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Grid Expedition in Guatemala
by David Maciel (XE3DX) 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

>From 24-27 April. I will make a trip to Guatemala, I will work grids EK43, EK45, EK54, EK55 and EK56. I will work with the following calls. TG4/XE3DX EK43 TG5/XE3DX EK45 TG6/XE3DX EK54 TG7/XE3DX EK55 TG7/XE3DX EK56 I want to make a special thank you to the Amateur Radio Club of Guatemala for all the help, acronyms in Spanish (CRAG). To its board of directors TG9AFX Christian Flores President, TG9AAJ Jorge Abed Secretary. TG9AMD Dani Ardon Treasurer. TG9AOR Jose Roberto Ruiz Vocal. To this day, I can not be sure if I will receive the LoTW certificate from ARRL, report later for QSL Card exchange .... David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ <http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/>* *david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com <david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com>*

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Re: [amsat-bb] ISS Beaconator II
by Brad Schumacher 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Hi Chris, I saw your post on the AMSAT BB made me think of you. How are you? All is well I hope? Still with DirecTV? We are very busy with work - I've been building new master control services and we are doing a lot of international expansion. The new facility is finally making some progress. I changed my call sign last year to W5SAT (get it SAT, satellite). I just picked up an IC-7300 - nice little rig actually. Also I have been interested in 6 meters - meteor scatter lately but also have the e-skip season coming up. Been branching out a bit from doing mostly satellite operations. Ok, talk to you later if you are sitting around bored give me a call and catch up. Thanks, Brad Schumacher 307-631-6436

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-04-19 08:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-04-19 08:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Brook Haven School, Sebastopol, CA, direct via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-04-19 18:40:43 UTC 82 deg Lycée Hélène Boucher, Thionville, France, direct via F8KGY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-04-27 08:52:17 UTC 83 deg (***) Orel, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Novitskiy Contact is a go for Sat 2017-04-29 06:05 UTC (***) 14th Elementary School Katerini, Greece, direct via SX2ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Contact is a go for: Sat 2017-04-29 12:02:10 UTC 69 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 2017-04-19 08:00 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 1130. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1091. 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 2017-04-15 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. 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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Europe Trip
by Gabriel Zeifman 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Hello fellow bird folk, Plans for my upcoming Europe trip are now finalized. I will be leaving direct to Europe from the K6G expedition, first ops being on 4/30. First stop is a long layover in Iceland. BIKF airport happens to be right on the HP83/84 line, so I plan to operate from there. Scheduled times on the ground are 4/30 1345Z - 5/1 0740Z, subtract a bit for customs and security time, plus I'll probably be visiting the Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center at some point. West Coasters and ops in the center of NA take note, there is likely only ONE usable pass (sadly). This is the 1956Z pass of AO-7, which has footprint over basically the entire continent. I sure hope the QRO lids remain at bay and don't flip it to mode A, this is a very rare opportunity. Plenty of passes possible for the East Coast and Europe. After that, I will be heading to Amsterdam for four nights, then Brussels for one night. Not sure how much operating in each country but I hope to work at least one pass to the US from each towards my CCXD. The second week will be in the British Isles. May 6-8 on Jersey, 8-10 on Guernsey, and 10-13 on Isle of Man. I will be staying on the west coast of each island to maximize possibilities for low passes to North America. To wrap it up, I will do a day roving in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with George MI6GTY before heading back home. This is a trip with my family, so I won't be on every pass. I will make my best effort to be on good North America bound passes, and it should be easy to cover Europe as well. AO-7 will be the primary NA bird, but some use of FO-29 will be possible. All countries are CEPT TR61/01 and I have gotten LoTW certificates for all calls. All QSLing will be through LoTW, but if necessary I can get some cards made up, which will be available via direct NJ7H as usual. Callsigns: Iceland TF/NJ7H Netherlands PA/NJ7H Belgium ON/NJ7H England M/NJ7H (short layovers, not sure if will be used) Jersey MJ/NJ7H Guernsey MU/NJ7H Isle of Man MD/NJ7H Northern Ireland MI/NJ7H Republic of Ireland EI/NJ7H 73, Gabe NJ7H

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Mayan Grid ( Thursday - Friday )
by David Maciel (XE3DX) 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

The work plan for Friday morning in the Mayan zone is: Work schedules in hour (zulu) approximate start in my location. THURSDAY 20 On EK58 AO73 14:49Z FO29 15:10Z EO79 17:32Z AO85 18:08Z On EK69 AO85 19:48Z AO7 20:13Z AO7 22:06Z SO50 22:52Z XW2B 00:18Z XW2A 00:26Z SO50 00:31Z On EK59 XW2A 02:00Z EO88 03:16Z FO29 03:18Z ----------------------------------------------- FRIDAY 21 EK59 SO50 12:53Z EL60 or EL61 FO29 16:10Z EO88 16:31Z EO79 17:46Z AO85 18:33Z EL50 or EL51 AO7 21:05Z SO50 23:15Z XW2D 00:00Z XW2B 00:07Z XW2C 00:19Z XW2A 01:24Z FO29 03:25Z AO85 04:57Z You can see activity or details in my twitter account @ xe3dx David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ <http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/>* *david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com <david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com>*

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ISS Beaconator II
by Clayton Coleman 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

These are actual packets decoded by my station between 18:07-18:09 UTC today, April 18. At the rate these packets are being digipeated, I wonder just how fast they are being transmitted. I suspect many packets are lost in collisions and bad/partial decodes on the ISS. Before anyone asks, this is not the same pass I posted previously. This is the next pass. (timestamps are my local time.) 73 Clayton W5PFG Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:07:53] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:16] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:21] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:25] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:27] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:28] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:30] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:32] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm K1WY To TQTU7T Via RS0ISS*,RS0ISS <UI pid=F0 Len=22 >[13:08:38] 'dGRl -/]K1WY FN31ps Fm N3FCX To APK102 Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=36 >[13:08:45] :N2UFL :HI SAM DE DAN VIA ISS{69 Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:48] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:51] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:56] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:57] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:08:59] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:01] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:02] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:04] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm KD8THX-6 To APWW10 Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=49 >[13:09:06] =4245.95N/08607.96W-Hello from Holland, MI EN62ws Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:08] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:10] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:12] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:13] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:15] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:17] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:19] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:22] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:23] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm W4TBD-6 To CQ Via RS0ISS*,SGATE,WIDE2-1 <UI pid=F0 Len=66 >[13:09:29] =3726.20N/07742.21W-73' Via ISS w4tbd(a)arrl.net FM17dk IGate WLNK-1 Fm KB3KBR-6 To APWW10 Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=37 >[13:09:32] =4123.64N/07938.52WlAPRS-IS for Win32 Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:34] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm K1WY To TQTU7T Via RS0ISS*,RS0ISS <UI pid=F0 Len=11 >[13:09:40] 'dGRl -/] Fm RS0ISS To CQ <UI pid=F0 Len=36 >[13:09:42] >ARISS - International Space Station Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:47] 'g.7l #/]SP= Fm N3FCX To DJFT2R Via RS0ISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=14 >[13:09:49] 'g.7l #/]SP=

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cubesat workshop
by Nick Pugh 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

I will be attending the Cubsat developers conference at CalPoly next week. Who will be attending? Let share a meal Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-04-19 08:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-04-19 08:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Brook Haven School, Sebastopol, CA, direct via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-04-19 18:40:43 UTC 82 deg Lycée Hélène Boucher, Thionville, France, direct via F8KGY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-04-27 08:52:17 UTC 83 deg (***) Orel, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Novitskiy Contact is a go for Sat 2017-04-29 06:05 UTC (***) 14th Elementary School Katerini, Greece, direct via SX2ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Contact is a go for: Sat 2017-04-29 12:02:10 UTC 69 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 2017-04-19 08:00 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 1130. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1091. 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 2017-04-15 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. 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-04-19 07:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-04-19 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Brook Haven School, Sebastopol, CA, direct via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-04-19 18:40:43 UTC 82 deg Lycée Hélène Boucher, Thionville, France, direct via F8KGY The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-04-27 08:52:17 UTC 83 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 2017-04-19 07:30 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 1130. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1091. 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 2017-04-15 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. 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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Upcoming ARISS contact with Brook Haven School, Sebastopol, CA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Brook Haven School, Sebastopol, CA on 19 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:40 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 direct 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. Brook Haven School is located in the Sonoma wine country town of Sebastopol about 75 kilometers North of San Francisco. Welcome to Brook Haven School - a place of authentic exploration, learning and achievement. I hope that you will take time to explore our website and visit our campus. As the Principal of this impressive 5-8th grade school, I am proud to introduce you to our many programs and practices, including traditional academics; industrial, performing and visual arts; a Makers program; student clubs and activities; a well-rounded athletics program; pristine facilities, including state-of- the art technology; exceptionally caring staff members; and, solid social emotional practices that support student growth and learning. Our website is at: http://sebastopolschools.org/brook-haven/ Our FaceBook page can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/brookhavenschool/ The students and staff are very excited about this opportunity to speak with an astronaut on the ISS. We sincerely appreciate everyone who has helped to make this possible! Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What are the most dangerous jobs on the ISS and what has been your scariest moment? 2. When you return to Earth what is the biggest adjustment to your body? 3. Does the moon look closer in space? Do the phases of the moon look the same as on earth? 4. What special things did you bring with you to remind you of your family? 5. How do you adjust to not having a regular sunrise and sunset? 6. How do you adjust to not being able to sit down or lay down for months? 7. What evidence of climate change have you seen from the ISS? 8. Does an animal's biology determine whether or not it can go to space? What animals have been on the ISS? 9. What medical examinations and vaccinations do you need before you can go to space? 10. If you could bring one thing back from the ISS what would it be? 11. What is the level of danger on a day-to-day basis? 12. What is your favorite thing to do in space? 13. What scale / period of time do you use? 14. Do you get dizzy or off balanced in space and if so, what do you do about it? 15. Is time different in space than it is on earth? 16. Are there medical risks with going into space? 17. How much radiation are you exposed to in space vs. earth? 18. What types of plants are you able to grow in space? 19. What is the most important project / experiment you are working on? 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), 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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