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Future ISS amateur radio modes
by Patrick McGrane 04 May '07

04 May '07

Greetings I read rogers mail pushing for packet on ISS. I have a different opinion to express. For years, the ISS transmitted a very unchallenging Packet mode devoid of real communications with the crew. After listening for many passes for years waiting to hear a crewmember call CQ the packet noise began to grow on me like chinese water torture. To me, without the capability to communicate with the crew, the aprs packet mode is frivolous robotic stuff. Sorry, But I'm not the military type. I realize the crew is busy, or otherwise uninterested, but I prefer to communicate with the crew or others directly. I'm thankful for the times the d700 was placed in cross-band repeat mode. It was the next best thing to talking to the crew. Please use it in the future. Thank you, 73, patrick N2OEQ

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Crew Begins Week With Maintenance and Experiments
by Arthur Rowe 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #314469 *Crew Begins Week With Maintenance and Experiments* Image above: Venice, Italy, is featured in this image photographed by a crew member on the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA . TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The Expedition 15 crew begins the week with the replacement of several components in the Russian segment of the complex and medical experiments. Sunday was an off-duty day for the crew. On Saturday, the station was reboosted by the Progress 24 cargo ship's engines to place it at the correct altitude for the docking of the ISS Progress 25 cargo craft on May 15. The reboost also provides at least six flight day three rendezvous opportunities for Atlantis during the STS-117 mission beginning on June 8. Also over the weekend, Flight Engineer Sunita Williams conducted another weekend science session with the Capillary Flow Experiment, Interior Corner Flow 2. This experiment has applications to the management of liquid fuels, cryogens, water-based solutions and thermal fluids in spacecraft systems. Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov completed another run of the Russian Diatomeya ocean observations program to record high production zones of phytoplankton. April and May are the period of most intensive blooming of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic waters. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin conducted another session with the Russian Uragan Earth-imaging program, taking pictures of natural environment targets, including those showing man-made impacts on nature. + View Expedition 14 landing images <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/exp14_landing_images.h…> + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + Read more about Expedition 14 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.ht…> + View Crew's Daily Timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-30 15:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-30 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Liceo Scientifico Statale “Lorenzo Respighi”, Piacenza Italy, direct via IK4MED Sat 2007-05-05 10:24 UTC 37 deg Erweiterte Realschule, Weiskirchen D-66709, Germany, direct via DN1ERW Sat 2007-05-05 13:34 UTC 78 deg Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, direct via W5SCA Contact is a go for: Wed 2007-05-09 14:39 UTC 49 deg Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, direct via CT6ESE Contact is a go for: Wed 2007-05-09 14:58 UTC 58 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 290. 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 2007-04-30 15:00 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 2007-04-29 05:00 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 14 on orbit: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT Expedition 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Expedition 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov Expedition 15 future: Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Daniel Tani KD5DXE Soyuz 14S/13S on orbit: Charles Simonyi KE7KDP/HA5SIK ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-29 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 29 Apr '07

29 Apr '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-29 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Samuel-von-Pufendorf Gymnasium, D-09557 Floeha, Germany, direct via DL0GYM Successful Sat 2007-04-28 14:19 UTC 74 deg (***) Liceo Scientifico Statale “Lorenzo Respighi”, Piacenza Italy, direct via IK4MED Sat 2007-05-05 10:24 UTC 37 deg Erweiterte Realschule, Weiskirchen D-66709, Germany, direct via DN1ERW Sat 2007-05-05 13:34 UTC 78 deg Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, direct via W5SCA Contact is a go for: Wed 2007-05-09 14:39 UTC 49 deg Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, direct via CT6ESE Contact is a go for: Wed 2007-05-09 14:58 UTC 58 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 290. (***) 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 2007-04-29 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 2007-04-29 05:00 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 14 on orbit: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT Expedition 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Expedition 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov Expedition 15 future: Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Daniel Tani KD5DXE Soyuz 14S/13S on orbit: Charles Simonyi KE7KDP/HA5SIK ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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Successful ISS school contact with German students (audio file available!).
by Cor 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

Hello All, Today we could hear astronaut Sunita Williams answering intresting questions from students from the Samuel von Pufendorf Gymnasium Floeha, Germany. PA2RPJ made a nice recording which is available from my website. http://iss.ontwikkel.nl 73's Cor PD0RKC

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Retransmission of ISS packets
by Roger Kolakowski 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

In preparation for ISS coming back up on 145.880 in packet mode, I would like to relay all packets received to my 440 repeater output to increase local interest in ISS activities. I must admit I am over my head in setup and connection of the TNC. I have a 10 year old TNC-3 (not Plus) with version 6.0 software on it. While it has served me well with ISS UNPROTO, I would now like to have it work at the repeater site, receive on 145.800 and feed into the cor/ audio chain of the 440 transmitter...sounds simple... Not to me! TNC-3 is no longer supported by Kantronics, All setups that look appropriate utilize version 8.13 using UI*** commands not acceptable by ver. 6.0, and UIView has come on the scene along with the move toward WIDEn-N. My brain is fried trying to figure this out. Is there an Elmer out there that could help me work through this? I must be missing something. As 145.800 is a "clear channel" I could repeat all and just use a COR but that seems messy for packet along with the potential for missing the early portion of the opening packet. Please reply directly...and help me un-fudge my brain... Thanks! Roger WA1KAT

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ISS Status Report: SS07-23
by Arthur Rowe 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 April 27, 2007 > John Yembrick > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0602 > > John Ira Petty > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > > ISS STATUS REPORT: SS07-23 > > HOUSTON - The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space > Station completed its first week of station orientation as the crew > worked with experiments and hardware maintenance. *New Crew Completes First Week Alone* Image above: Flight Engineer Suni Williams works with water tanks in theProgress 24 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Suni > Williams began the week with a couple light duty days after the busy > handover operations with the former crew. Expedition 14 Commander > Michael Lopez-Alegria and Russian crewmate Mikhail Tyurin, > accompanied by spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, returned to > Earth on Saturday, April 21, and are at the Gagarin Cosmonaut > Training Center in Star City, Russia, for several weeks of > post-mission debriefing and rehabilitation. > > This week, the station crew members participated in several drills to > maintain their medical and emergency proficiency. Yurchikhin and > Kotov began sessions throughout the first two weeks of their > residence to orient themselves with the station's operating systems. > Williams, who served as an Expedition 14 crew member, is aiding > Expedition 15 with their station orientation. > > On Thursday, Williams was told that she will return to Earth aboard > space shuttle Atlantis, targeted for launch June 8. That shuttle > mission, STS-117, will carry astronaut Clay Anderson to the station > to join Expedition 15 in progress. This rotation originally was > planned for STS-118, targeted for launch Aug. 8. > > NASA managers approved the crew rotation after a more detailed review > determined it would not impact station operations or future shuttle > mission objectives. Since an earlier crew rotation was possible, they > decided it would be prudent to return Williams and deliver Anderson > sooner rather than later. Upon Williams' return, she will have > accumulated more time in space than any other woman. > > Williams spent some of her off-duty time completing additional test > runs for the Capillary Flow Experiment. Capillary flow is the key > process used to move fluids in a microgravity environment. It uses > the low-gravity environment aboard the station to understand the > special dynamics of capillary flow and will aid in the design of > fluid transport systems on future spacecraft. > > On Monday, Williams set up cameras for the Earth Knowledge Acquired by > Middle School Students, or EarthKAM, education experiment. Middle > school students program a digital camera on the station to photograph > a variety of geographical targets from the unique vantage point of > space. Undergraduate teams at the University of California at San > Diego manage the images and post them on the Internet for the public > and participating classrooms around the world to view. Nearly 4,000 > students from 66 schools in seven countries are participating in this > run. > > On Friday, Williams performed a series of test flights with small > free-flying satellites. The Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, > Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) experiment uses 8-inch > diameter spherical satellites that fly within the station cabin. The > satellites test the basics of formation flight and autonomous docking > that could be used in future spacecraft. The battery-powered > satellites use carbon dioxide to fuel 12 thrusters as they fly in the > cabin. > > In addition to general station orientation, Yurchikhin and Kotov also > performed maintenance work on life support hardware in the Russian > segment. The water separator in the air conditioning system was > replaced. The separator dispositions condensate water and air > collected from the station's atmosphere that forms through the air > conditioner, maintaining optimum humidity levels onboard. > > Flight controllers and mission managers test fired the two main > engines on the Zvezda Service Module in a Wednesday reboost, raising > the station's altitude. It was the first time the engines were fired > since initial arrival of Zvezda in 2000. Another reboost using > International Space Station Progress 24 engines is scheduled for > Saturday to finish placing the station in its correct position for > the arrival of the International Space Station Progress 25 cargo > vehicle May 16 and the space shuttle Atlantis in June. > > For more about the crew's activities and station sighting > opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > >

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NASA to Rotate Station Astronauts on Next Shuttle
by Arthur Rowe 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *NASA to Rotate Station Astronauts on Next Shuttle* Image above: Flight Engineer Suni Williams sets up a video camera in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TO V IEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html After working aboard the International Space Station since December, Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Suni Williams will come back to Earth aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, targeted for launch June 8. That shuttle mission, STS-117, will carry her successor, astronaut Clay Anderson, to the station to begin his duty as an Expedition 15 flight engineer. The exchange of Anderson and Williams was originally planned for the STS-118 mission, now targeted for launch in August. However, that flight, first set to fly in June, had to be postponed after an unexpected hail storm damaged Atlantis' external fuel tank and delayed STS-117. + Read the April 26, 2007, press release <http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/apr/HQ_07093_Williams_Return.html> With the new plan, Williams' mission on the station will be approximately the same length as originally anticipated. She launched to the station on Dec. 9, 2006, with the STS-116 crew on space shuttle Discovery and joined the station's Expedition 14 crew. Williams later became a member of the Expedition 15 crew, joining Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov who arrived at the orbital complex on April 9. Williams' former crewmates, Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, returned to Earth along with spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi aboard their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft on April 21. + View Expedition 14 landing images <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/exp14_landing_images.h…> + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + Read more about Expedition 14 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.ht…> + View Crew's Daily Timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-26 21:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-26 21:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Christian Life Elementary School, Rockford, Illinois, direct via N9SH Successful Wed 2007-04-25 19:21 UTC 58 deg Samuel-von-Pufendorf Gymnasium, D-09557 Floeha, Germany, direct via DL0GYM Sat 2007-04-28 14:19 UTC 74 deg Liceo Scientifico Statale “Lorenzo Respighi”, Piacenza Italy, direct via IK4MED Sat 2007-05-05 10:24 UTC 37 deg Erweiterte Realschule, Weiskirchen D-66709, Germany, direct via DN1ERW Sat 2007-05-05 13:34 UTC 78 deg Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, direct via W5SCA Contact is a go for: Wed 2007-05-09 14:39 UTC 49 deg (***) Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, direct via CT6ESE Contact is a go for: Wed 2007-05-09 14:58 UTC 58 deg (***) Total number of ARISS school contacts is 289. 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 2007-04-26 21:30 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 2007-04-26 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 14 on orbit: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT Expedition 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Expedition 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov Expedition 15 future: Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Daniel Tani KD5DXE Soyuz 14S/13S on orbit: Charles Simonyi KE7KDP/HA5SIK ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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NASA to Rotate Station Astronauts on Next Shuttle Mission
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

After several months working aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Suni Williams will come back to Earth aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, targeted for launch June 8. That shuttle mission, STS-117, will carry her successor, astronaut Clay Anderson, to the station to begin his duty as an Expedition 15 flight engineer. The exchange of Anderson and Williams was originally planned for the STS-118 mission, now targeted for launch in August. However, that flight, first set to fly in June, had to be postponed after an unexpected hail storm damaged Atlantis' external fuel tank and delayed STS-117. NASA managers approved the crew rotation Thursday morning after a more detailed review determined there would be no impact on space station operations or future shuttle mission objectives. Since an earlier crew rotation was possible, NASA managers decided it would be prudent to return Williams and deliver Anderson sooner rather than later. With the new plan, Williams' mission on the station will be approximately the same length as originally anticipated. Williams, a Massachusetts native, launched to the station Dec. 9, 2006, aboard the space shuttle Discovery as part of the STS-116 mission. During her stay, she set a record for spacewalks by a female astronaut by conducting four excursions for a total of 29 hours and 17 minutes. Upon Williams' return, she will have accumulated more time in space than any other woman. Anderson, a Nebraska native, makes his first spaceflight when he joins Expedition 15. Discovery is scheduled to bring him home during the STS-120 mission, targeted for launch Oct. 20. Complete release at http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/apr/HQ_07093_Williams_Return.html

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