AMSAT Information Service
ANS-147
Might 26, 2024
On this version:
- Hamvention 2024 a Success for AMSAT
- Venture OSCAR Discontinues Operations, Donates Remaining Funds to AMSAT
- Nominations Open for 2024 AMSAT Board of Administrators Election
- Adjustments to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for Might 24, 2024
- ARISS Information
- Upcoming Satellite tv for pc Operations
- Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Different Occasions
- Satellite tv for pc Shorts From All Over
The AMSAT Information Service bulletins are a free, weekly information and data service of AMSAT, The Radio Novice Satellite tv for pc Company. ANS publishes information associated to Novice Radio in House together with experiences on the actions of a worldwide group of Novice Radio operators who share an lively curiosity in designing, constructing, launching and speaking via analog and digital Novice Radio satellites.
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Save the Date! Symposium 2024
Mark your calendar now for the 2024 AMSAT Symposium,
October 25-27, 2024 on the Doubletree by Hilton Tampa Rocky Level Waterfront in Tampa, Florida!
Look ahead to bulletins regarding additional particulars as plans are formulated.
Hamvention 2024 a Success for AMSAT
Hamvention 2024 was held this previous weekend on the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, OH. It was a busy weekend on the AMSAT sales space as guests joined or renewed their memberships, discovered about satellite tv for pc operation, checked out our Engineering and CubeSat Simulator shows, and bought objects from AMSAT’s retailer.
The primary occasion of the weekend was AMSAT’s casual “Dinner at Tickets” at Tickets Pub & Eatery in Fairborn, OH, on Thursday night. Roughly 20 AMSAT members and guests attended this casual dinner and loved nice dialog about beginner radio satellites.
Friday was a really wet day early within the morning and whereas this prevented the setup of our regular satellite tv for pc demonstrations, sales space visitors was heavy as guests sought refuge by visiting the within vendor reveals.
The Engineering part additionally noticed quite a lot of visitors as guests considered the shows and had dialog with AMSAT’s Engineering staff. One of many new objects on show was a 3D printed mannequin of the subsystems throughout the GOLF-TEE satellite tv for pc.
On Sunday afternoon, the ARRL Youth Rally attended an indication of a cross of Tevel-3 on the AMSAT demo space.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Hamvention Team for the above information – photos courtesy Keith Baker, KB1SF]
Venture OSCAR Discontinues Operations, Donates Remaining Funds to AMSAT
Venture OSCAR, the group accountable for the development and launch of the primary beginner radio satellite tv for pc, OSCAR 1 in 1961, in addition to OSCARs 2, 3 and 4, has discontinued operations and donated its remaining funds to AMSAT.
Venture OSCAR Inc. was initially fashioned to analyze the opportunity of placing an beginner satellite tv for pc in orbit. The primary beginner radio satellite tv for pc, OSCAR-1 orbited the earth for 22 days, transmitting the “HI” greeting in Morse Code. Since that starting, the group had targeted on supporting and selling beginner radio satellite tv for pc associated tasks.
Along with donating its remaining funds to AMSAT, Venture OSCAR additionally granted AMSAT possession to the long run rights to the time period “OSCAR” or Orbiting Satellite tv for pc Carrying Novice Radio. Ever for the reason that launch of OSCAR I in 1961, it has been conventional for beginner radio satellites to hold the identify OSCAR after their launch and activation in orbit. For a number of a long time, AMSAT has administered the numbering of OSCAR satellites at Venture OSCAR’s request. 121 satellites have obtained OSCAR designations.
AMSAT is tremendously appreciative of all of those that have been concerned in Venture OSCAR over the previous 64 years. The big and rising beginner satellite tv for pc group owes its existence to these early pioneers who determined that beginner radio had a spot in area and made it occur. AMSAT is dedicated to upholding the legacy of these early pioneers and Maintaining Novice Radio in House.
[ANS thanks Project OSCAR and AMSAT for the above information]
Nominations Open for 2024 AMSAT Board of Administrators Election
AMSAT solicits nominations for the 2024 AMSAT Board of Administrators election, to be held within the third quarter of the yr. The seats of the next three incumbent Administrators expire in 2024 and will likely be stuffed by this yr’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 have to 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 identify, name signal, and phone info, in addition to the nominators’ names, name indicators, and phone info, must 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 just accept written nomination supplies by way of postal mail or in digital kind, together with e-mail or digital picture of a paper doc. Fax transmissions can’t be accepted.
Electronic mail nominations could also be despatched to jdavis [at] amsat [dot] org.
It doesn’t matter what means are used, petitions MUST be obtained 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 obtained and can notify candidates whether or not their nominations are so as by the top of June.
[ANS thanks Jeff Davis, KE9V, AMSAT Secretary, for the above information]
The 2024 Cash Are Right here Now!
Assist Assist GOLF and Fox Plus.
Be part of the AMSAT President’s Membership at this time!
Adjustments to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for Might 24, 2024
Two Line Parts or TLEs, sometimes called Keplerian components or keps within the beginner group, are the inputs to the SGP4 commonplace mathematical mannequin of spacecraft orbits utilized by most beginner monitoring packages. Weekly updates are utterly enough for many beginner satellites. TLE bulletin information are up to date Thursday evenings round 2300 UTC, or extra steadily if new excessive curiosity satellites are launched. 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:
OPS-SAT NORAD Cat ID 44878 Decayed from orbit on or about 23 Might 2024
[ANS thanks Thian Golda, KO1MAN, New England Sci-Tech Orbital Analyst, for the above information]
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If you buy via AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes in direction of Maintaining Novice Radio in House.
ARISS Information
Amateurs and others world wide might eavesdrop on contacts between amateurs working in colleges and permitting college students to work together with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the Worldwide House Station. The downlink frequency on which to pay attention is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
Youngsters’s Technopark “Quantorium”, Obninsk, Russia, direct by way of R3XDC
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The scheduled crewmember is Aleksandr Grebyonkin RZ3DSE
The ARISS mentor is RV3DR
Contact is go for Mon 2024-05-27 14:07 UTC (***)
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 protection protocol.
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 should 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.
Word, all instances are approximate. It is suggested that you just do your personal orbital prediction or begin listening about 10 minutes earlier than the listed time.
The newest info on the operation mode could be discovered at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The newest listing 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
Fast Hits:
On thirtieth Might I’ll function as G0ABI/P from the Lizard Peninsula Cornwall IN79, this can be a very uncovered space and is topic to excessive climate at instances so fingers crossed.
Beginning at 02:00 the primary 2 passes of IO-117 will likely be from the roadside, the remaining passes will likely be from the Marconi Wi-fi Station. My because of them for permitting me to function from this facility. The item of the excise to provide this grid to as many individuals as doable. So if you need to use UHM please whenever you name and obtain a checkmark, I’ve obtained your name PLEASE wait till I’m able to reply, this manner I may give extra folks the grid. I’ll reply to the callers who’s LOS is first. If you get R73 you might be within the log there is no such thing as a have to reply.
In case you are unable to make use of UHM please do NOT frequently name as this stops me responding.
I’ll work different sats throughout the day please verify https://hams.at
Let’s have a enjoyable and memorable day crammed with nice working.
Finest 73
Pete G0ABI
Main Roves:
[ANS thanks Ian Parsons, K5ZM, AMSAT Rover Page Manager, and Alex Ners, K6VHF, for the above information]
Wish to fly the colours by yourself grid expedition?
Get an AMSAT automotive flag and different neat stuff from our Zazzle retailer!
25% of the acquisition worth of every product goes in direction of Maintaining Novice Radio in House
Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Different Occasions
AMSAT Ambassadors present displays, exhibit speaking via beginner satellites, and host info tables at membership conferences, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and different occasions.
AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, says,
“Two “completely different” audiences final week invited me to talk. The Mount Baker Novice Radio Membership in Bellingham, WA, was a ham membership – and we had a nice time.”
“However the Orange County (CA) Astronomers Membership was just a little, effectively, completely different. However there was loads of “crossover” pursuits: area pictures, research of our planets … so it wasn’t a 100-percent “ham” viewers. However I edited and got here up with a presentation they mentioned they loved!”
“Assume a 75-minute presentation on “working the simple satellites” can be applicable on your membership or occasion? Let me know by emailing me at k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com or calling me at 909-999-SATS (7287)!”
Clint has NEVER given the very same present twice: EACH of the 150+ displays to this point has been personalized/tailor-made to their audiences.
Scheduled Occasions
Northeast HamXpostion
August 22-25, 2024
Finest Western Royal Plaza Lodge & Commerce Heart
181 Boston Put up Highway W
Marlborough, MA 01752
2024 AMSAT House Symposium and Annual Basic Assembly
October 25-27, 2024
Doubletree by Hilton Tampa Rocky Level Waterfront
3050 N Rocky Level Dr W
Tampa, FL 33607
[ANS thanks Clint Bradford, K6LCS, and AMSAT for the above information]
Satellite tv for pc Shorts from All Over
+ The College of Maine has printed an article about MESAT1, anticipated to launch throughout the subsequent couple of months. MESAT1 carries AMSAT’s Linear Transponder Module, a V/u linear transponder. The article could be learn at https://umaine.edu/information/weblog/2024/05/13/maines-first-research-satellite-to-launch-this-year/
+ LU7AA will fly Sunday 05/26 13hs(z) from San Luis, Argentina, a latex Balloon carrying a 200 KHz linear V/U Multimode Transponder as a mini QO-100. (aka PUNTANO-1). The item is to validate future satellite tv for pc platforms deliberate by AMSAT Argentina. Footage and particulars on http://amsat.org.ar/?f=
+ A video of pre-launch testing of the AMSAT Microsats (AO-16, DO-17, WO-18, and LO-19) was just lately uploaded to YouTube by Stephen Smith. It may be considered at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWip0QjwLVg
+ HB9SKA launched his month-to-month OSCAR Information (in German) at http://dwelling.datacomm.ch/th.frey/oscar.htm
+ As a part of a sequence of activations of QO-100 from Newfoundland, G0MRF labored 147 stations on SSB, 92 on FT8, and 1 on CW as VO1/G0MRF. (Because of Dave Bowman, G0MRF)
+ Graham Shirville, G3VZV, was additionally lively from Newfoundland this previous weekend. He was operating 10 watts with a backpack moveable station. A brief video of his activation could be discovered at https://x.com/G8GTZ/standing/1791863503441076568
+ Stefan Wagner, VE4NSA, and John Langille, VE1CWJ, made the primary SSB QSOs by way of QO-100 from North America on Might sixteenth as VO100QO. An image of their setup could be discovered at https://x.com/vu3hpf/standing/1791383807473377461
+ The June 2024 situation of The Spectrum Monitor has been launched with a superb Novice Satellites column by Keith Baker, KB1SF. In his column, he discusses the AMSAT GOLF program. The Spectrum Monitor is an internet journal coping with all sides of the radio interest. Extra info could be discovered at https://www.thespectrummonitor.com/
Be part of AMSAT at this time at https://launch.amsat.org/
Along with common membership, AMSAT gives 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 price.
- Put up-secondary faculty college students enrolled in no less than half time standing shall be eligible for the scholar price for a most of 6 post-secondary years on this standing.
- Memberships can be found for annual and lifelong phrases.
Contact information [at] amsat.org for extra membership info.
73 and keep in mind to assist Maintain Novice Radio in House!
This week’s ANS Editor,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm [at] amsat.org
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