On this version:
- 2024 AMSAT Board of Administrators Election – Name for Nominations
- Final Name for AMSAT/TAPR Banquet Tickets
- Hamvention 2024 – Right here We Come!
- Wished: Your AO-7 Experiences and Recollections
- AMSAT Ambassador Program Re-Launched at Hamvention
- AMSAT Francophone & Fédération des Golf equipment Radioamateurs du Québec (RAQI) Publish Preliminary Geostationary Payload Proposal
- A Few Minutes with AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS
- Adjustments to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for Could 10, 2024
- ARISS Information
- Upcoming Satellite tv for pc Operations
- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Different Occasions
- Satellite tv for pc Shorts From All Over
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DATE 2024 Could 12
2024 AMSAT Board of Administrators Election – Name for Nominations
AMSAT solicits nominations for the 2024 AMSAT Board of Administrators election, to be held within the third quarter of the 12 months. The seats of the next three incumbent Administrators expire in 2024 and will likely be crammed by this 12 months’s election:
– Mark Hammond, N8MH
– Bruce Paige, KK5DO
– Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
Additional, as much as two Alternate Administrators could also be elected for one-year phrases. A sound nomination for Director should be written and requires both one Member Society or 5 present particular person members in good standing to appoint an AMSAT member. Written nominations, with the nominee’s title, name signal, and call info, in addition to the nominators’ names, name indicators, and call info, needs to be despatched to the AMSAT Secretary:
Jeff Davis, KE9V
PO Field 11
Yorktown, IN 47396
AMSAT bylaws require that the nomination be written and within the kind specified by the Secretary who has elected to simply accept written nomination supplies through postal mail or in digital kind, together with e-mail or digital picture of a paper doc. Fax transmissions can’t be accepted.
E-mail nominations could also be despatched to jdavis [at] amsat [dot] org.
It doesn’t matter what means are used, petitions MUST be acquired by the Secretary no later than June fifteenth. The Secretary will confirm the {qualifications} of candidates and nominating members or Member Societies as petitions are acquired and can notify candidates whether or not their nominations are so as by the tip of June.
[ANS thanks Jeff Davis, KE9V, AMSAT Secretary for the above information.]
Final Name for AMSAT/TAPR Banquet Tickets
The deadline for buying tickets for the fifteenth annual AMSAT/TAPR banquet is Monday, Could thirteenth at 21:00 Z (5:00 PM EDT). Banquet tickets should be bought prematurely and won’t be bought on the AMSAT sales space. There will likely be no tickets to select up on the AMSAT sales space. Seating is proscribed to the variety of meals bought by the deadline. Tickets bought on-line will likely be maintained on a listing with check-in on the door on the banquet middle.
The banquet will likely be held on the Kohler Presidential Banquet Middle on Friday, Could seventeenth at 18:30 EDT. This dinner is at all times a spotlight of the TAPR (Tucson Beginner Packet Radio) and AMSAT actions in the course of the Dayton Hamvention. This 12 months’s banquet speaker will likely be Invoice Reed, NX5R, AMSAT PACSAT Mission Supervisor, who will spotlight the forthcoming PACSAT digital communications payload.
The Kohler Presidential Banquet Middle is positioned at 4548 Presidential Method, Kettering, Ohio – about 20 minutes away from the Greene County Fairgrounds.
Buy your tickets on-line at https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-at-hamvention/
[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive VP for the above information.]
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Hamvention 2024 – Right here We Come!
It’s that point of the 12 months once more with solely 5 days to go earlier than the festivities start.
Beginning off is the annual AMSAT “Dinner at Tickets” social gathering that will likely be held at Tickets Pub & Eatery on Thursday, Could sixteenth from 6:00 PM to eight:00 PM EDT. There isn’t a program or speaker – simply good dialog. Everyone seems to be invited no matter whether or not or not they helped with setup or plan to work within the sales space. Tickets has an awesome choice of Greek and American meals and nice firm! Meals could be ordered from the menu; drinks (beer, wine, sodas and iced tea) can be found on the bar. Come as you might be; no reservations required. Carry some buddies and have a good time the evening earlier than Hamvention. Tickets Pub & Eatery is positioned at 7 W. Major St, Fairborn, OH 45324.
The fifteenth annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will likely be held on the Kohler Presidential Banquet Middle on Friday, Could seventeenth at 18:30 EDT. This 12 months’s banquet speaker will likely be Invoice Reed, NX5R, AMSAT PACSAT Mission Supervisor, who will spotlight the forthcoming PACSAT digital communications payload. Tickets should be bought no later than Monday, Could thirteenth 5:00 PM EDT. The Kohler Presidential Banquet Middle is positioned at 4548 Presidential Method, Kettering, Ohio – about 20 minutes away from the Greene County Fairgrounds.
The AMSAT Discussion board will happen in Discussion board Room 2 on Saturday, Could 18th at 1:20 PM – 2:50 PM. This may instantly observe the ARISS Discussion board in the identical room at 12:10 PM, so get there early and see each shows!
It’s not too late to volunteer for working the AMSAT sales space. Whether or not you possibly can help for just a few hours or a full day, we are able to at all times use assist. Contact Phil Smith, W1EME, AMSAT Hamvention Workforce Chief through e-mail at w1eme [at] amsat [dot] org.
[ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information.]
Wished: Your AO-7 Experiences and Recollections
As we put together to have a good time AO-7’s fiftieth anniversary since its launch on November 15, 1974, a small group of writers are gathering tales in regards to the historical past of this record-breaking satellite tv for pc, now the longest working satellite tv for pc of any kind – authorities, navy, industrial or non-public. Mr. Jan King, W3GEY/VK4GEY was a member of the unique group of hams that had been liable for the design, construct and launch of AO-7. Jan is excited about listening to how hams tailored to AO-7’s working traits through the years. He’s additionally particularly excited about accounts of how AO-7 was used for operational or scientific experiments.
Jan continues to trace and monitor the well being of AO-7 in any case these years. Jan predicts that inside just a few months AO-7 will enter a interval of 5 years of steady sunlit operation with out eclipse interruptions. Already with 50 years behind it, AO-7 may proceed to set new information and host extra invaluable scientific research and sensible makes use of.
Working with Jan is Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP-Improvement. Amateurs with tales they want to contribute to the challenge are inspired to contact Frank through e-mail f.karnauskas [at] amsat [dot] org.
[ANS thanks Jan King, W3GEY/VK4GEY and Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP-Development for the above information.]
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AMSAT Ambassador Program Re-Launched at Hamvention
Typically previously known as Subject Operations, different occasions as Space Coordinators, sustaining a presence at native hamfests and at ARRL conventions has been an extended standing AMSAT custom. Now referred to as the AMSAT Ambassador Program, our volunteers proceed this essential exercise, stimulating curiosity in novice satellites, serving to newcomers get on the air and constructing membership in AMSAT.
At this 12 months’s Hamvention, AMSAT is happy to introduce Mr. Bo Lowrey, W4FCL, Director – AMSAT Ambassador Program. Bo has a strong background in aerospace schooling and public relations together with serving as Director – Area Science and IT for the Nationwide Air and Area Schooling Institute in Louisville, KY and as a NASA / JPL Photo voltaic System Ambassador Applicant Overview, Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA.
Underneath Bo’s management, the Ambassador Program is being revitalized with new ranges of assist for volunteers. This included new show banners and presentation folders for native hamfests in addition to a particular callsign badge and a choice of Ambassador branded attire. A contemporary set of up to date PowerPoint scripted shows are additionally being made out there for in-person and on-line membership shows.
Coaching may also be made out there to assist put together volunteers for making the very best presence to their audiences. Volunteers may also have entry to on-line know-how resembling Microsoft Groups to collaborate with fellow Ambassador volunteers.
Whereas in previous years, AMSAT’s presence at native hamfests was largely as much as volunteers within the space, Bo plans to be extra pro-active in recruiting volunteers to be out there for main occasions resembling ARRL Part and Division conventions in addition to at main occasions hosted by particular curiosity teams resembling VHF/UHF and microwave societies.
AMSAT members who’re excited about extra info on turning into an AMSAT Ambassador are inspired to go to the AMSAT sales space at Hamvention and meet with Bo. In case you are not attending Hamvention, please contact Bo through e-mail blowrey [at] amsat [dot] org.
[ANS thanks Bo Lowrey, W4FCL, Director – AMSAT Ambassador Program for the above information.]
AMSAT Francophone & Fédération des Golf equipment Radioamateurs du Québec (RAQI) Publish Preliminary Geostationary Payload Proposal
AMSAT Francophone (AMSAT-F) and Fédération des golf equipment radioamateurs du Québec (RAQI) are soliciting feedback on their draft proposal to the European Area Company (ESA) for an novice geostationary payload. AMSAT-UK, the British Beginner Tv Membership (BATC), and AMSAT-NA, with enter from the UK Microwave Group, beforehand submitted a proposal (https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ESA-GEO-proposal-AMSAT-UK.pdf) as has AMSAT-DL (https://amsat-dl.org/en/the-next-generation-of-a-geo-meo-amateur-radio-payload/).
These proposals have been submitted in response to an ESA name for proposals for a future novice geostationary payload with the potential to cowl Europe and a minimum of a portion of North America.
The English model of the proposal could be discovered at https://web site.amsat-f.org/obtain/119824/?tmstv=1715353379 and the French model could be discovered at https://web site.amsat-f.org/obtain/119821/?tmstv=1715353379.
Feedback could also be submitted to groupe.travail.geo.esa [at] amsat-f [dot] org by Could 24, 2024.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-F for the above information.]
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A Few Minutes with AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS
ANS author Mark Blackwood, KI5AXK, was capable of catch AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS in between one among his fashionable membership shows. As of this writing, Clint has offered his introduction to novice satellites and the AMSAT story over 170 occasions.
ANS: How did you get began in novice satellites?
CLINT: “Mark, it was about 18 years in the past that I noticed an AMSAT show desk at an area ham conference. I initially simply handed it by, mistakenly considering a ham required 100 watts of transmit energy, that costly Yaesu rotator, and twin Yagi antennas on the roof. However, after I was informed hams had been “working some birds” with low energy and handheld stations, effectively, that’s after I began to look the online for info.
“However, there’s an issue. If one Google searches “work novice satellites”, both in the present day or 18 years in the past, up pops outdated info on some satellites that had been straightforward to entry, however whose service ended years earlier than. I had a Boy Scout Scoutmaster name me about 5 years in the past. He was disillusioned and irritated. He had an assemblage of 300 Scouts, mother and father, and neighborhood members in an auditorium and was all set as much as show satellite tv for pc comms through AO-51. He looked for “work novice satellites” and located data for it, however AO-51’s lifespan was from 2004 to 2011.
“So I preface my satellite tv for pc shows with a disclaimer: “People, what I’m going to let you know in the present day about, particular satellites, simply won’t be correct subsequent week. We could acquire a hen, we could lose a hen. The ISS’ gear could also be up and working tonight but it surely will get turned off when there’s a spacewalk and/or when there’s a mission heading in the direction of or away from it. Stick to amsat.org, amsat-uk.org, ariss.org or work-sat.com for present info. And, get to know among the satellites’ official social media accounts.”
ANS: Which do you take pleasure in extra, introducing satellite tv for pc ham radio to newcomers, or seasoned novice radio people?
CLINT: “Only in the near past had this dialogue with ARRL Orange Part Supervisor Bob Turner, W6RHK. Youth is our future. And it’s at all times thrilling to talk and demo at elementary, center, and highschool campuses. However, ham golf equipment have diversified audiences, too. And through the use of Zoom, I’ve been capable of converse to golf equipment not solely in Southern CA, but additionally throughout the US, to Canada, and to Europe. Zoom classes allow anybody with a smartphone or dwelling laptop to attend a session – people with out transportation, those that don’t drive, those that could also be ailing on the time. On the finish of every presentation, I ask for a present of fingers, ‘Now that you simply’ve seen how straightforward this may be, is anybody considering of going exterior and perhaps simply listening for the FM voice repeater on the ISS for his or her first time?’ The satisfaction comes when a pair fingers rise!”
ANS: What’s the most troublesome factor for folks getting began?
CLINT: “Probably the identical issues I had, Mark, virtually 20 years in the past: mic fright and considering I had inadequate tools. As I stroll my shows’ attendees by means of the timer on the SO-50 satellite tv for pc which may should be activated, I see jaws drop. ‘Sure, you develop into the management operator of an orbiting satellite tv for pc!’ I additionally inform them how tentative I used to be doing that my first time, “Gawd, if I mess up, SO-50’s going to crash into my Koi pond – the AMSAT handcuffs is perhaps too tight!
I additionally embody audio of my 2 meter contact with ISS Commander, Reid Wiseman. There I’m – utilizing a non-full-duplex HT that’s turned all the way down to 2 watts transmit energy, chatting with an ISS astronaut who was about 450 miles downrange once we started. That actually exhibits my present attendees that elaborate, costly station setups aren’t obligatory! And, it demonstrates “line-of-sight!”
ANS: What do folks take pleasure in probably the most about novice satellite tv for pc radio?
CLINT: “I’ve given my presentation 174 occasions. By no means the identical precise present to anybody as every is personalized to their membership or occasion. Utilizing a non-cookie-cutter slide present will get people extra excited about what’s arising. I couple step-by-step directions with a single, massive picture per slide. And my mantra, ‘You don’t want 100 watts – you don’t want costly tools.’ Golf equipment proceed to request my ‘Getting Began’ presentation and inform me afterwards that they loved themselves.
“I’m nonetheless discovering audiences, effectively, they discover me, who haven’t been uncovered to the easy-to-work FM voice satellites. So, getting them to know they don’t want quite a lot of stuff to efficiently make contacts appears to show lots on to this facet of our pastime.”
ANS: What forms of teams or folks do you normally speak to?
CLINT: “The overwhelming majority have been particular person novice radio golf equipment. I spoke to an astronomy membership final month – not an entire lot of hams, however we discovered loads of cross pursuits to have a good time. I’ve additionally spoken at a number of ham conventions. And I used to be honored to orchestrate a type of contacts between a classroom of scholars and an astronaut aboard the ISS. These ARISS contacts are a 12 months’s value of preparation for a 15-minute dialog – however, oh, what a dialog!”
[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6LCS, AMSAT Ambassador and Mark Blackwood, KI5AXK, ANS writer for the above information.]
Adjustments to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for Could 10, 2024
Two Line Components or TLEs, also known as Keplerian parts or keps within the novice neighborhood, are the inputs to the SGP4 commonplace mathematical mannequin of spacecraft orbits utilized by most novice monitoring applications. Weekly updates are utterly ample for many novice satellites. TLE bulletin recordsdata are up to date every day within the first hour of the UTC day. New bulletin recordsdata will likely be posted instantly after dependable parts develop into out there for brand new novice satellites. Extra info could also be discovered at https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/.
The next satellite tv for pc has been faraway from this week’s AMSAT-NA TLE distribution:
Changshagaoxin NORAD Cat ID 43669 Decayed from orbit on or about 09 Could 2024
[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information.]
ARISS NEWS
Amateurs and others around the globe could eavesdrop on contacts between amateurs working in faculties and permitting college students to work together with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the Worldwide Area Station. The downlink frequency on which to pay attention is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
- Accomplished Contacts
Wi-fi Institute of Australia/Bundaberg Excessive Faculty Beginner Radio Membership, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, telebridge through VK6MJ
The ISS callsign was NA1SS.
The crewmember is Mike Barratt, KD5MIJ.
The ARISS mentor was Shane Lynd, VK4KHZ
Contact was profitable on Saturday Could 5, 2024.
The crossband repeater continues to be lively (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). If any crewmember is so inclined, all they must do is choose up the microphone, increase the quantity up, and speak on the crossband repeater. So give a pay attention, you simply by no means know.
The packet system can also be lively (145.825 MHz up & down).
As at all times, if there’s an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as a part of the security protocol.
Word, all occasions are approximate. It’s endorsed that you simply do your personal orbital prediction or begin listening about 10 minutes earlier than the listed time.
The most recent info on the operation mode could be discovered at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html.
The most recent record of frequencies in use could be discovered at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html.
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information.]
Upcoming Satellite tv for pc Operations
No operations listed.
A rising variety of satellite tv for pc rovers are presently engaged in sharing their grid sq. activations on https://hams.at. By visiting the web site, you acquire quick access to complete details about the operators liable for activating particular grid squares. Moreover, you have got the flexibility to evaluate the match rating between your self and a selected rover for a given move, whereas additionally with the ability to establish the upcoming satellite tv for pc passes which can be accessible out of your location.
[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT Rover Page Manager, and Alex Ners, K6VHF, for the above information.]
Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Different Occasions
AMSAT Ambassadors present shows, show speaking by means of novice satellites, and host info tables at membership conferences, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and different occasions.
AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, says, “Suppose a 75-minute presentation on “working the simple satellites” could be acceptable in your membership or occasion? Let me know by emailing me at k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com or calling me at 909-999-SATS (7287)!”
AMSAT Dinner at Tickets
Thursday, Could 16, 2024
6:00 PM to eight:00 PM EDT
7 W. Major St, Fairborn, OH 45324
Dayton Hamvention 2024
Friday Could 17 – Sunday Could 19, 2024
Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Middle
120 Fairground Street
Xenia, OH 45385
https://hamvention.org
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Events page for the above information.]
Satellite tv for pc Shorts From All Over
Since April 28, 2019, the Swiss satellite tv for pc web on QO-100 has been a constant weekly occasion, marking its fifth anniversary on the identical date in 2024. Hosted by HB9RYZ initially and later by HB9TSI from Italy, the spherical convenes each Sunday at 9:00 p.m. on 10489.740 MHz, sometimes with 5 to 10 contributors, although 15 joined for the anniversary spherical. Led by Paul, HB9DFQ, the spherical maintains a well-known format: contributors verify in, share station updates and radio experiences, delve into matters, and bid farewell. Regardless of no particular celebration deliberate, the anniversary drew a hearty attendance. Notable moments embody Roman, HB9HCF’s experiences from Antarctica in the course of the pandemic, whereas common attendees like IS0/HB9SJP and supportive listeners add to the camaraderie. The inaugural spherical was preserved on Soundcloud by HB9WDF, encapsulating the enduring spirit of this neighborhood gathering. Extra info at https://www.amsat-hb.org/willkommen?b=1000278&c=ND1000105&s=03. [ANS thanks AMSAT-BB for the above information for the above information.]
In Could, there are two deliberate makes an attempt to determine contacts from Newfoundland utilizing the QO-100 geostationary satellite tv for pc novice transponders, regardless of Newfoundland being simply exterior the satellite tv for pc’s protection space. With the elevation at Sign Hill in St. Johns being -0.9°, there’s optimism attributable to profitable contacts comprised of Indonesia at an elevation as little as -1.3°. Gopan VO1/M0XUU (VU3HPF) will likely be in Newfoundland from Could 8-15 for the preliminary try, whereas David VO1/G0MRF and Graham VO1/G3VZV will likely be there from Could 15-19, planning to make the most of varied modes together with SSB, CW, FT8, FT4, and DATV. Updates on their progress could be discovered on their respective on-line platforms, and extra info on making QO-100 contacts is obtainable through a presentation by Graham G3VZV and on the AMSAT-DL discussion board. Extra info at https://amsat-uk.org/2024/05/05/newfoundland-on-qo-100/. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK, for the above information.]
Be a part of AMSAT in the present day at https://launch.amsat.org/
Along with common membership, AMSAT affords membership to:
- Societies (a acknowledged group, golf equipment or group).
- Major and secondary faculty college students are eligible for membership at one-half the usual yearly fee.
- Submit-secondary faculty college students enrolled in a minimum of half time standing shall be eligible for the scholar fee for a most of 6 post-secondary years on this standing.
- Memberships can be found for annual and lifelong phrases.
Contact data [at] amsat [dot] org for extra membership info.
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This week’s ANS Editor, Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
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