Is there anyway that ARISS can be availble for general astronaut contacts on 10/21-10/22 for JOTA? I am going to be operating W9W that weekend with my troop. Based upon the latest Keplian Elements, these times seem to be favorable for all of the United States on 10/21-10/22: 10/21: 0522Z to 0542Z 0658Z to 0718Z 2325Z to 2341Z

10/22: 0059Z-0118z 0234Z to 0254Z 0544z to 0606z

This is the prediction for Chicago IL: 2006-10-21 00:29:42 ISS 307.7 0.0 ecl 2164 357.4 -58.8 2006-10-21 00:34:36 ISS 29.5 43.6 ecl 475 359.7 -58.8 2006-10-21 00:39:29 ISS 112.0 0.0 ecl 2153 2.0 -58.8

2006-10-21 02:04:57 ISS 291.8 0.0 ecl 2160 38.7 -53.1 2006-10-21 02:09:26 ISS 226.3 16.8 ecl 945 40.3 -52.6 2006-10-21 02:13:54 ISS 160.5 0.0 ecl 2148 41.9 -52.0

2006-10-21 16:56:29 ISS 173.1 0.0 2.5 2172 245.1 10.4 2006-10-21 17:00:00 ISS 127.6 5.9 1.5 1563 245.7 9.8 2006-10-21 17:03:31 ISS 82.3 0.0 2.0 2177 246.4 9.2

2006-10-21 18:29:31 ISS 228.5 0.0 2.4 2173 260.9 -6.2 2006-10-21 18:34:29 ISS 142.2 67.7 -1.8 366 261.7 -7.2 2006-10-21 18:39:26 ISS 57.1 0.0 ecl 2169 262.5 -8.1

2006-10-21 20:05:07 ISS 271.0 0.0 2.1 2174 276.9 -24.0 2006-10-21 20:09:46 ISS 340.3 19.3 ecl 874 277.7 -24.9 2006-10-21 20:14:25 ISS 50.2 0.0 ecl 2167 278.6 -25.7

2006-10-21 21:41:21 ISS 300.4 0.0 ecl 2175 296.4 -41.1 2006-10-21 21:45:39 ISS 0.6 11.7 ecl 1180 297.4 -41.9 2006-10-21 21:49:55 ISS 60.6 0.0 ecl 2162 298.4 -42.6

2006-10-21 23:16:50 ISS 309.8 0.0 ecl 2167 325.4 -54.7 2006-10-21 23:21:30 ISS 20.3 20.3 ecl 838 327.2 -55.2 2006-10-21 23:26:09 ISS 91.0 0.0 ecl 2157 329.0 -55.6

2006-10-22 00:51:50 ISS 302.0 0.0 ecl 2162 8.0 -58.9 2006-10-22 00:56:45 ISS 218.2 57.8 ecl 392 10.3 -58.8 2006-10-22 01:01:38 ISS 134.2 0.0 ecl 2147 12.6 -58.6

2006-10-22 02:27:57 ISS 274.5 0.0 ecl 2157 46.9 -50.5 2006-10-22 02:31:10 ISS 233.3 4.7 ecl 1647 47.9 -50.1 2006-10-22 02:34:23 ISS 191.8 0.0 ecl 2146 48.9 -49.6

2006-10-22 17:17:08 ISS 202.9 0.0 2.6 2176 248.6 6.6 2006-10-22 17:21:45 ISS 134.7 19.5 0.3 873 249.4 5.8 2006-10-22 17:26:22 ISS 66.6 0.0 2.0 2178 250.2 5.0

2006-10-22 18:51:43 ISS 250.3 0.0 2.3 2176 264.3 -10.6 2006-10-22 18:56:38 ISS 331.1 39.4 -1.1 518 265.1 -11.5 2006-10-22 19:01:32 ISS 51.9 0.0 ecl 2168 265.9 -12.4

2006-10-22 20:27:51 ISS 287.5 0.0 2.0 2178 280.7 -28.4 2006-10-22 20:32:16 ISS 350.2 13.4 ecl 1102 281.6 -29.2 2006-10-22 20:36:39 ISS 52.7 0.0 ecl 2166 282.4 -30.0

2006-10-22 22:03:48 ISS 307.5 0.0 ecl 2174 301.7 -45.1 2006-10-22 22:08:13 ISS 10.4 13.5 ecl 1091 302.9 -45.8 2006-10-22 22:12:36 ISS 73.2 0.0 ecl 2161 304.1 -46.5

2006-10-22 23:38:55 ISS 307.8 0.0 ecl 2169 334.1 -57.1 2006-10-22 23:43:50 ISS 29.9 41.4 ecl 493 336.2 -57.5 2006-10-22 23:48:41 ISS 110.9 0.0 ecl 2148 338.4 -57.8

2006-10-23 01:14:09 ISS 292.5 0.0 ecl 2161 18.6 -58.3 2006-10-23 01:18:40 ISS 226.1 17.8 ecl 910 20.6 -58.0 2006-10-23 01:23:10 ISS 159.1 0.0 ecl 2144 22.6 -57.7

Thanks

Erik Jacobsen, KB9BNY Varsity Scout Team Couch