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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 207.01 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. July 25, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-207.01
Well-known radio astronomer, antenna designer, cosmic explorer and
author John D. Kraus,W8JK, of Delaware, Ohio, died Sunday, July 18. He
was 94 and reportedly was in failing health but alert to the end. While
he enjoyed a worldwide reputation, Kraus is perhaps best known within
the Amateur Radio community for his bi-directional wire beam antenna
design--often dubbed the '8JK array. The antenna has remained popular
among radio amateurs for decades. Other important Kraus antenna designs
include the corner reflector and the helix antenna, often used in
amateur satellite antennas as well as in commercial communications
applications. The Michigan native was a pioneer of radiotelescope design
and the father of the so-called "Big Ear" telescope, which ceased
operation in 1997 after almost 40 years of service.
In 1946, he joined the faculty of the Ohio State University. He served
as a professor of electrical engineering and astronomy at OSU, where he
founded and directed the OSU Radio Observatory (OSURO)--designing and
overseeing construction of the "Big Ear" radiotelescope on the land
owned by Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware.
Kraus's classic text Antennas remains an engineering staple today.
Kraus's classic textbook Antennas, now in its third edition, has been an
engineering school staple for about four decades and can be found in
virtually every antenna engineer's library. The advanced antenna theory
book is an optional text for the ARRL "Antenna Design and Construction"
(EC-009) Certification and Continuing Education course. Among his other
titles are Electromagnetics, Radio Astronomy, Big Ear, Big Ear Two and
Our Cosmic Universe.
The Big Ear fell victim to development pressures and was torn down in
1998. Kraus spoke at a November 2000 dedication of a site marker.
Kraus and his wife, Alice, have two sons--Jack and Nelson--and several
grandchildren.
[ANS thanks the ARRLWeb for the above information]
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ECHO Update - 25 July 2004
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 207.02 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. July 25, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-207.02
All user receivers have been tested in the FM repeat mode through TXB.
All worked fine. SQRX had a very nice signal through TXB on VHF. Mike,
KE4AZN, said, "I ran the power all the way down on the FT-847 and could
not tell a difference in my signal through the bird". SQRX was also
tested via an L-band uplink in FM repeat mode through TXB. Echo sounds
very good.
PL tone function testing was not completed, so that will be continuing.
Lately Echo has been sending Telemetry at the quickest rate, which is
every 3 seconds. That data along with a WOD run was used to refine the
attitude determination. From a quick look at the data, Echo's spin is
slowing down, which is a good sign.
So far the command team reports that they have had very good results
with the users giving the room to commission Echo. They ask at the
present time, that you continue to NOT transmit to Echo. Your patience
in that regard up to this point has been appreciated by the command
team.
[ANS thanks Mike, KE4AZN for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-207.03
ARISS News & Info - 25 July 2004
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 207.03 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. July 25, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-207.03
+ Meizen School Contact Successful
Meizen High School in Kurume-City, Fukuoka, Japan, experienced a
successful contact with Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, on Tuesday, July 13.
Seventeen students (10 elementary, 3 junior high and 4 high school
students) prepared 29 questions for the contact. They were able to ask
17 questions and Mike surprised the audience of 50 elementary, 20 junior
high, and 250 high school students as well as 80 parents, when he
answered the questions in both English and Japanese. Also attending the
event were six TV stations, including NHK (Japan Broadcasting
Corporation), and 5 newspapers. Osamu Nakamura, NH7TA, a student of
Meizen High School, was the control operator during this contact. He
received his FCC license last November specifically for this event. All
preparations for this contact were made by the Meizen High School
students themselves - this was a first for Japan, and a very successful
event for all!
+ Expedition 9 Video to Japan
Astronaut Mike Fincke, requested that a video be sent to Habikino prior
to its scheduled contact on July 29. The video, "Expedition 9 Tour,"
gives students a tour of the Space Station. Mike Fincke and Gennady
Padalka both participate in the video, giving students answers to
commonly asked questions such as "How do you eat and drink in space?"
and "How do you use the bathroom in space?" The video is very well done
and will make a nice addition to the ARISS contact for the students. A
CD of the video was sent to Japan ARISS representative, Satoshi Yasuda,
and it has been uploaded to the ARISS section of the AMSAT server.
Please see:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Video/
+ Gilmour Academy Contact Leads to New Hams
Inspired by the ARISS Program, members of the Gilmour Academy community
in Gates Mills, Ohio went on to earn their Amateur Radio licenses. Two
students, Jess Noeth, KD8ACJ, and Britt Mawby, KD8ACL, as well as parent
David Noeth, KD8ACO (Jess' dad) earned their callsigns after
experiencing an ARISS contact with Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale,
KB5UAC, on January 2, 2004. Congratulations to all!
[ANS thanks the ARISS team for the above information]
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This Week's News in Brief
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 207.04 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. July 25, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-207.x04
** Capping his three-decade struggle to explain an elemental paradox in
scientific thinking, famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking says black
holes, the mysterious massive vortexes formed from collapsed stars, do
not destroy everything they consume but instead eventually fire out
matter and energy "in a mangled form." --CNN
** Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have completed on-orbit
checkout of the upgraded Global Positioning System satellite launched
successfully June 23 from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft has been
declared fully operational for military and civilian navigation users
around the globe. --Spaceflight Now
** After weeks of having a face free of large blemishes, the Sun now
sports a Jupiter-size spot. Designated active region 10652, the sunspot
is large enough to be visible without magnification — all you need to
see it is a sunny day and a safe solar filter. --Sky and Telescope
** SpaceDev has been awarded a small contract by Lunar Enterprise
Corporation of California for the next phase in designing a mission and
spacecraft for a lunar lander program. The low-cost, unmanned mission is
intended to land a small dish antenna near the south pole of the Moon.
--SpaceDaily
** A House of Representatives panel voted Tuesday to cut space,
environment and science programs next year, including giving President
Bush 7 percent less than the $16.2 billion he proposed for NASA. The
cuts, including deep reductions in the funds Bush wants to prepare for
manned missions to the Moon and Mars, were approved on the 35th
anniversary of the day Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong took man's
first steps on the Moon. --SkyNews
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