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Volume: 5	05 January, 2003
	WEEKLY OPERATING UPDATE OSCAR SKN NOMINATIONS DUE PCSAT OPERATIONS LIMITED AMSAT JOURNAL DX EDITOR WAYNE W9AE

Volume: 12	12 January, 2003
	WEEKLY OPERATING UPDATE

Volume: 19	19 January, 2003
	WEEKLY OPERATING UPDATE

Volume: 26	26 January, 2003
	President's Letter January 2003 Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2003-01-24 05:00 UTC WEEKLY OPERATING UPDATE AO-40 QSO Party. Suggestions from Lee KU4OS AO-40 QSO Party (CW Operation). Suggestions from Frank, K0BLT News Briefs

Volume: 33	02 February, 2003
	President's Message on Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 Loss Shuttle Columbia Crew SORCE Successfully Launched Starshine's Final Flare GPS Satellite Launched Pakistan Announces First Satellite ISS Fan Club Processes First Batch of Awards ARRL Supports AMSAT's FCC Petition FCC Begins New e-mail Service NASA Recruiting Teachers for Future Missions New AMSAT FAQ on using Satellite Frequencies Posted

Volume: 40	09 February, 2003
	OSCAR Straight Key Night Best Fists AO-40 Schedule Update Martha's 25th Anniversary with AMSAT Guadeloupe active on AO-40 Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule News in Brief for This Week

Volume: 47	16 February, 2003
	Thoughts on Columbia COLUMBIA ASTRONAUT REMAINS IDENTIFIED ISS crew grieves Columbia loss, moves forward Kalpana-1 Satellite AMSAT Award Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2003-02-13 18:00 UTC OSCAR satellite downlink signals in RealAudio John GM4IHJ, Silent Key

Volume: 54	23 February, 2003
	AO-40 S-Band Receiver Test Scheduled AO-40 Operating Update Guadeloupe (FG) on AO-40 News in brief for this week

Volume: 61

02 March, 2003

Pioneer 10, SK
ISS Active on Voice
Oscar Satellite Communications Achievement Award
NASA's Newest Seawinds Instrument Breezes Into Operation
ARISS Contact with Japanese School First Since Columbia Tragedy
Two Astronauts on the ISS?
Soyuz to Ferry ISS Crews
First Mars Exploration Rover Arrives At Cape For May Launch
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2003-02-28 18:00 UTC
Hochwald-Gymnasium / Pettit ARISS QSO

Volume: 68	09 March, 2003
	AMSAT-NA March President's Letter HAM RADIO IN SPACE: CREW OF 2 TO THE ISS ARISS Contact Schedule OSCAR 11, 19 Years old AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Call for Papers ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference Call for Papers A LETTER TO AMERICA FROM THE COLUMBIA CREW FAMILIES

Volume: 75	16 March, 2003
	AO-40 Update

Volume: 82

23 March, 2003

Shuttle Columbia's flight data recorder found
NASA ham-astronaut among those meeting with "future explorers"
Paul Harvey plugs ham radio's emergency communications role
Spring Satellites and Spaghetti
ARISS Continues While Shuttle Fleet Grounded
Persistence Makes Perfect for Space Station QSO
Mars Express Another Step Closer to Delivery
Artemis Relays First Envisat Images
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2003-03-19 19:00 UTC
AMSAT-DC Annual Meeting and Space Seminar

Volume: 96	06 April, 2003
	AMSAT-NA BoD Nominations AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Call for Papers AO-40 Update PCSat Operations OSCAR-11 REPORT 22 March 2003 Boston AMSAT Net celebrates 7th anniversary ARISS Contact Schedule and Successful schools AMSAT Award Recipients This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 103	13 April, 2003
	AMSAT-NA BoD Nominations AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Call for Papers Home Safe Space Station Shuttle Safety Proposals at Hand World Amateur Radio Day on April 18 "Space is Beautiful!" ARISS Gets the Spotlight at Science Teachers Gathering AMSAT EchoLink Conference Server

Volume: 117	27 April, 2003
	April 2003 AMSAT-NA President's Letter AMSAT-NA Space Symposium 2nd Call for Papers AO-40 Update OSCAR-11 REPORT 15 April 2003 Month long ARISS promotion by Halifax ARC Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule PCSat Update This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 124

04 May, 2003

Expedition 6 Crew Back Home
AMSAT President Addresses SARS Concerns for Annual Meeting
New Two-Ham ISS Crew Makes Human Spaceflight History
Upgraded GPS satellite Shipped To Cape for July Launch
Pegasus Puts GALEX In Orbit
Boeing Studies Keep ISS Humming
First Canadian Satellite in Over 30 Years to Launch
India's Space Agency to Build a Slew of Satellites
Gyro fails, Hubble goes to Sleep
Shuttles won't fly again this year, lawmakers say
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule

Volume: 131	11 May, 2003
	Apology from G4DPZ ARISS Contact Schedule HAM RADIO IN SPACE: TWO-MAN EXPEDITION 7 HAM RADIO CREW ARRIVES AT ISS AMSAT-DC Meeting and Space Seminar Computer Glitch Eyed in Soyuz's Wild Ride Home Team America Rocketry Challenge SUN MOVIE

Volume: 138	18 May, 2003
	AO-40 Update AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2003 AMSAT Awards VP2E Satellite DXexpedition This Week's New in Brief

Volume: 145	25 May, 2003
	President's Letter May 2003 Canadian Special Prefixes ESA's Cluster Solves an Auroral Puzzle European Leaders Discuss the Future of Space Technology Russia to Launch 9 Satellites in June PCsat Status AMSAT-NA Office Closed Expedtion Six Returns Home ARISS Contacts AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Call for Papers

Volume: 152	01 June, 2003
	Jerry Schmitt KK5YY - SK Another Launch Opportunity... Klem South School ARISS contact PCSAT2 (prototype) on AIR PCsat Triple hop! VK6 - QRN

Volume: 159	08 June, 2003
	AO-40 Update PCSat2 Testing Continues Field Day Planning for AO-40 FO-29 Data Requested This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 166	15 June, 2003
	Spirit to Visit Mars WARC-03 Opens in Geneva Lively Shuttle Webcast Sea Launch Lofts Thuraya-2 Mobile Comms Bird Frog Music Arrives at Space Station Astronaut Visits ARISS Contact School in Person ISS Expedition 2 Crew Member Headed for Academic Career Air & Space Day 2003 Shuttle May Launch Before End of Year Kids Day 2003 Take 2

Volume: 180	29 June, 2003
	AO-40 Update FO-29 Reactivated Challenger Center ARISS Contact Lesotho DXpedition plans AO-40 operation UK expanded satellite access proposal New PREDICT version released This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 187	06 July, 2003
	"OPPORTUNITY" MARS EXPLORATION ROVER TARGETED FOR LAUNCH JULY 6 CubeSat Orbital Status OSCAR-11 REPORT 02 July 2003 Astronaut Interview via IRLP HAM RADIO IN SPACE: A NEW URL FOR MAREX Russian Satellite 'Mozhayets' Service Life Extended by Six Months

Volume: 194	13 July, 2003
	ISS has a Field Day Waiting for Opportunity to Arrive Falcon Rocket may Save Money Loral To Build Critical Power Systems For Space Station MOST Launches Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2003-07-08 15:00 UTC Shuttle report delayed until August

Volume: 201	20 July, 2003
	AMSAT-NA July President's Letter AMSAT-NA Membership Contest Anonymous Donor Matches New Member Dues AMSAT Annual General Meeting and Space Symposium. Membership QSL Insert Available P3T Upgraded for AO-40 FEC Telemetry 7P8 DXpedition includes AO-40 July 18-25 Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 208	27 July, 2003
	HAM RADIO IN SPACE: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AO-40 ARISS Contact Schedule and Successful school List AMSAT-UK Colloquium AMSAT Field Day 2003 Results 7P8NK DXpedition becomes 3DA0WC on AO-40 This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 215

09 August, 2003

ARISS chairman promoted at NASA
NASA Teams with Local Libraries
Mars Closing In
FCC Hikes Vanity Fee
Space Agencies Team Up in Satellite Launch Project
Expedition 8 Crew Named
Canadian Space Agency Celebrates 1000 Days in Space
Canada-U.S. Satellite gets a Triple Brain Transplant
Teen Astronomers at Brussels Planetarium Speak via Ham Radio with ISS
ARISS Contact Schedule and Successful School List updated 2003-07-31

Volume: 222	10 August, 2003
	AMSAT-NA August President's Letter AMSAT-NA Membership Contest Update AO-40 FEC Telemetry Soundcard Decoder Satellite DX news UO-14 Makes a Quick Recovery Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 229	17 August, 2003
	Bali QSO Party on AO-40 Flatholm Island Expedition includes satellite op's AO-40 Transponder Schedule Roy Neal, K6DUE, SK This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 236	24 August, 2003
	Russian Space Agency Gets 100 Million Dollar Budget Boost ESA uses SMART Propulsion Nigeria to Launch own Satellite Next Month Japan to Launch 18 Satellites

Volume: 243	28 August, 2003
	AMSAT-NA President's Reminder VUSat Update CCARC VHF AMSAT Satellite net AO-40 DX Update Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 250	07 September, 2003
	AMSAT-NA President's Reminder Keith Baker resigns from AMSAT-NA BoD OSCAR-11 REPORT AMSAT comments on BPL debate Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 271	28 September, 2003
	AMSAT Senior Advisor Group Established AMSAT Assistant to the President announced Space Symposium and Annual Meeting Update AMSAT.ORG servers recover from outage Area Coordinator report from EM17 KS Logging satellite contacts via ARRL's Logbook of the World U.S. Space Weather Service in deep trouble

Volume: 278	05 October, 2003
	PC Sat at 2 Years World Space Week AMSAT Awards SMART-1 Ion Engine Fired Successfully Boeing Launches New Galaxy Satellite TV Networks Sue North Carolina Over Unfair Sales Taxes

Volume: 285	12 October, 2003
	AO-40 Update YACER software update HAMSAT launch delayed This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 292	19 October, 2003
	Satellite contacts in ARRL's LoTW OSCAR status page ARISS Update OSCAR-11 Report

Volume: 293	20 October, 2003
	ISS <--> PCSAT DUAL-HOP DIGIPEAT SUCCESSFUL

Volume: 299	26 October, 2003
	OSCAR Echo to Fly in March! ARISS Equipment Update Volunteers Needed! World's First Taikonaut Five Hams on ISS Converged Satellite-WiFi Services Create New Revenue Opportunities Sea Launch To Come Ashore 2004 AMSAT General Meeting ARISS Contacts

Volume: 300	27 October, 2003
	OSCAR-11 REPORT

Volume: 306	02 November, 2003
	AMSAT-NA President's Letter October 2003 AMSAT-UK Colloquium dates announced CubeSate XI-IV takes pictures of the Earth ARISS Status 28 October 2003 AMRAD balloon launch AO-40 Status Update This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 313	09 November, 2003
	NEW GEAR FOR THE ISS Satellite Operation Awards and First Contacts Houston AMSAT Net ARiSS Status SAT_EXPLORER Tracking Software ARISS Operation over UK AMSAT-UK TO DONATE FUNDS FOR AMSAT-NA AND AMSAT-DL PROJECTS

Volume: 320	16 November, 2003
	New AMSAT Appointments UO-14 Satellite Declared Dead ARISS Announces Roy Neal, K6DUE, ISS Commemorative Event Voyager near edge of solar system Enlarging EU looks to ultimate frontier New AMSAT Journal Editor

Volume: 327	23 November, 2003
	AO-40 Status Update AO-40 Birthday Bash log reminder ARISS Status 18 November 2003 FCC expands C-Band Part 15 allocation Operating AO-40 mobile This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 334	30 November, 2003
	AMSAT-NA President November NewsLetter ARISS Contact Schedule and Successful School List ARISS GEAR PASSES PREFLIGHT TEST Satellite Operating Awards ARISS Status, November 25, 2003 Tampa Hamfest, Request for Help Reception of MARS EXPRESS Signal

Volume: 341	07 December, 2003
	Cocoa Beach 10th-grader catches NASA's eye Raytheon Team Awarded Study Contract by NOAA for GOES-R Hughes Network Markets Direcway Broadband To European Market Dresden ARISS Contact a Success November SPACEWARN Published

Volume: 348	14 December, 2003
	AO-40 Birthday Bash Results Large ECHO sticker now available ARISS School contact successful AO-40 Attitude update This Week's News in Brief

Volume: 355	21 December, 2003
	December Presidents' Letter Seasons Greetings AMSAT Journal Mailing Beagle 2 Separation AMSAT-YV Web Site IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination 100 Years of Powered Flight PCSAT Ops Going Well