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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-002
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In this edition:
* HamSCI invites abstracts for its 2022 Workshop
* New QO-100 satellite antenna for DP0GVN
* VUCC Awards-Endorsements needs a new author
* CAMSAT XW-3(CAS-9)is designated Hope-OSCAR-113, HO-113
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for December 30, 2021
* ARISS News
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
ANS-002 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002
DATE 2022 Jan 02
HamSCI invites abstracts for its 2022 Workshop
The ARRL report that HamSCI is soliciting abstracts for the 2022 HamSCI Workshop. The submission deadline is February 1, 2022. The workshop will
be a hybrid (in-person and virtual) event from March 18 – 19, 2022, at
the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
“The primary objective of the HamSCI workshop is to bring together the amateur radio community and professional scientists,” said HamSCI Lead Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, an assistant professor within the Department
of Physics and Electrical Engineering at The University of Scranton.
“This year’s theme is ‘The Weather Connection,’ with invited speakers Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW, and Jim Bacon, G3YLA.”
"Skov and Bacon will present tutorials on the impacts of space and
terrestrial weather on the ionosphere. Chen-Pang Yeang, an associate
professor and director for the Special Project on Scientific Instruments
at the University of Toronto, will deliver the keynote address, “Ham
Radio and the Discovery of the Ionosphere.” Additional information is available at:
https://bit.ly/3EHDAe5
[ANS thanks ARRL News for the above information]
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New QO-100 satellite antenna for DP0GVN
On December 29, 2021, our new QO-100 SatCom ground station antenna for
DP0GVN arrived intact in Antarctica at Neumayer Station III. This should
ensure future operations for the upcoming 2022/2023 over-wintering crew. Securing the operation: Since the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 over-wintering
team, radio contacts with Antarctica via the first amateur geostationary
radio satellite Qatar-OSCAR 100 / QO-100 (Es’hail-2) enjoy the greatest popularity. AMSAT-DL provided the appropriate radio equipment for DP0GVN
at Neumayer Station III, covering all costs for setup and provision of
the required radio equipment and antenna. While amateur radio operations
mostly take place during free time, contacts with schools have also been arranged on a regular basis. Similar to ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station), such contacts in Antarctica are also
something very special for the students. This will certainly also arouse interest in scientific or technical professions and, last but not least, amateur radio.
During the night of 13/14 August 2021, one of the strongest storms at
Neumayer Station III measured average wind speeds of 176 km/h and even
more than 207 km/h at peak. This did not remain without consequences and
so among other things the satellite antenna for QO-100 was damaged so
strongly that with it no more radio operation was possible. DP0GVN via
QO-100 so unfortunately QRT until further notice.
AMSAT-DL therefore decided at short notice to build a new antenna and to deliver it in less than 2 months construction time in the middle of
October for the ship transport to Antarctica. The antenna has now
arrived there safely and was immediately transported from the ship at
the ice edge to Neumayer Station III. The next step is to hoist the
antenna onto the roof of the station by crane and rewire everything. As
the team on site has a huge work program at the moment, it can certainly
take a few more days and weeks to get DP0GVN up and running via QO-100. Patience is requested until then, but all stars are aligned for a
successful 2022 with DP0GVN !!!
(ANS thanks Peter Gulzow, DB2OS, President, AMSAT-DL for the above
information)
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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VUCC Awards-Endorsements is getting a new author
Ron Parsons, W5RKN Has announced that he is retiring as the author of
the VUCC Awards and Endorsments list. He says: "Jon Goering, N7AZ has
offered to take over on February 1. I will pilot on January 1 with Jon
as copilot. I was happy to have done the task for the past few years and
wish Jon equal pleasure. My method is completely manual, so someone
might want to automate. An AMSAT member who wishes help Jon should reach
out to him.
Many Thanks to Ron who has done a great job of organizing and keeping up
with VUCC activities!
Ron reports: "Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards
issued by the ARRL for the period December 1, 2021 through January 1,
2022. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month!
This is my last time preparing this list. Next month it will be done by
Jon Goering, N7AG."
CALL Dec. January
K8TL 1012 1016
WN9Q 710 783
K9UO 675 695
XE1HG 100 639
N5BO 580 635
KN2K 401 450
N6UTC 400 450
EA2AA 396 400
VU2LBW 350 400
N8URE (FM19) 279 326
NA1ME 275 300
K8BL 283 292
RA3DNC 252 276
K3HPA 176 201
M0NKC 200 New
WD9EWK (DM23)173 182
DL6KBG 150 175
A65BR New 157
WA7HQD 150 151
K6MX New 134
KG7CW New 115
K9AQ New 109
N6UTC(MOJAVE)New 101
KE6LB New 100
W4GLU New 100
"This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those
who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing a
lot of the work! Ron W5RKN"
[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN, for the above information]]
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AMSAT's GOLF Program is about getting back to higher orbits, and it all
begins with GOLF-TEE – a technology demonstrator for deployable solar
panels, propulsion, and attitude control, now manifested for launch on
NASA's ELaNa 46 mission. Come along for the ride. The journey will be
worth it!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-GOLF
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CAMSAT XW-3(CAS-9)is designated Hope-OSCAR-113 HO-113
Drew Glasbrenner, AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator, has announced the OSCAR assignment: "On December 26, 2021, the XW-3 (CAS-9) satellite was launched on a CZ-4C launch vehicle from the Taiyuan
Satellite Launch Center, China. Also known as Hope-3, XW-3 (CAS-9) was developed by the Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) in cooperation
with the Chinese government's aerospace and education departments, and
is used to provide services to amateur radio enthusiasts around the
world and to educate students in science and technology. CAMSAT
completed the design and manufacture of the amateur radio payload and
manages the satellite in-orbit operation.
At the request of CAMSAT and the XW-3 (CAS-9) team, AMSAT hereby
designates XW-3 (CAS-9) as Hope-OSCAR 113 (HO-113). We congratulate the
owners and operators of HO-113, thank them for their contribution to the amateur satellite community, and wish them continued success on this and
future projects."
Alan Kung, BA1DU announced the launch success and the initial TLE for
CAMSAT XW-3 (CAS-9) late last Saturday. Early reports of telemetry and
contacts came in quickly. Please see the current TLE for corrected
values. Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, Provided additional information: "Doppler measurements show that XW 3 (CAS 9) is object 50466 (2021-131B).
Frequency CW beacon: 435.57515 MHz."
From the XW-3（CAS-9）Amateur Radio Satellite User's Manual
2 / 21 V1.0 by BA1DU:
UHF antenna: 1/4 wavelength whip antenna
CW telemetry beacon:
Frequency: 435.575MHz ●RF power: 20dBm ●CW rate: 22wpm
GMSK telemetry:
Frequency: 435.725MHz ●RF power: 23dBm ●Data rate: 4800bps
V/U mode linear transponder:
Uplink frequency: 145.870MHz ●Downlink frequency: 435.180MHz
RF power: 20dBm ●Bandwidth: 30kHz ●Spectrum inverted
Photo download should be available in the future.
The XW-3 (CAS-9) satellite user manual is available from the AMSAT website:
https://bit.ly/3FH8lS2
Mike Sartoretti, KC2YSF has the following reminder for S.A.T. tracker
users: "If you are using a sat tracker from CSN technologies we do have
the TLE’S and frequencies for this satellite already in place. Just hit
your TLE update button and you’re ready to go, XW-3 or CAS-9."
Congratulations to CAMSAT for a successful launch.
[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator, Alan Kung, BA1DU, Nico Janssen PA0DLO, and Mike
Sartoretti, KB2YSI for the above information]
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for December 30, 2021
The following satellite has decayed from orbit and has removed from this
week's AMSAT TLE Distribution:
NO-84 (PSAT) - NORAD Cat ID 40654 (The decay date was most likely
12-22-2021)
The following satellite has been added to this week's AMSAT TLE
Distribution:
XW-3 (CAS-9) - NORAD Cat ID 50466 (Thanks to Nico Janssen, PA0DLO for
the identification)
XW-3 (CAS-9) was launched December 25, 2021 from China’s Complex 9 on a
Long March 4C rocket.
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, TLE Manager for the above information]
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ARISS NEWS
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between
amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The
downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-12-30
Scouts Victoria (Radio and Electronics Team), Mt Waverley, Victoria,
Australia, via AB1OC. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be
NA1SS. The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP. Contact is go for:
Tue 2022-01-04 11:27:32 UTC 60 deg
On the AMSAT-BB reflector, VE7JMN noted that the ISS has been tracking differently on websites and several programs. Charlie Sulfana AJ9N of
the ARISS Operations Team offered this explanation: "The ISS apparently
did a burn over the last day or so. As a result one of the upcoming
ARISS contacts is now about 5 minutes sooner than what I originally
posted. The latest amsat-bb posting I did this morning has the newest
time. Maybe that is what you are seeing."
The next mode change to voice cross band repeater is expected to occur
in early January, 2022.
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team
mentors for the above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an Amateur
Radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at
https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
+ 23rd annual Ham Radio University (HRU) educational conference will
again be held as a virtual event on January 8, 2022
W2JV, Peter Portanova, will be giving a talk on "The Art of operating
thru the FM Amateur Satellites" The goal of this forum is to at
minimum give you the tools and the confidence to listen to a few
satellite passes as a stepping stone to making contacts. The HRU
announcement follows:
With Covid19 uncertainties precluding an in-person gathering for a
second year, the 23rd annual Ham Radio University (HRU) educational
conference will again be held as a virtual event – on Saturday, January
8, 2022 -- 8:00am to 3:00pm EST (12:00– 20:00 UTC) -- as a GoToWebinar on-line video conference. Advance Registration Required -- Starting
December 20th 2021
HRU 2022 will be adding five forums, for a total of 19 presentations by
experts in a broad range of Amateur Radio activities including: Amateur
Radio Emergency Communications; Basics of HF Operating; Ham Radio
Contesting and Dxing, Communicating Through Amateur Radio Earth
Satellites; Software Defined Radios; HF and VHF Digital Communications;
Parks on the Air, Skywarn, Cables & Connectors, and Using RaspberryPi
Computers in Amateur Radio.
In addition to viewing the presentations, on-line attendees will have
the opportunity to ask questions of the presenters.
Founded by Phil Lewis, N2MUN, who passed away in March, 2020, HRU also
will be the on-line convention of the NYC-Long Island Section of ARRL -
The National Association for Amateur Radio®
As in years past, participation in HRU 2022 will be free of charge, with
an optional suggested donation of $5.00, but advance registration –
starting December 20, 2021-- will be required for each presentation.
Further information, including the schedule of forums and advance
registration starting December 20, 2021, is on line at:
http://www.HamRadioUniversity.org
+Winterfest, the ARRL Midwest Division Convention
Collinsville, IL Jan 22 2022
+ARRL National Convention and Orlando Hamcation Feb 10-13 2022
Registration details at
http://www.arrl.org/arrl-expo
Updates may be found at:
https://www.amsat.org/other-events/
+AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating
through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club
meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.
AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, makes online presentations to
Amateur Radio clubs and other interested organizations. He reports:
"Seven presentations lined up to start the new year so far, including
three clubs in Canada, and clubs in Florida, California, New York and
Nevada!
Think a 90-minute lively, informative, and fun “How to Work the Easy Satellites” Zoom presentation would be appropriate for your convention
or club? Always included are overviews of the ARRL, AMSAT, and ARISS.
And pre-presentation questions are solicited and welcome.
Contact Clint at
http://www.work-sat.com or by phone at 909-999-SATS
(7287) to arrange a presentation.
[ANS thanks Paul Overn, KE0PBR, AMSAT Events page manager, Pete
Portanova, W2JV, and Clint Bradford, K6CLS for the above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ CNES, French Space Agency Special Callsigns TM60CNES, TO60CNES,
TX60CNES and TK60CNES for the 60th anniversary of CNES are activated
since December 18, 2021 and until January 2, 2022 on different frequency
bands and different modes. To know the activated callsigns (realtime) as
well as their mode and frequency consult the AMSAT-F page :
https://site.amsat-f.org/. A Google translation may be viewed from
https://bit.ly/3HflGkA ANS thanks Christophe Mercier, President AMSAT-F,
for the above information)
+ Starlink satellite’s near-collision with Chinese station puts focus on space jam. First reported by The Guardian, which cited experts as saying
the Chinese action was unusual, the incident spotlights the growing risk
in space, where orbital room is being crowded out by an astronomical
race in which nation-states as well as private companies are
increasingly active. Behind it are projects such as the Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starlink constellation and rival Amazon’s Project Kuiper. Both companies want to create a web of low-earth orbit (LEO) spacecraft that
will beam down internet connectivity to anywhere on the planet. And then
there are several countries – Russia and India being the most recent –
that have carried out tests of satellite-killing missiles, generating
millions of pieces of debris. More is available at:
https://bit.ly/3FFQz1c (ANS thanks Southgate News for the above information)
+ JWST is on its way to orbit L2! On Christmas Day, JWST launched
successfully (video) aboard its Ariane 5 from French Guiana. During its
flight, the rocket performed a unique sawtooth maneuver, rotating back
and forth 30° to protect JSWT’s instruments from overheating due to
direct solar illumination (as opposed to Apollo’s ‘BBQ roll’). After release, the spacecraft deployed its solar array—here’s a video, which likely includes the final close proximity image of the craft. Now beyond
the orbit of the Moon, it has successfully performed two course
corrections and deployed its gimbaled antenna assembly. Jonathan
McDowell has a timeline of JWST's ongoing “30 days of terror” deployment schedule on its way to L2. The sunshield has started its multistep
deployment and, in about a week, mirrors will begin unfolding. Check-in
on its live mission dashboard to see where it is and what it’s doing,
follow it on Twitter, or watch NASA’s Deep Space Network real-time
dashboard to see active communications underway. Hopefully, the first
images from Webb should be available by next summer. The Planetary
Society has an excellet summary of the JWST mission at:
https://bit.ly/3pG6045 (ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information.)
+ More JWST Coverage: Over the next two weeks, NASA will provide
broadcast coverage and other updates on major deployment milestones for
the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful
space science telescope. Broadcasts of milestone events will air live on
NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency’s website:
https://www.nasa.gov/live. NASA provides regular updates on the Webb
telescope blog,
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb The public can also follow Webb’s deployments online via a “Where is Webb?” interactive tracker
and
a Deployments Explorer at
https://go.nasa.gov/3eEkGdQ (ANS thanks NASA
for the above information)
+ UVSQ-SAT: Transponder expected to be active on 01/01/2022 from 12:00
UTC. The LATMOS team has programmed the UVSQ-SAT satellite to go into transponder mode on January 1, 2022 at 12:00 UTC.
The transponder will be active during 11 consecutive hours.
Frequencies used:
Telemetry:
437.020 MHz - BPSK - GR3UH 9k6
FM transponder :
Uplink frequency : 145.905 MHz
Downlink frequency: 437.020 MHz
More information on AMSAT Francophone
https://site.amsat-f.org/uvsq-sat/
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73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!
This week's ANS Editor, Jack Spitznagel, KD4IZ
kd4iz at frawg dot org
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