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Today's Topics:
1. GO-32 (James Denneny)
2. Nighttime Viewing (Clint Bradford)
3. Re: last pass of AO-51 (Dave Aitch)
4. "NSF Taps Tiny CubeSats for Big Space Science " (Timothy J. Salo)
5. visual satellite obs (Luc Leblanc)
6. Nova (Tim Tapio)
7. congratulations XE2AT (Rafael Valdez G.)
8. Re: Scouts and AA4RC (Sebastian)
9. ANS-314 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (JoAnne Maenpaa)
10. CJ7EWK from Vancouver (CN89), so far...
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
11. Re: Scouts and AA4RC (Stephen Davis)
12. AJAX (Bob McGwier)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:08:24 -0800
From: "James Denneny" <57JNDenneny@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] GO-32
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Sent email to the GO-32 tech team advising that DIR can not be downloaded.
We'll see what happens.
Jim
K7EG
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:09:10 -0800
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Nighttime Viewing
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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> You can see the ISS visually in a clear and dark sky...
Really? See its running lights, perhaps? Bathroom light left ON?
Or are we seeing the sun reflecting off of the object?
Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359
909-241-7666
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 20:21:27 -0000
From: "Dave Aitch" <dave@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: last pass of AO-51
To: <david.barber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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I had a week in Bermuda recently.
I only operated on AO-51 with a HT and an Arrow.
It was the week with both channels on V/U, one
channel was QRP.
(I missed all the SSTV from the ISS.)
I did work Dave ZLB and several others, but
activity is just as rife, but with perhaps just
a little bit more order. I am happy to say that
my (limited) satellite activity experience through
AO-51 from Bermuda to the U.S. was very much better
than from the U.K.
I did note also, that most USA ops did not give
signal reports and only the first 4 digits of their
IARU locator. Fine by me, if two ops have repeated
call signs and know who is talking to who, then fair
enough.
It could be an idea to adopt that this side of the
pond too. Just note the received satellite signal
at the time of the QSO. ( Does it matter that much?)
(NOTE U.S. Ops: Please slow down when saying your
4 digit locator. It will save you being asked to say
it again)
The problem over this side is lack of attention.
Its been said many times before. If you cant hear
the satellite, don't call through it, sort your
receiver out.
Agreed that SSB satellites are more orderly, but
that depends on your downlink frequency. Listen
across the downlink of 52 and 29 (even FO-20 when
it was alive) it can be just as noisy with spurious
transmissions from those searching for themselves
on the downlink.
For those on this list older & wiser than I, and
have been working satellites since year dot, you
have seen and heard it all before, I'm sure.
I felt the need to make comment, even though this,
and my previous comment, will probably not be read
by those at fault.
David. G1OCN.
AMSAT UK 5766
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:40:15 -0600
From: "Timothy J. Salo" <salo@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] "NSF Taps Tiny CubeSats for Big Space Science "
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Space.com had an interesting article on the use of
CubeSats to monitor space weather.
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080827-nsf-cubsats-science.html
While reading this article, it may be useful to think about
how these activities might be leveraged into additional
support for amateur communications payloads. For example:
o Support space weather research. Could an amateur
communications satellite be subsidized if it carried
space weather instruments? Could a microsat focused
on space weather research carry an amateur communications
payload (particularly, if the amateur communications
package carried space weather telemetry)? Could a
network of amateur ground stations collect space weather
telemetry?
o Support space research (beyond space weather). There
is actually a long history of using research payloads
to support amateur satellites. Yet, this method of
funding amateur satellite activities seems to often
fall off the short list of ways to subsidize amateur
communications satellites.
o Develop the next generation of space scientists and
engineers. There are persistent concerns that we aren't
attracting enough students to the space sciences. By
all appearances, this concern has been leveraged by
the ARISS and related projects into substantial government
support for amateur radio in space. Why can't we make more
use of this scheme?
o Supporting on-orbit experiments. Provide space and telemetry
to on-orbit experiments provided by others.
o Provide technical assistance to microsat developers. This
might both provide a source of support and might help put
more amateur communications payloads on small satellites.
Most, if not all, of these approaches _have_ been used in the
past to subsidize amateur communications satellites. But, the
most widely quoted list of potential sources of funds seems to
have devolved into: emergency communications and education.
What about all of the other other proven methods of supporting
amateur satellites?
Perhaps, part of the problem is AMSAT's apparent nearly
exclusive focus on amateur satellite users. Look at AMSAT's
public image: its Web pages. Should there be more content
on AMSAT's Web pages that might attract potential
collaborators who have money? Potential developers?
People with interests in amateur satellites and amateur
satellite communications beyond using HEO voice transponders?
What does AMSAT want to be when it grows up? Who is its
target audience? Primarily amateur satellite users? Or,
does it want to attract a broader audience?
-tjs
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:13:17 -0500
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] visual satellite obs
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Here is some link of interest about satellite spotting
http://www.heavens-above.com/
http://www.satobs.org/
http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2008/02/video_satellite_watchers_watch.
htm
l
http://www.saao.ac.za/~wpk/CoSaTrak/visutrak.html
http://www.analemma.de/english/satobs.html
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 17:27:05 -0500
From: "Tim Tapio" <tim@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Nova
To: "'AMSAT-BB'" <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hello all!
Does Nova install under Vista? I seem to be having issues.
Thanks and 73 de Tim, K4SHF
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:50:21 -0700
From: "Rafael Valdez G." <rafavaldez@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] congratulations XE2AT
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Congratulations to Al XE2AT for his 875 grids confirmed via Satelites...
73's and Dx's...
Rafael Valdez Jr.
XE2RV @ DL55
10-10 52716
VUCC Sat #164
http://sat-xe.blogspot.com
EX-XE2PWF
P Before printing, please think about your responsibility and commitment
with
the ENVIRONMENT.
Antes de Imprimir, piensa entu responsabilidad y compromiso con el MEDIO
AMBIENTE
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 18:56:19 -0500
From: Sebastian <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Scouts and AA4RC
To: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <E8F1F72C-160E-4410-98E6-30DA59FA988C@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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What point exactly are you attempting to make with that statement?
On Nov 8, 2008, at 12:20 PM, William Rochira wrote:
> Looser
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sebastian <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 3:34 PM
> To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Scouts and AA4RC
>
> He is also on the SSB birds, as I just worked him on FO-29.
>
> Do you have any idea what his grid square might be? I asked him but
> he wasn't sure.
>
> 73 de W4AS
> Sebastian
>
> On Nov 8, 2008, at 10:19 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
>
>> If you happen to hear Robin, AA4RC on the air this weekend, please
>> give him
>> a call or allow him some room on the FM satellites. He is camped out
>> at
>> Talladega Speedway with 10,000 Scouts and has been on the air
>> showing off
>> ham radio and amateur satellites. Sounds like a good time!
>>
>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
>
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 20:27:33 -0600
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-314 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <002401c94212$b975cf00$2c616d00$@xxx>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-314
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 President's Message
* Second European CubeSat Workshop
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
* ARISS Status Report for the Week of November 3, 2008
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-314.01
AMSAT President's Message
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 314.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 9, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-314.01
I just arrived home on Monday night, Nov 3rd from my trip to the
Southeast to attend the the AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting and the
26th Space Symposium along with some personal travel.
As you probably know by now, AMSAT has undergone a change in
leadership as a result of Rick Hambly's decision not to serve another
one-year term as President. At the meeting in Atlanta, the Board
voted to appoint me as President. I am honored that the Board has
placed their trust in my leadership and I look forward to working with
the Board, the Senior Team, and our membership as we move forward into
2009.
First, many thanks to Robin Cutshaw, AA4RC and his team of volunteers
for putting together and hosting an excellent AMSAT Symposium in
Atlanta. Attendance was lower this year than in past years, probably
due to the impacts of the slowing economy, relatively high
transportation costs, and lack of news concerning Eagle.
Those that did attend the Symposium, however, benefited from an excel-
lent weekend of presentations, discussions, interaction with fellow
AMSAT members, and an opportunity to meet with the AMSAT leadership.
The efforts of Robin's team, coupled with the contributions of Gould
Smith, WA4SXM and Martha Saragovitz, resulted in a Symposium that ran
very smoothly, with attendees enjoying the presentations, a Friday
night President's Club social that was open to all Symposium attendees,
the Saturday night banquet, and the Field Ops Breakfast on Sunday
Morning.
Dan Schultz, N8FGV was a masterful banquet speaker who through excel-
lent slides and dry wit explained the upcoming Hubble Repair Mission.
Dan also was our editor for the "Proceedings of of the 26th Space
Symposium" which is an excellent compilation of papers, most of which
were presented at the Symposium. (I encourage you to order a copy of
the Proceedings if you weren't able to attend.)
In addition, for the first time that I can recall, there were TWO major
prizes given away at the Dinner (Icom IC-910H and a Kenwood TS-2000),
both of which were won by women who attended the banquet. Judy
Perkins, KE7ERI of Lilburn, GA won the IC-910 and Flo Bower of Pinson,
AL won the TS-2000 (she is working on earning her ham license). Many
thanks to both Icom and Kenwood for their support of AMSAT.
The Symposium closed on Sunday following an excellent two hour "Intro-
duction to Digital Signal Processing" workshop conducted by Phil Harman,
VK6APH that was well attended. Overall, AMSAT enjoyed an excellent
weekend in Atlanta.
During the Board meeting on Thursday, Oct 23rd and the Annual Meeting
on Saturday morning, Oct 25, we took time to thank Rick Hambly, W2GPS
for his four years of faithful and extensive service to AMSAT as
President. Rick tackled many difficult issues and sought to move
AMSAT forward in a number of areas. These included dealing with
changes in the regulatory environment (Orbital Debris), establishing a
relationship with University of Maryland-Eastern Shore that resulted
in relocation of the AMSAT Integration Lab to Pocomoke, MD, working on
the difficult issue of ITAR (International Traffic of Arms Regulations),
revamping the AMSAT senior leadership team organizational structure,
initial discussions with Intelsat on a possible 'rideshare' opportunity,
and 'filling in' as our webmaster when we lost the volunteer who handled
that function. Much of what Rick did was 'behind the scenes' activities
that took many hours, required dedicated followup, and received little
fanfare. Many thanks to Rick for his significant efforts to make AMSAT
better. During the past four years, no one dedicated such a significant
portion of their life to AMSAT as Rick.
At the Annual Meeting on Oct 25, I gave a presentation that briefly
reviewed where things stood within AMSAT, discussed some of
organizational issues that effect our ability to get projects
completed, and mentioned some of the 'outside factors' that have
impacted AMSAT. I also outlined some goals for 2009. You can
download the presentation (in PDF format) off the AMSAT website. There
is a link on the main page. While the 'bullet points' provide key
comments, the presentation doesn't have the 'talking points' that I
made during each slide, so please be aware of this limitation when
reviewing the material. We made the Annual Meeting available via
EchoLink, and we did have members listening 'live' and submitting
questions during the meeting. Thank you to those individuals who
participated in the Annual Meeting.
In upcoming 'Apogee View' columns of the AMSAT Journal, I will discuss
some of the challenges facing AMSAT and what is happening in a number
of areas. Some of these issues were discussed at the Annual Meeting.
Please don't forget that we need volunteers in a number of technical
and non-technical areas. The July/August issue of the AMSAT JOURNAL
had a brief 'We Want YOU' ad that highlighted some of the areas where
AMSAT needs assistance. Please review that list and if you're
interested in helping AMSAT, contact Gould Smith, WA4SXM as noted in
the ad.
Finally, please don't hesitate to contact me directly if you have
suggestions, comments, or concerns that you would like to share. I
will make every effort to respond to e-mails that I receive, but
please keep in mind that I travel extensively which may limit my
ability to respond quickly. Please know that I read every e-mail that
I receive from AMSAT members and that I appreciate every person's
willingness and time spent to share their thoughts and suggestions.
73,
Barry Baines, WD4ASW
AMSAT President
[ANS thanks Barry, WD4ASW for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-314.02
Second European CubeSat Workshop
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 314.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 9, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-314.02
Following on from the successful "Vega Maiden Flight CubeSat
Workshop" held at ESA/ESTEC in January 2008, which was the
first CubeSat workshop to be held at European-level, the ESA
Education Office is pleased to announce the Second European
CubeSat Workshop one year later as planned.
This Second European CubeSat Workshop will take place in ESA/
ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands on 20-22 January 2009.
Since the first workshop, the ESA Education Office in the
Directorate of Legal Affairs and External Relations in con-
junction with the Directorate of Launchers has selected nine
CubeSats (plus two backups) from European universities for
launch on the maiden flight of the Vega launcher, now sched-
uled for November 2009.
The nine CubeSats will be deployed from three different deployment
systems mounted on the support structure of the main payload,
LARES (LAser RElativity Satellite), into an orbit of 350 km by
1450 km at an inclination of 71 degrees.
The launch opportunity is offered by ESA to the selected CubeSats
free of charge, and recognises the growing importance of the CubeSat
as a powerful hands-on space education tool. It is intended as a
first step to boost student hands-on development of CubeSats in
Europe, thus providing a suitable and qualified space workforce
for the future in complement with other education project activities.
The ESA Education Office solicits abstracts to be submitted for oral
or poster presentation from both European and non-European partici-
pants. The amateur radio based CubeSat Ground Segment and Operations
(GENSO network) along with new ground station technologies and oper-
ational methods/techniques/software are planned for discussion.
[ANS thanks ESA and SpaceDaily.com for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-314.03
Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 314.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 9, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-314.03
+ Congratulations to Joe, K3SZH for reaching 7000 contacts as
recorded in the informal AO-7 log. Joe's presence and patience
has helped countless hams in learning the personality of this
unique satellite. See http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ao7log.php
to review the AO-7 log pages.
+ Kudos, a hearty handshake, and a pat on the back are in order
to Robin, AA4RC who got on the air this weekend to demonstrate
amateur radio and amateur satellites to 10,000 Scouts camped out
at the Talladega Speedway. Robin also lead the team hosting
the 2008 AMSAT Space Symposium in Atlanta.
+ Fernando, EC1AME has put 3 videos of Monday?s school contact in
Spain at: http://www.ea1uro.com/isstation.html.
+ The 35th Eastern VHF/UHF Conference is scheduled for April 17-19,
2009 in Enfield, CT. Additional information and call for papers
will be available soon.
+ Mineo, JE9PEL reports that the most recent photos received from
the Cute-1.7+APDII camera (CO-65) can be viewed on-line at:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/cut17ap4.htm
http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/blog/1_25_rev2%20_Caption.jpg
+ UniverseToday.com announces Space Lifestyle Magazine. Its a free,
digital magazine, with a full color layout just like a print maga-
zine, but its all online. SLM has feature articles about all as-
pects of space - NewSpace, NASA, military, science and astronomy -
but mostly it's about the people that make the space sector tick.
See: http://www.newforks.net/spacelifestyle.html. The subscription
is free but they do ask for e-mail, home address, phone number in
the registration process. (source UniverseToday.com)
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-314.04
ARISS Status Report for the Week of November 3, 2008
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 314.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 9, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-314.04
1. School Contacts
An ARISS contact was held with St. Thomas' Primary School in Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia on Tuesday, November 4. The school has its own
radio club and has been using packet radio prior to the contact. Topics
of space, science and technology have been taught and students, ages
4-12, have participated in related activities such as building models
of space stations, using a telescope to explore the night sky, building
crystal radios, producing a video and creating an ARISS Web site for
the school.
An ARISS contact was held with Dibrugarh University in Assam, India on
Friday, November 7 via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. The
university considers this event a great achievement with planned media
coverage.
Anderson's Creek Primary School in Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia has
been scheduled for an ARISS contact on Monday, November 10. Telebridge
station VK5ZAI will assist with the contact. Students have researched
the International Space Station and its experiments and determined the
long term impact of these studies. They have studied the history of
space exploration and the reasons why humans seek to broaden their
horizons. The school has hosted evening sessions to introduce stu-
dents to astronomy.
The Newcomers Club in Saitama, Japan has been scheduled for an ARISS
contact on Saturday, November 15 at 10:22 UTC. Community involvement
and media coverage is expected.
2. Italian Students Question Astronaut via Radio
On Tuesday, October 28, students attending Scuola Media Statale Donato
Forlani in Conversano, Italy participated in an ARISS contact with Mike
Fincke, KE5AIT. To prepare for the event, the students made satellite
contacts and received SSTV pictures, sent from the ISS by Richard Garr-
iott W5KWQ. On the day of the contact, twelve students were able to
pose one question each to Fincke as an audience of more than 500 stu-
dents, parents, teachers and visitors watched. Fincke spoke to the
students in Italian at the beginning and end of the contact. Two tele-
vision stations (CANALE 7, TeleNorba) and three newspapers (L'Informa-
tore, Il Levante, Il Fax) covered the event.
3. School Contact in Rome, Successful
Students attending Santa Teresa del Bambin Ges? in Rome, Italy exper-
ienced an ARISS contact on Thursday, October 30. Mike Fincke, KE5AIT,
answered twelve questions. More than 150 students, parents, teachers
and guests were present. Also present were ESA representative Mr.
Dieter Isakeit, Head of the ESA/ESRIN Corporate Communication Office
(LEX-COR) and Mr. Daniele Giannini, President 18? District of City Hall
Rome. Mr. Isakeit translated the astronaut's answers, provided infor-
mation and offered souvenirs. Four television stations (Regional RAI 3,
SAT2000, Telelazio, Rete Blu) and RADIO RAI 1 covered the event. The
audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW servers and received
6 connections from stations in the U.S., U.K. and Belgium. It was also
fed into D-Star net and was repeated to 40 nodes in Europe, 70 nodes
in USA and 20 in the rest of the world.
4. Budbrooke School Contact Update
Students attending Budbrooke Primary School in Warwick, England spoke
with Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, during an ARISS contact on Friday,
October 17. The British Amateur Television Club posted video of the
event. Go to: http://www.batc.tv/channel.php?ch=1 and select "Richard
Garriott HD" or "Richard Garriott SD."
5. ARISS Simulated Contacts Scheduled
Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG, and Cady Coleman, KC5ZTH, have been
scheduled for ARISS simulated contacts on Thursday, November 6 at
approximately 14:30 UTC. The astronauts will speak to two groups of
students at a Canadian school for these events. These training ses-
sions are terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using ARISS-
equivalent equipment. Hadfield and Coleman are currently assigned
as back-up Expedition 19 crew members.
6. Training Sessions Successful
ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, participated in a successful
simulated ARISS contact with students at Technopolis in Mechelen,
Belgium on Monday, October 27. He answered twenty-two questions
posed to him by the students.
ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers took part in an ARISS review session on
Friday, October 31. He is currently back-up for Frank De Winne.
7. Amateur Radio Newsline Reports on Garriott's Mission
On Friday, October 24, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1628 posted
a story on Richard Garriott's participation in ARISS activities
during his ISS mission. The article, "Ham Radio in Space: Richard
Garriott, W5KWQ, Mission a Success for Ham Radio," covered Garriott's
involvement in the Scout Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), SSTV, and his
contact with Owen Garriott, W5LFL.
8. NASA HQ Cites Stories on Garriott
NASA Headquarters News Service picked up on reports of Richard Garr-
iott's mission, citing articles from CTV (Canada) and the Bennington
Banner (Vermont). Both stories are about amateur radio operators who
made radio contacts with Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, while onboard the
ISS. To view the articles, go to:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081025/space_radio_08
1
025/20081026?hub=Canada
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ci_10813257
9. AMSAT Symposium held
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) held its Annual Meeting
and Space Symposium on October 24-26 in Atlanta, Georgia. ARISS (Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station) Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO,
attended and gave a talk on the ARISS program. ARISS Hardware Manager
Lou McFadin, W5DID, presented an update on SuitSat-2. The presentations
have been posted to the AMSAT Web site.
See:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Presentations/AMSAT%20Symposiums/2008%20Sy
m
posium/
10. ARRL ARISS Program Manager Interviewed
The ARRL (American Radio Relay League) ARISS (Amateur Radio on the Inter-
national Space Station) Program Manager Rosalie White, K1STO, was inter-
viewed on QSO, a ham radio interview and talk show. White spoke about
Richard Garriott's flight, the ARRL, ARISS and AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satel-
lite Corporation). The interview took place on Friday, October 24 and
ran three times over the weekend on the Nashville station and again on
a Miami station.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI 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.
And with that remember, that no matter how much you push the envelope,
it is still stationery.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
K9JKM at amsat dot org
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 23:55:10 -0800 (PST)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] CJ7EWK from Vancouver (CN89), so far...
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Hello from Vancouver!
I am enjoying this quick vacation to Canada. I made my trip to grid
CO80 - the ski resort at Whistler, north of Vancouver - on Friday.
Due to constant rain and some snow, I did not attempt to work the
radio from up there. I was able to do some operating on Saturday
from the Vancouver area, and hope for a little more tomorrow
(Sunday).
For Saturday, I parked near an elementary school in the suburb of
Burnaby, east of downtown Vancouver. It was on a high spot in this
city built on hills, and a good spot for satellite operating. On
AO-16, I used one of my FT-817NDs (I did not bring both of them) with
a Maldol AH-510R telescoping whip. To avoid stressing the BNC
connector on the radio, I put a short length of coax on the radio
with an adapter so I could hold the antenna away from the radio. I
used the strap on the radio's carrying case to put the radio around
my neck, and used the mic with my other hand. I was able to do a
good job with the antenna in this unusual configuration. It was a
challenge to break through the eastern wall of stations on the first
AO-16 pass, but was able to work 7 stations on the 2237 UTC pass and
one more QSO on the later pass at 0016 UTC.
Later in the evening on AO-51, I used the same AH-510R whip directly
on my IC-T7H HT. For the first pass I tried at 0150 UTC, I worked 8
stations. Thanks to Angelo N5UXT, for trying to cut a hole in the
early part of the pass so I could get in with my HT/whip station.
I knew I would be at a disadvantage in leaving my Yagi and log
periodic antennas at home, but it helped to keep my checked bag a
little lighter - and less for the airport security to get curious
about. I worked 3 more stations on the western pass at 0330 UTC.
I may be able to get on AO-16 Sunday afternoon. There is a slight
possibility I might get on VO-52 in the late morning. It may be on a
western pass only. I now have a small "netbook" laptop, which has
been very useful on this trip. I can run a tracking program - for
this experiment, VO-52 - and follow the program's display to set my
transmit frequency up to the satellite if I try a pass. I do not
have both of my FT-817NDs with me, and I have only had this laptop
since last Tuesday - not enough time for me to get the CAT cable
working between this laptop and the radio. I will start my
experimenting with this laptop to control both of my 817s, which
would help me out a lot. :-)
For anyone who works CJ7EWK this weekend, I will be happy to QSL our
contact(s). Please e-mail me the QSO information, and I will send
you my CJ7EWK QSL after I return to Arizona if you are in the log.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK (CJ7EWK on the satellites this weekend)
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 06:52:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Stephen Davis <davism294@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Scouts and AA4RC
To: Sebastian <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
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Talladega Speedway = EM63xn
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From: Sebastian <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2008 10:31:38 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Scouts and AA4RC
He is also on the SSB birds, as I just worked him on FO-29.
Do you have any idea what his grid square might be? I asked him but
he wasn't sure.
73 de W4AS
Sebastian
On Nov 8, 2008, at 10:19 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
> If you happen to hear Robin, AA4RC on the air this weekend, please
> give him
> a call or allow him some room on the FM satellites. He is camped out
> at
> Talladega Speedway with 10,000 Scouts and has been on the air
> showing off
> ham radio and amateur satellites. Sounds like a good time!
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:54:30 -0500
From: "Bob McGwier" <rwmcgwier@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AJAX
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dttsp-linux@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx List' <hpsdr@xxxxx.xxx>
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I am looking for anything remotely resembling expert advice on AJAX. I am
looking for recommendations on books, development tools, etc.
Please respond directly to me. I am doing an open source project and I
want
to do a lot of the work using AJAX.
Such as
http://www.n2yo.com
AWESOME.
73's
Bob
N4HY
ARRL SDR Working Group Chair
Member: ARRL, AMSAT, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats,
NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC.
" Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair. ", Kafka
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