[amsat-bb] ANS-222 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-222 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including 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. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Crowdfunding for Fox-1C Launch * 2014 AMSAT Space Symposium Papers Deadline Approaching * ARISS Contact Success * France WIll Now Allow Students Third Party Communication With The ISS * CubeSat Launch Initiative: 50 CubeSats from 50 States in 5 years * An Amateur Radio Village at EMF 2014 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-222.01 ANS-222 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 222.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. Auguat 10, 2014 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-222.01 Crowdfunding for Fox-1C Launch AMSAT has set up a campaign page with FundRazr to help launch Fox-1C next year. In order to maximize our success in raising the required funds, please visit the following link and use the buttons to share the campaign with your friends and contacts on social media and via email. The more it is shared, the more people will see it, and the more support we will receive. http://fnd.us/c/6pz92/sh/561Zd We will continue to explore other fundraising venues between now and launch, so please follow us on Twitter (AMSAT), Facebook (The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)), and at www.amsat.org for updates. [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, for the above information] - 2014 AMSAT Space Symposium Papers Deadline Approaching This is the first call for papers for the 2014 AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 10-12, 2014, at the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton, Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI), Baltimore, Maryland. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. The final copy must be submitted by September 15 for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat.org [ANS thanks the 2014 Baltimore Symposium Committee for the above information] - ARISS Contact Success A direct contact via 8J3AK with students at Amino Kita Elementary School, Kyotango, Japan on Wed 2014-08-06 10:25:43 UTC 68 deg was successful. Students conducted the interview in English with astronaut Gregory Wiseman, KF5LKT and received answers to 23 questions. [ANS thanks the ARISS Team for the above information] - France Will Now Allow Students Third Party Communication With The ISS On July 16, 2014 the French State Secretary for Digital Affairs, Axelle Lemaire, responded to a request by the Deputy of Haute-Vienne Province, Daniel Boiserrie, authorizing French students to participate directly in ARISS educational school contacts under the supervision of a licensed operator. Until now, the French administration was very restrictive. For direct school contacts, the operator read the questions prepared by the students. Even this is "third party", but was tolerated by the French regulatory authority. Most European countries allow students to participate directly in ARISS school contacts under the supervision of a licensed operator. Permission to do so requires varying procedures from country to country, but the issue of enabling "third party" communications can generally be solved. Until now, the only exception was France. Notwithstanding years and years of efforts, French schoolchildren had no access to the mike for direct amateur radio communications with the ISS. The letter from the Secretary of State in charge of telecommunications now changes the game. On behalf of the European ARISS partners, Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, ARISS-Europe Chairman, extends thanks to Sylvain Valat, F1UJT, who led this successful effort. [ANS thanks the ARISS Team for the above information] - CubeSat Launch Initiative: 50 CubeSats from 50 States in 5 years As part of the White House Maker Initiative, NASA is seeking to leverage the growing community of space-enthusiasts to contribute to NASA's space exploration goals. NASA is broadening the CubeSat Launch Initiative to promote a spacecraft nation and develop innovative technology partnerships among NASA, U.S. industry and educational i
[amsat-bb] Grid Map Updates - CQ Europe/South America
Thanks to the following operators who sent updates and/or provided data for a new gridmap on my satellite website. W0DHB N8HM KB1PVH WA7ETH AC0RA W5PFG WD9EWK KO4MA PD4KH F6GLJ These maps show that there continues to be activity on the birds despite there being fewer to work through. I'm especially happy that we now have two gridmaps from Europe. Grid maps from European operators are always welcome. We could use some from Op's in South America as well. If you are looking for a rare grid to operate from, these maps will help you make a selection. It can be fun to operate on the other end of a pileup. Please continue to update your maps. If you haven't created a map yet please consider doing so. If you want me to create it for you just send two .txt files, one with your confirmed grids and one with the grids you have WORKED BUT NOT CONFIRMED, one 4 character grid per line. No amount of grids worked is too small. Every grid list started with the first grid confirmed! Website: http://www.papays.com/sat 73, John K8YSE ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] CAPE-2 #4032 over Brazil
4 successful commands: 13:18 W5UL>W5UL-15>UI,C,F0: *forcebeac# 13:18 W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,6,GR,201301281916CST,5550mV,010-1,6,6C,1C,ulcape.org# 13:19 W5UL>W5UL-15>UI,C,F0: *clock201408091019CST# 13:19 W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: *ACK# 13:19 W5UL>W5UL-15>UI,C,F0: *forcebeac# 13:19 W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,7,GR,201408091019CST,5381mV,01000,7,8C,3C,ulcape.org# 13:19 W5UL>W5UL-15>UI,C,F0: *dump# 13:19 W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: W5UL,5360,816,5354,0,5352,44,5352,GR,001,9,3,ulcape.org# 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ GH70un ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
Re: [amsat-bb] France (IN94) on sat
HI Michel I also be there at that time. 73´s Luis EC4TR El 09/08/2014 11:47, Michel F6GLJ escribió: Hello. I'll be on AO-07 between 18 :07 and 18:21, good pass for qso France NA. Hope meet you. 73 qro de Michel F6GLJ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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 --- Este mensaje no contiene virus ni malware porque la protección de avast! Antivirus está activa. http://www.avast.com ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] France (IN94) on sat
Hello. I'll be on AO-07 between 18 :07 and 18:21, good pass for qso France NA. Hope meet you. 73 qro de Michel F6GLJ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
