August 2006 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-08 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-08 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Teven-Tintenbar Public School, Tintenbar, NSW Australia, direct via VK2ZTY Fri 2006-08-11 07:32 UTC at 23 deg Devonport Maritime Museum, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia Fri 2006-08-18 10:38 UTC telebridge via W6SRJ at 63 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 248. 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 2006-08-08 05:00 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 2006-08-02 17:00 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_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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NASA, Air Force Agree to Aeronautics Cooperation
by Arthur Rowe 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/c #31468 Dean Acosta/Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1400/1272 NASA, Air Force Agree to Aeronautics Cooperation NASA and the United States Air Force have formed an aeronautics research partnership. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne signed a Memorandum of Understanding Monday at a Pentagon ceremony. The agreement builds upon and expands on the longstanding relationship between the two organizations. "Although NASA and the Air Force have differing missions, there are common aeronautics research goals that dictate we maintain a close partnership,” Griffin said. “Besides the obvious benefits, it's in the nation's best interest for us to work together.” "This is a great day for aerospace," Wynne added. "It's a renewal of an already strong partnership and codifies what we've been doing all along." The agreement is designed to ensure the free exchange of research information, reduce duplication of research, and enhance long-term research planning for both organizations. It covers areas such as advanced aircraft design, propulsion development, materials development and aviation safety. A photo of the signing ceremony is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/formedia For information about NASA, visit: http://www.nasa.gov - end -

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SHUTTLE, STATION MISSIONS AHEAD
by Arthur Rowe 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Aug. 7, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 SHUTTLE, STATION MISSIONS AHEAD ARE MOST CHALLENGING EVER Program managers and the six-member crew of the next space shuttle Atlantis flight will participate in a series of media briefings Friday, Aug. 11, at the Johnson Space Center, Houston. With the remaining shuttle missions, NASA will embark on a series of flights as difficult as any in history to complete the International Space Station. "The flights ahead will be the most complex and challenging we've ever carried out for construction of the International Space Station in orbit," said Mike Suffredini, NASA station program manager. "The station literally becomes a new spacecraft with each assembly mission, and that will be true starting this year with dramatic changes in its cooling and power systems, habitable volume, utilization capability as well as its appearance." The station is nearly halfway through assembly. The next four flights will bring new truss segments, massive structural girders, to the complex. The new segments will increase the mass of the station by almost 40 tons. Two of the trusses include huge sets of solar array wings, totaling more than 17,000 square feet and more than 130,000 solar cells. The new segments include giant rotary joints to allow the tips of the station "backbone" to move as the massive panels track the sun. Together, the new arrays will add 50 kilowatts of power for the complex. The increased electrical power will set the stage for the addition of European and Japanese laboratories that will far surpass any previous research capability in space. The installation of the new truss segments and unfurling of the arrays require unprecedented robotic operations. Those operations will use the shuttle and station's Canadian-built mechanical arms to delicately maneuver school bus-sized station components into place. The operations will rely heavily on the station's mobile transporter, a sort of space railway that positions the robotic arm along the truss to install the components. Later this year, the station and shuttle crews face a unique challenge to activate a permanent cooling system and the new power sources. They must rewire the orbiting laboratory and change its electrical supplies without interrupting the continuous operation of any of its critical systems. Once the power grid is in place, additional shuttle flights will launch a connecting node and the European and Japanese laboratories. "The assembly of the station on these flights has no parallel in space history," Suffredini said. "We have planned, studied and trained for these missions for years. We know they will be hard, and we may encounter the unexpected. But we are eager to get started, and there is tremendous excitement building in NASA and among our international partners." The station's assembly and maintenance in orbit, the long-duration spaceflight experience gained aboard the complex, and the research into the effects of long spaceflights contribute to NASA's plans for future missions to return to the moon and travel beyond. The current station represents only a fraction of its eventual capabilities. Between now and station completion: * The volume and mass of the station will more than double. The space station will be larger than a five-bedroom house with a cabin volume of 33,023 cubic feet. When completed, it will have a mass of almost a million pounds. * The number of research facilities on the complex will more than triple. The percentage of total power dedicated to research will increase by 84 percent. * The total power generated by the complex will almost quadruple. * The station's truss, currently 134 feet long, will grow to 354 feet, the longest man-made object to fly in space. * To construct the station, more than 100 international space flights will have been conducted on five different types of vehicles launched from four different countries. * More than 140 spacewalks, totaling nearly 800 hours, dedicated to assembly and maintenance of the space station will have been completed. That is more spacewalks than were conducted in all of U.S. space history before construction of the station began. * There have been 115 space shuttle flights, of which 18 were dedicated to the space station. With 15 remaining assembly flights planned to the station, more than one-quarter of all shuttle flights will have been dedicated to station assembly. Friday's briefings about the mission will be carried live on NASA TV beginning at 9 a.m. EDT. To participate, media should contact the Johnson Space Center newsroom at 281-483-5111 by Aug. 9. For NASA TV schedules, downlink information and links to streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For information about the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station -end- To subsc

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121 messages in the guestbook for Bill McArthur NA1SS CDROM!
by Cor 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hello All, In an earlier posting I had anounced to make a CDROM for Bill McArthur (NA1SS). Astronaut Bill McArthur was much active on hamradio during his 6 months - mission aboard the ISS Space Station (he is already back on earth). Many people have sended audio files (some with pics of the operator THANKS!!!). There are already 121 messages in the McArthur guestbook, these message will be shown on the CDROM!!! In case you did not signed the McArthur guestbook yet, you can do it now on this direct McArthur guestbook link: http://www.webguestbook.com/cgi-bin/guestbook/viewguestbook.pl?user=corholl… Or go to: http://www.pd0rkc.com (look on the main page!). In case you have your QSO (with McArthur NA1SS) recorded please send it to: wegaman(a)gmail.com An picture of the operator would be nice so Bill McArthur can see the operator which he spoke in the past!!! Also I like to have more ISS school contact audio files!!! 31 august is the last day that you can send your files (and sign McArthur guestbook). If you want cooporate, please do it right now otherwise you might forget!!! The CDROM will be delivered to McArthur (via N5VHO Kenneth Ransom JSC NASA). Please spread this message arround on internet (on forums or websites!). Thanks!!! 73's Cor PD0RKC http://www.pd0rkc.com

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JOHN GLENN IN AUTO ACCIDENT
by Arthur Rowe 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 August 6, 2006 Former senator and astronaut John Glenn, 85, and his wife, Annie, 86, were in fair condition at Grant Medical Center in Columbus after being involved in a car accident. They were expected to be released today. The couple were returning home from a fundraiser Friday night when Glenn tried to make a left turn onto a highway ramp and struck another car. Police cited Glenn for failure to yield, according to family spokesman Dale Butland. Glenn, who served in the Senate from 1974 to 1999, piloted the first U.S. manned orbital mission in 1962. He went back into space in 1998 at the age of 77. Glenn, who served in the Senate from 1974 to 1999, piloted the first U.S. manned orbital mission in 1962. He went back into space in 1998 at the age of 77.

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ISS TO GET SPECIAL MEALS
by Arthur Rowe 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Station Crew to 'Kick It Up a Notch' With Chef Emeril Lagasse The crew of the International Space Station will indulge next week in the ultimate “take-out” food, a meal delivered by a NASA space shuttle and designed by chef Emeril Lagasse of the Food Network's "Emeril Live." After tasting several of Lagasse's creations, the three-person crew will talk to the chef at 1:30 p.m. EDT Aug. 10 in a special hookup carried live on NASA TV. Lagasse sent NASA some of his special recipes for potential use in space. After the required testing and processing, five different meals were selected. Emeril's Mardi Gras jambalaya, mashed potatoes with bacon, green beans with garlic, rice pudding and mixed fruit were delivered to the station aboard the shuttle Discovery in July. The station is home to NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter. Station crews usually live and work in space for six months. "Our research has indicated that quality, appetizing food is important for the health and morale of astronauts during space missions, especially long ones," said NASA's Vickie Kloeris, who oversees the development and distribution of food on the space station. Menu options for shuttle and station crews are more extensive than ever before, with about 200 U.S. food items available. Russian food also is available. For more information about food in space, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/formedia For links to streaming video, NASA TV scheduling and digital downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For information about the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station

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ISS Frequencies
by McGrane 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

Greetings my 2 cents; Some modes should operate SIMPLEX like the MIR did. Patrick, N2OEQ

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-04 22:15 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-04 22:15 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: City of Ottawa Central Experimental Farm, direct via VE3KID Fri 2006-08-04 13:27 UTC 25 deg Unsuccessful (***) ARISS is investigating as to what occurred. (***) Teven-Tintenbar Public School, Tintenbar, NSW Australia, direct via VK2ZTY Fri 2006-08-11 07:32 UTC at 23 deg Devonport Maritime Museum, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia Fri 2006-08-18 10:38 UTC telebridge via W6SRJ at 63 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 248. 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 2006-08-04 22:15 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 2006-08-02 17:00 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_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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Heard
by KA8VIT 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Heard the ISS call the Canadian station this morning with no replies from the ground for most of the pass. There heard him say he was switching to the normal input frequency. 73 Bill KA8VIT -- Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO) ka8vit(a)ka8vit.com http://ka8vit.com http://www.usscod.org QRP-L NBR: 2596 FP#-1043

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Re: ISS SSTV
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

The downlink frequency question is one that is constantly under discussion. The biggest problem is that everyone wants to be on 2 meters. Not everyone worldwide can transmit on 70 cm plus the Doppler is harder to correct for newbies in the that band. The other constraint (as you mentioned) is hardware. Depending on what mode is active, the current hardware may only support having one radio on at a time and thus just one mode. Currently, the D700 is the ONLY radio that does SSTV, Packet or Crossband Repeater options so only one of those modes can be active at a time. The Ericsson VHF is presently only able to support voice operations. Also, if the Kenwood D700 is on 2 meters, the Ericsson VHF radio cannot be used. It is possible to move SSTV (or packet) to 70 cm and allow voice (not the crossband repeater though) on 2 meters but that would mean silence on 145.80 about 90% of the time (depending on the crew). ISS currently has an assigned worldwide downlink on 145.80 and a world wide uplink on 145.99 (digital). In addition, Region 1 uses 145.20 (voice) for an uplink but Region 2 and 3 use 144.49 (voice) due to differences in regional band planning. I guess everyone could use the 145.99 world uplink for everything but the crew would have issues listening to all the interference from digital stations that operate unattended. Some operations have been conducted on 70 cm such as the uplink for the crossband repeater and some up/down voice contacts. As additional bands and modes are added, hopefully we can allocate specific frequencies for those so that simultaneous operations can take place. Regarding Columbus, the antennas were not able to be designed for replacement so if they break, no fixing will be possible. I believe the same is true for the antennas used for the Ericsson amateur radio system located in the Functional Cargo Block (FGB). The reason I posted my reply to the SAREX reflector is because it was created to discuss manned spaceflight amateur radio topics. Kenneth - N5VHO -----Original Message----- From: owner-AMSAT-BB(a)AMSAT.Org [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Felim Doyle M3HIM Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 8:49 AM To: amsat-bb(a)AMSAT.Org; Frank H. Bauer Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV I think it was fairly well understood that this is an experimental SSTV transmission from the ISS and that the downlink frequency is temporary. I was not aware of the conflict between the international 145.800MHz 'all mode' ISS downlink frequency and repeater services in Russia, having assumed it was chosen for its worldwide availability, but now appreciate that there is great on-going co-operation to make this a unique frequency for ISS-to-earth communication. Another great facet of Amateur Radio. Perhaps someone can explain the uplink diversity. My concern is that putting voice, packet and SSTV all on one downlink frequency is rather restrictive. I realise that, at present, equipment is a limiting factor and that there is not enough kit to have all of the various modes in use at once but this may change over time so we should be thinking ahead and considering other frequencies or even bands (e.g. SSTV on 70cm). In the meantime, we can only look forward to the launch of the Columbus module with its additional ARISS facilities, including ATV (shame there are no windows in the module), and feel secure in the knowledge that this is one satellite that we can fix in flight should the need arise. That said, I was disappointed to find out yesterday, listening to the EVA, that it takes two years to get an engineer out to fix a computer on the external truss. :-( And that Ivan Ivanovic (SuitSat-1) guy isn't much use either! [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Ivanovich] 73 de Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank H. Bauer" <ka3hdo(a)comcast.net> To: <amsat-bb(a)AMSAT.Org> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 12:55 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV > All, > > The ARISS team does not plan to use the 144.49 downlink for SSTV for the > long term. > > The ARISS team fully understands the Region 1 band allocations and wishes > to abide by them. It should be noted that amateur satellite communications > are allowed by ITU rules in the 144-146 segment. The reason that we have > different uplinks in different regions is that the three ITU regions do not > have consistent frequency allocations per mode. As an international team, > ARISS and many ham radio entities worked hard to clear as many systems > (repeaters, APRS, etc) from the lower edge of the AMSAT Satellite band > segment (145.80-146) as possible. This enabled ARISS to have a dedicated > downlink on 2 meters 145.80. > > Our Russian team members were running some initial tests on SSTV last > weekend. They utilized 144.49 for these initial tests because they wanted > to do a full checkout of the SSTV downlink and there are still a few > repeaters on 145.80 in Russia. These tests were successful. We appreciate > the amateur community's patience on this while our Russian colleagues > were running these tests. Based on these initial tests, the ARISS > international team has been working on some procedures for long-term use of > SSTV. This includes the use of SSTV on the 145.80 international > downlink. As we get closer to final checkout of the system, you will see > these changes made. > > Thanks for all your interest in ARISS. We are looking forward to some > exciting times as SSTV images once again beam down from space!! > > 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO > ARISS International Chairman > > ------------------------------------------------- > Message: 12 > Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:07:55 +0100 > From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=E9lim_Doyle_M3HIM?= > <Felim.M3HIM(a)ntlworld.com>Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV > > The 144.490MHz frequency being used on the ISS for the SSTV downlink is not > a valid satellite or SSTV frequency in Region 1 as it is just at the top of > the CW Beacon segment of the 2m band. So, if the ISS crew are on the ball, > they should not have SSTV on when passing over the UK. However, they did > have it on during one or more passes at the weekend when I was in the GB4FUN > bus at the AMSAT-UK Colloquium. We failed to capture a picture despite > having a crystal clear signal and correctly decoding the CW identification. > It was possibly because the software was not set up for the correct mode > (i.e. not Robot 36). > > There may be other opportunities over the coming days/weeks but, as I say, > strictly speaking it should not be running over Region 1. > > 73 de > > Félim M3HIM > IO91ot > Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK > ---- > Sent via amsat-bb(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo(a)amsat.org ---- Sent via amsat-bb(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo(a)amsat.org

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