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ARISS News Release No. 22-49
by David Jordan 03 Sep '22

03 Sep '22

ARISS News Release No.22-49 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Tarbut College, Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina September2, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at Tarbut College located in BuenosAires. ARISS conducts 60-80 of thesespecial amateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe andcrew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS. Tarbut College is a bilingual Jewish institution located inBuenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded in 1961 and has a student enrollment forKindergarten up to Secondary grade School. Spanish, English and Hebrew aretaught throughout the complete academic journey of every student. For this ARISScontact, the school has extended their existing curriculum on Space during thepast 2 years to include classes about the ISS, ISS missions, and ISScommunication. A dedicated weekly period for the students included classes aboutthe Earth, space, space exploration history, space station life, satellites andradio communication. The members of the Radio Club Argentino are supporting thecollege during this ARISS contact. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio and students will take turns asking their questionsof Astronaut Kjell Lindgren, amateur radio call sign KO5MOS. Local Covid-19protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Amateur radio operators using call sign LU4AA,will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for September 5, 2022 at 11:47 am ART (BuenosAires) (14:47:39 UTC, 10:47 am EDT, 9:47 am CDT,8:47 am MDT, 7:47 am PDT). _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.How did you prepare to be an astronaut and go into the International SpaceStation? 2.Could you tell us how you traveled from Earth to the International SpaceStation? What did you feel during this trip? 3.Do you have windows inside the spaceship? What can you see from up there whenyou look at the Earth? 4.Can you see other planets from there? And what do the stars look like from theISS? 5.How do you know where the ISS is supposed to be going when you are in space? Isthere a pilot? 6.Is it cold in space? 7.How often do you have to fix something in the ISS? And what kind of tools do you have? 8.Could you tell us a little bit about the experiments you and the rest of thecrew are working on? 9.What do you do if you do not feel well or if you are hurt? Do you have a doctorin space? Do you have some kind of medicine to feel better? 10.Can you contact your family and friends from the ISS? How often do you talk tothem and how do you do it? 11.What did you take with you into the ISS? Did you take any personal items like pictures, a cell phone or games? 12.Do you feel different as a person after being in the ISS? Do you think thisexperience changed you in any way? 13.Which one is better? Living with gravity or without gravity? 14.After being in the ISS and seeing space, do you think there is life somewhereoutside of Earth? 15.How do you think your body will react when you get back to Earth? 16.Do you have plans for your future, after this expedition? About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS NationalLab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) andNASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status. Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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UVSQ-SAT on tomorrow 9/3
by af5cc＠fidmail.com 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

From Twitter, another chance for a FM satellite to play on tomorrow: UVSQ-SAT has been programmed for a transponder activation tomorrow: - Saturday 3 September 12h00 (UTC) - During non-stop 11 hours - Uplink 145.905 MHz / Downlink 437.020 MHz Due to solar activity, we will check satellite once over France and send again TC for if need. 73

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VUCC Satellite Standings September 2022
by Jon Goering 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

VUCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for August 01, 2022 to September 01, 2022. ------------------------------------------------------------ K8YSE 2100 2164 WA4NVM 1579 1609 K8DP 1316 1322 N8RO 1131 1139 AA8CH 819 835 WD9EWK (DM43) 696 706 W8LR 594 619 KF6JOQ 553 606 KN2K 558 600 KE8RJU 568 577 EA2AA 546 566 KQ4DO 508 533 KC1MMC 470 532 KI7QEK 500 N8MR 288 320 F6GLJ 220 312 VE7PTN 203 294 N5EKO 234 281 A65BR 226 260 JH0BBE 200 206 JK2XXK 156 200 DL8GAM 152 186 VE2NGO 150 175 PA7RA New 156 GI4SJQ New 110 N8URE (EN61) New 102 K8WU New 100 KO9A New 100 W6AER New 100 ------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations to the new VUCC holders. PA7RA is first Satellite VUCC holder from Netherlands and 1st from JO21 73 Jon N7AZ

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