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ECHO Schedule Announcement

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 319.01 From
AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 13, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-319.01

>From 11 Nov through 16 Nov we will be in our normal mode with both the
FM repeater and BBS open for users.

To support our friends working on the SSETI Express satellite I have
changed the schedule to allow a mode V/S FM repeater window from 22
November through 24 November. They will be demonstrating at ESA/ESTEC
in Holland, during their Workshop. Other users have shown an interest
in running a V/S session as well.

See the November Schedule at:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ControlTeam.php


[ANS thanks Mike Kingery, KE4AZN for the above information]

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OSCAR 1 and PCSat on Display

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 319.02 From
AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 13, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-319.02

The James S. McDonnell Space Hangar opened Monday, Nov. 1 at the
National Air and Space Museum's Udvar Hazy Center near Dulles Airport.
In it is a display case containing OSCAR 1, the U.S. Naval Academy's
PCSat Thermal Mass Model, and NUSAT1.  

Watch for pictures and more information about the AMSAT display at the
Smithsonian in an upcoming AMSAT Journal.

[ANS thanks Perry, W3PK for the above information]

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ARISS Status Update

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 319.03 From
AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 13, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-319.03


1. Upcoming School Contacts

Scheduling continues for ARISS school contacts with the Expedition 10
crew.  The first contact will tentatively take place the week of
November 15. 

2. ARISS International Meeting Minutes and Presentations Posted

The minutes, agenda and presentations from the ARISS International
Meeting held in Arlington, Virginia in October have been posted to the
ARISS section of the AMSAT website.  See:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Meetings/Arlington2004/

3. Hardware Purchases

The ARISS U.S. team is working to procure four Kenwood VC-H1 slow-scan
television converters.  The hardware will be used for training and
development.  

4. ARRL Article on the Fourth Anniversary of ARISS

The ARRL ran an article on the past four years of ARISS on the ISS
entitled, "Permanent ISS Amateur Radio Station, Human Crews Share
Fourth Anniversary."  See:

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/11/04/2/?nc=1

[ANS thanks Carol Jackson, KB3LKI for the above information]

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