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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-085

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:
* ARRL Band Plan
* AMSAT Net Milestone
* A Note from the ISS
* PCSATs
* New OSCARS


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ARRL Band Plan

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 085.01
  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 26, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-085.01

Recently, we had the wonderful happening of "Suitsat" that spurred the
interest of many young minds. The frequency of 145.990 is in the OSCAR
sub band (145.800-146.000) as indicated by the ARRL in their Well
publicized band plan.  Many interlopers find their way into this clear
portion of 2 meters unknowingly using these sub bands causing headaches
to those that were straining to hear this event. Even using nearby Freqs
cause problems when the super ears are listening for the birds.
Also, 145.800 the ISS downlink, is in this same sub band and is being
used in many metro areas for chit-chat and other experiments. We must
remind each other that the band plan was put in place to assist us in
utilizing the spectrum effectively.  Those that just hear nothing and
start a QSO should be reminded about how wide their signal is and that
they are causing many well intentioned hams trying to make contact with
these satellites and happenings unintentional interference.  There may
not be a satellite signal every minute of the day in these sub bands but
when they are there, terrestrial stations are not listening with big
enough ears as someone with an OSCAR caliber setup.
Point these sub bands out to all at your next club meeting or get together.

[ANS thanks Dee, NB2F, for this information revue]

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AMSAT Net Milestone

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 085.02
  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 26, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-085.02

The weekly 2 Meter AMSAT Net in the Boston area has been on the
Air every Thursday 8:30-9:30 on the Waltham Repeater 146.640- since
March 14, 1996.

The latest milestone was March 16, 2006 with its 10th Anniversary.

Next milestone will be net number 500 coming up on May 11, 2006.

The following stations checked in March 16, 2006 for the 10th
Anniversary Net!!!

Thanks to all who have checked in over the years !!!!!!!!!

Net control, Ernie MacLauchlan, K1ELA, sent out certificates to all
stations that checked in on March 16, 2006.

Some net trivia as of March 16, 2006
Total Check-ins 7300+
Average per net 15
Individual People 774+



[ANS thanks Ernie, K1ELA, for the above information]

/EX


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A Note from the ISS

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 085.03
  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 26, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-085.03

To the Amateur Radio Community,

As Expedition 12 draws to a close onboard the International
Space Station, a note of gratitude is due.

I would like to express my deep gratitude to the world-wide
amateur radio community for your participation in this great
adventure.  Clearly, one of the benefits for Amateur Radio
is bridging the distances between us.  Through your parti-
cipation, you helped realize the potential for the human
exploration of space to do exactly that.  Thanks to you,
over the past six months, the International Space Station
has been more international than ever before.  Together,
we achieved many significant milestones from space, DXCC,
WAC, WAS, and most importantly, 35 school contacts
(as of March 21).

Special thanks go to Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, without whose
tireless efforts to coordinate our activities onboard none
of this could have been achieved.  Kenneth provided invaluable
technical advice, as well as raising the bar as each goal was
achieved.  I would also like to thank the ISS Fan Club for
your enthusiastic support of ARISS.  And personal thanks
to Cor - PD0RKC in The Netherlands, Alain - IZ6BYY in Italy,
Keith - ZS6TW in S. Africa, and Patrick - WD9EWK in Arizona
  for enlisting the participation of the stations we needed
to meet the goals for Expedition 12.

It is with no small degree of sadness to realize that soon
I will no longer be able to float to the aft part of the
station, dial up our frequency pair and call “CQö, knowing
that a host of friends are waiting to talk.  Good luck to
you all.  Thank you, again, for your participation in this
greatest of all human endeavors.  I look forward to listening
as you continue your enthusiastic support of the International
Space Station and, one day, human colonies on the Moon and Mars.

73 de NA1SS
Bill McArthur, KC5ACR
Commander, Expedition 12
International Space Station

[ANS {& the entire Ham community} thanks Bill, KC5ACR for going above &
beyond ]

/EX


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PCSATs

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 085.04
  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 26, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-085.04

ob Bruninga, WB4APR, wrote about the latest status of the
satellite fleet belonging to the US Naval Academy Satellite
Lab PCSAT-1 and PCSAT-2.

Bob reported, "PCSAT2 remains in 145.825 simplex PACKET mode
with its PSK-31 transponder also enabled.  To activate the
PSK-31 transponder, simply use your 2 meter packet system on
145.825 to 'connect to PCSAT2'. When the PCSAT2 sees the con-
nection , it will turn on the PSK-31 transponder and keep it
on as long as you maintain the packet connection."

Continuing with PSK-31 operating hints, Bob wrote, "You will
need HIGH power on the 29.401 MHz uplink.  The downlink is on
435.275 ± Doppler FM.  CW is welcome too since we need any
signals at all to see what we can hear.  Remember, we have
extreme signal loss on the uplink since 2 weeks after launch,
so while we don't hear anything usually this may be due to
groundstations not running enough power to overcome this loss."

The older Naval Academy satellite, PCSAT-1, which is operational
only in sunlight apparently reset itself this past week when it
seemed to be overloaded with too many stations attempting access.

Bob summarized PCSAT-1's status, "Fortunately the Naval Academy
Satellite Lab was able to restore low-power mode during the same
pass, and so we hope we recovered it in time.  But if not, then
PCSAT-1 goes back into hybernation mode until next winter with
occasional usability during mid-day passes with maximum sunlight
illuminating its solar cells.

In summary, Bob said, "Please go lightly on PCSAT-1, and please
don't attempt to access PCSAT-1 when it is in the dark.  Do not
leave automatic beacons running via PCSAT-1."

[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR, and the US Naval Academy Satellite
Lab for the above information]


/EX

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New OSCARS

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 085.05
  From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 26, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-085.05

Subject: [bod] OSCAR Numbers for CubeSats XI-IV and XI-V
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:59:52 -0600
To:  Ryu Funase, JQ1YCX

By the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, I am pleased to
issue OSCAR numbers for your CubeSat amateur radio satellites.

Henceforth, XI-IV launched in 2003 will be known as CUBESAT-OSCAR-57, or
CO-57 and XI-V launched with SSETI Express in 2005. will be known
as CUBESAT-OSCAR-58 or CO-58.

AMSAT-NA and I wish to congratulate you and your entire team for the
successful construction, testing and launching of
these innovative spacecraft.   Your pioneering work certainly inspires
others to follow your lead.

73 and Best Wishes,

William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO

[ANS thanks Bill,W3XO for the above information]

/EX


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73, This week's ANS Editor,
Dee Interdonato, NB2F
nb2f at amsat dot org
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