SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS002   
   ARLS002 ARISSat-1 Blasts Off   
      
   ZCZC AS02     
   QST de W1AW     
   Space Bulletin 002  ARLS002   
   From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington, CT  January 28, 2011   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB SPACE ARL ARLS002   
   ARLS002 ARISSat-1 Blasts Off   
      
   At 0132 UTC January 28, a Soyuz-U rocket lifted off from the   
   Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan carrying the Russian Progress   
   M-09M cargo vehicle to orbit for a rendezvous with the International   
   Space Station (ISS).   
      
   In addition to delivering fuel, oxygen, food and other supplies, the   
   Progress contains the new AMSAT ARISSat-1 Amateur Radio satellite.   
   Progress is scheduled to dock with the space station on January 30   
   at 0240 UTC.   
      
   ARISSat-1 will be manually jettisoned from the ISS during a   
   spacewalk on February 16. The satellites features a new software   
   defined transponder that will provide simultaneous 2-meter FM, CW,   
   BPSK transmissions, as well as a Mode U/V (70 cm uplink, 2 meter   
   downlink) transponder.   
      
   More information is available at the AMSAT-NA website at   
   http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php, and in the February 2011   
   issue of QST magazine.   
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   Gentlemens' agreements ratified by IARU regions 1 and 2 have   
   designated a global "center of activity" frequency  in  each   
   of  the  international  hf  bands.  THese are similar to the   
   concept for weak signal calling and other center of activity   
   frequencies.  Three of these have been ratified worldwide.   
      
   THese  center of activity frequencies are where stations can   
   go to render or obtain emergency assistance.   
      
   WHen casually operating or  contesting  on  hf  please  make   
   yourself  aware  of  these  frequencies,  and give them some   
   space. Remember that often stations with emergency needs are   
   not  those  utilizing  high  gain antennas and maximum legal   
   power.   
      
   TO find out more, visit 14300.net or IARU web resources.   
      
      
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