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Today's Topics:
1. stuff on ebay (w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxxx
2. IC 910H same band problem (andy thomas)
3. AO7 SV1BSX (k3szh@xxxxxxx.xxxx
4. Re: IC 910H same band problem (George Henry)
5. Re: [sarex] Re: ISS ISS 1820UTC pass (Al Lark)
6. Re: ISS ISS 1820UTC pass (James French)
7. Re: FO-29 telemetry status? (Masahiro Arai)
8. ANS-300 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (ku4os@xxx.xx.xxxx
9. Re: ANS-300 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (Edward Cole)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:14:38 +0000
From: w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] stuff on ebay
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx (AMSAT-BB)
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Hello-I have some items on ebay that may be of interest to this list.
73 Bob W7LRD
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110303424088&ssPageNam
e=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=001
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110303415396&ssPageNam
e=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=001
--
"if this were easy, everyone would be doing it"
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:39:46 +0000 (GMT)
From: andy thomas <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] IC 910H same band problem
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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I must be doing something wrong here. I cannot switch the IC 910H to tx and rx
in the same (2 metre ) band while doppler tracking using HRD.
Carlos showed me a tick box on his version of HRD that enabled single band
working on his TS2000 but it's not present on my program and I've just
downloaded the latest version. The only change I can see in the latest version
is that the option to change bands between main and Sub for TX and Rx has been
grey-ed out.
And I can't understand the help section that says I can set both bands to Main
- because they are greyed out.
Any help gratefully received.
andy G0SFJ
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:43:34 GMT
From: "k3szh@xxxxxxx.xxxx <k3szh@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO7 SV1BSX
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Mak
Congratulation on your 2000 plus Qsos on AO7. Every time I look at the foot
print over Europe and our skeds attempt it was so close but no cigar hihi.
Again a hearty congratulation and the help you have given me.
73
Joe
K3SZH
Amsat 3788 since 1976
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:22:29 -0500
From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: IC 910H same band problem
To: <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>, "amsat bb" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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The IC-910H can only do same-band satellite TX and RX if operating in
"split" mode, not satellite mode, and it cannot accept a frequency change
command while it is in transmit. You have to use VFO A and B on the main
band.
I don't know how (if?) Simon has implemented it in HRD, but in SatPC32,
there is a separate program (SatPC32ISS) that puts the 910 into split mode,
and it requires that a handshaking line be provided to the serial interface
to tell the PC when the radio is in TX, so that the program won't try to
adjust the TX frequency while keyed.
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message -----
From: "andy thomas" <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: "amsat" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 4:39 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] IC 910H same band problem
>I must be doing something wrong here. I cannot switch the IC 910H to tx and
>rx in the same (2 metre ) band while doppler tracking using HRD.
>
> Carlos showed me a tick box on his version of HRD that enabled single band
> working on his TS2000 but it's not present on my program and I've just
> downloaded the latest version. The only change I can see in the latest
> version is that the option to change bands between main and Sub for TX and
> Rx has been grey-ed out.
>
> And I can't understand the help section that says I can set both bands to
> Main - because they are greyed out.
>
> Any help gratefully received.
>
> andy G0SFJ
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:43:30 GMT
From: "Al Lark" <kd4sff@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: ISS ISS 1820UTC pass
To: wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx sarex@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <20081025.194330.13654.0@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx.xxx>
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I use audacity software for recording and editing.
It is a great free open source recording software.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Al - KD4SFF
-- "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
Luc,
I have a 11 minute recording that starts about 1819utc. I don't have any
software
except Windows sound recorder. As far as I know, it will only make short
recordings.
(one minute) I can edit out the dead air and make a few recordings for you.
If you
know another option, just let me know.
73, Rick - WA4NVM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Luc Leblanc" <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: <sarex@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:08 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS ISS 1820UTC pass
>
> Did anyone recorded around the 1820UTC pass over est NA? if you have
> something i will add it to my collection as i have the first pass.
>
> Thank's
>
>
> "-"
>
>
> Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
> Skype VE2DWE
> www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
> WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
>
>
>
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:33:51 -0400
From: James French <w8iss@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ISS ISS 1820UTC pass
To: Rick - WA4NVM <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx sarex@xxxxx.xxx
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Here's the link for one that I used when I ran windows software and that
our local ARES/RACES group uses to record audio off the repeater for
public service events for later critequeing:
http://www.davee.com/scanrec/
I use auducity here on my Linux distros.
James W8ISS
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On Fri, 2008-10-24 at 15:56 -0500, Rick - WA4NVM wrote:
> Luc,
>
> I have a 11 minute recording that starts about 1819utc. I don't have any
> software
> except Windows sound recorder. As far as I know, it will only make short
> recordings.
> (one minute) I can edit out the dead air and make a few recordings for you.
> If you
> know another option, just let me know.
>
> 73, Rick - WA4NVM
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luc Leblanc" <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
> To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Cc: <sarex@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:08 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS ISS 1820UTC pass
>
>
> >
> > Did anyone recorded around the 1820UTC pass over est NA? if you have
> > something i will add it to my collection as i have the first pass.
> >
> > Thank's
> >
> >
> > "-"
> >
> >
> > Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
> > Skype VE2DWE
> > www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
> > WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:32:38 +0900
From: Masahiro Arai <m-arai@x.xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FO-29 telemetry status?
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <200810260132.AA02440@xxxx.x.xxxxx.xx.xx>
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I check the JARL FO-29 command station report and found the problem on
temperature data. JARL FO-29 control station reports the temperature
telemetry data has problem but another data is normal.
Here is sample of telemetry at 19th September. This data show two
temperature data problems.
1A 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C 2D 3A 3B 3C 3D 4A 4B 4C 4D 5A 5B 5C 5D 6A 6B 6C
HI HI 22 E2 88 D5 8F 05 05 25 00 24 01 01 82 62 94 94 B0 73 F7 F4 BD BC B7
HI HI 22 E2 88 D5 8F 05 05 25 00 24 01 01 81 44 98 96 F0 8A F7 B4 FD BC B7
5C-6C show temperature data. 5C shows F7. F7 means -14 degrees. -14
degrees can't be happening from previous data.
1st 5D is F4 and 2nd is B4. F4 means -12 degrees and B4 means 12
degrees. The temperature is jumping -12 degrees to 12 degrees on one
pass. This also can't be happening.
FO-29 is sending wrong temprature value as telemetry. I guess
temprature sensors or somethings have problem.
Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan
>Greetings,
>
>Does anyone know if there are problems with FO-29's telemetry system? The
structure
temperatures seems to be very cold during the daytime portion of the passes
here, even
allowing for the long eclipse periods. All four structure temperatures are
about -12 with
one structure temperature jumping to +13 on one pass.
>
>DK3WN's 6 Oct captured telemetry on his web site blog page seems to confirm
these very low
temperatures at least on that date.
>
>Anyone have any other information on this?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Jim (N8OQ)
>
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:08:27 -0400
From: <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-300 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-300
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:
* AMSAT Vision Updated
* New AMSAT Officers for 2008-2009
* News from the AMSAT Symposium
* Historic Week for ARISS Operations
* Richard Garriott Lands Safely
* ARISS Status - 20 October 2008
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-300.01
New AMSAT Officers for 2008-2009
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.01
?From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 26, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-300.01
The AMSAT Board of Directors approved the following Officers at the Board of
Directors meeting in Atlanta on 23 October 2008.
President: Barry Baines, WD4ASW
Vice President of Operations: Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
Vice President of User Services: Gould Smith, WA4SXM
Treasurer: Gunther Meisse, W8GSM
Secretary/VP Special Projects: Lee McLamb, KU4OS
Manager: Martha Saragovitz
Vice President Human Spaceflight: Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
[ANS thanks Lee, KU4OS, for the above information]
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AMSAT Vision Updated
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.02
?From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 26, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-300.02
AMSAT's Vision Statement was updated during the AMSAT Board of the Directors
meeting on 23 October 2008. AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, explains,
"The update to the Vision Statement represents a recognition of the reality
that some of the events and time frames that were anticipated in 2004 did not
develop." Barry continued, "Our updated vision represents our on-going
commitment to the goal of providing satellite systems which provide wide-area
coverage and eventually continuous coverage and also recognizes that
opportunities other than the traditional Phase 3 GTO type orbit may be a route
to fulfill our goals."
The new Vision reads:
Our Vision is to deploy satellite systems with the goal of providing wide-area
and continuous coverage. AMSAT will continue active participation in human
space missions and support a stream of LEO satellites developed in cooperation
with the educational community and other amateur satellite groups.
[ANS thanks Barry, WD4ASW, for the above information]
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News from the AMSAT Symposium
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.03
?From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 26, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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The 2008 AMSAT Space Symposium and annual membership meeting was held 24-26
October in Atlanta, GA. An exciting line up of 20 speakers made presentations
on a wide range of topics ranging from "Space Radio for Windows" a low cost,
homebrewable receiver by Tony Montero, AA2TX, to concepts that may be
implemented in a variety of amateur spacecraft in the future.
An extended annual meeting of the AMSAT membership was held on Saturday 25
October and carried on AMSAT's Echolink conference. During the annual meeting
new AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, explained some of the challenges
AMSAT has encountered in the past year, AMSAT's updated vision, and plans for
developing, testing and flying hardware. Questions were also taken from both
the members present as well as those over Echolink. The annual meeting also
provided the opportunity to recognize the many volunteers who's efforts have
assisted in AMSAT's activities over the past year.
The excellent and enjoyable AMSAT dinner banquet was held Saturday evening.
Banquet keynote speaker Daniel Schultz, N8FQV, described the latest
developments with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Repair Mission.
[ANS thanks Lee, KU4OS, for the above information]
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Historic Week for ARISS Operations
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.04
?From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 26, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs and ARISS
International Chairman said,"I think you all can agree that this has been a
stellar and an historic week for Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station!"
Frank continued, "Speaking on behalf of the ARISS international team of
volunteers and the AMSAT community, we really appreciate the overwhelming
flood of positive comments that we have received from the ham radio community
and the general public regarding the ham radio operations on ISS this past
week. Collectively, we have all made history?.starting with Richard, W5KWQ
and his father Owen, W5LFL and continuing with all of you that participated
and/or volunteered in his ISS journey. And along the way, we have sparked the
imaginations of thousands of students. Got more interest in satellite
operations. And, I understand, excited some youths to the point where they
are now licensed."
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ has been extremely prolific on the ARISS ham radio
system, making hundreds of voice contacts, operating the packet system during
the crew sleep times and transmitting hundreds of SSTV images throughout the
day. He put the newest ARISS hardware, the Kenwood VC-H1 to good use,
performing the vast majority of contacts with this hardware system coupled
with the Kenwood D700 Transciever. The remaining SSTV downlinks were
performed with the software-based SSTV system---using either the SpaceCam
software or MMSSTV software that are on-board ISS. Given the limited
availability of ISS computer systems, the ARISS team will continue to utilize
the VC-H1 well after Richard's flight. So don't be surprised if you see some
VC-H1 SSTV operations from Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, during his stay as the
commander of Expedition 18.
The ARISS team apologizes for the temporary shut-down of the ARISS SSTV
server. They have been a victim of their own success in that the site has
been overwhelmed by the popularity of Richard's SSTV images. Hopefully the
system will be operational very soon. This may take a URL change, so please
check the listservs and the ARISS SSTV blog http://www.ariss-
sstv.blogspot.com/ for updated information. http://www.ariss.org will also
carry updates.
ARISS Development and Operations
As a reminder to all, the ARISS team is an international volunteer working
group that is sponsored by three major entities in each ISS region---the
National Amateur Radio Society, the International AMSAT organization and the
National Space Agency. The 5 regions that comprise the ISS development are
Canada, Europe Japan, Russia, and the USA. In the USA, the two ham radio
sponsors are the ARRL and AMSAT-NA. NASA is the USA space agency sponsor.
Over 12 years ago, the formulation of the ARISS working group was a specific
request from NASA. They wanted the amateur radio community to internationally
consolidate into one team all the development and operations of the ISS Ham
radio system. This specific request from NASA, and ultimately the other space
agencies, was to provide a single focus of ham radio on ISS within the amateur
radio community and within the space agencies. As a result, the 5
international delegations that make up ARISS tightly coordinate the day-to-day
mission operations as well as the strategic hardware development planning and
implementation. The success of this past week would not have been realized
without this tight coordination, particularly between our Russian colleagues,
led by Sergey Samburov, RV3DR and our international operations team, led by
Will Marchant, KC6ROL.
Individuals are always welcome to volunteer their support to ARISS through
their regional delegation. Please see the ARISS web site http://www.ariss.org
for more information on your regional delegates.
Voice QSOs
Reports have been received of individuals providing advice to the ISS on-orbit
crew or making specific requests to the ISS crew to change or modify the ARISS
hardware, on-board software or ham radio operations. The ARISS team would
like to remind the amateur community that we all have a duty to the
international space agencies to coordinate ISS ham radio operations through
ARISS. The ARISS team advises that if you have a specific request or idea,
that you forward it to one of the ARISS international delegates or ARISS team
leaders. These individuals are identified on the ARISS web site
http://www.ariss.org. Also, please remember that there are a *lot* of hams
that would like to get their QSO with the ISS. So please use courtesy and
keep your contact short. And once you have made a contact, please do not go
for a repeat?despite the intense temptation to do so. I think you all know
that this is an "open" hobby. So all are listening in, observing and
remembering your op!
erating habits.
Frank concludes, "On behalf of the ARISS team, I thank you all for your
interest in Ham Radio on ISS. Enjoy the contacts! And remember the ARISS
teams and organizations that have made the ham radio system on ISS such a
tremendous success. This includes the national amateur radio societies and
international AMSAT organizations. As well as the international space
agencies and the ISS on-board crew members."
73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
AMSAT-V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
ARISS International Chairman
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Richard Garriott Lands Safely
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.05
?From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 26, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Two Russian cosmonauts and an American space tourist undocked from the
international space station and plunged back to Earth late today in a problem-
free re-entry. Unlike the two previous Soyuz descents, which were marred by
module separation problems that led to steep, off-course touchdowns, the Soyuz
TMA-12 spacecraft landed on target northeast of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 0337
UTC.
Russian recovery forces stationed nearby watched the final stages of the
descent and reached the capsule a few minutes after touchdown to assist
Expedition 17 commander Sergey Volkov, flight engineer Oleg Kononenko and U.S.
space tourist Richard Garriott. All three were flown back to Star City near
Moscow for more extensive medical checks and debriefing.
Kononenko and Volkov, son of Russian cosmonaut Alexander Volkov and the first
second-generation space flier, were launched aboard Soyuz TMA-12 on April 8.
Garriott, son of former Skylab and shuttle astronaut Owen Garriott, was
launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft Oct. 12, along with Expedition 18
commander Mike Fincke and flight engineer Yury Lonchakov.
"This has met and in many ways exceeded my expectations," Garriott told
reporters Monday. "There's no question, I've already begun to think about the
next trip up. With this trip, I was trying to study and analyze how private
citizens might be able to contribute to the success here in space. And I'll
have a lot more thoughts on that when I come back down."
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ARISS Status - 20 October 2008
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.06
?From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 26, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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1. Upcoming School Contacts
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled with Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani in Conversano, Italy on
Tuesday, October 28 at 09:37 UTC. Students have been introduced to amateur
radio and have covered the importance of space missions. Media coverage is
expected to include newspapers, radio and television.
Santa Teresa del Bambin Ges? in Rome, Italy has been scheduled for an Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, October
30 at 08:51 UTC.
2. Garriott Contacts Austin Mayor
On Wednesday, October 15, spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, W5KWQ,
spoke with his friend, Austin Mayor Will Wynn via Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS). Joining the conversation were three
students from LBJ LASA (Liberal Arts and Science Academy) and the East Side
Memorial Team who asked questions about the benefits of space travel.
Approximately 35 students were present for the event. A press release was
issued by News 8. See:
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=221997
The Statesman covered the contact:
http://www.statesman.com/search/content/news/stories/local/10/16/1016space.htm
l
3. Challenger Learning Centers Speak with Garriott via Radio
Challenger Learning Centers in Lanham, Maryland, Columbia, South Carolina,
Tampa, Florida and Brownsburg, Indiana participated in an Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, October 16. Garriott,
W5KWQ, answered one question from each of the sixteen students and former
astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL, finished the question and answer session with
a discussion about ham radio. The contact was made possible through telebridge
station W6SRJ in Santa Rosa, California. Audio was fed into IRLP (Internet
Radio Linking Project) Reflector 9010. It was also fed into the EchoLink AMSAT
(101 377) server and received 7 connections from four countries. A Brownsburg
press release was posted to Channel 13 Eyewitness News:
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=9186881
The webcast is available on the Challenger site:
http://www.challenger.org/programs/garriottwebcasts.cfm
4. British Students Experience ARISS Contact
Students attending Budbrooke Primary School in Warwick, Warwickshire, England
and Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, participated in a successful Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, October 17. The British
Amateur Television Club broadcasted the event live on streaming video and the
contact received local news coverage:
http://www.itvlocal.com/central/news/?player=CEN_News_15&void=247290
The BBC also covered the event: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7677274.stm
5. Second ARISS-Challenger Learning Center Contact, Successful
A second Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was
arranged for Challenger Learning Centers in Indianapolis, Indiana, Paducah,
Kentucky and St. Louis, Missouri. The contact took place on Friday, October 17
via the telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Fifteen students spoke with
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, and asked 22 questions. Former astronaut Owen
Garriott, W5LFL, also participated. Audio was fed into IRLP (Internet Radio
Linking Project) Reflector 9010 and the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) server.
EchoLink received nine connections from six countries. SpaceRef.com posted a
press release on all the Challenger Center contacts:
http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=5171
The webcast is available on the Challenger site:
http://www.challenger.org/programs/garriottwebcasts.cfm
6. Austin High School Speaks with Space Traveler
The Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) High School in Austin, Texas had a
direct Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on
Sunday, October 19 with Richard Garriott, W5KWQ. Ten students asked two
questions each of the space traveler, as approximately fifty students looked
on. Television stations reported on the event. A press release was posted by
the Statesman: http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-
gen/blogs/austin/theticker/entries/2008/10/14/lbj_students_to_talk_with_rich.h
tml
7. SSTV Update
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, has been transmitting Slow Scan Television (SSTV)
images during his flight. Amateur radio operators from around the world
receiving these pictures have uploaded them to an Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) SSTV Web site. Over one thousand images
have been received from both SpaceCam and the VC-H1!
See: http://www.amsat.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php
8. JOTA and General Contacts
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, participated in the 51st Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)
over the October 18 weekend. JOTA is an annual event during which Scouts
worldwide speak to each other using ham radio.
Over the last week, Garriott and Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, also made many general
contacts with amateur radio operators around the world.
9. ARISS Presentation at ASTC
The Association of Science ? Technology Centers (ASTC) held its 2008 annual
conference on October 18-21 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NASA
representatives gave presentations on NASA?s education and outreach programs
and NASA resources. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
Deputy Program Manager Mark Steiner, K3MS, presented an ARISS overview.
10. Astronaut Training Status
Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) simulated contact with students in
Technopolis, Mechelen, Belgium on Monday, October 27. De Winne plans to fly on
Expedition 19 in May 2009.
Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG, and Cady Coleman, KC5ZTH, have been scheduled
for an ARISS simulated contact on Thursday, November 6. Hadfield and Coleman
are currently assigned as back-up Expedition 19 crew members.
These simulated contacts/training sessions are terrestrial-based amateur radio
contacts using ARISS-equivalent equipment.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]
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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Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:49:16 -0800
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At 07:08 PM 10/25/2008, ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx wrote:
>AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-300 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: * AMSAT
>Vision Updated * New AMSAT Officers for
>2008-2009 * News from the AMSAT Symposium *
>Historic Week for ARISS Operations * Richard
>Garriott Lands Safely * ARISS Status - 20
>October 2008 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-300.01 New
>AMSAT Officers for 2008-2009 AMSAT News Service
>Bulletin 300.01 ? From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING,
>MD. October 26, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID:
>$ANS-300.01 The AMSAT Board of Directors
>approved the following Officers at the Board of
>Directors meeting in Atlanta on 23 October 2008.
>President: Barry Baines, WD4ASW Vice President
>of Operations: Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Vice
>President of User Services: Gould Smith, WA4SXM
>Treasurer: Gunther Meisse, W8GSM Secretary/VP
>Special Projects: Lee McLamb, KU4OS
>Manager: Martha Saragovitz Vice President Human
>Spaceflight: Frank Bauer, KA3HDO [ANS thanks
>Lee, KU4OS, for the above information] SB
>SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-300.02 AMSAT Vision Updated
>AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.02 ? From AMSAT
>HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 26, 2008 To All
>RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-300.02 AMSAT's Vision
>Statement was updated during the AMSAT Board of
>the Directors meeting on 23 October 2008. AMSAT
>President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, explains, "The
>update to the Vision Statement represents a
>recognition of the reality that some of the
>events and time frames that were anticipated in
>2004 did not develop." Barry continued, "Our
>updated vision represents our on-going
>commitment to the goal of providing satellite
>systems which provide wide-area coverage and
>eventually continuous coverage and also
>recognizes that opportunities other than the
>traditional Phase 3 GTO type orbit may be a
>route to fulfill our goals." The new Vision
>reads: Our Vision is to deploy satellite systems
>with the goal of providing wide-area and
>continuous coverage. AMSAT will continue active
>participation in human space missions and
>support a stream of LEO satellites developed in
>cooperation with the educational community and
>other amateur satellite groups. [ANS thanks
>Barry, WD4ASW, for the above information] SB
>SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-300.03 News from the AMSAT
>Symposium AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.03 ?
> From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 26,
>2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-300.03 The
>2008 AMSAT Space Symposium and annual membership
>meeting was held 24-26 October in Atlanta,
>GA. An exciting line up of 20 speakers made
>presentations on a wide range of topics ranging
>from "Space Radio for Windows" a low cost,
>homebrewable receiver by Tony Montero, AA2TX, to
>concepts that may be implemented in a variety of
>amateur spacecraft in the future. An extended
>annual meeting of the AMSAT membership was held
>on Saturday 25 October and carried on AMSAT's
>Echolink conference. During the annual meeting
>new AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW,
>explained some of the challenges AMSAT has
>encountered in the past year, AMSAT's updated
>vision, and plans for developing, testing and
>flying hardware. Questions were also taken from
>both the members present as well as those over
>Echolink. The annual meeting also provided the
>opportunity to recognize the many volunteers
>who's efforts have assisted in AMSAT's
>activities over the past year. The excellent and
>enjoyable AMSAT dinner banquet was held Saturday
>evening. Banquet keynote speaker Daniel
>Schultz, N8FQV, described the latest
>developments with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope
>Repair Mission. [ANS thanks Lee, KU4OS, for the
>above information] SB SAT @ AMSAT
>$ANS-300.04 Historic Week for ARISS Operations
>AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.04 ? From AMSAT
>HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 26, 2008 To All
>RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-300.04 Frank Bauer,
>KA3HDO, AMSAT-V.P. for Human Spaceflight
>Programs and ARISS International Chairman
>said,"I think you all can agree that this has
>been a stellar and an historic week for Amateur
>Radio on the International Space Station!" Frank
>continued, "Speaking on behalf of the ARISS
>international team of volunteers and the AMSAT
>community, we really appreciate the overwhelming
>flood of positive comments that we have received
>from the ham radio community and the general
>public regarding the ham radio operations on ISS
>this past week. Collectively, we have all made
>history?.starting with Richard, W5KWQ and hhis
>father Owen, W5LFL and continuing with all of
>you that participated and/or volunteered in his
>ISS journey. And along the way, we have sparked
>the imaginations of thousands of students. Got
>more interest in satellite operations. And, I
>understand, excited some youths to the point
>where they are now licensed." Richard Garriott,
>W5KWQ has been extremely prolific on the ARISS
>ham radio system, making hundreds of voice
>contacts, operating the packet system during the
>crew sleep times and transmitting hundreds of
>SSTV images throughout the day. He put the
>newest ARISS hardware, the Kenwood VC-H1 to good
>use, performing the vast majority of contacts
>with this hardware system coupled with the
>Kenwood D700 Transciever. The remaining SSTV
>downlinks were performed with the software-based
>SSTV system---using either the SpaceCam software
>or MMSSTV software that are on-board ISS. Given
>the limited availability of ISS computer
>systems, the ARISS team will continue to utilize
>the VC-H1 well after Richard's flight. So don't
>be surprised if you see some VC-H1 SSTV
>operations from Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, during his
>stay as the commander of Expedition 18. The
>ARISS team apologizes for the temporary
>shut-down of the ARISS SSTV server. They have
>been a victim of their own success in that the
>site has been overwhelmed by the popularity of
>Richard's SSTV images. Hopefully the system
>will be operational very soon. This may take a
>URL change, so please check the listservs and
>the ARISS SSTV blog
>http://www.ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ for updated
>information. http://www.ariss.org will also
>carry updates. ARISS Development and Operations
>As a reminder to all, the ARISS team is an
>international volunteer working group that is
>sponsored by three major entities in each ISS
>region---the National Amateur Radio Society, the
>International AMSAT organization and the
>National Space Agency. The 5 regions that
>comprise the ISS development are Canada, Europe
>Japan, Russia, and the USA. In the USA, the two
>ham radio sponsors are the ARRL and
>AMSAT-NA. NASA is the USA space agency sponsor.
>Over 12 years ago, the formulation of the ARISS
>working group was a specific request from
>NASA. They wanted the amateur radio community
>to internationally consolidate into one team all
>the development and operations of the ISS Ham
>radio system. This specific request from NASA,
>and ultimately the other space agencies, was to
>provide a single focus of ham radio on ISS
>within the amateur radio community and within
>the space agencies. As a result, the 5
>international delegations that make up ARISS
>tightly coordinate the day-to-day mission
>operations as well as the strategic hardware
>development planning and implementation. The
>success of this past week would not have been
>realized without this tight coordination,
>particularly between our Russian colleagues, led
>by Sergey Samburov, RV3DR and our international
>operations team, led by Will Marchant, KC6ROL.
>Individuals are always welcome to volunteer
>their support to ARISS through their regional
>delegation. Please see the ARISS web site
>http://www.ariss.org for more information on
>your regional delegates. Voice QSOs Reports have
>been received of individuals providing advice to
>the ISS on-orbit crew or making specific
>requests to the ISS crew to change or modify the
>ARISS hardware, on-board software or ham radio
>operations. The ARISS team would like to remind
>the amateur community that we all have a duty to
>the international space agencies to coordinate
>ISS ham radio operations through ARISS. The
>ARISS team advises that if you have a specific
>request or idea, that you forward it to one of
>the ARISS international delegates or ARISS team
>leaders. These individuals are identified on
>the ARISS web site http://www.ariss.org. Also,
>please remember that there are a *lot* of hams
>that would like to get their QSO with the
>ISS. So please use courtesy and keep your
>contact short. And once you have made a
>contact, please do not go for a repeat?despite
>the intensse temptation to do so. I think you
>all know that this is an "open" hobby. So all
>are listening in, observing and remembering your
>operating habits. Frank concludes, "On behalf of
>the ARISS team, I thank you all for your
>interest in Ham Radio on ISS. Enjoy the
>contacts! And remember the ARISS teams and
>organizations that have made the ham radio
>system on ISS such a tremendous success. This
>includes the national amateur radio societies
>and international AMSAT organizations. As well
>as the international space agencies and the ISS
>on-board crew members." 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
>AMSAT-V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs ARISS
>International Chairman [ANS thanks Frank,
>KA3HDO, for the above information] SB SAT @
>AMSAT $ANS-300.05 Richard Garriott Lands Safely
>AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.05 ? From AMSAT
>HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 26, 2008 To All
>RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-300.05 Two Russian
>cosmonauts and an American space tourist
>undocked from the international space station
>and plunged back to Earth late today in a
>problem-free re-entry. Unlike the two previous
>Soyuz descents, which were marred by module
>separation problems that led to steep,
>off-course touchdowns, the Soyuz TMA-12
>spacecraft landed on target northeast of
>Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 0337 UTC. Russian
>recovery forces stationed nearby watched the
>final stages of the descent and reached the
>capsule a few minutes after touchdown to assist
>Expedition 17 commander Sergey Volkov, flight
>engineer Oleg Kononenko and U.S. space tourist
>Richard Garriott. All three were flown back to
>Star City near Moscow for more extensive medical
>checks and debriefing. Kononenko and Volkov, son
>of Russian cosmonaut Alexander Volkov and the
>first second-generation space flier, were
>launched aboard Soyuz TMA-12 on April 8.
>Garriott, son of former Skylab and shuttle
>astronaut Owen Garriott, was launched aboard the
>Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft Oct. 12, along with
>Expedition 18 commander Mike Fincke and flight
>engineer Yury Lonchakov. "This has met and in
>many ways exceeded my expectations," Garriott
>told reporters Monday. "There's no question,
>I've already begun to think about the next trip
>up. With this trip, I was trying to study and
>analyze how private citizens might be able to
>contribute to the success here in space. And
>I'll have a lot more thoughts on that when I
>come back down." [ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow for
>the above information] SB SAT @ AMSAT
>$ANS-300.06 ARISS Status - 20 October 2008 AMSAT
>News Service Bulletin 300.06 ? From AMSAT HQ
>SILVER SPRING, MD. October 26, 2008 To All RADIO
>AMATEURS BID: $ANS-300.06 1. Upcoming School
>Contacts An Amateur Radio on the International
>Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled
>with Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani in
>Conversano, Italy on Tuesday, October 28 at
>09:37 UTC. Students have been introduced to
>amateur radio and have covered the importance of
>space missions. Media coverage is expected to
>include newspapers, radio and television. Santa
>Teresa del Bambin Ges?? in Rome, Italy has been
>scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the
>International Space Station (ARISS) contact on
>Thursday, October 30 at 08:51 UTC. 2. Garriott
>Contacts Austin Mayor On Wednesday, October 15,
>spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, W5KWQ,
>spoke with his friend, Austin Mayor Will Wynn
>via Amateur Radio on the International Space
>Station (ARISS). Joining the conversation were
>three students from LBJ LASA (Liberal Arts and
>Science Academy) and the East Side Memorial Team
>who asked questions about the benefits of space
>travel. Approximately 35 students were present
>for the event. A press release was issued by
>News 8. See:
>http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=221997
>The Statesman covered the contact:
>http://www.statesman.com/search/content/news/stories/local/10/16/1016space.ht
ml
>3. Challenger Learning Centers Speak with
>Garriott via Radio Challenger Learning Centers
>in Lanham, Maryland, Columbia, South Carolina,
>Tampa, Florida and Brownsburg, Indiana
>participated in an Amateur Radio on the
>International Space Station (ARISS) contact on
>Thursday, October 16. Garriott, W5KWQ, answered
>one question from each of the sixteen students
>and former astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL,
>finished the question and answer session with a
>discussion about ham radio. The contact was made
>possible through telebridge station W6SRJ in
>Santa Rosa, California. Audio was fed into IRLP
>(Internet Radio Linking Project) Reflector 9010.
>It was also fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101
>377) server and received 7 connections from four
>countries. A Brownsburg press release was posted
>to Channel 13 Eyewitness News:
>http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=9186881
>The webcast is available on the Challenger site:
>http://www.challenger.org/programs/garriottwebcasts.cfm
>4. British Students Experience ARISS Contact
>Students attending Budbrooke Primary School in
>Warwick, Warwickshire, England and Richard
>Garriott, W5KWQ, participated in a successful
>Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
>(ARISS) contact on Friday, October 17. The
>British Amateur Television Club broadcasted the
>event live on streaming video and the contact
>received local news coverage:
>http://www.itvlocal.com/central/news/?player=CEN_News_15&void=247290
>The BBC also covered the event:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7677274.stm
>5. Second ARISS-Challenger Learning Center
>Contact, Successful A second Amateur Radio on
>the International Space Station (ARISS) contact
>was arranged for Challenger Learning Centers in
>Indianapolis, Indiana, Paducah, Kentucky and St.
>Louis, Missouri. The contact took place on
>Friday, October 17 via the telebridge station
>W6SRJ in California. Fifteen students spoke with
>Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, and asked 22 questions.
>Former astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL, also
>participated. Audio was fed into IRLP (Internet
>Radio Linking Project) Reflector 9010 and the
>EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) server. EchoLink
>received nine connections from six
>countries. SpaceRef.com posted a press release
>on all the Challenger Center contacts:
>http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=5171
>The webcast is available on the Challenger site:
>http://www.challenger.org/programs/garriottwebcasts.cfm
>6. Austin High School Speaks with Space Traveler
>The Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) High
>School in Austin, Texas had a direct Amateur
>Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
>contact on Sunday, October 19 with Richard
>Garriott, W5KWQ. Ten students asked two
>questions each of the space traveler, as
>approximately fifty students looked on.
>Television stations reported on the event. A
>press release was posted by the Statesman:
>http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-
gen/blogs/austin/theticker/entries/2008/10/14/lbj_students_to_talk_with_rich.h
tml
>7. SSTV Update Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, has been
>transmitting Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images
>during his flight. Amateur radio operators from
>around the world receiving these pictures have
>uploaded them to an Amateur Radio on the
>International Space Station (ARISS) SSTV Web
>site. Over one thousand images have been
>received from both SpaceCam and the VC-H1! See:
>http://www.amsat.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php 8.
>JOTA and General Contacts Richard Garriott,
>W5KWQ, participated in the 51st Jamboree on the
>Air (JOTA) over the October 18 weekend. JOTA is
>an annual event during which Scouts worldwide
>speak to each other using ham radio. Over the
>last week, Garriott and Mike Fincke, KE5AIT,
>also made many general contacts with amateur
>radio operators around the world. 9. ARISS
>Presentation at ASTC The Association of Science
>? Technology Centers (ASTC) held its 2008
>aannual conference on October 18-21 in
>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NASA representatives
>gave presentations on NASA???s education and
>outreach programs and NASA resources. Amateur
>Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
>Deputy Program Manager Mark Steiner, K3MS,
>presented an ARISS overview. 10. Astronaut
>Training Status Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, has been
>scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the
>International Space Station (ARISS) simulated
>contact with students in Technopolis, Mechelen,
>Belgium on Monday, October 27. De Winne plans to
>fly on Expedition 19 in May 2009. Chris
>Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG, and Cady Coleman,
>KC5ZTH, have been scheduled for an ARISS
>simulated contact on Thursday, November 6.
>Hadfield and Coleman are currently assigned as
>back-up Expedition 19 crew members. These
>simulated contacts/training sessions are
>terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using
>ARISS-equivalent equipment. [ANS thanks Carol,
>KB3LKI, for the above information] 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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