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ARISS News Release No. 23-61
by David Jordan 01 Dec '23

01 Dec '23

ARISS News Release No.23-61 Dave Jordan, AA4KN ARISS PR aa4kn(a)amsat.org FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Schule Eutin, Eutin,Germany, and Gymnasium im Loekamp, Marl, Germany December1, 2023—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 two schools located in Germany. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateurradio contacts each year between students around the globe and crew memberswith ham radio licenses aboard the ISS. The Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Schule (CMVW) is a high school locatedin the heart of the city of Eutin, in the northern German state ofSchleswig-Holstein. CMVW offers a STEM curriculum from grade 5 to graduation,which is supplemented through extracurricular activities and projects. For thisARISS contact, members of Amateur Radio Association Eutin, are providing radioequipment and technical expertise. The Gymnasium im Loekamp has about 800 students in classes fromgrade 5 up to level Q2 (grade 13) and 75 teachers. It is a full-time municipalschool located in Marl, at the north rim of the Ruhr area in Germany, and about260 miles southwest of Eutin. They also offer computer science as a compulsorysubject for students in grades 5 and 6, as an elective from grades 7 to 13. Their'Junior Engineering Academy' is a technical elective in grades 9 and 10 with additionalSTEM working groups that includes robotics and programming. This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students from both schools to ask theirquestions of Astronaut Andreas Mogensen, amateur radio call sign KG5GCZ. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relayground station. The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Eutin, Germany. Amateur radio operators using call sign DKØOH, willoperate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection andprovide a telebridge contact with students at Gymnasium im Loekamp. TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for December 4, 2023 at 12:36 pm CET (GER) (11:36UTC, 6:36 am EST, 5:36 am CST, 4:36 am MST,3:36 am PST). The public is invitedto watch the livestream at: https://youtu.be/il4hZ40lO_o _______________________________ Astime allows, students will ask these questions: 1.What exciting experience fascinated you the most during your stay on the ISS? 2.Could you highlight a discovery that have already emerged through researchconducted on the ISS? 3.We have a school project where we launch a weather balloon. Can you see aweather balloon at 40km altitude from the ISS? 4.Do you conduct experiments in space from the ISS and if so, what was the mostexciting experiment? 5.Is there any muscle degradation due to weightlessness in space, and if so, whatare the symptoms and countermeasures? 6.How do astronauts treat illnesses or medical emergencies while they are inspace? 7.Is the time different in space than on Earth? 8.Does your voice change due to weightlessness or muscle loss when you stay onthe ISS? 9.How do astronauts spend their free time in space? 10.How would you describe the dynamics and relationships among astronauts aboardthe ISS, and did you know your colleagues before the mission? 11.What do you miss most from Earth in space and what will you miss most from theISS on Earth? 12.How do you feel when you look out of the window to the earth and think of yourfamily living there? 13.How have your expectations regarding your work on the ISS changed compared toyour initial thought? 14.What are the main differences between training underwater and actually livingin space, even though both conditions are weightless? 15.Don't you miss just sitting down there and does the weightlessness get annoyingsometimes? 16.What is your biggest fear during a mission? 17.How is the food packaged on the ISS, and does it taste different than on Earth? 18.How is air quality maintained inside the space station? 19.How is water filtered from urine in the space toilet? 20.Do you believe in the existence of aliens? 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 American Radio Relay League(ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN)and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS isto promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radiobetween crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radiocontacts, students, educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-onlearning activities tied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. Formore information, see http://www.ariss.org . MediaContact: DaveJordan, AA4KN ARISSPR Findus on social media at: Twitter:ARISS_Intl Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl Instagram:ariss_intl Mastodon:ariss_intl@mastodon.hams.social Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.

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VUCC & DXCC Satellite Standing December 2023
by Jon Goering 01 Dec '23

01 Dec '23

VUCC Satellite Standing December 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------ VUCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for November 01, 2023 to December 01, 2023. ------------------------------------------------------------ KO4MA 1933 2000 K8DP 1575 1581 AA5PK 1382 1404 N8RO 1368 1384 DL2GRC 1004 1108 DF2ET 1000 1102 KF7R 1050 1075 PS8ET 925 1000 K9UO 926 950 KE8RJU 905 950 OZ9AAR 800 900 EA2AA 825 856 KQ4DO 808 827 W8LR 818 825 FG8OJ 639 737 HB9AOF 604 725 KS1G 655 703 WA6DNR 457 605 JL1SAM 511 601 W0NBC 437 563 JG6CDH 515 553 A65BR 513 532 XE1UYS 327 505 IK3ITB 400 500 IK7FMQ 453 500 N3CAL 435 471 N6RVI 100 380 SA0UNX 205 362 JR0GAS 250 360 AD2DD 261 356 KG4AKV 254 355 HC2FG 276 350 N6PAZ 326 342 DK3ZL New 319 KB8CR New 301 AL7ID New 261 K6VHF 201 250 N7GR 179 205 K9JKM 114 201 JF3MKC 175 200 JI5RPT/1 101 200 K9AQ 109 200 WD9EWK (DM45) 160 165 N4QX 152 157 AA0DW New 141 N6UTC (DM15) New 126 JF1CDX New 105 KT6CA New 103 W3TI 101 103 NJ2DX New 100 ------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations to the new VUCC holders. AL7ID is first VUCC Satellite holder from BP64 DXCC Satellite Standing December 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------ DXCC Satellite Award/Endorsement Change Summary for November 01, 2023 to December 01, 2023. ------------------------------------------------------------ OE9DGV 208 210 F6BKI 203 207 YO2CMI 169 173 ZS1LS 153 160 EA2AA 152 154 DL6GBM 125 152 HB9RYZ 137 139 LA6OP 123 136 SP3AU 130 136 DL9RAN 100 125 FG8OJ 111 114 SM2OAN 100 109 CT1ETE New 104 TF1A 100 102 JA0FSB New 101 K9UO 100 101 EA5RM New 100 KB9STR New 100 KN2K New 100 LA0FA New 100 N0JE New 100 ------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations to the new DXCC Satellite holders. KN2K is first DXCC Satellite holder from VA 73 Jon N7AZ

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