Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 09 2022 16:52:36

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2341, for Friday, September 9th, 2022

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2341, with a release date of Friday,
September 9th, 2022, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Radio waves bring remarkable images from the 
James Webb telescope. Romanian students embark on a first-time satellite 
challenge -- and statistics from Brazil provide encouraging news for 
amateurs. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2341 
comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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WEBB TELESCOPE TRANSMITS DIRECT IMAGES OF EXOPLANET

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our top story comes to us from space. Radio waves have 
transmitted something remarkable to astronomers here on Earth -- long-
awaited imagery from outside our solar system. Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, has 
more on that story.

KENT: The James Webb Space Telescope's first direct image of a planet 
outside of our solar system has been transmitted to scientists, offering 
promise for deeper research into exoplanets. NASA reported that 
astronomers received the image of the planet in orbit around a star 
estimated to be 385 light-years from Earth. The image was taken with a 
near-infrared camera and the Mid-Infrared Instrument, which each focus on 
different portions of the infrared spectrum.

There have been only a few dozen direct imaging of exoplanets such as 
this one. Astronomers have identified over 5,000 exoplanets, but only by 
an indirect method of observing starlight dimming as the planet passes in 
front of the star they are observing.

NASA expressed hope that these new infrared images will be a gateway to 
deeper study of exoplanets.

This is Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(NASA, SPACE.COM)

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SATELLITE WILL BE FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR ROMANIAN STUDENTS

PAUL/ANCHOR: Construction is to begin in Madrid on a small ham satellite 
that will be a "first" for the Romanian teenagers who designed it. Ed 
Durrant, DD5LP, gives us a closer look.

ED: AMSAT-EA is giving its support to a small amateur radio satellite 
designed by students in Romania, a project considered the first of its 
kind for Romanian students. Known as the ROM-2 mission, the satellite, 
built with the support of the Romanian organisation ROMSpace, is to be 
assembled in Madrid at the AMSAT-EA facilities. AMSAT-EA, which has 
registered the satellite internationally, will be responsible for the 
satellite once it has entered orbit.

The satellite's maintenance data will be transmitted via CW. The 
satellite will fulfill its mission to take photographs with a 2 MegaPixel 
camera and transmit them to hams who will be able to retransmit them from 
their own stations using the SSDV protocol. They will use the frequency 
of 436.235 MHz. SSDV packets will be transmitted from the satellite 
using GFSK.

The students attend the International Computing High School in Bucharest 
and are between the ages of 15 and 18.

This is Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(AMSAT-EA)
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