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ISS D700 condition
by Patrick McGrane 06 May '07

06 May '07

Greetings to the group I have a question beyond the current state of the D700 Programming; Can the radio be set manually to communicate beyond school contacts? In essence, can it be set to run either cross-band repeat or packet without a reprogramming with a laptop? It doesnt make sense for the radio to be off between school contacts. On another note, we lost wally shira this week at the age of 86 from natural causes. We should all have such a great life. Regards to nasa Thanks for information, pat n2oeq

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-05 23:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 May '07

05 May '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-05 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Liceo Scientifico Statale “Lorenzo Respighi”, Piacenza Italy, direct via IZ4JSC Successful Sat 2007-05-05 10:24 UTC 37 deg (***) Erweiterte Realschule, Weiskirchen D-66709, Germany, direct via DL0ERW Successful Sat 2007-05-05 13:34 UTC 78 deg (***) Space Day 2007, National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C., USA, telebridge via W6SRJ Successful Sat 2007-05-05 18:01 UTC 34 deg (***) SRJC Day Under the Oaks, Santa Rosa, California USA direct via W6SRJ (***) Sun 2007-05-06 16:48 UTC 68 deg (***) Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, direct via W5SCA Wed 2007-05-09 14:39 UTC 49 deg Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, direct via CT6ESE Wed 2007-05-09 14:58 UTC 58 deg Barrhaven Public School, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VA3MGY Tue 2007-05-15 15:27 UTC 47 deg Kenneth J. Carberry Intermediate School, Emmett, Idaho, direct via TBD Wed 2007-05-16 18:52 UTC 57 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 293. (***) 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 2007-05-05 23:00 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 2007-05-05 23:00 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 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Expedition 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov Expedition 15 future: Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Daniel Tani KD5DXE ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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iSS Status Report: SS07-24
by Arthur Rowe 05 May '07

05 May '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 : > May 4, 2007 > > Katherine Trinidad > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-3749 > > John Ira Petty > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > STATUS REPORT: SS07-24 > > INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-24 > > HOUSTON - Marking the second week working together, the Expedition 15 > crew wrapped up a week of various maintenance tasks, science > experiments and preparations for the May 15 arrival of the Progress > 25 supply ship. > > To prepare for the new unpiloted cargo carrier's arrival, the > currently docked Progress' engines were used to reboost the station > Saturday. The move increases the number of rendezvous opportunities > for the STS-117 space shuttle mission targeted for next month. > Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg > Kotov and Suni Williams also removed the docking mechanism from the > Progress 24 for later use. > > The week included work on a wide array of science experiments. > Williams completed the fifth run of the Elastic Memory Composite > Hinge experiment. The experiment studies the performance of a new > hinge composite in space. > > Williams also did a test run of a handheld device for rapid detection > of biological and chemical substances on board the station. This > study is meant to provide an early warning system to protect the > health and safety of station crew members. Williams also completed > annual re-certification of the Microgravity Science Glovebox and > performed a checkout of the cardiac defibrillator. > > Kotov did maintenance work in the Zarya module and tested the circuits > of a temperature sensor on one of the batteries. He also conducted > the periodic collection of air readings in the station with the > Russian Real-Time Harmful Contaminant Gas Analyzer system. > > Other hardware and maintenance tasks included the replacement of a > Common Cabin Air Analyzer, sound level monitoring in the Russian > Service Module and in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory, and charging U.S. > spacesuits batteries. > > Crew members wrapped up the week replacing a heat exchanger in the > Zvezda Service Module. They also swapped out computers used in the > U.S. lab racks. > > The weekend will consist of mostly off-duty time with routine > housekeeping, family conferences and a HAM radio session. > > For more about the crew's activities and station sighting > opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > > >

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2 Line ISS Keps 5-5
by Dave Larsen PhD 04 May '07

04 May '07

ISS 1 25544U 98067A 07124.68270509 .00017885 00000-0 10856-3 0 1434 2 25544 051.6339 328.6632 0010664 143.6648 302.9204 15.77550218483903

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-04 22:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 04 May '07

04 May '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-04 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Liceo Scientifico Statale “Lorenzo Respighi”, Piacenza Italy, direct via IZ4JSC Sat 2007-05-05 10:24 UTC 37 deg Erweiterte Realschule, Weiskirchen D-66709, Germany, direct via DL0ERW Sat 2007-05-05 13:34 UTC 78 deg Space Day 2007, National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C., USA, telebridge via W6SRJ Sat 2007-05-05 18:01 UTC 34 deg Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, direct via W5SCA Wed 2007-05-09 14:39 UTC 49 deg Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, direct via CT6ESE Wed 2007-05-09 14:58 UTC 58 deg Barrhaven Public School, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VA3MGY (***) Tue 2007-05-15 15:27 UTC 47 deg (***) Kenneth J. Carberry Intermediate School, Emmett, Idaho, direct via TBD (***) Wed 2007-05-16 18:52 UTC 57 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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Crew Completes a Week of Experiments and Maintenance
by Arthur Rowe 04 May '07

04 May '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Crew Completes a Week of Experiments and Maintenance* Image above: Sunita Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, works with the Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System (LOCAD-PTS) experiment. LOCAD-PTS is a handheld device for rapid detection of biological and chemical substances onboard the station. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Expedition 15 crew members replaced a heat exchanger on Friday in the Zvezda Service Module. They also swapped out computers in the U.S. lab. Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov finished the repair of the Russian air conditioner that began a few days ago. Flight Engineer Sunita Williams completed the discharge process on the second of two sets of spacesuit batteries. The batteries will be required for the STS-117 spacewalks. To prepare for the arrival of the unpiloted cargo carrier, ISS Progress 25, the station was reboosted by the Progress 24’s engines April 28. Transfers of cargo continue from the Progress 24 craft to the station. Progress 25 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan May 11. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Kotov again had an hour each allocated for station familiarization and adaptation to help in adjusting to their new surroundings and activities. + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + View Crew's Daily Timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html> + View Expedition 14 landing images <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/exp14_landing_images.h…>

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ISS STATUS REPORT #07-24
by Arthur Rowe 04 May '07

04 May '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *International Space Station Status Report #07-24* *3 p.m. CDT Friday, May 4, 2007* *Expedition 15 Crew* Marking the second week working together, the Expedition 15 crew wrapped up various maintenance tasks, science experiments and preparations for the May 15 arrival of the Progress 25 supply ship. To prepare for the new unpiloted cargo carrier's arrival, the currently docked Progress' engines were used to reboost the station Saturday. The move also increases the number of rendezvous opportunities for the STS-117 space shuttle mission targeted for next month. Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Suni Williams also removed the docking mechanism from the Progress 24 for later use. The week included work on a wide array of science experiments. Williams completed the fifth run of the Elastic Memory Composite Hinge experiment. The experiment studies the performance of a new hinge composite in space. Williams also did a test run of a handheld device for rapid detection of biological and chemical substances on board the station. This study is meant to provide an early warning system to protect the health and safety of station crew members. Williams also completed annual re-certification of the Microgravity Science Glovebox and performed a checkout of the cardiac defibrillator. Kotov did maintenance work in the Zarya module and tested the circuits of a temperature sensor on one of the batteries. He also conducted the periodic collection of air readings in the station with the Russian Real-Time Harmful Contaminant Gas Analyzer system. Other hardware and maintenance tasks included the replacement of a Common Cabin Air Analyzer, sound level monitoring in the Russian Service Module and in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory, and charging U.S. spacesuits batteries. Crew members wrapped up the week replacing a heat exchanger in the Zvezda Service Module. They also swapped out computers used in the U.S. lab racks. The weekend will consist of mostly off-duty time with routine housekeeping, family conferences and a HAM radio session. For more about the crew's activities and station sighting opportunities, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station The next station status report will be issued Friday, May 11, or earlier if events warrant. ### NASA OFFERS RESOURCES FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II VISIT TO GODDARD GREENBELT, Md. - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will visit NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on Tuesday, May 8. Goddard is home to the largest organization of scientists and engineers in the United States dedicated to learning and sharing knowledge of the Earth, sun, solar system and universe. The main Web site for information updates and images as they become available: http://www.nasa.gov/goddard Live television coverage highlights will include a call to crew aboard International Space Station, a welcoming event with NASA employees and a tree planting ceremony at Goddard's visitor center. NASA TV will air live coverage from approximately 10 a.m. - Noon EDT. Video of the visit will run on the NASA TV media channel (#103) at Noon, 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. NASA Television information and real-time schedule updates will be available at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv NASA Television is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) - compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) with modulation of QPSK/DBV, data rate of 36.86 and FEC of 3/4 is needed for reception. NASA TV Multichannel Broadcast includes Public Services Channel (#101), the Education Channel (#102) and the Media Services Channel (#103). -end-

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-04 17:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 04 May '07

04 May '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-04 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Liceo Scientifico Statale “Lorenzo Respighi”, Piacenza Italy, direct via IZ4JSC Sat 2007-05-05 10:24 UTC 37 deg Erweiterte Realschule, Weiskirchen D-66709, Germany, direct via DL0ERW Sat 2007-05-05 13:34 UTC 78 deg Space Day 2007, National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C., USA, telebridge via W6SRJ Sat 2007-05-05 18:01 UTC 34 deg SRJC Day Under the Oaks, Santa Rosa, California USA direct via W6SRJ (***) Sun 2007-05-06 16:48 UTC 68 deg (***) Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, direct via W5SCA Wed 2007-05-09 14:39 UTC 49 deg Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, direct via CT6ESE 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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ARISS event -Space Day at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Washington D.C., USA, Saturday (May 05) 18:01 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 04 May '07

04 May '07

An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum's Space Day on 05 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:01 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible in western portions of North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. Space Day 2007 will be another action-packed day of astronaut appearances, hands-on activities, book signings, tours, and special stories for children, all surrounded by the world's most famous space artifacts. Especially exciting will be a sneak peek at the much-anticipated successor to the space shuttle, the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. This Lockheed Martin-designed spacecraft of the future will be on view in the shadow of one of the most historic spacecraft of the past - the Apollo 11 command module, Columbia. Have a blast learning how you can build your own model rocket with the Northern Virginia Association of Rocketry. The group will bring their own home-built rockets for you to see and lots of information on building a flyable rocket. Local robotics teams will show off their latest creations with a robot petting zoo. The teams will demonstrate their expertise in building and running robots for competition. Participating organizations include Lockheed Martin, NASA, and AMSAT-Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. Participants will ask as many of questions as time allows. Due to the live nature of this event, no advance copies of the questions are available Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS is not functioning in the automatic modes properly and may be silent more than usual. Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact . Next planned event(s): Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, direct via W5SCA, Wed 2007-05-09 14:39 UTC Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, direct via CT6ESE, Wed 2007-05-09 14:58 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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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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