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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-078
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:
* PCSAT2 Operations Plan
* AMSAT-UK Colloquium First Call for Papers
* 3rd Annual CubeSat Workshop
* Satellites and Spaghetti
* ARISS Status - 13 March 2006
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PCSAT2 Operations Plan
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 078.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 19, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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PCSAT-1 and PCSAT2 are still flying in constellation on the same
simplex digipeater frequency of 145.825. Several dual hop packets have
been seen. To attempt a dual hop use VIA WIDE2-2 or VIA ARISS,ARISS.
This arrangement will be maintained this as long as PC1 stays alive.
The next several days will have several PCSAT2 configuration changes as
follows:
17 March Two ARISS school contacts in USA.
At 1823z PC2 shifted back from UHF to 2m.
19 March 2047z PC2 OFF for Soyuz re-docking.
20 March 0645 - 0715 Soyuz undock/re-dock.
1101z PC2 re-enabled and switched to 2m.
21 March 0817z PC2 switches from 2m to UHF.
1354z ARISS School contact in UK.
1817z ARISS school contact in USA.
1827z PC2 switches back from UHF to 2m
[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR, for the above information]
/EX
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AMSAT-UK Colloquium First Call for Papers
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 078.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 19, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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This is the first call for speakers for the 21st Amsat-UK Colloquium
which will be held at Surrey University, Guildford, Surrey, U.K., from
Friday, 28 July to Sunday, 30 July 2006.
AMSAT-UK invites speakers, about amateur radio space and associated
activities, for this event. They are also invited to submit papers for
the "Proceedings" document which will be published at the same time but
printed papers are not mandatory. We normally prefer authors to present
talks themselves rather than having someone else give them in the
authors' absence. We also welcome "unpresented" papers for the
Proceedings document.
Offers of talks should be submitted as soon as possible; the final date
for full documents to be received is mid-June 2004 in order that the
"Proceedings" document be available to participants.
Submissions should be sent *ONLY* to David Johnson, G4DPZ, via the
following routes:
Internet e-mail: g4dpz@amsat.org
SnailMail: QTHR from http://www.qrz.com
AMSAT-UK also invites anyone with requests for Program Topics to submit
them as soon as possible to G4DPZ. Invitations for any papers on
specific subjects will be included in the future call. Likewise if
anyone knows of a good speaker, please send contact and other
information to G4DPZ.
Additionally, AMSAT-UK will be running sessions specifically for
beginners to amateur satellite operating on the Friday; volunteers are
wanted to speak at these sessions.
73 Jim, G3WGM
Hon Sec AMSAT- UK
[ANS thanks Jim, G3WGM for the above information]
/EX
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3rd Annual CubeSat Workshop
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 078.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 19, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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The 3rd Annual CubeSat Workshop in April is approaching fast and
registration is now open! For event information, visit the CubeSat
Workshop Webpage. Be sure to complete the registration form online if
you plan on attending. For other information, visit the CubeSat
Website, www.cubesat.org
A schedule of events will be posted on the website shortly. The
workshop will start at 12 noon on Thursday, 27 April to accommodate
anyone flying into San Luis Obispo in the morning.
Special hotel rates for the workshop have been reserved at the Holiday
Inn Express and Sands Suites and Motel. There are several other events
going on that weekend, and these two hotels have the best rates. Go to
the accommodations page on the CubeSat Workshop webpage for more
information. Shuttle service will be provided at the Holiday Inn
Express to the workshop and the Sands Suites and Motel is adjacent to
the Holiday Inn Express.
[ANS thanks Roland for the above information]
/EX
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Satellites and Spaghetti
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 078.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 19, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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The Indian River Amateur Radio Club will hold their annual "Satellites
and Spaghetti" event on 01 April 2006. This year the event will be held
at Kelly Park East on Merritt Island, Florida. "We begin setting up
about 1300Z and hope to be on the air by 1400Z", says Lee, KU4OS. Lee
continued, "This year there will be fourteen passes allowing us a chance
to make contacts on six different satellites". The Satellites and
Spaghetti event will be use the Club callsign, W4NLX and anyone
interested in amateur satellites is welcome.
[ANS thanks Lee, KU4OS for the above information]
/EX
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ARISS Status - 13 March 2006
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 078.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 19, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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1. German School Contact Successful
On Wednesday, March 8, Bill McArthur, KC5ACR, spoke with students from
the school, Evangelisches Gymnasium Lippstadt in Lippstadt,
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. ARISS lesson plans were incorporated into
the school's curriculum and all students participating in the contact
took and passed their amateur radio exams. Twenty-one students asked one
question each of the astronaut as 400 students, teachers and parents
gathered in the school's assembly hall to witness the event. Media
coverage included the TV channel Westdeutscher Rundfunk WDR, the
newspaper "Der Patriot," and the two radio channels Hellweg-Radio and
WDR 1 Live. Der Patriot's article, "Erfolgreich ins All gefunk," may be
found on this website:
http://www.derpatriot.de/index.php?content=lokal_artikel&ID=Pr-214936&RESSORT=L
2. Upcoming School Contacts
Circolo Didattico Statale (G.Settanni), Rutigliano, Italy, has been
approved for a contact on Tuesday, March 21 at 13:55 UTC.
Sir James Lougheed Elementary School in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has
been approved for a contact with the ISS. It is scheduled for Tuesday,
March 21 at 18:19 UTC.
3. ARRL Article Covers Country Day and Hallyburton Contacts
ARRL ran a web story on the Cincinnati Country Day and Harry Hallyburton
Elementary School contacts. The article, "Ohio, North Carolina
Youngsters Help ISS Commander Boost His QSO Record," may be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/03/10/1/?nc=1
4. McArthur Still on the Air
As Increment 12 winds down, McArthur continues to contact stations on
the ground. His list of DXCC entities worked continues to grow and
currently totals 128 countries. On March 9, ARRL ran a web story on
McArthur's general contacts with stations in Hawaii. "NA1SS QSOs bring
smiles in Hawaii" may be found on the website: http://www.arrl.org/
5. Harry Hallyburton Elementary School Contact
Burke County Public Schools posted a short summary of the Harry
Hallyburton Elementary School - ARISS contact on its website.
"Hallyburton Students talk to the International Space Station!" may be
viewed at this location: www.burke.k12.nc.us
6. Astronaut Commends ARISS Member
Bill McArthur relayed a compliment to ARISS member Tony Hutchison for a
job well done. Tony operates the Australian telebridge station VK5ZAI
for the ARISS program.
7. Astronaut Training Status
On 28 February 2006, astronauts Jim Dutton, Shane Kimbrough, and Tom
Marshburn took and passed their amateur radio exams. They have been
issued the following callsigns:
Thomas H. Marshburn, KE5HOC
Robert S. Kimbrough, KE5HOD
James P. Dutton Jr., KE5HOE
[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 are available from the AMSAT Office.
73, This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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