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In consultation with ARRL Southeastern Division Director Mickey
Baker, N4MB, ARRL Field Services Manager Mike Walters, W8ZY, has
appointed David Benoist, AG4ZR, to fill the vacant post of ARRL
Georgia Section Manager, starting immediately.  Benoist, of Senoia,
had previously served in the position from 2016 to 2021. The former
Georgia ARRL SM, Jim Millsap, K9APD, resigned for personal reasons,
effective December 14, after serving since October 1.  Benoist was
the ARRL Georgia Section Emergency Coordinator from March 2014 to
2016.  The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station team
will support Slow Scan TV transmissions from the International Space
Station, December 26 to 31. The images will be related to lunar
exploration.  Transmissions should be available worldwide on 145.800
MHz FM, using SSTV mode PD120.  Transmissions are set to start on
December 26 at about 1825 UTC and end December 31 at about 1705 UTC.
The signal should be receivable on a handheld transceiver with a
quarter wave whip antenna. Use the widest filter for 25 kHz channel
spacing.  The ARISS SSTV blog has more information on the ARISS
website.  Visit the AMSAT Online Satellite Pass Predictions page for
ISS pass times at, //www.amsat.org/track/ .  The CAMSAT XW 3, known
as CAS 9, amateur radio satellite has been installed on the CZ 4C
Y39 launch vehicle at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China,
and related work is in progress as planned, CAMSATs Alan Kung,
BA1DU, reports.  If all goes well, the satellite will be launched on
December 25, 2021. The orbit will be a circular Sun synchronous
orbit with an altitude of 770.1 kilometers. The XW 3 user manual has
more details.  The 100 mW linear transponder will have an uplink
frequency of 145.870 MHz and a downlink frequency of 435.18 MHz.
The transponder passband is 30 kHz, inverted. The satellite will
have a CW beacon on 435.575 MHz.

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