August 2006 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Re: [amsat-bb] 8 SSTV pictures received from ISS Space Station.
by Félim Doyle M3HIM 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

I believe that MAREX Marexmg(a)comcast.net is the repository for any received pictures but by all means send them to Cor as well. 73 de Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cor" <skyman(a)hetnet.nl> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 4:31 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] 8 SSTV pictures received from ISS Space Station. > Hello All, > > Russian commander Pavel is testing the SSTV equipment aboard the ISS Space Station. > The latest ISS SSTV pics where sended on the 145.800Mhz downlink frequency. > There are some equipment problems so it is only switched on when Pavel is near the > transceiver, mostly in his presleep time on the passes (for his friends) in Moscow. > You can see the 8 ISS SSTV pictures on my website: http://www.pd0rkc.com > In case someone have more ISS SSTV pics please send to: skyman(a)hetnet.nl > > 73's Cor PD0RKC > ISS info: http://www.pd0rkc.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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8 SSTV pictures received from ISS Space Station.
by Cor 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Hello All, Russian commander Pavel is testing the SSTV equipment aboard the ISS Space Station. The latest ISS SSTV pics where sended on the 145.800Mhz downlink frequency. There are some equipment problems so it is only switched on when Pavel is near the transceiver, mostly in his presleep time on the passes (for his friends) in Moscow. You can see the 8 ISS SSTV pictures on my website: http://www.pd0rkc.com In case someone have more ISS SSTV pics please send to: skyman(a)hetnet.nl 73's Cor PD0RKC ISS info: http://www.pd0rkc.com

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ARISS is requesting signal reports of Devonport/Reece contact
by AJ9N＠aol.com 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Hi all, The Devonport/Reece ARISS contact was successful this morning August 18 at 10:39 UTC but it was somewhat difficult. ARISS would appreciate receiving any signal reports from that contact this morning so we can analysis what is happening. As you know we had an unsuccessful contact a few weeks ago but with 2 successful ones in between. In your report, please indicate whether you were north or south, etc of the ground track. Exact QTH location information would be helpful. The contact this morning was provided by ARISS telebridge station W6SRJ, out of Santa Rosa, CA; north of San Francisco. Thanks in advance for your assistance. You can forward your comments to Kenneth N5VHO kenneth.g.ransom(a)nasa.gov or to me. 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS mentors

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Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Doppler Shift :-)
by Félim Doyle M3HIM 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Or perhaps D'oh!pler Shift :-) 73 de Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE(a)mailaps.org> To: "'Félim Doyle M3HIM'" <Felim.M3HIM(a)ntlworld.com>; "'AmSat BB'" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:43 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Doppler Shift :-) > Usually, that is called the Dopeler shift. Or perhaps it is just American > spelling. <grin> > > Alan > WA4SCA > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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MSNBC Space News article
by Farrell Winder 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

An interesting article on the 1st Amateur Radio SSTV activities aboard the ISS has just this evening, August 17, 2006 has been listed on the following web page. Editor, Alan Boyle, has provided a "Send a Comment" section and would very much appreciate comments by anyone who reads this article or might have had experience in receiving the 1st SSTV pictures from the ISS. Alan Boyle has also forwarded a summary of the SpaceCam article with pictures to MSNBC TV's section, "The Most". If pictures from the article are selected they will appear on TV! If anyone catches the MSNBC TV presentation please put a note on the SAREX- BB. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/08/17/2213.aspx Farrell Winder, W8ZCF, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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Doppler Shift :-)
by Félim Doyle M3HIM 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

>From the September 2006 edition of the RSGB publication RadCom ... Doppler Shift - the tendency for daft ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 73 de Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK

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NASA GIVES 'GO' FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' LAUNCH
by Arthur Rowe 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Aug. 16, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 Tracey Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 NASA GIVES 'GO' FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' LAUNCH NASA senior managers on Wednesday unanimously voted to launch the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Aug. 27. Commander Brent Jett and his five crewmates are scheduled to lift off at 4:30 p.m. EDT on the STS-115 mission, which restarts construction of the International Space Station. The launch date was announced after the Flight Readiness Review, a traditional meeting in which top NASA managers and engineers determine whether the shuttle's complex array of equipment, support systems and procedures are ready for flight and assess any risks associated with the mission. "It was an honor to work with this team, a thrill to see another FRR," said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin. "It was a great review, and I look forward to a great launch." "The teams have done a great job of getting us here. We still have some minor open work in front of us. We look forward to the return to assembly," said Associate Administrator for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier, who chaired the Flight Readiness Review. Joining Commander Jett aboard shuttle Atlantis will be Pilot Chris Ferguson, mission specialists Joe Tanner, Dan Burbank, Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Steve MacLean. The crew will install the P3/P4 truss, a girder-like structure, aboard the station. The new piece will include a set of giant solar arrays, batteries and associated electronics. There will be three spacewalks to hook up the truss and prepare the arrays for operation. For STS-115 crew and mission information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle -end-

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ARISS Event - Reece High School, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, Fri (Aug 18) at 10:38
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

An International Space Station Expedition 13 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Reece High School, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia on Friday, 18 Aug 2006. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:38 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible to anyone in portions of Western United States and Mexico. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. Additional listening options are listed below. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. IRLP - Connect to the IRLP reflector 9010. You may also connect via the IRLP Discovery website at http://www.discoveryreflector.ca/listen.htm. EchoLink - The audio from this contact will be available on the EchoLink *AMSAT* (node 101 377) and the *JK1ZRW* (node 277 208) conference rooms. Please connect to the *JK1ZRW* server to keep the load light on the *AMSAT* server. This will ensure good audio quality for all listeners. _________________________________ AUDIO STREAMING AND AUDIO REPLAY PARTICIPANT INFORMATION: To join the event: URL: https://e-meetings.mci.com CONFERENCE NUMBER: 9830026 PASSCODE: SPACE STATIO To access the Audio Replay of this call, all parties can: 1. Go to the URL listed above. 2. Choose Audio Streaming under Join Events. 3. Enter the conference number and passcode. (Note that if this is a recurring event, multiple dates may be listed.) Replays are available for 30 days after the live event._________________________________ Devonport High and Reece High Schools with a total of 1,800 students have combined for this ARISS event. The two public schools serve the education needs of the city of Devonport in Tasmania. Devonport High was first opened in 1916 and shared rooms in the Town Hall till moving to their present site in 1920. In the year 2000 Reece High was burned to the ground and students co-located with Devonport High till the new school was rebuilt and officially opened in 2003. Since 2003 Reece High has won numerous international commendations. The combined students will be assembling at the Reece High School auditorium for the contact with the ISS Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How many people are on the ISS at any one time? 2. Do you ever feel claustrophobic in the space station? 3. Do space stations need to be driven in space or do they float in orbits? 4. How does the ISS change its orbit? 5. For what amount of time have you been in space? 6. While in space, how do your sleeping patterns alter without night and day? 7. Who makes the decisions about the expeditions and experiments that take place on the ISS? 8. How do you celebrate birthdays, Christmas etc. in space? 9. What space walks have been completed recently and for what reasons? 10. Do you have a stove/microwave in space? 11. Why can't you take pure Oxygen into space? 12. Do you have to do exercise in space? How do you keep fit? 13. What are the health issues that arise whilst in space? 14. Do day and night last the same amount of time on the space station as they do on Earth? 15. What do you eat? 16. How do you drink water - does it just float away? 17. Do you wash your clothes while in space, if so: how? 18. How far are you from earth? 19. In which ways, if any, do you communicate with your family? 20. Do you get homesick? Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS has been undergoing SSTV evaluations and will be turned off prior to the contact. The radios will likely continue to be intermittently active during this evaluation and testing phase. Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact . Next planned event(s): Sendai Yoshinari Junior High School, Sendai, Japan, direct via 8J7YJH Fri 2006-08-25 08:12 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO

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Teven-Tintenbar / ISS Contact Report
by Tony, VK5ZAI 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Teven-Tintenbar / ISS ARISS School Link-up 11th August 2006 The students from the small public school of Teven-Tintenbar, located in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales, Australia had a successful direct contact with the ISS on the evening of Aug.11, 2006. For several weeks prior to the event the principal, Mr. Keith Scott and staff had been preparing and releasing reports to the local media on the schools preparation. Children had been busy making models of space stations, rockets, shuttles and planets as well as painting murals to decorate the school. The big day had almost arrived and along with Nick,VK2ZTY who instigated the idea of ARISS contact Jack,VK2TRF and the Summer-land Amateur Radio Club set-up the Satellite Station with a full backup at the School, complete with computer controlled crossed Yagi antennas and a 70 cm. link back to VK2RSC in Lismore for an audio feed into Echo-link. Contact with the ISS was to be made at 5.32 pm local time so the school decided to devote the whole afternoon and evening to space, inviting “The Cosmic Couple” to attend during the afternoon bringing along their inflatable astrodome, 2 telescopes and model rocket display and speak to the children about astronomy and space. During the afternoon parent groups and teachers alike where preparing salads, cakes, coffee, and barbeques ready to feed both children and visitors after it was all over. By 4.00 p.m. this small primary school of only 180 students started to receive visitors for the evenings event and by 5:00 pm. it was estimated that between 350 - 400 parents and visitors had arrived. The actual contact took place from within the school library with the students who were taking part, their parents and radio equipment filling the room. A second and third room where set-up, complete with seating, and live audio and video for the guests. When it became obvious still more space would be required a large screen and video projector with audio was set-up outside for the overflow. Tony, VK5ZAI, the ARISS coordinator for Australia was present and spoke with 2 classes in the morning, then addressed the gathering just before contact was made, explaining the objects of ARISS and naming its sponsors. Nick, VK2ZTY was hoping that their oldest Radio Club member who has just turned 100 would be there to call the Space Station, however he wasn’t available so he want to the other extreme and asked the youngest member instead. Amy, VK2FCAT who is just 12 years old and has recently obtained her foundation licence stepped in and did a superb job. After making contact with the space Station 17 of the 23 students received answers from Astronaut Jeff Williams before the ISS went below the horizon. At this point Tony was again called upon to answer the last 6 student questions that hadn’t been answered as well as several more from the audience. The School Captain then presented each of those who helped make the evening a success with a small gift. The highlight of the evening being over, the crowd dispersed outside to enjoy the food that was prepared earlier in the day. The final thrill for everyone was 91 minutes later just after sunset when the ISS could be clearly seen to the north on its next orbit Numerous press where there, along with radio and TV, as well as a private video photographer making a documentary video. -- Regards Tony. VK5ZAI J.A.(Tony)Hutchison P.O.Box 470 Kingston SE South Australia 5275 Australian ARISS Co-ordinator and Satellite ground Station. Web Site :- http://www.electric-web.org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-16 18:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-16 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Reece High School/Devonport Maritime Museum, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia Fri 2006-08-18 10:38 UTC telebridge via W6SRJ at 63 deg Contact will streamed via the web. Sendai Yoshinari Junior High School, Sendai, Japan, direct via 8J7YJH Fri 2006-08-25 08:12 UTC 36 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 249. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The schedule page has been updated as of 2006-08-16 18:00 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.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2006-08-11 15:30 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_correctio… tf 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 ***************************************************************************** There has been a rumor that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Expedition 13 on orbit Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Expedition 13/14 Thomas Reiter DF4TR Expedition 14 crew: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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