The AMSAT Forum at the 2012 Dayton Hamvention will be on Saturday
morning May 19 from 11:15 to 13:30 in Forum Room 5. The moderator
will be Alan Biddle, WA4SCA
The speakers will be:
Barry Baines, WD4ASW; AMSAT Status Report
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Barry, AMSAT President, will highlight recent activities within
AMSAT, and discuss some of the challenges and accomplishments
of the organization.
Mark Hammond, N8MH; AMSAT Educational Relationships
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Mark, AMSAT VP of Educational Relationships, will discuss his
education activities.
Gould Smith, WA4SXM; ARISSat-1 Operation in Space
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Gould, AMSAT Project Manager for ARISSat-1, will talk about its
operation aboard the ISS, the deployment and operations this past
fall and winter.
Tony Monteiro, AA2TX; Project Fox - AMSAT's First CubeSat
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Tony, AMSAT Engineering VP, will discuss the design and status
of Project-FOX.
Howard Long, G6LVB; "FUN in Space for All!"
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Howard, AMSAT-UK Committee, will discuss the FUNcube project
which will enable amateurs and students to have FUN in space.
For amateurs, the spacecraft will carry conventional UHF to VHF
linear transponders. For students of all ages, the same space-
craft will provide strong telemetry transmissions which they can
easily receive at schools in support of science, technology,
engineering, and math subjects (STEM).
[ANS thanks Gould Smith, WA4SXM and Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for the
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ARISSat-1 signals heard!
ARISSat-1 signals heard!
ARISSat-1
On Saturday ARISSat-1 was activated from onboard the Internatonal Space Station and its signals have been heard using just a handheld.
On the AMSAT bulletin board Gould WA4SXM writes:
Johan, ZS1I in South Africa reports hearing the ARISSat-1/Kedr SSTV signal using a handheld and a rubber duck antenna.
Sergey Samburov reports the 2m (145.950 Mhz) and the repeated 70 cm (437.55 MHz) signals active.
Please report signals heard, location and equipment tojulytest@arissat1.org.
ARISSat-1/KEDR activation planned
ARISSat-1/KEDR Project Manager Gould Smith, WA4SXM said this week the latest status, discussed during the International ARISS teleconference Sergey Samburov, RV3DR announced the ARISSat battery will be charged late July and a test of the system will be conducted on the ISS from 1915 UTC 30 July to about 1200-1400 UTC 31 July.
During the test ARISSat-1 will be in LOW power mode, this means that it will transmit about 40 seconds and then shut down for 2 minutes and then transmit for 40 seconds, etc.
The standard ARISSat-1/KEDR 2m downlink band plan should be
transmitted. Additionally, the FM signal also downlinked on 437.55 MHz.
As to the date of deployment, Gould summarized,
“The deployment date for ARISSat is still subject to change. As of July 14 we are looking at a 3 Aug 2011 date for EVA 29 and the ARISSat-1/KEDR deployment. The ARISSat/KEDR deployment is the first task of the EVA, so it will occur fairly soon after the EVA begins. We will let everyone know more as we know more.”
ARISSat-1/KEDR deployment timeline driven by ISS schedules
ARISSat-1/KEDR deployment timeline driven by ISS schedules
ARISSat-1
ARISSat-1/KEDR Project Manager Gould Smith, WA4SXM provided the latest deployment information to the AMSAT News Service.
Gould said he and ARISS Hardware Engineer Lou McFadin, W5DID participated in a teleconference call this week with NASA to review the Roscosmos EVA procedures for the release of ARISSat-1/KEDR during Russian EVA 29.
Gould says the preparation procedures include the battery being charged and assembled into the satellite.
Also discussed were the procedures to remove the protective quilts from the solar cells and turning on the safety switches prior to deployment.
As to the date of deployment, Gould summarized, “The deployment date for ARISSat is still soft, a major factor is the shuttle launch. As of July 6 the EVA date is in early August, but the shuttle launch and docking are driving the timeline.
“During our discussion it was noted that the ARISSat/KEDR deployment is the first task of the EVA, so it will occur fairly soon after the EVA begins. Since we have no firm date or time for the EVA we cannot predict where the satellite will be heard first. We will let everyone know more as we know more.”
Amsat News, Gould Smith, WA4SXM
AMSAT-UK 
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