Speaking of club meetings, have we had/will we have more of those at any point? Sent from Outlook Mobile<https://aka.ms/qtex0l> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:27 AM -0800, "Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Peter, I was a little better off: I probably decoded 30% in the first pass, but I've been talking to N4HY about the P4 stuff for a year or more. We need to encourage him to make a pass through the OU area (he's at VaTech now) and spend an evening presenting to a club meeting... and maybe open said club meeting up to other area clube (Rm 1350?)... P4 has some interesting partnerships. Also, there's an ESA/AMSAT-Eu DVS-B2 platform at least theoretically situated on ISS. I've not seen any indications it's ever been fired up, though. 73 gerry On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 10:29 PM, Flamig, Zachary L. <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: oooh cool. Thank you for sharing Peter! Zac > On Jan 31, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Peter Laws <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > If you are into SDRs and modulation and information encoding and > satellites, the first item is for you. I, myself, was able to recover > about 10% of the information encoded in the article. :-D Also, an > article about UFOs ... > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: E.Mike McCardel <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > Date: Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 9:26 PM > Subject: [ans] ANS-031 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > AMSAT NEWS SERVICE > ANS-031 > > The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- > mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite > Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space > including 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. > > The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur > Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. > > Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: > ans-editor at amsat.org<http://amsat.org>. > > In this edition: > > * Weekly engineering report for Phase 4 radio project from AMSAT > * Write About Satellites, Space and Radio! > * UFO Researcher To Launch CubeSat To Search For E.T. Close To Home > * Pair of Satellites ejected from ISS for In-Space Navigation Exercise > * LilacSat-2 FM Transponder > * 6W8CK on Satellite > * IARU Paper: APRS Harmonization and removal of OSCAR sub-band > * ISS Orbit Boosted Ahead of March Crew Swap - Check Your Elements > * ARISS News > * Satellite Shorts From All Over > > > SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-031.01 > ANS-031 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins > > AMSAT News Service Bulletin 031.01 > From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. > [MONTH DAY, YEAR] > To All RADIO AMATEURS > BID: $ANS-031.01 > > > Weekly engineering report for Phase 4 radio project from AMSAT > > The Phase 4 Ground weekly report focuses on the current modulation > schemes. We're looking at DVB-S2X to receive, and OQPSK to transmit. > > Repository for documents and software can be found: > https://github.com/phase4ground > > We have nearly 50 volunteers on the mailing list and activity across > the country. We're working hard to make a wonderful radio for AMSAT > and terrestrial microwave, and we appreciate your support, feedback, > comments, and critique. > > DVB-S2 stands for Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite - Second > Generation. There is a recent extension to this standard, called DVB- > S2X, that has very low SNR capabilities and a lot of other goodies. > The geo project, ascent, and eventually the high earth orbit project, > are expected to transmit using DVB-S2X. This is the foundation of our > common air interface. > > DVB-S2X specifies the modulation and coding for our received signal. > There are five major landmarks. > One, an input stream adapter. Input streams can be packetized or > continuous, from single or multiple sources. This is helpful! > > Two, forward error correction. Our type is low density parity check > codes concatenated with BCH codes. What does this mean? > > A concatenated code is one that combines two different coding > schemes. In coding theory, there's a fundamental problem in that > finding a really great code that has very low probability of error > usually means that the block length has to go up, and the decoding is > more and more complex. When you use two codes together that each have > particular strengths, they balance each other out. You can get > exponentially decreasing error probabilities, but you only have to > pay a polynomially increasing cost in terms of code block length. > This may seem complicated, but just remember concatenation is codes > doing teamwork, and the standard that we're using is bad ass. > Our inner low density parity check code can achieve extremely low > error rates near channel capacity. This means, it's about as good as > you can get. The outer BCH codes are used to correct sporadic errors > made by the LDPC decoder, and to trick it out so that we don't have > enormous block lengths and stuff like that. > > Three, we have a wide range of code rates. The code rate is > expressed as a fraction. The top number is how many uncoded bits go > in. The bottom number is how many coded bits come out. We have four > constellations. This is the the type of transformation from bits to > symbols. We have great choices here, and DVB-S2X provides additional > choices. > > Four, there is a variety of spectral shaping available to us in DVB- > S2. This is a really neat thing. You can change the pulse shape of a > transmitted waveform in order to make it better suited for the radio > environment it's expecting to be traveling through. Usually this > means making it fit into a bandwidth better. You don't get something > for nothing, though, so being too aggressive with the pulse shaping > shows up in other aspects. Our particular shaping is different levels > of raised-cosign filtering. DVB-S2X provides additional levels of > shaping. > > Five, this standard lets us learn and develop with something very > much like cognitive radio. As you can see, there are a lot of choices > for coding and modulation. We can specify a fixed coding and > modulation. This is called CCM for constant coding and modulation. In > the past, people like us looked at a link, designed for the worst > case solution, and used coding and modulation that would cover almost > all the bases. DVB-S2 has CCM, but it also specifies something called > variable coding and modulation, or VCM. The coding and modulation can > be changed on a frame-by-frame basis in response to different station > types or changes in the channel. In addition to that, there is > something called adaptive coding and modulation, or ACM, where > modulation and coding automagically adapts. This can happen on a > frame by frame basis. > > DVB-S2 has things called annexes. In annex M, there's a > specification for something we've already talked about wanting to do. > We want to map the transmitted services or station streams into time > slices and then recover information without having to demodulate the > entire signal. > > DVB-S2 follows the usual flow of having input data coded up to > remove unnecessary redundancy, which is called source coding, and > then it is put into one of two different stream types. Because DVB-S2 > is designed for MPEG streams, it has a lot of mechanisms for MPEG > data types, and I believe that this is the transport stream path in > the drawing. We aren't going to use MPEG, so we fall into the generic > stream category. > > The functional blocks of DVB-S2 include these things in trapezoids. > Mode adaptation, which starts to build up the data frames by > constructing the right header to go with the data. Stream adaptation, > which adds in the right amount of padding and scrambling. Forward > error correction, which produces coded frames that are of one of two > sizes. Mapping to constellations, which is the modulation. Finally, > there is physical layer framing. An open question is how minimal of a > station can be supported? Driving it down as low as possible is going > to be fun and challenging. > > What we are anticipating is that the space teams will obtain an > implementation of a DVB-S2X transmitter. Talks are already underway > for this. Phase 4 ground is going to engineer the various DVB-S2X > receivers. Standards documents are already in the repository and work > is beginning. Get off the bench and hit the books! > > So let's talk a bit about some changes in the uplink for phase 4 > radios. We were MSK, or minimum shift keying, but we are now OQPSK, > or offset quadrature phase shift keying. That is what the payload > team is currently designing for. > > Like MSK, Offset QPSK has no more than a 90 degree phase shift at a > time. This is good. In order to create this, you begin with a QPSK > signal, where you take two data bits at a time. These two binary data > bits make four distinct values. Each of these values are mapped onto > four transmit phase shifts. > > For offset QPSK, the odd and even bits coming into the modulator > have a timing offset, of one bit period. Hence the name. That means > the in-phase and quadrature signals, the I and the Q, never change at > the same time. > > The power spectral density of QPSK and Offset QPSK is the same. The > shift in time doesn't effect that. > > Uplink experiments are beginning. We started putting together Team > HackRF, which will investigate the use of HackRF SDRs as one of the > phase 4 radio recipes. Lots of other experiments to work out other > recipes for amateurs to experiment need to happen too. If you have a > set of hardware and you want to work in parallel, then speak up. The > USRPs will get into the act ASAP, some people have BladeRFs, and so > on. > > Review the weekly report at > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0CMv0pJHgY&feature=share > > [ANS thanks Michelle W5NYV for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Write About Satellites, Space and Radio! > > The AMSAT Journal is seeking interesting articles about amateur > radio satellites, space and radio – topics that feed the passion of > AMSAT members. Whether the focus is working the birds, new products, > building a new piece of equipment or an entire station, writing > software, training or doing demos, or anything else related to > amateur radio in space, please consider sharing your experience and > expertise with other AMSAT members by writing for the Journal. > > Desired article length (rough guidelines): > Short articles – 800-1400 words > Longer articles – 2000-2500 words > > Find out more about writer’s guidelines here. Photos, diagrams or > other images always help illustrate your points or projects. > > If you are interested in seeing your byline in The AMSAT Journal and > sharing what you’ve learned with other members, email us at > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. > > [ANS thanks Joseph KB6IGK for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > UFO Researcher To Launch CubeSat To Search For E.T. Close To Home > > An engineer turned UFO researcher is hoping to launch a low-earth > orbit CubeSat to search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. > Canadian Dave Cote has assembled a seven-person team to design, fund, > build and launch the project that he hopes will provide some answers > about the origins of recent unidentified object sightings across the > globe. > > “We have had astronauts, military personnel, police officers and the > former Defence Minister of Canada come forward stating that > extraterrestrial UFOs are real, and that we are being visited,” says > Cote. “How can this be ignored and brushed off as nonsense?” > Concerned that the public isn’t getting straight answers, the group > has turned to crowdsourcing the project on Kickstarter. > > Measuring roughly the size of a shoebox, CubeSats can pack a lot of > science equipment into a small space. They have also made satellite > deployment much more affordable, in some cases costing less than the > price of a lower-end automobile. Sites like CubeSatShop.com have > taken much of the complexity out of ordering needed components. > > Cote says they’re a “go for launch” already but are looking for more > funding so they can pack it with as much science equipment as > possible. They aim to include image, infrared, electromagnetic, and > radiation sensors. This would give them the capability of not only > verifying visual data, but also correlating it with other events such > as electromagnetic and radioactive fluctuations. > > The team plans to measure ionized radiation with a scintillation > counter and two cameras will capture a near 360-degree view around > the CubeSat. They plan to remove the infrared filters on the cameras > to cover more of the visual range. > > Cote hopes to use amateur radio frequencies to transmit the data > back to earth and a worldwide network of ham volunteers to receive it. > > “We are planning to use the ham frequencies to send data down from > the CubeSat to earth in hex or datafax protocol,” says Cote. “From > what we understand, we should be able to send a 100kB packet every > few minutes and this will enable us to send image thumbnails from > space, along with some basic EM data.” > > While the details of the transmissions have yet to be determined, > Cote hopes to assemble a worldwide team of hams willing to receive > and log whatever data the satellite captures. > > “We need help from the ham community, in capturing the data and > relaying it to our site,” he says. “There will be a 15-minute window > for download from the CubeSat, and then another volunteer would be > needed for the next 15-minute time window.” > > Cote is cautiously optimistic that the satellite will provide > corroboration of UFO reports from eyewitnesses on Earth. But even if > the satellite doesn’t capture evidence of faraway visitors, he’s > hopeful that it will record interesting natural phenomenon like > meteors and solar flares. > > “We can only hope that those who would like to know the truth will > step forward and help,” he says. > > To learn more about the project or to volunteer, visit their > KickStarter page. > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1889966504/cubesat-for-disclosure > > [ANS thanks Matt W1MST and AmateurRadio.com for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Pair of Satellites ejected from ISS for In-Space Navigation Exercise > > A package of two satellites was ejected from the International Space > Station on Friday to begin a mission dedicated to a demonstration of > autonomous navigation, rendezvous and docking technology. The second > LONESTAR mission is comprised of two satellites built by two American > Universities to undertake a demonstration of communication cross > links, data exchange, GPS-based navigation, relative navigation, > stationkeeping and data transmission to the ground. > > LONESTAR stands for "Low Earth Orbiting Navigation Experiment for > Spacecraft Testing Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking" and includes > four missions flown over a period of years in a cost-effective > technology development program with the goal of mastering autonomous > rendezvous and docking. The second LONESTAR mission consists of the > AggieSat4 satellite built at Texas A&M and BEVO-2 built by students > at the University of Texas. The smaller BEVO-2 satellite is > facilitated within a deployer on the AggieSat4 spacecraft to be > released once the two have flown well clear of the International > Space Station. > > The two satellites, already packaged, were sent to the Space Station > aboard the Cygnus OA-4 mission. Launching satellites to ISS for > deployment has the advantage of allowing the satellites to be > launched well-packaged to avoid damage and providing the opportunity > of an inspection in space to check for any damage encountered during > launch before committing them to flight. > > Given the size of the AggieSat4 satellite, the deployment conducted > on Friday made use of the SSIKLOPS deployment mechanism, going by the > full name "Space Station Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital > Payload Systems." SSIKLOPS can be used to deploy larger satellites of > different shapes up to a mass of 110 Kilograms. It is a flat > structure that includes grapple fixtures for the robotic arms of the > Space Station and a single grapple fixture for the satellite that is > to be deployed. The fixture includes clamps and springs for the > deployment of the satellite. Overall, the structure is 127 by 61 by > 7.6 centimeters in size. It also includes interfaces for the slide > table of the JEM Airlock. > > SSIKLOPS first saw action in 2014 when deploying the SpinSat > spacecraft and spent most of its time in storage aboard ISS, awaiting > the deployment of future satellites. Final preparations for Friday's > deployment were made on Wednesday when ISS Astronauts Scott Kelly and > Tim Peake installed the SSIKLOPS deployer on the Slide Table of the > Kibo module's airlock followed by the installation of the Small Fine > Arm (SFA) Plate on the deployer and the attachment of the LONESTAR > satellite package. The slide table was then retracted and the airlock > sealed off for depressurization on Thursday. > > The outer hatch of the airlock was opened and a careful ground- > controlled operation started to retrieve the SSIKLOPS deployer and > hand it from the Small Fine Arm to the Japanese Robotic Arm that was > then positioned for the deployment to ensure the satellite departed > to the correct direction, ruling out any possibility of re-contact > with ISS on subsequent orbits. Release was triggered just before > 16:00 UTC on Friday and the LONESTAR package slowly floated away from > ISS, embarking on its mission that will last as long as the > satellites can remain in orbit, typically between six and twelve > months. > > Drifting away from the Space Station, LONESTAR showed slight body > rates on all three axes as it slowly faded into the distance. The > Mission Team confirmed they were happy with the observed body rates > and declared the deployment a success. Congratulations were exchanged > between the different teams involved in the deployment - NASA's > Mission Control, the JAXA Control Center in Japan, Payload > Controllers in Huntsville and the payload's operators in Texas. > > The spacecraft was programmed to power-up automatically ten minutes > after release, perform a health check and start transmitting > telemetry. Acquisition of signal was expected later on Friday to > begin a multi-day checkout campaign ahead of the satellite conducting > its de-tumble maneuver to enter a three-axis stabilized attitude > setting up for the deployment of BEVO-2. > > The AggieSat4 satellite, developed and manufactured at Texas A&M > University, has a mass of approximately 55 Kilograms and measures 75 > x 75 x 35 centimeters in size. The satellite hosts body-mounted solar > panels for power generation and is equipped with a three-axis > attitude determination and control system with an actuation accuracy > of two degrees, making use of reaction wheels and magnetic torquers. > The Electrical Power System hosts two battery packs delivering an > operational voltage of 34 V and a capacity of 95 Watt-hours. > > AggieSat4 hosts two low-data-rate (LDR) radios, a high-data-rate > (HDR) radio, a crosslink radio for short-range communication with the > Bevo-2 satellite, and a DRAGON GPS Payload. > > AggieSat4 will be tasked with completing a number of mission > objectives: demonstrating three-axis stabilization, the collection of > GPS data, recording video of the release of BEVO-2 with a 2MP camera, > computing and crosslinking relative navigation data based on relative > GPS measurements and tracking BEVO-2 based on these navigation > solutions. > > The 4.2-Kilogram BEVO-2 satellite uses the 3U CubeSat Form Factor, > 10 x 10 x 34 centimeters, employing an ISIPOD for deployment from > AggieSat4. The satellite features 24 solar cells installed on its > external panels to deliver power to 6 batteries operating at a > voltage of 7.4 V. > > BEVO-2 has four deployable radio antennas and GPS patch antennas. > Attitude determination is accomplished with gyroscopes, > magnetometers, a star tracker and sun sensor while attitude actuation > employs reaction wheels and magnetic torquers. To connect with > AggieSat4 for the exchange of navigation data, the spacecraft hosts a > crosslink radio unit while communications with the ground make use of > a UHF/VHF terminal for data downlink and command uplink. > > The satellite is outfitted with a cold gas thruster module holding > 90 grams of Dupont R-236fa refrigerant stored at pressure to be > released for maneuvers of the satellite for stationkeeping and > rendezvous exercises with AggieSat4. > > As the second of four LONESTAR missions, AggieSat4 and BEVO-2 build > on the success of the previous mission in 2009 as part of a program > outlined to make successive progress towards the ultimate goal of > achieving an autonomous rendezvous and docking of two satellites. The > autonomy aspect of LONESTAR is of particular importance for future > missions to distant targets where communication delays require > spacecraft to act autonomously. > > [ANS thanks spaceflight101.com<http://spaceflight101.com> for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > LilacSat-2 FM Transponder > > Paul Stoetzer reports: > "I have noticed that LilacSat-2's FM transponder has been on nearly > continuously for the past four days They may be keeping it active > continuously during the holiday period in China. > > It's worth checking out if you haven't worked it yet. It's got a > good signal and can be easier to track than SO-50 because the carrier > stays active for a period when not receiving signals. The downlink > antenna also uses circular polarization, so there is less fading when > using linear antennas than on SO-50. > > Uplink: 144.350 MHz FM (No PL) > Downlink: 437.200 MHz FM > > Keep in mind that this uplink frequency is not within the normal > 145.800 - 146.000 MHz satellite subband on two meters, though this > frequency is within the 144.300 - 144.500 MHz "New OSCAR subband" in > the ARRL band plan and is allocated to the Amateur Satellite Service > (as is the entirety of 144 - 146 MHz). On passes over the United > States, quite a few packet signals can be heard through the > transponder. > > If you use LoTW, the satellite name to use when uploading QSOs is > 'CAS-3H.' > > [ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 6W8CK on Satellite > > Conrad, 6W8CK, will be active on satellites from IK14 near Mbour, > Senegal until mid-February. He does not wish to publish his private > email, but is interested in skeds with North American stations who are > in range. If you are interested in setting up a sked, please look up > your mutual windows and email me. I will contact Conrad with a list of > operators and mutual windows. > > He will try to be active on CW near 145.930 on AO-7 and 435.830 on > FO-29 during the afternoons, but may also be available on late night / > early morning passes for skeds. > > Conrad is using a Yaesu FT-736R and an Elk antenna mounted up 5 meter > above ground. He does occasionally lose power, so keep this in mind if > you do not hear him on a particular pass. > > QSL only via the DARC bureau to his home call, DF7OL. He may also > return to Senegal from November 2016 - February 2017. > > [ANS thanks Paul, N8HM for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > IARU Paper: APRS Harmonization and removal of OSCAR sub-band > > IARU Region 1 has released the papers for the Interim Meeting to be > held in Vienna April 15-17, 2016. > > Among the papers for the C5 VHF/UHF/Microwave Committee is one on > harmonizing APRS. > > VIE16_C5_41_1.pdf – 144 /435 MHz APRS Harmonisation > > The paper covers global band planning considerations and among the > recommendations says: > > Emphasise that spaceborne APRS must be confined to globally > coordinated amateur satellite sub bands. Therefore items that are > ambiguous and generate confusion in national band plans such as > ‘Space communications’ and ‘New Oscar Sub band’ should be removed as > soon as possible in all Regions in accordance with IARU-AC and > Satellite Coordination guidance > > It is believed that ‘New Oscar Sub band’ refers to the USA’s ARRL > 144 MHz band plan and ‘Space communications’ to the Australian WIA > 144 MHz band plan. These band plans, as well as those for some other > countries, show 144.300 – 144.500 MHz as being for Amateur Satellite > use. > > Direct link for C5 VHF/UHF/Microwave Papers > http://tinyurl.com/ANS031-Microwave > > Links for all committee papers and email addresses of Committee > Chairs are at > http://tinyurl.com/ANS031-IARU > > ARRL 144 MHz Band Plan http://www.arrl.org/band-plan > > WIA 144 MHz Band Plan http://tinyurl.com/ANS031-APRS > > [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ISS Orbit Boosted Ahead of March Crew Swap - Check Your Elements > > The International Space Station raised its orbit Wednesday afternoon > before a pair of crews swap places and a cargo ship arrives in March. > One-year crew members Scott Kelly of NASA and Mikhail Kornienko of > Roscosmos are set to return home March 1 along with Russian cosmonaut > Sergey Volkov. Then, Expedition 47 will begin and three new crew > members will arrive March 19. New supplies are scheduled to be > delivered to the crew March 31 aboard a Progress 63 cargo craft. > > The orbiting Expedition 46 crew was back at work Tuesday on a series > of life science and physics experiments to benefit life on Earth and > crews living in space. Commander Scott Kelly explored maximizing the > effects of exercise in space while British astronaut Tim Peake > studied how living in space affects using touch-based technologies, > repairing sensitive equipment and a variety of other tasks. NASA > astronaut Tim Kopra researched how materials burn in space. > > Two cosmonauts resized their Russian Orlan spacesuits today, checked > them for leaks and set up hardware before next week’s maintenance > spacewalk. Flight Engineers Sergey Volkov and Yuri Malenchenko will > work outside Feb. 3 in their Orlan suits to install hardware and > science experiments on the orbital lab’s Russian segment. > > [ANS thanks blogs.nasa,gov for the above information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ARISS News > > + A Successful contact was made between Brihaspati Vidyasadan, > Kathmandu, Nepal and Astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI using Callsign > NA1SS. The contact began 2016-01-20 08:37 UTC and lasted about nine > and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via VK5ZAI. ARISS Mentor > was 7M3TJZ. This event represents the 984th ARISS contact. A YouTube > video of the evnt can be seen here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25gCS1JTPxA > > Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-27 > > Christ The King School, Rutland, Vermont, telebridge via VK4KHZ) > The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The scheduled > astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN > Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-02-04 18:28:16 UTC > > "Gesmundo Moro Fiore" Secondary School, Terlizzi, Italy, telebridge > via LU1CGB. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS. The > scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI. > Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-02-06 09:09:01 UTC > > [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above > information] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Satellite Shorts From All Over > > + Congrats to Steve Kristoff, AI9IN, for having worked 5 hams in the > EM55 grid. > To earn 5 in EM55 award #59, please check out > http://www.starcommgroup.org for the awards offered. > > [ANS thanks Damon Runion, WA4HFN, for the above information] > > + The Colorado Amateur Satellite Net is held 7PM mountain time on > Thursdays 6PM Pacific. 7PM Mountain, 8PM Central, 9PM Eastern > > For more information visit http://www.amsatnet.info/ > > [ANS thanks Skyler KD0WHB for the above information] > > + The Jan/Feb issue of The AMSAT Journal is off to the printer. > > [ANS thanks Joseph KB6IGK 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 addi- > tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT > Office. > > Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership > at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students > enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- > dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. > Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership > information. > > 73, > This week's ANS Editor, > EMike McCardel, AA8EM (former KC8YLD) > kc8yld at amsat dot org > _______________________________________________ > Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans -- Gerry Creager NSSL/CIMMS 405.325.6371 ++++++++++++++++++++++ “Big whorls have little whorls, That feed on their velocity; And little whorls have lesser whorls, And so on to viscosity.” Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953)