next ARISS International Teleconference will be held on Tuesday, 23
August 2005.
4. Australian News Article on Astronaut's Father
The Australian newspaper, The Age, ran a story on Adrian Thomas. Thomas,
father of astronaut Andy Thomas, was waiting apprehensively for word of
Discovery's landing. A ham friend of his had been listening to NASA's
channel, and called to let him know that the shuttle was heading for a
safe landing in California. "Ham radio call ends father's anxious
wait," may be found at:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ham-radio-call-ends-fathers-anxious-wait
5. Astronaut to Visit ARISS School
Astronaut Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, plans to visit Fairview Elementary School
in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Chiao visited the school in May, 2004,
before his space flight, and. he exchanged e-mails and photos with the
school, and participated in an ARISS contact with the children on 10
February 2005 during his Expedition 10 increment. The date for his
visit has not yet been set, but 7 September 2005 is being considered.
Fairview has posted on their website photos of Chiao's first visit, and
the audio and questions from the ARISS contact. See:
http://fairview.dist57.org:16080/spacewebsite/fvspacecontact.html
6. Teaching from Space Teleconference Held
A teleconference was held on Thursday, August 10 between ARISS-U.S.
members and the Teaching from Space Office at JSC. Education Specialist
Jonathan Neubauer will be the point of contact for ARISS and the
Education Office. ARISS extends a welcome to Jon!
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]
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OSCAR 11 Report - 15 August 2005
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 233.08
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 21, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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OSCAR-11 REPORT
15 August 2005
OSCAR-11 is back! I received the good news, on Saturday morning, while
at the AMSAT-UK Colloquium. This was entirely unexpected! On Sunday
morning Bob G4VRC played me a recording of an early morning pass
received that day.
During the period 21 July to 14 August 2005 consistent signals have been
heard from 30 July to 08 August. Signals seem to be weaker than usual,
confirmed by the many reports received. However,since I last heard the
satellite on 30 April, I've reinstalled my antennas , which makes
comparisons difficult.
Many thanks for all the recent reports of OSCAR-11 including those from
KU7Z (who heard it first), KB2M, VK6XH, HK7MKE, KA2UPW, JE9PEL, G1OCN,
HB9SKA and G8OQW.
All the analogue telemetry channels, 0 to 59 are zero, ie they have
failed. The status channels 60 to 67 are still working. One bit in
channel 62, DSR mode, has changed from WRITE to READ. DSR is the
Digital Store & Readout experiment. This could be significant if the
experiment is still drawing current, but the other status bit indicates
that it is switched OFF.
The on-board clock is now showing a very large error. It has lost
approximately 19 days since 30 April. During the recent data collection
period, the clock error has been changing at a decreasing rate. The
size of the clock error and the rate at which it is changing is similar
to the duration of the solar eclipse periods. This suggests that the
clock might have been switching OFF during eclipses.
The eclipses have now ended, and the satellite should be in continuous
sunlight for the remainder of this year, and well into next year. This
should help the satellite to continue transmitting, although continuous
sunlight can cause problems due to excessive temperatures.
If the watchdog timer is still operating on a 20 day cycle, ie.
approximately ten days ON followed by 10 days OFF, then the VHF beacon
should resume transmissions around 18 August.
The Beacon frequencies are -
VHF 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry
UHF 435.025 MHz. OFF
S-band 2401.5 MHz. OFF
Listeners to OSCAR-11 may be interested in visiting my website which
contains an archive of news & telemetry data. It also contains details
about using a soundcard or hardware demodulators for data capture.
There is software for capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry. The
URL is www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/
If you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network, please use
the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT112.CWV, to prevent duplication.
[ANS thanks Clive, G3CWV 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 additional benefits.
Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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