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In this edition:

* AO-7 to Enter Full Illumination Period October 9, 2019
* 2019 AMSAT Symposium On-line Registration Open Until October 11
* New ARISS Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019

* VUCC Awards-Endorsements for September 2019
* Amateur Radio Gets Temporary Use of 2400 MHz in Spain
* AMSAT-SA to Fly Cubesat Transponders on Balloon Flight
* SSTV Event Planned for ARISS on October 9, 2019
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
* Satellite Shorts from All Over


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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 279.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
October 06, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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AO-7 to Enter Full Illumination Period October 9, 2019

On or about October 9, AO-7 will enter a period of full

illumination that will last until approximately December 2.

During this time, the satellite's onboard timer should switch

it between Mode A (145 MHz uplink / 29 MHz downlink) and Mode

B (432 MHz uplink / 145 MHz downlink) every 24 hours.

To check or report the satellite's current mode, please see the
AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page at
https://www.amsat.org/status/.

Reporting observations during the first few days of the full
illumination period will be helpful for determining the approximate
time of the daily mode change.

Historical information on AO-7's systems, including the functioning
of the 24 hour timer, and operational plans can be found in the
AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Technical Operations Plan And Experimenter's Guide,
available at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-279-AO-7.

Mode V/A (A) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting):
Uplink: 145.850 - 145.950 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 29.400 - 29.500 MHz SSB/CW

Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon:
Downlink 29.5020 MHz CW

Mode U/V (B) Linear Transponder (Inverting):
Uplink: 432.125 - 432.175 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 145.975 - 145.925 MHz SSB/CW

Mode U/V (B) TLM Beacon:
Downlink 145.975 MHz CW

Mode U TLM Beacon
Downlink 435.100 MHz CW

Additional frequency details are also posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ao-7/

[ANS thanks AMSAT Operations for the above information.]


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October 18-20 in Arlington, VA.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/

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2019 AMSAT Symposium On-line Registration Open Until October 11

An on-line registration rate for the 37th Annual AMSAT Space
Symposium and General Meeting, Friday through Sunday, October 18-20,
2019, in Arlington, Virginia, is available through October 11, 2019
per the following schedule:

Registration September 16, 2019 - October 11, 2019 is $65 (on-line).
Registration at the Door is $70.

You can complete your registration on-line via the AMSAT Sto
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/

This year, all registrants will receive a digital copy of the

Proceedings on a thumb drive. Attendees may purchase a hard copy for

$25.00. Non-attendees may put their name on a waiting list for a

hard copy, if there are any left over. The digital version of the

Proceedings will be made available on the online store shortly

after the Symposium concludes.

Student Registration is 50% off and does not include the Proceedings.

[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information.]


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New ARISS Proposal Window is October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019


The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program

is seeking formal and informal education institutions and

organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur

Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS

anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and

December 31, 2020. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the

exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities,

ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of

participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed

education plan.


The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal

information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org.


The Opportunity

Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate

in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are

approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact

with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.


An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via

Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space

station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford

education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from

astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn

about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an

opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless

technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human

spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the

ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes

in dates and times of the radio contact.


Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA

and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present

educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio

organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and

operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS

and students around the world using Amateur Radio.


More Information
For proposal information and more details such as expectations,

proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of

Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org.

Please direct any questions to

ariss dot us dot education at gmail dot com.


[ANS thanks the 2019 ARISS for the above information.]


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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for September 2019

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the

ARRL for the period September 1, 2019 through October 1, 2019.

Congratulations to all those who made the list this month!


CALL Sep Oct


WC7V 1200 1218

N9EAT 550 706

AA8CH 584 620

N3GS 525 597

WD9EWK (DM43) 575 585

VE7CEW 428 478

K9UO 450 475

KK4YEL 300 400

AD0HJ 300 325

PS8ET 274 303

WI4T 101 301

N7EGY 250 300

K7VNE New 150

KS1G 102 134

N7AME 125 127

N4QX 106 120

KJ4M New 102

N4BAF New 100



If you find errors or omissions. please contact Ron Parsons,

W5RKN off-list at and he will revise

the announcement. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that

are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the work!


[ANS thanks Ron Parsons, W5RKN for the above information.]


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Amateur Radio Gets Temporary Use of 2400 MHz in Spain

Spain’s national amateur radio society URE reports that amateurs will

be allowed to use 2,400.050 to 2,409.500 MHz for QO-100 (Es’hail-2)

geostationary satellite contacts until Dec 26, 2020.

A translation of the URE post says:

At the request of the Spanish Amateur Radio Union (URE), last March

the Secretary of State for Digital Advance authorized until

September 26, 2019 under certain conditions and on a temporary and

experimental basis the realization of emissions from the amateur

service in the frequency band 2400,050 to 2409,500 MHz.

The URE has again requested the Secretary of State for Digital

Advance the extension of the aforementioned administrative

authorization for a period of one year.

On September 26, the Resolution of the Secretary of State for Digital

Advance is approved by the resolution Authorize until

December 26, 2020 to the holders of amateur radio authorizations, the

realization of emissions from the amateur service in the frequency

band 2,400,050 to 2,409,500 MHz., With a maximum eirp of 1500 watts

and using directive antennas with a gain not less than 22.5 dBi, from

authorized amateur radio stations located anywhere in the national

territory to the QO-100 satellite located in the 25.9ºE orbital

position of the geostationary orbit.

See the resolution of the Secretary of State for Digital Advance at
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-279-Spain.

[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information.]


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AMSAT-SA to Fly Cubesat Transponders on Balloon Flight

The Secunda Amateur Radio Club in South Africa will be launching a

high-altitude balloon on Saturday 12 October 2019. AMSAT SA will

have two payloads, Kletskous and AfriCUBE. Both transponders are

part of the AMSAT SA CubeSat programme and will be tested on the

BACAR 7 balloon.


The Kletskous transponder which has been developed and built by

Leon Lessing, ZS6LMG has an uplink on 435,155 MHz plus/minus 15 kHz

and a downlink on 145,865 MHz plus/minus 15 kHz. It is a linear
transponder supporting FM and SSB transmissions.


AfriCUBE, the brainchild of Anton Janovsky, ZR6AIC has an uplink on

435,100 MHz plus/minus 40 kHz and a downlink on 145,950 MHz

plus/minus 40 kHz. AfriCUBE supports several modes including FM,

SSB, SSTV and CW. Please consult the band plan and ground station

requirements on www.amsatsa.org.za. A voice beacon will operate on

10,480 GHz with the call sign ZS6BZP.

Additional payloads will also transmit RTTY telemetry on 434,650 MHz

and 1,296,600 MHz CW. The Hammies club has built a SSTV payload oper-
ating on 144.500 MHz. Standard APRS on 144.800 MHz is also available.

The 10 GHz band is also active with a beacon. ZS6WBT will have a

voice beacon on 145.550 MHz reading out flight information. ZS6IIX

will be attempting an altitude and distance record for 868 MHz

LORAWAN equipment.

Please send all the telemetry and SSTV info decoded to

. The BACAR team will send you a certificate

of participation as well. For the final detail frequencies and

latest flight predictions from Wednesday 9 October 2019 visit

www.sarl.org.za and www.amsatsa.org.za frequently before the flight.

[ANS thanks the SARL weekly news in English 2019-10-5 for the above
information]


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SSTV Event Planned for ARISS on October 9, 2019

An SSTV event employing the Russian MAI-75 experiment is planned for

October 9 from 09:50 to 14:00 UTC and on Oct 10 from 08:55 to

15:15 UTC. The frequency will be 145.800 MHz and the mode will be

PD120 SSTV. For more details, visit the Amateur Radio on the ISS

(ARISS) Facebook page.

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.]


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The digital download version of the 2019 edition of
Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a
DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store. Get yours today!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started

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Upcoming Satellite Operations

+ Briefly

MD (& DE?) W3ZM/3 (N8HM), Oct 6
DN05,DN06 KC7JPC & KI7UXT, Oct 6, 1500z-2100z, FM & Linears
DN03 - KI7UNJ, October 7, 1700Z to 1910Z, FM only
EL99 - K4WPX, October 11-12 (evening) and possibly morning/afternoon

on October 13; FM only
EM45,EM46 (possible EM45/46/55/56) - N4DCW, Oct0ber 13, 1616Z to

1810Z; FM only
EM25,EM35 - WI4T, October 15-16; holiday style
DN04 - KI7UNJ, October 21, 1653Z to 1910Z; FM only
EN67 WN9Q, Oct 8

+ CM79, do we need to say more? – October 7-9, 2019
Super Rover Ron, AD0DX, has a little vacation time to burn, so he’s

heading to CM79, October 7-9. Day 1 will be getting set up in camp

and scouting out the CM79/CM89/CN70/CN80 corner, so there is a slight

chance Ron will jump on a pass or two on October 7. Day 2 & 3

(October 8-9) are main days for operation. Steep terrain, lots of

trees, and a formidable ridgeline will ultimately decide his

operating position and pass availability, but the main objective is

CM79. FM and Linears. Limited (if any) cell coverage, but Ron will

Tweet when he can: https://twitter.com/ad0dx.

In addition, Ron will be driving up to Seattle via the 101 on his way

back home, with planned stops in CN70, CN71, CN72, CN73, and CN74.

+ Hungary (JN97) October 7-10, 2019
Pedro, CU2ZG, will be in Budapest on business, but he is bringing

his sat gear as HA/CU2ZG. FM only and subject to availability. Follow

Pedro on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/pdsousa.

+ Svalbard (JQ78) October 9-11, 2019
Halvard (LA7XK), along with Just (LA9DL) and Erling (LA6VM), are

going to Svalbard for the phone portion of the Scandinavian Activity

Contest (SAC). They will arrive in JW mid-day on Wednesday October 9

and return mid-day on Monday October 14.


They will be QRV via FO-29 from Wednesday October 9 to Friday

October 11 during the local evenings between 1630Z and 0100Z. Call

sign will be JW7XK and the locator is JQ78. Our best takeoff will be

from 240 degrees via west and north to about 34 degrees. In that

sector the elevation will be 1 to 2 degrees. We are renting a car up

there and will drive west from the city out passed the airport for

the best takeoff. We should be able to work most of USA and Canada

and also Alaska. They will alternate between SSB and CW, using an

IC-9700 and an Arrow antenna.

+ #AMSATandAngling (DM15, DM06) October 11-13, 2019
Ed, KN6DBC, is going fishing (literally), but he is bring gear to

work FM Satellites. October 11 he’ll be in DM15, and October 12 and

13 in DM06. Visit Ken’s Twitter feed for specific pass schedule and

further updates: https://twitter.com/KN6DBC.

+ Central California (CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06) – October 19, 2019
David AD7DB will re-visit the four grids near Kettleman City CA.

AO-91, AO-92, SO-50 will be used, with eastern passes a priority.

Maybe PO-101 if it’s on, and AO-85 if it’s not too finicky. Contacts

will be put on LOTW following the trip.

Updates on Twitter https://twitter.com/ad7db.

+ Hawaii (BK19, BK28, BK29, BL20) December 21-28, 2019
Alex, N7AGF, is heading back to Hawaii over Christmas. This will be

a holiday-style activation, with special emphasis on the grid that

got away – BK28. Keep an eye on Alex’s Twitter feed for further

announcements at https://twitter.com/N7AGF

[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL for the above information.]


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The digital download version of the 2019 edition of
Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a
DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store. Get yours today!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started

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ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule

+ Completed Contacts

The Southwest State University of Kursk, Kursk, Russia, direct

via UB3WCL

The ISS callsign was RSØISS.
The astronaut was Aleksey Ovchinin .
Contact was successful Saturday, September 28, 2019, 14:35 UTC.

UAE school #2 with Space Flight participant, direct via A68MBR

The ISS callsign was RSØISS.
The astronaut was Hazza Al Mansour.

Contact was successful Saturday, September 28, 2019, 11:20 UTC.


+ Upcoming Contacts

School in Russia TBD direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The scheduled astronaut is TBD

Contact is go for Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 06:05 UTC

Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS

The scheduled astronaut is Aleksey Ovchinin

Contact is go for Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 08:25 UTC

Bampton School, Bampton, United Kingdom, direct via G2LV

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 12:51:26 UTC 27 deg

Watch for live stream at https://live.ariss.org


Collège Robert Doisneau, Sarralbe, France, direct via F6KFT

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP

Contact is go for: Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 14:29:21 UTC 53 deg


[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N for the above information.]


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Satellite Shorts from All Over

+ FO-29 Update

From JARL FO-29 control center as of October 3, 2019:

FO-29 Transponder will be available until under voltage control

activates in the CW telemetry. The current schedule is as follows

(UTC date and time):
1
October 5, 06:40-15:00
October 6, 07:25-17:35
October 12, 05:30-15:35
October 13, 08:00-14:40
October 19, 07:45-14:25
October 20, 05:10-15:15

[ANS thanks Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the above information.]


+ ESA Academy Hosts CubeSat Academy
ESA Academy hosted the CubeSats Hands-On Training Week 2019. The

training ran from September 16 - 20, 2019. It was held at ESA

Academy's Training and Learning Centre, ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium. The

event was attended by twenty-six university students from fifteen

different ESA Member States and Canada.

The Training Week had a clear objective: transfer hands-on knowledge

to university students who are keen to start their own educational

CubeSat initiatives, or who are already at the conceptual or

preliminary design stage of a CubeSat project at university.


The full article posted at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-279-ESA-Academy.

[ANS thanks ESA for the above information.]


+ Cubesat Developers 2020 Workshop Announced

Cubesat has announced its 2020 Developers Workshop will be held

May 4–6, 2020 at the California Polytechnic State University,

San Luis Obispo Cal Poly Performing Arts Center,

San Luis Obispo, CA. Workshop details are available at
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[ANS thanks Cubesat for the above information.]


+ Cal Poly Aerospace Engineering Professor and Computer Engineering

Student Help Cambodian High School’s Quest to Launch Nation’s

First CubeSat

A two-person team from Cal Poly helped the Cambodian space program

get off the ground in August. The pair traveled to the capital city

of Phnom Penh to assist a group of high school seniors, with the goal

to install and test the students’ ground station for tracking

satellites — not to launch a national program. But they were happy to

play a role in the potentially history-making student project as

well as the bigger picture of lifting the nation into orbit. An

excellent story can be read at https://tinyurl.com/ANS-279-Cal-Poly.

[ANS thanks Cal Poly News for the above information.]


+ Santa Rosa Middle School ARISS Contact Gets Good Press

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat gave the Middle School's ARISS

contact on October 1, 2019 excellent coverage. Read the article at

https://tinyurl.com/ANS-279-Santa-Rosa.

[ANS thanks JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM for the above information.]


+ The Rise of the Smallsat Gaining Traction

Satellites of less than 180 kilograms are becoming increasingly

popular because of their ability to enable new technologies and

achieve revolutionary results. No longer used exclusively by

government agencies, satellites — and in particular — small

satellites (smallsats) are gaining in popularity with the private

sector. SatMag describes the current trend and why the use of

smallsats is on the rise. Read the full article at

http://www.satmagazine.com/story.php?number‰41393.

[ANS thanks SatMag.com for the above information.]


+ World Space Week, 4-10 October

The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1999 that World Space

Week (WSW) will be held each year from October 4-10. The dates were

in recognition of the October 4, 1957 launch of the first human-made

Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, thus opening the way for space

exploration and the October 10, 1967 signing of the Treaty on

Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and

Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial

Bodies. The theme for World Space Week 2019 is "The Moon: Gateway

to the Stars".

During World Space Week space education and outreach events are

organized by space agencies, aerospace companies, schools,

planetaria, museums, and astronomy clubs around the world. Find an

event near you at

http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/outrea...wsw/index.html

[ANS thanks the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

for the above information.]


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73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Frank Karnauskas, N1UW
n1uw at amsat dot org

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