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AMSAT China XW-1 Designated Hope OSCAR 68AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Coordinator Bill Tynan, W3XO has informed Alan Kung, BA1DU, Amateur Satellite Project Manager and Chief Executive Officer of AMSAT-China that XW-1 is now designated as Hope OSCAR 68, or HO-68.
Bill wrote, "The satellite was launched successfully 15 December from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center of China, on a CZ-4C rocket. Amateur Radio Operators around the world have received beacon signals from XW-1."
Bill continues, "Further, I have been informed that XW-1 has been coordinated through IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel. As XW in Chinese means 'hope', it had been requested that this word be used as the prefix for the new OSCAR number. Therefore, with the above information and the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, I hereby designate this latest amateur radio satellite as Hope Oscar 68 or HO-68."
Bill concluded, "On behalf of AMSAT-NA and the world's Amateur Radio satellite community I congratulate those responsible for building, testing and launching this new satellite. May it have a long and successful life."
AMSAT-NA President, Barry Baines, WD4ASW wrote, "On behalf of Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, congratulations on the successful launch of XW-1 and its subsequent designation as HO-68. This is a significant milestone for both Amateur Radio and AMSAT-China. We are very excited to see not only a new amateur satellite successfully placed in service, but a new member of the AMSAT International family establishing itself as well. Please let us know more about your organization and how we might be able to develop appropriate relationships between AMSAT-China and other AMSAT organizations. Again, congratulations on placing HO-68 in service and best wishes for the New Year."
The latest official information can be found on-line on the AMSAT-China web page. The AMSAT-NA Satellite Status Web may also be consulted for frequency and operating mode information. Updated: 21 Dec, 09 |
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Get Ready For OSCAR Straight Key Night 2010All radio amateurs, worldwide, are cordially invited to participate in AMSAT's Straight Key Night on OSCAR 2010.
AO-51 SKN Operating Schedule December 29 - January 2
SSB/FM Repeater, V/U (CW QSOs only on Straight Key Night)
Uplink: 145.880 MHz USB
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM
Participating in SKN 2010 on all satellites is easy. No rules, no scoring and no need to send in a log. Just operate CW through any OSCAR between 0000 and 2400 UTC on 1 January 2010, using a straight hand key.
In keeping with the friendly nature of this event, all participants are encouraged to nominate someone they worked for "Best Fist." Your nominee need not have the best fist of those you heard, just of those you worked. Please send your nomination to w2rs@amsat.org. A list of those nominated will appear in ANS and The AMSAT Journal.
CU SKN de W2RS!
AO-51 Configuration for Kid's Day 2010
AMSAT-NA and the AO-51 Operations Group will sponsor Kid's Day on AO-51 on January 3, 2010. The event is open to all kids, worldwide.
We ask all amateur radio stations to give this short time window to promote satellite operations with kids, by actually showing a kid how to make contacts via AO-51, providing a station to contact, or stepping aside to allow others to make contacts with the kids. During the event, please limit contacts to stations that are operating with kids at the microphone. This should allow the kids to have a nice QSO and pass some information. Kids can tell their name, age, who is helping them operate on AO-51, where they live, and other information about themselves.
AO-51 will be configured in the following mode during the January 3 event:
Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM voice
Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM voice
See the ARRL website for more Kids Day information on all the bands.
Have fun and enjoy AO-51!
Attention AMSAT Volunteers!
AMSAT Treasurer, Gunther Meisse, W8GSM reminds all AMSAT volunteers, "It is that time again when we gather volunteer hours donated to the AMSAT Program of Work to include within our yearly Audit. These important donations of personal time help us illustrate to the outside world the involvement of our members. We welcome reporting in all areas of service from Managing a booth at a Hamfest, to engineering of new AMSAT projects, to day to day operational activities."
If you are not already signed up for the on line Web site “VRS” (Volunteer Reporting System) program, please select “Become a Volunteer” from the link here on the left side of the main page. Select #2 in order to create an account for your reporting. You will be given a confidential account into which you can report your volunteer hours. Select # 3 to actually report your 2009 efforts.
We total up the efforts and total value while we keep confidential the actual dollar amount of each volunteer. With the year drawing to a close, this is a great time to submit those hours. After January 1, 2010 we’ll download the file and report these numbers to our Auditor.
Your efforts are important, so please take the time to report. If you have any questions feel free to email Gunther.
Updated: 21 Dec, 09
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