Rhode Island is livestreaming an ARISS contact now (11:40 AM EST).
Questions will be around 12_04 PM
You can listen to the livestream feed here: https://livestream.com/
accounts/9685187/events/7946215
73, Bob, WB4SON
Good morning!
Just received word from Alejandro, HC8LUT Dxpedition Manager, and he
informed that the satellite antennas are up and ready. They will try the
AO-7 pass that starts at 20:16z.
Best of luck to them and our fellow chasers. Please be mindful of your
uplink power!
73
Fernando, NP4JV
Hi All,
As usual I'll be in HM58 this Christmas and fully equipped.
I'll have an Alaskan Arrow, Yaesu FT-817ND, Yaesu FT-857D, Kenwood
TS-2000 and a Wouxun KG-UV9DPlus. Most of the operation will be done
using the TS-2000.
Expected operating days are December 23 and 24, plus 25 afternoon/evening.
Being a family holiday, skeds are accepted depending on availability.
The exact location is HM58qm, at CU7BC QTH (check QRZ.com), same place
as last year.
I'll keep everyone posted on my twitter account (@pdsousa).
73,
Pedro CU2ZG
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-30 01:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira,
Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA
Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 08:04:20 UTC 73 deg
Watch for live stream at
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ari-riviera-del-brenta-live
Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy -
Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli
Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02:09 UTC 61 deg
Watch for live stream of this event at tinyurl.com/ISSchat2017 or
https://livestream.com/accounts/9685187/events/7946215 starting at 16:35 UTC (***)
School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC),
Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10:12 UTC 43 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 Kenwood 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:
Francesco IKØWGF with 131
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 100
****************************************************************************
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 2017-11-30 01:30 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.rtfhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1192.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1142.
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 2017-11-29 05:00 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. 52 on orbit
Randy Bresnik
Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA
Sergey Ryazanskiy
Exp. 53 on orbit
Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Alexander Misurkin
Joe Acaba KE5DAR
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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It's a good model for satellite roving because it's got a decent sized
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Battery life is also good (4 x AA.)
$70 shipped.
73
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W5PFG
I saw your request for a rotor control unit on the mailing list. I was in your shoes a year ago or so and chose to go with the ERC-M USB unit:
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Good luck and Best Wishes,
Fred - KF4FC
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Warwick, RI on 30 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:02 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 IR0ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy 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.
16 students from Bishop Hendricken and its sister school, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, have been chosen to participate in the "Rhode Island Space Chat #2" after submitting questions based on the study of the ISS mission. Hendricken will be the first high school in Rhode Island to host the ARISS event scheduled to take place in the school's Dr. Daniel S. Harrop Theater in front of a crowd of 350 science and technology students as well as school administrators and local dignitaries.
Founded in 1874, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, located in Riverside, Rhode Island, is an independent Catholic school serving a diverse population with more than 600 girls and young women enrolled in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. There are opportunities for students to apply knowledge from their science, technology, engineering, art, and math coursework during internships at local companies. Bay View students and alumnae frequently distinguish themselves through accomplishments in STEAM fields. In 2017, the Academy's Robotics Team won the Rhode Island championship in the FIRST® LEGO® League Robotics competition and went on to receive a 3rd place at the World Championship.
Bishop Hendricken High School, named for the Most Rev. Thomas F. Hendricken, first Bishop of Providence, opened its doors to 350 students in 1959. This premiere, all-boys Catholic college preparatory high school is located on 34 acres of land in Warwick, Rhode Island. With current enrollment at 940, the school offers five academic levels including a special 8th grade Honors Institute and an Options Program for students with mild to moderate developmental disabilities.
Bishop Hendricken has a rich tradition of attracting gifted scholars, artists and athletes. The school boasts over 500 National Merit and Commended Scholars and is the current home of the reigning U.S. National Academic Decathlon Champions and Rhode Island State Champions from 2011-2017.
Students pride themselves on providing over 42,000 hours of community service annually as they live out Hendricken's mission to bring each member of their community into a closer relationship with God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - through the development of the total person - heart, mind, body and soul.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How has your experience in space affected your personal faith or beliefs?
2. How does zero gravity impact the sound of a stringed instrument like a
guitar?
3. Does cell growth become stunted, accelerated, or simply remain constant in
microgravity?
4. How is vaccine drug discovery improved in your microgravity environment
versus a pharmaceutical research lab on Earth?
5. What results from space station research have yielded the greatest impact
on Earth?
6. How does long exposure to microgravity impact an astronaut's eyesight and
eye health?
7. Do adrenaline rushes in microgravity cause you to mentally process things
differently?
8. Since your body is better supported in zero gravity, do you expend less
energy and therefore eat less?
9. How do you combat loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength (sarcopenia)
while in orbit?
10. If space tourism begins to take space travel out of the hands of \
government, are there major concerns to opening it up to the private
sector?
11. With the human race on the cusp of interplanetary travel, what new fields
of study and skill sets will astronauts need?
12. How do planets and stars look differently from your vantage point?
13. How much is the human aging process impacted after a nine month trip to
Mars?
14. With global challenges like poverty and disasters, why is it important to
spend money on space travel?
15. What earthbound activities do you miss the most while in orbit?
16. When you aren't in space, what are your outside interests and hobbies?
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. School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC),
Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10 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
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-11-29 05:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Huntley Centennial Public School, Carp, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli
Contact was successful: Tue 2017-11-28 18:46:37 UTC 50 deg (***)
S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira,
Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA
Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 08:04:20 UTC 73 deg
Watch for live stream at
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ari-riviera-del-brenta-live
Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy -
Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli
Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02:09 UTC 61 deg
School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC),
Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10:12 UTC 43 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 Kenwood 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:
Francesco IKØWGF with 131
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 124
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 100
****************************************************************************
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 2017-11-29 05:00 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.rtfhttp://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1192. (***)
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1142. (***)
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 2017-11-29 05:00 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. 52 on orbit
Randy Bresnik
Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA
Sergey Ryazanskiy
Exp. 53 on orbit
Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Alexander Misurkin
Joe Acaba KE5DAR
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at S.G.B. De La Salle, Rome, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Nono, Mira, Italy on 30 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:04 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 Italian.
S.G.B. De La Salle School started its educational activity for male students of the primary school in 1937, by initiative of the Friars belonging to Congregazione of San Giovanni Battista de La Salle, following his pedagogic principles. In 1963, the school hosted also the secondary level school and some years later the school was opened also to female students. The number of students in Rome is about 400 and the school is located not far from S. Peter Basilica and the Vatican Museum. The school belongs to a school network which is present, all over the world, in 82 countries.
The Comprehensive town of Mira "Luigi Nono" was born September 1, 2013, and consists of three types of schools: nursery school, primary and secondary levels, dislocate in school buildings of Mira,
Mira Porte and Gambarare. The number of pupils in these institution are about 1630. Mira is a large town situated along the banks of the River Brenta and near Venice, popular for many of the fifteenth century villas located throughout the area. With other neighboring towns form the urban area called "Riviera del Brenta".
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. L'intensità delle emozioni che si provano nello spazio potrebbero essere
così forti da rinunciare alla terra per sempre?
2. Sono uno sportivo, volevo sapere che tipo di preparazione fisica e
allenamento dovete fare prima di partire per una missione.
3. Il tempo sulla terra è scandito dalla crescita dei fanciulli, delle
piante, del cambio delle stagioni. Nello spazio come si percepisce il
trascorre del tempo?
4. Ho saputo che fate molti esperimenti nello spazio, come la crescita delle
piante, mi dici qual è il tuo esperimento preferito?
5. Sulla terra un importate sentimento umano è la paura, come è vissuto tale
sentimento nello spazio?
6. Volevo sapere cosa succede se uno di voi si ammala durante una missione?
C'è qualcosa che vi immunizza dalle malattie?
7. Come suddividete il tempo lavorativo e il tempo dello svago nella stazione
spaziale?
8. Durante le tue missioni ti è mai capitato di avere un guasto
all'astronave, o un problema tecnico? Come lo avete risolto?
9. Dallo spazio, avete mai visto svilupparsi fenomeni naturali-metereologici
importanti?
10. Se avete problemi e doveste rientrare sulla Terra, come fate?
11. Come sono regolati i rapporti giuridici all'interno della stazione
spaziale?
12. Quanto tempo ci vuole per far sì che il tuo corpo si abitui nuovamente al
cibo e alla vita sulla terra?
13. Quali esperimenti fate e che sostanze chimiche usate nella stazione
spaziale?
14. Ho letto che qualche giorno fa hai osservato un asteroide infuocato
sfrecciare sui cieli dell'Africa. Ma se un giorno un asteroide puntasse
diritto sulla terra, come potremmo difenderci?
15. Qual è il vostro primo pensiero quando scatta l'allarme d'emergenza?
16. Come funziona l'alimentazione e la pulizia personale?
Translated:
1. Is the intensity of the emotions that you experience in space might be so
strong that you give up the land forever?
2. I make sports, which kind of body training you have to undertake in
preparation for a mission?
3. Time on Earth is marked by the growth of children, plants, and change of
seasons. In the space how do you perceive the passage of time?
4. I know that you make many experiments in the space, like growing plants,
can you tell me which experiment is your preferred one?
5. On the ground, an important human feeling is fear, how has that sense felt
in space?
6. I would like to know what happens if an astronaut became ill during a
mission. Do you take anything that make you immune from infections?
7. How do you split the working time and leisure time in the space station?
8. Have you ever experienced any fault or any technical problem to the ISS
during your mission? How do you repaired it?
9. From space, have you ever seen the development of important natural-
weather phenomena?
10. Should you need to come back to the earth, for any reason, how do you do?
11. How are the legal relations within the space station regulated?
12. How long you need to restore completely and to get again confidence with
the food and the life on the earth?
13. What experiments do you make and what chemicals are used in the space
station?
14. I read that some days ago you have observed an asteroid flying over
Africa. If an asteroid one day should fly towards the earth, how we could
defend from it?
15. What is your first thought when it comes to emergency alarm?
16. How foods are prepared and how do you wash yourself and your clothes?
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. Bishop Hendricken High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy -
Bay View, Warwick, RI, telebridge via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS
The scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli
Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-11-30 17:02 UTC
2. School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC),
Castelldefels, Spain, direct via EG3UPC
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-12-04 15:10 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
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