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13 colonies sat ops
by Jeff Griffin 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

I have gotten some emails about level of participation. A pass or two a day is fine. There is also no need to be on every pass every day, but I am looking for experienced ops capable of making contacts every time there OTA. As the event progresses if your state is needed by someone to get the sweep, I'm sure they will let you know here on the SIG J We have 4 states so far.. 73 Jeff kb2m

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TX Factor Show features The King's School ARISS contact
by M5AKA 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

A special edition of the popular TX Factor Show features The King’s School ARISS contact with Tim Peake GB1SS. Watch the video at https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/07/tx-factor-kings-school-iss/ French schools to talk to ISS https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/04/french-schools-thomas-pesquet/ OSCAR News Issue 214 https://amsat-uk.org/2016/05/31/oscar-news-issue-214/ ARISS school contacts explained on radio show https://amsat-uk.org/2016/05/30/ariss-local-radio/ This year's AMSAT-UK Colloquium takes place July 29-31 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford and is open to all https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-07 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-07 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact was successful: Mon 2016-06-06 08:39:31 UTC 31 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 119 Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-06-07 07:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1062. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1027. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware,South Dakota,Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-06-07 07:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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DM90 on 6 June
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

All FO-29 QSOs from today's operation have been uploaded to LoTW. If you need/want a hardcopy QSL, please email me and I'll get one in to mail to you. 73 Glenn / AA5PK

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AMSAT at Ham-Com in Irving this weekend June 10-11
by Clayton Coleman 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Ham-Com, Texas’ largest amateur radio convention, will be held this weekend June 10-11, 2016 in Irving, Texas. AMSAT will have a large delegation of individuals ranging from engineers, casual operators, and fanatics, to those just getting started. We’ve expanded our booth this year, located in spaces 713-714 of the 3rd row from the inside swap area. Several operators will be available to perform demonstrations using portable equipment including a vintage pair of Icom IC-202/402’s owned by Glenn, AA5PK. Dave, KG5CCI, of long-distance AO-7 & FO-29 QSO fame will be there as well as members from the Fox and ARISS teams. Saturday from 18:00-18:50 UTC, an AMSAT Forum will be held in room 11 featuring a panel led by long-time AMSAT volunteer and ARISS mentor Keith, W5IU. For questions, email: w5pfg(a)amsat.org Event page: http://www.hamcom.org 73 Clayton W5PFG

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K6R Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93
by David Swanson 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Satellite Friends and Colleagues, Today we’re happy to announce the K6R Satellite Expedition to Santa Rosa Island and CM93 is a go for September 16th-18th, 2016. We have secured permissions and arranged to get to the island, spend 2 nights camping, and operate on a number of Satellite passes – as well as some terrestrial and HF too. We’ll be posting updates on the K6R QRZ.com page at https://www.qrz.com/lookup/K6R and over the coming months with FAQs, pictures, and more information. If anyone has any questions, feel free to hit us up. 73! Wyatt, AC0RA & Dave,KG5CCI

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-06 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-06-06 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Bouze Island Elementary and Junior High School, Homeji, Japan, direct via 8N3B The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Sat 2016-06-04 08:31:09 UTC 74 deg (***) Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-06-06 08:39:31 UTC 31 deg **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 119 (***) Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-06-06 07:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1061. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1026. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware,South Dakota,Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-06-06 07:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Exp. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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DM90 on 6 June 6
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Rather then unload my portable operations equipment from the car today, I'll use it to operate from DM90 tomorrow (6 June). One FO-29 pass starting at ~1752Z my AOS. LoTW for all QSOs. Hardcopy QSL by email request. 73 Glenn / AA5PK

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DM80/DM81 on 5 June
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Tomorrow (Sunday) I plan to operate portable from the DM80/DM81 grid line. I'll try AO-85 beginning at 1807Z followed by FO-29 at 1847Z. Uplink on FO-29 initially will be 145.930. 73 Glenn AA5PK

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia on 06 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:39 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Glenmore High School is a modern, progressive secondary school providing quality education for students from years 7 to 12. Since its establishment in 1975 Glenmore High School has earned a reputation for high quality educational programs and services which develop a passion in students for learning and life. Glenmore SHS runs an extension Science/Math program named "SCOPE" where student enrol and work through year levels at an accelerated rate, which allows them to finish traditional schooling early and conduct further studies at our local university, to which we are partnered (Central Queensland University), during their final year of schooling. Students in the "SCOPE- Science" program are encouraged to participate in our schools astronomy club and robotics club as an extra curricula activity. The schools astronomy club works with local primary schools, teaching about space and running viewing evenings. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Does the ISS have any close calls or collisions with space junk or meteorites and can you see meteorites entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning up from above? 2. What forces do you experience during the launch, when travelling from Earth to the ISS? 3. What levels of radiation are you exposed to on board the ISS? 4. Does eating space food have any long term effects on your digestive system? 5. What different scientists are involved with the ISS? 6. How do you go to the toilet and where does it go when you flush? 7. What sounds can you hear inside the ISS? 8. What are your favourite sites to view and photograph from space? 9. Does the recycled air and water on-board the space station smell and taste different to fresh air and water on Earth? 10. Do you ever play jokes or pranks on each other and if so what is the best joke or prank anyone has played on the ISS? 11. What are the dangers of living in space on the ISS? 12. How difficult is it to maintain contact with family and friends whilst on the space station? 13. What are the challenges for exercising in space? 14. If you could travel to any moon or planet in our solar system, where would it be and why? 15. What are some of the current experiments being conducted on the ISS? 16. What do you do in your typical day on board the ISS? 17. What effects does living in zero gravity have on the human body? 18. What is your education background and what do you need to become an astronaut? 19. Can you feel the cold of space even through your space suit when on spacewalks? 20. Where do you think the next man space mission should be to and why? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD ABOUT ARISS Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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