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ANS 314 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – Nov.9, 2013:
* Maritime Mobile Satellite Operations
* AMSAT Office Status
* AMSAT at the Fort Wayne, TX Hamfest
* 31st Annual AMSAT Space Symposium International Attendance Correction
* FUNcube Handbook Now Available
* 2014 Space Exploration Educators Conference
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ANS 307 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – Nov. 2, 2013:
* 31st Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting Nov. 1-3, 2013
* AMSAT Board Elects Senior Officers for 2013-2014
* New Transpoder Satellites on the Horizon Within the Next 12 Months
* November Deployment for ISS CubeSats
* CubeSats Need Coordination Too
* ARLS001 RS0ISS Active on SSTV from International Space Station
* AMSAT VP Named to Top University Post
* Another “Last Man Standing” Ham Episode
* AMSAT Awards Update
* Three Space Station Crews Get Ready for Relocation, Launch, Landing
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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ANS 300 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – October 26, 2013:
* FUNCube Data Warehouse Ready for Demo
* Satellite contact between Cuba and UK
* New Satellite Segment in IARU Region 2 Bandplan
* Astronaut Rick Mastracchio KC5ZTE to Geocache the ISS
* FUNCube SDR Radio Telescope
* NASA CubeSat Space Missions
* ARISS Team Recognized by NW Indiana Society of Innovators
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
* All Things Symposium, a Chronology
* AMSAT BoD Meet in Houston October 31 and November 1
* 2013 AMSAT Symposium Presentations
* Symposium Banquet – 30 Years of Amateur Radio In Human Space Flight
* AMSAT Symposium Sunday Battleship Texas Tour
* AMSAT Symposium Monday NASA JSC Tour Monday 8:00 am – 2:30 pm CST
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ANS 293 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – October 19, 2013:
* Cutoff Dates for AMSAT Space Symposium Quickly Approaching
* AMSAT Symposium – VUCC/WAS Card Checking
* CAMSAT (AMSAT China) DX Party
* Hams in Space Team Appearing at the ARRL Midwest Division Convention
* New Satellite Operator on an Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico
* The ARRL Centennial QSO Party Includes Satellite Operation
* ARRL Reinvents Newsletter for Teachers and Instructors
An announcement from AMSAT:
AMSAT Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Amateur Radio Involvement in Human Spaceflight
The 31st Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting takes place 1-3 NOV 2013 at the Houston Marriott South at Hobby Airport. Deadline for reserving rooms under the AMSAT Block is Wednesday, 16 OCT 2013. Time is running out; reserve your room directly with the hotel and register for the Symposium, the banquet, and special tours on the AMSAT Store! Note: the special tour of Johnson Space Center scheduled for Monday, 4 NOV 2013 is booked and reservations are closed. All Symposium activities online reservations will close 25 OCT 2013.
A special highlight of this year’s Symposium is the celebration of the 30th anniversary of amateur radio involvement in human space flight and the evolution of amateur radio into a successful program on board the International Space Station. ARISS (Amateur Radio on the ISS) is an international program that supports educational outreach as well as provides an opportunity for informal contacts between astronauts/cosmonauts and amateur radio operators around the world. The recent delivery of “Ham TV” equipment to the Columbus module by the European Space Agency is a reflection of the continued support that amateur radio holds for communicating with students.
Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL on STS-9 in November 1983 was the first astronaut to utilize amateur radio to communicate with personnel on the ground, allowing the general public to speak with US astronauts from space, outside the communication channels of NASA’s Mission Control.