EU WRC23 agenda items consultation and RNSS/23cm band study

EU WRC23 agenda items consultation and RNSS/23cm band study

The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum and Regulatory Liaison Committee, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports on the response to the EU WRC-23 consultation and the CEPT RNSS/23cm band study.

On the IARU-R1 site he writes:

In a collaboration between the IARU-R1 Spectrum and Regulatory Liaison Committee (SRLC) and the Political Relations Committee (PRC) an IARU Region 1 response has been provided to the European Union consultation on the WRC23 agenda items.

All the agenda items of interest to the IARU are covered with particular attention paid to the AI9.1b issue on the GALILEO / 23cm band amateur service coexistence. This is an important messaging activity and the IARU response again underlines the IARU view that with only two cases of interference recorded globally, the potential for interference is being over-stated and that any regulatory solutions should be proportionate, realistic and appropriate and should not hinder the future development of amateur services. The IARU would be pleased if member societies could share these same views with their national regulators.

The full IARU R1 response can be found at
https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Response-to-EU-WRC23-Consultation_submitted.pdf

The PRC/SRLC is also developing a response to the European Commission Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) on the same topics.

Secondly the CEPT project team SE40 that is carrying out the CEPT studies on the RNSS/23cm band topic met during the week 25 – 28th July 2022. The IARU provided a contribution and participated in the meeting supported by USKA. Good progress was made but further work continues to be required to finalise the conclusions from the studies. The IARU continues to be concerned about the lack of consideration being given to the low probability of interference and more work is needed on this aspect. A summary report can be found at
https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IARU-Report_SE40_77.pdf

Source IARU Region 1 https://iaru-r1.org/

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Ten amateur radio CubeSats deployed from ISS

Ten amateur radio CubeSats deployed from ISS

On July 21, 2022, during a spacewalk by Samantha Cristoforetti IZ0UDF and Oleg Artemyev, 10 amateur radio CubeSats were deployed from the International Space Station.

On his website Dmitry Pashkov R4UAB reports:

On July 21, 2022, during extravehicular activities (VKD-54), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev deployed ten Russian small spacecraft (MKA) – SWSU-55 No. 1 & R-390 (SWSU No. 5), SWSU-55 No. 2 (SWSU No. 6), SWSU-55 No. 3 (SWSU No. 7), SWSU-55 No. 4 (SWSU No. 8), SWSU-55 No. 5 (SWSU No. 9), SWSU-55 No. 6 (SWSU No. 10), SWSU-55 No. 7 & R-390 (SWSU No. 11), SWSU-55 No. 8 (SWSU No. 12), “Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan 1” and “Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan 2” according to the program of the space experiment “Radioskaf”.

The SWSU series satellites were developed at the Research Institute of Space Instrumentation (part of Roscosmos) and radio-electronic systems of southwestern State University (SWSU). The main developer of the SWSU series satellites is Egor Shilenkov (UB3WCL), Candidate of Technical Sciences, Director of the Center for Space Instrumentation, Advanced Research and Development of Southwestern State University.

The mission of the SWSU series satellites is to
create a peer-to-peer information network. Within the network, retransmission and parallel transmission to the ground monitoring point are organized.
– Study of the Earth’s magnetic field.
– measurement of the noise of the radio broadcast in outer space.
– transmission of photos (SSTV) and voice messages (AUDIO) to radio amateurs around the world. For each satellite, a personal phrase will be selected, which is translated into 8 different languages.

The Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan 1/2 satellites have special radio transmitting equipment designed to perform the scientific task of calibrating the sensitivity of radio telescopes of the Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory of the AstroSpace Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PRAO ACC FIAN, http://www.prao.ru ). Also, these satellites can emit specialized radio signals to study the effects of the propagation of radio waves through the ionosphere using radio receiving equipment, which is supposed to be manufactured at the RSRTU and used as part of the radio telescopes of the PRAO ACCC FIAN.

The Radioskaf space experiment is carried out within the framework of the student program on space education of the youth of Russia and implements projects for the development, training and launch of experimental ultra-small spacecraft for various purposes in the process of extravehicular activities of cosmonauts. The director of the experiment “Radioskaf” is RSC Energia named after “S.P. Korolev”.

Frequency SWSU-55 No1 & R-390 (SWSU No5)
• Call Sign: RS10S
• Telemetry: 437.050 MHz 1200 bps . AX25 AFSK;
• Payload: 437.050 MHz 1200/2400/4800 bps . AX25 AFSK, SSTV, AUDIO, TEXT;

Frequency SWSU-55 No2 (SWSU No6)
• Call Sign: RS11S
• Telemetry: 437.050MHz 1200 bps. AX25 AFSK;
• Payload: 437.062 MHz 1200/2400/4800 bps . AX25 AFSK, SSTV, AUDIO, TEXT;

Frequency SWSU-55 No3 (SWSU No7)
• Call Sign: RS1S
• Telemetry: 437.050 MHz 1200 bps . AX25 AFSK;
• Payload: 437.075 MHz 1200/2400/4800 bps . AX25 AFSK, SSTV, AUDIO, TEXT;

Frequency SWSU-55 No4 (SWSU No8)
• Call Sign: RS2S
• Telemetry: 437.050 MHz 1200 bps . AX25 AFSK;
• Payload: 437.082 MHz 1200/2400/4800 bps . AX25 AFSK, SSTV, AUDIO, TEXT;

Frequency SWSU-55 (SWSU No9)
• Call Sign: RS3S
• Telemetry: 437.050 MHz 1200 bps . AX25 AFSK;
• Payload: 437.100 MHz 1200/2400/4800 bps . AX25 AFSK, SSTV, AUDIO, TEXT;

Frequency SWSU-55 No6 (SWSU No10)
• Call Sign: RS4S
• Telemetry: 437.050 MHz 1200 bps . AX25 AFSK;
• Payload: 437.087 MHz 1200/2400/4800 bps . AX25 AFSK, SSTV, AUDIO, TEXT;

Frequency SWSU-55 No7 & R-390 (SWSU No11)
• Call Sign: RS5S
• Telemetry: 437.050 MHz 1200 bps . AX25 AFSK;
• Payload: 437.1125 MHz 1200/2400/4800 bps . AX25 AFSK, SSTV, AUDIO, TEXT;

Frequency SWSU-55 No8 (SWSU No12)
• Call Sign: RS6S
• Telemetry: 437.050 MHz 1200 bps . AX25 AFSK;
• Payload: 437.000 MHz 1200/2400/4800 bps . AX25 AFSK, SSTV, AUDIO, TEXT;

Frequency Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan 1
• Call Sign: RS9S
• Telemetry: 437.050 MHz 1200 bps . AX25 AFSK;
• Payload: 437.025 MHz 1200 bps . AX25 AFSK, SSTV, AUDIO, TEXT;

Frequency Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan 2
• Call Sign: RS12S
• Telemetry: 437.050 MHz 1200 bps . AX25 AFSK;
• Payload: 437.0125 MHz 1200 bps . AX25 AFSK, SSTV, AUDIO, TEXT;

Watch TV News item about the CubeSats with Sergey Samburov RV3DR
Broadcast Feb 2022 – enable YouTube Closed Captions, Auto-translate

Source R4UAB https://r4uab.ru/2022/07/21/kosmonavt-oleg-artemev-s-borta-mks-zapustil-rossijskie-sputniki-po-programme-ke-radioskaf/
https://twitter.com/R4UAB

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Summer 2022 OSCAR News now available to download

Summer 2022 OSCAR News now available to download

E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the Summer 2022 edition of OSCAR News, issue 238, here.

The paper edition edition will be sent to postal members and should arrive in the next 2-3 weeks.

In this issue:
• From the Secretary’s Keyboard
• CelesTrak Changing Domain Used
• Our thanks to – Frank Heritage M0AEU
• Retirement Letter
• FUNcubes update June 2022
• FUNcube-Next
• STAR-XL: Student Transponder for Satellite Ranging on X & L-band
• First flight of Vega-C
• New HO-113 AMSAT Distance Record Set
• Satlist a valuable resource!
• Satellite Operations from the Gambia
• Electromagnetic Field
• G3OUA Works CN88
• Increase in Satellite activity from Jersey
• GB70U Guernsey
• IARU Region 1 Satellite Coordinator’s report
• ARISS Women in Space SSTV Activity

Membership of AMSAT-UK is open to anyone who has an interest in amateur radio satellites or space activities, including the International Space Station (ISS).

E-members of AMSAT-UK are able to download the quarterly publication OSCAR News as a convenient PDF that can be read on laptops, tablets or smartphones anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Join as an E-member at Electronic (PDF) E-membership

PDF sample copy of “Oscar News” here.

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IARU-R1 Spectrum Regulation and Liaison Committee Slides

IARU-R1 Spectrum Regulation and Liaison Committee Slides

https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SRLC-slides.pdf

Further detailed information on the 23cm band topic can be found at
https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/23cm-Band-and-RNSS-_June2022.pdf

Source IARU Region 1 https://iaru-r1.org/

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