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Shadow- beacon experiment certificate - thanks
by andy thomas 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Just to thank Tsniimash and the sponsors of the Shadow-beacon experiment on the ISS for the handsome cerificate signed by Cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Head of the Center for manned programs of Tsniimash, which I have just received today. I think that everyone who registered and posted reports will get theirs in due course. 73 de Andy G0SFJ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-31 06:00 UTC Quick list of schedu
by AJ9N＠aol.com 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-31 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Gagarin from space, Tolyatti, Russia School, direct via R4HDR (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronauts are Sergey Ryzhikov (***) Contact is a go for 2017-04-01 17:09 UTC (***) Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contract is a go for: Mon 2017-04-03 08:19:38 UTC 53 deg College Roger Martin Du Gard, Bellême, France, direct via F6KCO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-04-14 15:20:44 UTC 48 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. **************************************************************************** *** Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Proposal Window February 15 – April 15, 2017 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2017. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space). More Information Interested parties can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS. For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. Please direct any questions to ariss(a)arrl.org. **************************************************************************** *** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 **************************************************************************** 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 2017-03-31 06:00 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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1128. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1089. (***) 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 2017-03-24 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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updated WD9EWK travel plans (31 March-2 April 2017)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

Hi! I have updated my plan for the next 3 days, driving up to Las Vegas for the NVCON convention and other non-convention radio operating in southern Nevada and northwestern Arizona. The plan is... Friday, 31 March - from 1600 or 1730 UTC until 1930 UTC, working from DM25xg/DM35ag grid boundary, north of I-40 in Kingman AZ. Friday night (1 April, UTC time) - from around 0230-0330 UTC until at least 0530 UTC, working from DM26xt/DM36at grid boundary, east of I-15 freeway in NW Arizona and east of Mesquite NV. Saturday and Sunday, 1-2 April - during the daytime, demonstrations from the NVCON convention in Las Vegas NV in grid DM26. Sunday, 2 April - from sometime around 2000-2200 UTC into the evening, working from the DM24wx/DM25wa grid boundary, along the I-40 freeway frontage road, about 15 miles/25km south of Kingman AZ. There may be a chance on Saturday evening (2 April, on the UTC clock) or Sunday (2 April) morning from the DM25/DM26 grid boundary, south of the NVCON convention in the Las Vegas area. I will try to post those plans here on the -BB, and will definitely post that to my @WD9EWK Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK Although I try to update my log in Logbook of the World quickly, please be patient. Some of the spots I will visit may not have good coverage for my mobile phone, and I will be looking to drive a lot in the next 72 hours or so. I will hit the road Friday morning, and my TH-D72A will squawk WD9EWK-9 on the APRS network: http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 APRS coverage for most of my drive to Las Vegas should be decent. I'm not sure how well it will cover me tomorrow night near the DM26/DM36 grid boundary, so looking at my Twitter feed may be the best way to know when I reach these spots. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Schedule for Sunday April 2nd: FO00, EO90, EN98/99
by Ken Alexander 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

Hi All, Following is my tentative schedule for Sunday April 2nd, morning in FO00, afternoon in EO90 and evening in EN98/99. Once again, please get in touch with me if my schedule hasn't given your area the coverage you were hoping for. Let me know your AOS and the proposed satellite and I'll see if I it will work from here. Sunday Morning in FO00 02.04.2017 AO-73 13:52 02.04.2017 AO-07 14:06 02.04.2017 FO-29 14:20 02.04.2017 AO-73 15:29 02.04.2017 AO-07 15:54 02.04.2017 FO-29 16:06 Sunday Afternoon in EO90 02.04.2017 SO-50 18:25 02.04.2017 AO-07 19:32 02.04.2017 SO-50 20:07 02.04.2017 AO-07 21:27 Sunday Night in EN98/99 03.04.2017 AO-73 02:29 03.04.2017 SO-50 02:53 03.04.2017 FO-29 03:10 03.04.2017 FO-29 04:55 73, Ken VE3HLS

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SpaceX Is 2 For 2
by B J 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

Today's launch was good. The first stage has successfully landed on the recovery barge, making the first time that a refurbished SpaceX booster has been flown and returned. Unfortunately, the video feed of when it happened was lost. Meanwhile, the second stage is well on its way. Well done! 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Schedule for Saturday April 1 - FO00 and EN98/99
by Ken Alexander 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

Hi All, Following is my tentative schedule for Saturday April 1st. Once again, please get in touch with me if my schedule hasn't given your area the coverage you were hoping for. Let me know your AOS and the proposed satellite and I'll see if I it will work from here. Note: 1. [Overlap] means the next satellite pass begins before the current pass ends. The plan is to drop AO-73 in time to make AOS for FO-29. Likewise with FO-29 and EO-79. 2. [CQ Europe!] means I hope you guys in Europe are reading this! :-) Saturday in FO00 01.04.2017 AO-73 15:10 [Overlap] 01.04.2017 FO-29 15:15 [Overlap] 01.04.2017 EO-79 15:30 01.04.2017 AO-07 16:51 [CQ Europe!] 01.04.2017 EO-79 17:06 01.04.2017 SO-50 18:00 01.04.2017 AO-07 18:40 01.04.2017 SO-50 19:41 01.04.2017 AO-07 20:32 Saturday Night in EN98/99 02.04.2017 SO-50 00:47 [might not get back in time for this] 02.04.2017 AO-85 01:22 02.04.2017 AO-73 02:09 02.04.2017 SO-50 02:27 02.04.2017 FO-29 04:06 [will try to stay up for this one!] 73, Ken VE3HLS

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SO-50 EL79 April 1st favor please
by Greg Lane 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

I have changed my location for the April 1st Radar Challenge to EL79 St George Island, Florida. The SO 50 pass at that location starts at 1754 UTC Your contacts appreciated! Greg N4KGL Panama City, Florida >

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-30 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-03-30 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Council of State Science Supervisors, Los Angeles, CA, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact was successful: Wed 2017-03-29 18:03:38 UTC 21 deg (***) Tolyatti, Russia School TBD, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronauts are Andrei Borisenko, Sergey Ryzhikov, Oleg Novitskiy Contact is a go for 2017-04-01 21:10 UTC Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contract is a go for: Mon 2017-04-03 08:19:38 UTC 53 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. **************************************************************************** *** Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Proposal Window February 15 – April 15, 2017 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2017. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact. Amateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA and CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space). More Information Interested parties can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS. For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact. Please direct any questions to ariss(a)arrl.org. ******************** *********************************************************** 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 **************************************************************************** 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 2017-03-29 04:30 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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1127. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1088. 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 2017-03-24 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. 49 on orbit Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov Exp. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Oleg Novitskiy **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Friday March 31st Schedule (EN97, FN08, EN98/99)
by Ken Alexander 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Hi All, Following is my tentative schedule for this Friday. I am making brief stops in EN97 and FN08 to hand those grids out to a few who didn't get them previously. It takes 6+ hours to get there and then several more hours after that to get to my hotel. If we don't connect on this stopover then let me know and we'll try to work something out for my return trip on Monday morning. I'll be worn out when I arrive in Cochrane (EN99) Friday evening, so don't be too disappointed if I don't make all of the Friday night passes. Catch me early because I might turn in early. I will be staying in Cochrane for three nights, so you can catch me on Saturday or Sunday night if you miss me on Friday. EN98 is only a few minutes' drive away. The aptly named 49th Parallel Road runs along the boundary so I might head down there for the evenings and hand out two grids! Please get in touch with me if you see that my schedule hasn't given your area the coverage you were hoping for. Let me know your AOS and the satellite and I'll see if I can do it from here. The weather forecast still looks decent. It should be a fun weekend! Friday Afternoon in EN97 and FN08 31.03.2017 SO-50 19:15 31.03.2017 AO-07 19:38 31.03.2017 SO-50 20:57 31.03.2017 AO-07 21:33 Friday Evening in EN99 31.03.2017 XW-2F 23:24 31.03.2017 XW-2A 23:46 01.04.2017 SO-50 00:21 01.04.2017 AO-85 00:56 01.04.2017 AO-73 01:50 01.04.2017 SO-50 02:02 01.04.2017 AO-85 02:38 01.04.2017 FO-29 03:16 More schedules as I work them out. 73, Ken VE3HLS

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ARISS Contact today
by claudio 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Hello, during today contact: Council of State Science Supervisors, Los Angeles, CA, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-03-29 18:03:38 UTC 21 deg we will stream operation, from our telebridge station, on www.ariotti.com at 17:30 UTC. 73' Claudio IK1SLD

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