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[ans] ANS-142 AMSAT Weekly Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 142.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
May 22, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-142.01
It is time to submit nominations for the upcoming open seats on the AMSAT-NA
Board of Directors. The deadline is June 15th. A valid nomination requires
either one Member Society, or five current individual members in good
standing, to nominate an AMSAT member for the position. Four director's
terms expire this year:
Barry Baines, WD4ASW
Alan Biddle, WA4SCA
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
The four candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be seated as
full Board members for two year terms. The two candidates receiving the
next highest number of votes will be seated as alternate Board members for
one year terms.
Beginning this year, in addition to traditional submissions of written
nominations which remains unchanged and is the preferred method, initial
nominations may be made by electronic means.=3DA0 These include e-mail, FAX=
,or
electronic image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to
MARTHA@AMSAT.ORG or faxed to 301-608-3410. Written nominations, consisting
of names, calls, and individual signatures, should be mailed to:
AMSAT-NA
850 Sligo Ave #600
Silver Spring, MD, 20910
No matter what method is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th
at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional written
nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than this, i.e.
electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the
AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days following the close of
nominations on June 15th. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND,
WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS.
Alan Biddle
WA4SCA
AMSAT Corporate Secretary
[ANS thanks Alan, WA4SCA, for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-142.02
The May 2011 issue of the AMSAT-INDIA newsletter is now available
[ans] ANS-142 AMSAT Weekly Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 142.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
May 22, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-142.02
Topics in this month's edition include:
- HAMSAT (VO-52) Completes Six years in orbit.
- Update- Meeting with distinguished guests from ISRO at AMSAT INDIA ground
station.
- Update on the CubeSat Communication system project by AMSAT INDIA.
- High Intercept Low Noise Amplifier with GaAs pHEMT MMIC By: Goran Popovic
AD6IW
- News from AMSAT organizations around the world
Download the newsletter from
http://amsatindia.org/Newsletter/AMSATINDIA-News-May_2011.pdf
Previous issues are available at:
http://www.amsatindia.org/Newsletter/
Regards
Nitin [VU3TYG]
Secretary, AMSAT India
vu3tyg@amsatindia.org
www.amsatindia.org
[ANS thanks Nitin, VU3TYG, for the above information]
/EX
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Masten Signs Contract With Space Florida For Demonstration Launches
[ans] ANS-142 AMSAT Weekly Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 142.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
May 22, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-142.03
Masten Space Systems and Space Florida announced contract under which Masten
will perform a series of demonstration flights of a Vertical Takeoff Vertic=
al
Landing (VTVL) reusable suborbital launch vehicle =
from Launch Complex 36 at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station.
Under the contract, Masten will complete multiple =
flights. These operations will
serve as a pathfinder to assist Space Florida in developing operational
requirements for VTVL vehicles, recommending the optimum operational scenar=
io,
and determining the program schedule to achieve launch capability as soon as
possible.
The upcoming flights will also enable Masten to fully evaluate Florida, CCA=
FS,
and LC-36 as a base for the company=92s flight operations group. =93We look=
forward
to successfully completing our demonstration flights and better understandi=
ng
what is needed for operations in Florida,=94 said =
David Masten. =93Space Florida and
the 45th Space Wing have been very helpful as we =
continue to develop operational
concepts for Florida.=94
[ANS thanks Masten Space Systems for the above information]
/EX
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
[ans] ANS-142 AMSAT Weekly Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 142.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
May 22, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-142.04
+ The new edition of the popular SolderSmoke amateur radio podcast
is now available. One of the topics on this edition includes the
Space Station Packet Beacon. You can listen on-line at:
http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke134.mp3
+ Congratulations to Ben, KC0PCQ on his first satellite contacts.
Ben wrote, "I've been grinning ear-to-ear for a little while now
that I have my first satellite contacts completed. Thank you to
my #1 - K8YSE, #2 - AC0RA, #3 - W7JPI, #4 - WA4NV, and #5 - K8TL.
+ Congratulations to Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK on being awarded satellite
VUCC #210!
+ On-line photos and videos of the Endeavor Shuttle launch can be
found in many places. The first two links here are from amateur radio
operators who were at the launch:
Ken, KK0HF got these photos from the press area:
http://radiogeek.us/NASA2/
Bobby, KF4GTA was also in the press area and posted these photos:
http://bit.ly/jvdhNv
Launch videos can be viewed at the UniverseToday site:
http://tinyurl.com/65wou9s
+ The next Hudson Valley Satcom Nets "HV Satcom" Net ia scheduled for
May 26, at 8PM EDT (UTC-4) on the 146.970 MHz repeater, (Pl 100),
and also on Echolink node N2EYH-L. More info: http://www.hvsatcom.org
(Stu, WA2BSS)
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-142.05
ARISS Status - 16 May 2011
[ans] ANS-142 AMSAT Weekly Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 142.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
May 22, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-142.05
1. Upcoming School Contacts
The ARISS team continues to work on the school contact schedule. The next
contacts to be held are dependent on the launch date of STS-134.
2. Recent ARISS Contacts
On Monday, May 9 students from St. Michael School in Schererville, Indiana =
and
astronaut Cady Coleman, KC5ZTH on the ISS took part in an ARISS contact. T=
he
school partners with the Challenger Learning Center in Hammond, Indiana and
provided students with this ARISS contact to highlight its science curricul=
um.
Approximately 430 students, teachers and guests watched and listened as 16
questions about life in space were asked and answered. Contact video was
streamed on the internet and representatives from three newspapers covered =
the
event. The Times posted an article. See:
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/schererville/article_1a1b5c1d-0f5d-=
5f33-
b9ae-25bad21e6e9e.html
Mount Carmel Academy students from Houston, Texas participated in an ARISS
contact with on-orbit astronaut Ron Garan, KF5GPO on Tuesday, May 10 via
telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium. This was Garan=92s first ARISS contac=
t and
he handled nine questions, providing comprehensive answers. The contact
complemented lessons on the International Space =
Station as well as amateur radio
and Clear Lake Amateur Radio Club provided follow-on educational support. N=
ews
of the ARISS contact reached approximately 580,000 households through the
Comcast Channel 18 simulcast of Houston Independent School District news and
through KUHF, the local PBS radio station. See:
http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=3D
1305066316
Students from Tecnico Industriale Statale =93Gerolamo e Margherita Montani,=
=94 in
Fermo, Italy established an ARISS contact with Paolo Nespoli, IZ=D8JPA on
Thursday, May 12. The contact highlighted the =
school curriculum which focuses on
Chemistry, Biotechnology, Electronics, Computer Science, Telecommunications=
and
Mechanics. Nespoli fielded 21 questions posed by the youth over two ISS pas=
ses.
The event was attended by nearly 300 students and visitors and video was
streamed over the internet.
An ARISS contact was held between students from Primary School Pasquale Lui=
si
and Secondaria Di 1=B0 Grado Virgilio, both located in Foggia, Italy, and I=
SS
astronaut Paolo Nespoli on Saturday, May 14. An audience of 200 attended the
event and listened as Nespoli spoke to the students over two consecutive ISS
passes, answering a total of 18 questions. Through this contact and related
studies, students were introduced to amateur radio, astronauts and the
International Space 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 a=
re
available from the AMSAT Office.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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