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Subj: ARISS GEAR PASSES PREFLIGHT TEST
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 334.03 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. November 30, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-334.03
Some exciting news on new ham radio hardware slated to be carried to the
International Space Station. We have more in this report:
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ARISS International Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, reports that he and other
members of the USA team just returned from Russia where we they were
supporting a series of meetings and tests at the Energia facility.
According to Bauer, the primary reason for the US team visit was to
complete the testing of the Phase 1 Ericsson 2 meter and 70 cm radios,
along with the Phase 2 Kenwood D 700 radio system using a set of flight
identical ARISS antenna systems.
The tests were performed in the KIS facility at Energia that houses all
their flight equipment. Inside the KIS is a flight equivalent Service
Module. The good news is that the group not only successfully completed
the end-to-end testing of the Kenwood and Ericsson radio systems but the
SSTV system as well.
The successful completion of these end-to-end tests was a requirement by
the Russian team. This, to clear these radio systems for use in the
on-orbit Service Module.
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By the way, the International Space Station celebrated its fifth
anniversary in Earth orbit on November 20th. (ARISS)
[ANS thanks Amateur Radio Newsline for the above information]
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