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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-324
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@amsat.org
In this edition:
* HAMSAT VO-52 Activates Dutch Transponder
* AATiS Team Announces RUBIN-5/SAFIR-S Activation
* DXpedition to FP Plans Satellite Activity
* SSETI Express - Statement by Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO
* AMSAT Awards
* Italian School ISS Contact Photos On-Line
* Arianespace Celebrates Heavy Lifter Launch Success
* SuitSat Update
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HAMSAT VO-52 Activates Dutch Transponder
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.01
Mani, VU2WMY, Secretary & Station-In-Charge of the Upagrah
Amateur Radio Club at the ISRO Satellite Centre in Bangalore,
India reports the command to switch on the Dutch transponder
aboard HAMSAT VO-52 was successfully issued from India's ISRO
Tracking Ranging and Command Network.
The Dutch transponder, designed and built by William, PE1RAH,
began operation at 1034 hours on November 17 Indian Standard
Time.
William said, "Tuning on 145.860 MHz I could clearly hear the
CW beacon with the message I programmed in it. The CW beacon
and transponder survived 6 months in space without any problems.
I hope you all have lot of fun with it and can use it for your
experiments and QSOs."
The first stations to operate via VO-52's Dutch transponder
were Pop, VU2POP, Secretary Amsat India; Guru, VU2GUR; and
Ramesh, VU2RMS; and Mani, VU2WMY. Reception reports have begun
to be received from radio amateurs around the world as HAMSAT
VO-52 comes in range.
Mani continued, "The second pass over India was also monitored
with initial measurements and test results indicating normal
performance. We look forward to feedback from the hams all over
the world. Please post your reports on the Amsat-India web site
http://www.amsat.in/hamsatreports.htm."
Frequencies used on HAMSAT's Dutch Transponder
------------------------------------------------
Type: Linear Inverting transponder
Uplink frequency: 435.220 - 435.280 MHz,
Downlink frequency: 145.870 - 145.930 Mhz
Beacon: CW at 145.860 MHz
William will send a special QSL card for those who have a QSO
with him via the Dutch transponder. This card was designed by
Tasos, SV8YM, and features exclusive photos and information
about HAMSAT.
[ANS thanks Mani, VU2WMY; Pop, VU2POP; AMSAT-India, and William,
PE1RAH for the above information]
/EX
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AATiS Team Announces RUBIN-5/SAFIR-S Activation
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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There are 2 amateur radio equipped payloads that are remain attached
to the launch adapter that carried the SSETI mission into space.
These are the Mozhayetz-5 (RS-25) and RUBIN-5/SAFIR-S payloads.
Unfortunately due to the failed release of RS-25, the power budget
of a partially covered solar cell for RUBIN-5/SAFIR-S is low. The
SAFIR S-band beacon is now enabled with a carrier frequency of
2401.900 MHz. The downlink-only beacon consists of a 10-15 second
FM speech message followed by several transmissions of 9k6 FSK AX.25
packets.
Currently the SAFIR-S beacon is activated with the following schedule:
minutes 10-20, minutes 30-40 and minutes 50-60. SAFIR-S is de-powered
during the remaining hourly intervals.
Details regarding the status and a technical description are available
on the AATiS-Sat Homepage: http://amend.gmxhome.de. This site is in
German language for the moment, but it is planned to add a description
in English. The satellite news on this site is bilingual.
Please e-mail reception reports DG6BCE@aatis.de
[ANS thanks Oliver, DG6BCE for the above information]
/EX
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DXpedition to FP Plans Satellite Activity
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.03
Ian, K8MM, announced the DXpedition to the islands of St. Pierre and
Miquelon (prefix-FP) will include amateur radio satellite operation via
FO-29, VO-52, AO-07, AO-51 and SO-50. They will use CW and phone depend-
ing on how well they can hear the analog birds.
The FP DXpedition plans to be active from grid squares GN16 on St. Pierre
and GN17 on Miquelon from Nov 20 - 30. QSL with a SASE direct for any
FP/K8MM contacts via Ian's Call Book Address.
[ANS thanks Ian K8MM for the above information]
/EX
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SSETI Express - Statement by Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Professor Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO, CEO of SSTL (Surrey Satellite
Technology Ltd) and Chair of AMSAT-UK has issued the following statement
regarding SSETI Express.
I am very sorry to learn of the problems with the SSETI power system
and I hope that it may yet recover at some time in the future so that
we will have the satisfaction of seeing all the hard work operational
in orbit.
Nevertheless, a major element of the project has been successful - that
is the training and inspiration of the students involved - and at least
signals were heard from SSETI in orbit during the first day!
It was very apparent from the European Space Agency (ESA) and SSETI
students that I met that they all greatly appreciated and admired the
specialist experience and maturity that the AMSAT-UK members involved
brought to the project - this has done much to raise the credibility
of AMSAT within the ESA community. Well done!
We at Surrey have been through difficult times with our early spacecraft
and so can empathise with the disappointment - however, I also urge
patience and perseverance as we recovered two of our satellites after
several months hard work when everyone else had given them up as lost!
SSTL is also pleased to have been able to assist the SSETI project by
arranging the launch on Cosmos that successfully placed the satellite
in orbit.
Best 73,
Martin G3YJO
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
/EX
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AMSAT Awards
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.05
Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, announces
this week, congratulations go out to all of the following.
Allen Kenny KK4EMK Satellite Communicators Club Award
Robert Tucker WA6MBL Satellite Communicators Club Award
Robert Lacey IV KF4GTA Satellite Communicators Club Award
Phillip Paulhus K1ICO 51 on 51 Award #39
Mitani Masaru JE4SMQ 51 on 51 Award #40
Jonathan Poulton W0CK 51 on 51 Award #41
To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org.
[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information]
/EX
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Italian School ISS Contact Photos On-Line
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.06
Claudio, IK1SLD, invites radio amateurs to view the photos on-line
of the November 9 school contact between Bill McArthur and the Istituto
Comprensivo F. Negri of Casale Monferrato, Italy.
Images are stored in the gallery section at:
http://scuola.spaceonline.tv/mkportal/modules/coppermine/index.php
[ANS thanks Claudio, IK1SLD for the above information]
/EX
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Arianespace Celebrates Heavy Lifter Launch Success
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.07
An Ariane-5 ECA heavy lift launcher blasted off from Kourou,
French Guiana on Wednesday, September 16 carrying a world record
8,000 kg of telecommunications satellites. The payload consisted
of DirecTV's Spaceway 2 satellite weighing 6,000 kg at lift-off,
and PT TelKom Indonesia's Telcom 2 satellite weighing nearly
2,000 kg at liftoff. The combined weight of the two satellites
on this launch was more than 8,000 kg, or 17,500 pounds.
Ariane-5 ECA rockets are designed to carry a payload of almost
10,000 kg (22,000 pounds). Arianespace has launched a total 11
satellites so far in 2005.
[ANS thanks SpaceDaily.com for the above information]
/EX
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SuitSat Update
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.08
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.08
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs,
and ARISS International Chairman provided additional information
about SuitSat which is expected to be released from the ISS in
the December 7-8 timeframe.
SuitSat will transmit a direct downlink only signal on 145.99 MHz.
There is a tentative plan to reconfigure the Kenwood D700E radio
aboard ISS from packet mode into cross-band repeater mode to repeat
the Suitsat audio on 437.80 MHz.
All hams are requested to refrain from uplinking packet (or voice) on
145.99 during Suitsat operations. This will allow you and your local
neighbors to better hear the SuitSat downlink. SuitSat will only be
operational for a few days so we all would like to get the most of its
operations. So please do your best to abide by this plan.
We will continue to provide late-breaking information on SuitSat plans on
the following web sites. Please check them often. And get your stations
ready to copy the audio, voice telemetry, and SSTV picture.
http://www.amsat.org
http://www.rac.ca/ariss
[ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO for the above information.]
/EX
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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.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, WB9JEJ
WB9JEJ at amsat dot org
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