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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-289

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 Meeting Internet Success
* PCSAT2 and WB4APR Featured in Magazine Article
* SSETI Update - New Handbook Available
* ARISS Status for the week of October 10, 2005
* AMSAT Project EAGLE Volunteer Opportunity


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AMSAT Meeting Internet Success

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 289.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 16, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-289.01

Following the success of the first ever internet connectivity
via Echolink for the AMSAT General Meeting held on October 7
in Pittsburgh, the Board of Directors plans to repeat this
feature for members when the logistics next allow.  During the
meeting, those in the room at Pittsburgh participated with other
members in 12 countries via Echolink.

"This is really cool", in the words of AMSAT President Rick Hambly,
W2GPS, "It was difficult working out the logistics, but it worked!"
Rick further commented that, "We got the message.  We conducted a
successful meeting because we were open and in touch with the
membership."

AMSAT members wishing to participate in future internet sessions
are invited to begin learning about Voice Over IP (VoIP) tech-
nology and configuring their amateur station computers.  Plans
are in motion to publish updated "how-to" information on the
AMSAT web and in the Journal.  In the meantime here are two
references to begin your research:

Home page of the Echolink software
http://www.echolink.org/

ARRL article on VoIP and Amateur Radio:
http://www.arrl.org/qst/2003/02/VoIP.pdf

[ANS thanks the AMSAT Board for the above information]

/EX


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PCSAT2 and WB4APR Featured in Magazine Article

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 289.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 16, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-289.02

Shipmate, the magazine of the US Naval Academy Alumni Association,
discusses the success of the PCSAT2 mission in an article titled,
"Out of this World, USNA Satellite Flies Aboard ISS".  Bob Bruninga,
WB4APR is interviewed about his participation with his students in
the PCSAT2 project.

AMSAT has received permission to re-post this article on-line at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/PCSat2/PC-Sat2_Shipmate.pdf

[ANS thanks Martha Thorn, Shipmate Magazine, and Jim Sanford WB4GCS
for the above information.]

/EX


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SSETI Update - New Handbook Available

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 289.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 16, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-289.03

The SSETI Express Handbook has been updated. The latest version
can be downloaded free of charge from the AMSAT-UK website at:

http://www.uk.amsat.org/

In is also available in Japanese thanks to the work of Toyo Komatsu,
JA0CQP

The new Keplerian elements for a SSETI Express launch at 06:52:26 UTC
on October 27th are also on the AMSAT-UK website.  These were provided
by Viktor Kudielka, OE1VKW.

[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]

/EX


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ARISS Status for the week of October 10, 2005

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 289.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 16, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-289.04

1.	ARISS School Contacts Successful

On Wednesday, October 5, Greg Olsen, KC2ONX, participated in his
first ARISS contact as he spoke to students at Princeton High School
in Princeton, New Jersey The audio was streamed over the internet,
courtesy of MCI, and was fed through the Echolink AMSAT and EDU_NET
servers.

Students from Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn, New York enjoyed
a contact with Greg Olsen, KC2ONX, via the telebridge station, VK5ZAI,
in Australia. On Thursday, October 6, ten students asked 13 questions
of the space traveler while the student body of 4500 children listened
in. The audio was also fed through Echolink, and thirty stations
(including 3 repeater nodes) from twelve countries tied in: USA, UK,
Brazil, Chile, Germany, Thailand, Japan, Holland, Russia, Australia,
India, and Romania.

On October 7, Greg Olsen, KC2ONX, spoke with students at Ridgefield
Park High School (Olsen's alma mater) in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
via the telebridge station ZS6BTD in South Africa. The audio was fed
through Echolink, as twenty connections, of which 4 were repeater nodes,
were made from stations in Germany, Thailand, UK, USA, Japan, Holland,
Russia, and South Africa.

2.	ARRL Article on Space Visitor

ARISS provided pass times to Greg Olsen so that he could make contacts
with the general public, as time allowed.   ARRL ran an article, which
included the pass times, entitled, "'Space Tourist' May Get on the Air
from NA1SS for Casual Contact."
See: <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/10/03/2/?nc=1>

3.	JOTA 2005

The 2005 Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) was held on Saturday and Sunday,
October 15-16. The event encourages both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
to become involved with amateur radio.  Expedition 12 crew members
were heard on the 145.800 MHz downlink as NA1SS, the amateur station
aboard the ISS, participated in JOTA.

4.	Space Times Article on ISS Ham Radio

Space Times, a publication of the American Astronautical Society ran
an article in its July/August 2005 issue which mentions the amateur
radio system on board the ISS, and its use by crew members as a past
time activity.

[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]

/EX


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AMSAT Project EAGLE Volunteer Opportunity

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 289.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 16, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-289.05

Gould Smith, WA4SXM wrote, "I was privileged to attend the second
EAGLE planning meeting.  First - the EAGLE project is very much alive
and progressing quite well.  Granted, I had some concerns going into
the meetings, but these were quickly put to rest.  The project has
excellent leadership, excellent technical expertise, a great deal of
actual satellite experience and a wonderful 'get it done' attitude
from all the teams."

The open design and development concept for EAGLE should be quite
informative to those of us outside the design team.  We will have a
great opportunity to learn more about what goes into making the dec-
isions about the spacecraft, its orbit and its operational modes.
In addition, we all now assume the responsibility to make this the
best thought out, documented and tested amateur satellite ever.

So, following in the age old AMSAT tradition of volunteering to fill
a need, I have volunteered to help communicate what is going on with
the EAGLE project.

This a short introduction to many updates coming over the next months and
years as the AMSAT-NA EAGLE satellite project matures into an orbiting
satellite.  I am planning on releasing a report at least once a month and
more often when important information becomes available.  This report will
be available through the AMSAT BB and on the EAGLE website.

There already is so much to write about that I am going to have to
break it down into different areas on each report, because I won't
have time to write about all the areas in each report. There are many
separate, parallel efforts going on during this early stage.  As these
separate projects mature, the integration and coordination of these modules
into the EAGLE satellite should prove to be a fascinating journey.

One of the items discussed was the 2006 EAGLE budget.  As you can see from
the EAGLE project thermometer on the AMSAT EAGLE site, $33k won't go very
far.  It is time to start purchasing items for development and EAGLE needs
your support both as a volunteer and as a donor.  You can do both of these
on the AMSAT web site.

I am interested in some people to help me take the raw technical
information provided by the project teams and put this into a more
digestible
format.  Let me know if you are interested by e-mail to wa4sxm@amsat.org.

[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM for the above information]

/EX


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,
JoAnne Maenpaa, WB9JEJ
WB9JEJ at amsat dot org
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