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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-02 03:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 Aug '16

02 Aug '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-08-02 03:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Sacred Heart Primary School, New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C, direct via BNØSH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS Contact is a go for: Tue 2016-08-02 08:36:03 UTC 33 deg Space Jam 10, Rantoul IL, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-06 15:59:03 UTC 32 deg OK2KJT Radioclub, Valasska Polanka, Czech Republic, direct via OK2KET The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS (***) Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-08-10 18:56:17 UTC 90 deg (***) U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL, telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-08-11 15:25:44 UTC 66 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. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** 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 117 **************************************************************************** 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 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-08-02 03:30 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 1074. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1039. (***) 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 2016-07-28 04:00 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. 47 on orbit Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Oleg Skripochka RN3FU Aleksey Ovchinin Exp. 48 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Takuya Onishi KF5LKS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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PJ6Y from Saba (FK87jp)
by WX4TV 02 Aug '16

02 Aug '16

PJ6Y (11 year old AE4FH at the mic) is QRV from Saba (FK87jp) at 15:57:48 EDT today. It's an 89 degree pass here in Saba so not too much coverage into NA. Our QTH is 1300 feet ASL and faces north. We should have several great passes in the next week. We will definitely be on SO-50 and FO-29. We will attempt AO-85 and Lilacsat. This is the only SO-50 pass we will do with NA coverage from here today. James Lea Sent from my iPhone

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FO-29 Digitalker Recording
by Scott 02 Aug '16

02 Aug '16

Since I'm new at this, perhaps the Digitalker on FO-29 is nothing unique. But I heard it tonight for the first time and was recording with my SDRPlay, so if anyone else has not heard it, here is a link to a 1-minute recording with the noise gaps removed: http://k4kdr.github.io/files/2016-08-01--FO29--digitalker.mp3 The quality is not great; I wasn't expecting to see FM. But you can understand a good portion of it. 73! -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA

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Dayton Hamvention Location Update
by Clayton W5PFG 01 Aug '16

01 Aug '16

http://www.whio.com/news/news/officials-to-announce-big-event-coming-to-gre… 73 Clayton W5PFG

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ARRL NPOTA Activation of President’s Park (The White House) – August 5th & August 6th
by Paul Stoetzer 01 Aug '16

01 Aug '16

Members of the Great South Bay ARC headed by Mike Sartoretti, KC2SYF, have obtained a permit from the National Park Service to operate from President’s Park (The White House) for the ARRL National Parks on the Air event. The operating location will be the southeast side of the Ellipse. The call sign for the operation will be KC2SYF and the park designator is DZ10. Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, will be providing satellite operations and will be active on all voice satellites (SSB/FM) from 1400 UTC to 2100 UTC on Friday, August 5th and Saturday, August 6th. The pass list is below: WinAos QTH: -77.0/38.9 T#: 14096 Sat.: 9 [Standard] ———————————————————- Day Objects AOS (U) LOS Period maxEl AZ ———————————————————- 05.08.2016 AO-85 14:50 15:03 13 25 177 – 045 05.08.2016 FO-29 15:29 15:42 13 20 125 – 001 05.08.2016 AO-85 16:30 16:44 14 44 228 – 027 05.08.2016 FO-29 17:13 17:27 14 48 181 – 341 05.08.2016 SO-50 17:47 17:58 11 18 342 – 108 05.08.2016 UKUBE-1 18:05 18:16 11 32 001 – 217 05.08.2016 AO-07 18:24 18:43 19 27 118 – 351 05.08.2016 SO-50 19:27 19:40 13 56 324 – 160 05.08.2016 AO-07 20:14 20:35 21 69 169 – 342 06.08.2016 AO-73 13:59 14:10 11 40 021 – 176 06.08.2016 AO-85 15:15 15:29 14 58 198 – 036 06.08.2016 AO-73 15:36 15:45 09 17 349 – 234 06.08.2016 FO-29 16:18 16:32 14 54 152 – 352 06.08.2016 UKUBE-1 16:46 16:57 11 31 025 – 171 06.08.2016 AO-85 16:57 17:09 12 22 252 – 021 06.08.2016 AO-07 17:27 17:42 15 12 089 – 356 06.08.2016 FO-29 18:04 18:17 13 16 208 – 330 06.08.2016 SO-50 18:12 18:25 13 38 335 – 131 06.08.2016 AO-07 19:15 19:35 20 55 143 – 348 06.08.2016 SO-50 19:53 20:04 11 21 313 – 183 05.08.2016 AO-07 20:14 20:35 21 69 169 – 342 Planned frequencies for the linear transponders are as follows: AO-7B – 145.940 MHz AO-73 – 145.965 MHz FO-29 – 435.865 MHz UKube-1 – 145.945 MHz In addition to satellite operations, there will also be two 100 watt HF stations operating split. Bands will be 40, 20, and possibly 10 meters as well as 2 meters simplex. QSL via LoTW.

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70cm 1200 AFSK Tlm
by John Mac 01 Aug '16

01 Aug '16

Hi all... I am trying to find a satellite that transmits 70cm 1200 AFSK on each pass. The reason is to find out whats required as far as antenna , would a preamp be required and the such, while using a Omni style antenna if at all possible....so basically doing some tests. I am looking but have not found one at this stage.. regards John

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Sacred Heart Primary School, New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 01 Aug '16

01 Aug '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Sacred Heart Primary School, New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C on 02 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:36 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and BN0SH. The contact should be audible over Taiwan and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Sacred Heart Primary School in Taiwan was founded in 1965 and is part of the world family of Sacred Heart Schools which can be found on five continents. Its philosophy of education is rooted in the development of the whole person. This founding vision was that of a great educator- Madeleine Sophie Barat - who lived at the time of the French Revolution. In her day, as in ours, the social fabric was disintegrating. Her response was to try to rebuild and transform society through an education based on solid intellectual training and spiritual values leading to the development of the whole person. Sacred Heart Education People in East Asia are, to a large extent, shaped by Confucianism, whose tradition stresses respect for teachers and family. Our teachers are provided with regular in service training to enable them to meet the unique challenges of personal and social responsibility, posed by the influence of modern technology and the Western stress on individualism, which are rapidly changing our world. At the same time, they learn to nurture a global awareness and concern in their students. Sacred Heart School strives to give students a well-rounded education, based on the conviction that each person has talents and capacities which can contribute to the betterment of society. We believe that school is the place for students to both acquire a love of learning and experience hope, joy and fullness of life. We are convinced that true human development is based on faith in God's love for each person.Youngsters of various religious beliefs are welcome. Faith is integrated with life and students are offered an education which teaches personal values and emphasizes mutual respect among all people. At the same time, a deep appreciation for intellectual values is cultivated, allowing students to be knowledgeable, questioning, and reflective. Our students are taught to be persons capable of being both independent and able to work with others; of having a compassionate heart, especially for the marginalized of society and of experiencing joy in service and in living for others. Creativity is encouraged in the teaching of all subjects so that the students can develop their own vision and learn to live with commitments. Profile At present the school has 781 students from 7 to 12 years of age. The campus is ideally situated in the suburbs, at the foot of the gGoddess of Mercy Mountainh, with the Tamsui River in the foreground. School buildings are surrounded by spacious gardens with abundant flowers, birds and trees. We believe that both dedicated educators and a healthy environment are essential to quality education which will influence the students for life. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What does it feel like in zero gravity in the outer space? 2. Why do you want to become an astronaut? 3. How long will you stay in the space this time? And what is your mission? 4. How did you feel when you are going to the space? Were you nervous when you take off? 5. What is the most unusual thing that you experienced in the space? 6. How do you put on the space suit? 7. Where does the oxygen you breathe in the space station come from? 8. What does it feel like to be in the space suit? Can you wear glasses when you are in space suit? 9. How do you fly a spaceship? 10. With naked eyes, what objects on earth can you see from the space? 11. Have you seen anything strange such as aliens, black hole or a worm hole? 12. Is there electricity in the spaceship? Is there gas or do you cook in the space? Is there Internet connection in the space ship? 13. Can you watch TV, such as NBA or MLB in the space? 14. Does water feel the same as it is on earth? 15. What do astronauts like to do in space? 16. Do you exercise? Is there a place where you can exercise? 17. What kind of food do you eat? 18. What if there is not enough water or food? 19. What do you do with your pee and poo? 20. Where do you throw your garbage? 21. Can you grow plants in the space? 22. Can you bring a pet there? 23. Have you been to other planets? 24. Do you bump into things when you float? 25. How do you avoid bumping into something? 26. What happened when one of you gets sick? 27. What if you have a runny nose? What happened if you throw up? 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): 1. Space Jam 10, Rantoul IL, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kate Rubins KG5FYJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-08-06 15:59:03 UTC 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), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and 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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