October 2008 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

ARISS event - Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani, Conversano, Italy, Tue (Oct 07) at 11:29UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

An International Space Station Expedition 17 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani, Conversano, Italy on 07 October. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1129 UTC. The contact will be a direct contact between stations OR4ISS and IZ7MKW. The contact should be audible over Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. The Scuola media D. Forlani is a middle school in the suburb of Conversano, a small town located 30km from Bari in South-east Italy The school has 30 classrooms and various laboratories, including an astronomy lab. About 250 pupils attend the school, aged from 11 to 14. Extracurricular activities include English conversation, sport, theatre, the environment and other research activities. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the most ambitious spatial project for the future? 2. What do you see at the moment when you are looking outside the ISS? 3. How does it feel to be in space? 4. Is it difficult to get used to zero gravity? 5. What do you think about extraterrestrial life in the universe? 6. How many years ago did you start your career as astronaut? 7. What studies are necessary to become an astronaut? 8. Where does the electric power come from on board the ISS? 9. Was it your childhood dream to become an astronaut? 10. At what age did you discover your passion for space? 11. What do you miss most from Earth during the mission? 12. How long can a human being stay in orbit without any physical problems? 13. What happens if an astronaut gets seriously ill in space? 14. What do you think about future projects of living on the moon? 15. What systems do you use for the communication to the Earth? 16. Is there any danger for the ISS module to be hit by Space debris? 17. How are the daily astronauts´ duties organized on board the ISS? 18. What kind of optical instruments have you on board to watch the space? 19. What are the main scientific experiments during Expedition 17? 20. What are the minimum and maximum temperatures inside and outside the ISS? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact . Next planned event(s): Colombia Mission Project at Buchanan High School, CA via NN1SS, Sat 2008-10-11 16:10 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.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO

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ARISS SSTV server back at new host
by Will Marchant 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

Greetings AMSAT-BB: The ARISS SSTV web pages are back up at the http://ariss-sstv.ssl.berkeley.edu/SSTV/ site. We've been able to do some testing, but please let me know if you experience any difficulties. Once again, my apologies for the outage! It appears to be a tribute to the interest in Richard Garriott's ham radio activity on board the ISS. 73, Will -- Will Marchant, NAR 13356, Tripoli 10125 L3, AMA 800142, FBIS kc6rol(a)amsat.org http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/will/

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-10-31 05:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-10-31 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Crossband repeater and packet have been active! (***) Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù Rome 00165, Italy, direct via IK0US0 Contact was succcessful: Thu 2008-10-30 08:51 UTC 44 deg (***) IES Trassierra, Córdoba, Spain-14011, direct via AO7URC Contact is a go for: Mon 2008-11-03 09:03 UTC 28 deg (***) ISS callsign is to be OR4ISS St. Thomas' Primary School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, direct via VK4HBK Contact is a go for: Tue 2008-11-04 10:15 UTC 78 deg (***) Dibrugarh University, India telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for. Fri 2008-11-07 07:15 UTC 40 deg Anderson's Creek, Primary School, Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK5ZAI (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2008-11-10 07:56 UTC 82 (***) Newcomers Club in Saitama, Japan direct via JK1ZAM (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2008-11-15 10:22 UTC 53 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 377. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 12. 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, OR4ISS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2008-10-31 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 2008-10-31 04:00 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… 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 have been rumors in the past indicating 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. ***************************************************************************** Exp. 18 on orbit: Michael Fincke KE5AIT Yury Lonchakov RA3DT Gregory Chamitoff KD5PKZ ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ISS back on Packet mode
by Tony, VK5ZAI 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

All, The 09:40 utc pass over Australia the ISS was in Packet mode again.The down link was 145.800 MHz. -- Regards Tony. VK5ZAI J.A.(Tony)Hutchison P.O.Box 470 Kingston SE South Australia 5275 National ARISS Co-ordinator and Satellite Earth Station. Web Site :- http://www.electric-web.org Also click on :- http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=%22vk5zai%22&btnG=Google+Search&met…

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Fw: Re: ISS Cross Band Repeater
by cetra8yy 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

The repeater cross band of the ISS, it works very bien.En his first passed through South America does not listen to anyone, but if the second and more activity in the tercera.Tengo very good reception: 9 +10- 20 - 30 - And 60 db.excelente. The activity can be seen in www.amsat.org.ar log sat. View video: youtube: iss cetra 73, Luis Funes LU8YY www.cetra.org.ar cetra8yy 2008-10-29 Mensaje de: David Barber Fecha Mensaje: 2008-10-29 04:20:25 Para: sarex(a)AMSAT.Org; amsat-bb(a)AMSAT.Org Con Copia a: Tema: [sarex] ISS Cross Band Repeater The ISS cross band repeater is on and working extremely well. The 06.50utc UK pass was accessible during the full period of visibility however there were few stations and only one contact was made with DL0SP, thank you Mario. Can I stress the importance of the Doppler correction on the uplink. It was apparent that there were at least two other stations that would have been perfectly readable had this been correct. Good luck to all. David G8OQW ---- Sent via sarex(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex

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ISS Cross Band Repeater
by David Barber 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

The ISS cross band repeater is on and working extremely well. The 06.50utc UK pass was accessible during the full period of visibility however there were few stations and only one contact was made with DL0SP, thank you Mario. Can I stress the importance of the Doppler correction on the uplink. It was apparent that there were at least two other stations that would have been perfectly readable had this been correct. Good luck to all. David G8OQW

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Owen and Richard Garriott
by ka3hdo＠comcast.net 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

All, I received the following e-mail today from Owen Garriott, W5LFL and wanted to share this with the Amateur Community. Please post this and pass it to others in the amateur radio community, as appropriate. 73, Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs ARSIS International Chairman --------------------------------------------- Richard, W5KWQ, landed in Kazakhstan on Friday, 24 October 2008 at about 0936 local time and was met there by his father Owen, W5LFL. They became the first American "second generation" father/son combination to have both flown in space and the first cosmonaut/astronaut-trained pair in the world. They returned to Star City near Moscow that afternoon for medical evaluation and this is the first interview provided by Richard the very next day. It is transcribed and delivered by Owen to the ham community. "On my recent flight I had the great opportunity to speak directly with and trade call signs with hundreds of hams around the globe. For me it was a unexpected joy to find so many enthusiastic hams, who were so well informed and interested in my activities in orbit. When I began my transmissions with preplanned SSTV images including "pirate messages", test patterns and family images, I did not know how they would be received. But it seemed that fellow hams really enjoyed seeing this beginning to my time on the International Space Station (ISS). Throughout the bulk of my 10 days on the ISS I tried to be speaking by voice or transmitting SSTV images whenever possible. After my first 100 or so QSOs, I understood how well "networked" the global ham community really is. I received specific reports back through Mission Control-Moscow about technical aspects of my work and how the community was enjoying the transmissions. This redoubled my enthusiasm to do quality work for the amateur radio legions around the world as I realized how much it meant to those with whom I had the chance to talk. By late in my flight I had contacted many hundreds of hams by voice and I have good records of these contacts. Finally I sent some "Goodbye" images on my last day in space. I also contacted many hams that had listened to or contacted my father from space 25 years ago. Some hams I contacted 2 to 4 times on my flight. On those last days I was very moved when sent many "soft landing" messages from individuals and classrooms full of children as I passed by. The ham community has added greatly to my personal feelings of success on my flight. I can only hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did. Thanks so much and 73, Richard, W5KWQ"

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ISS crossband repeater active
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Mike Fincke elected to activate the U/v crossband repeater on ISS today. Enjoy while it is up. Reminder, uplink is UHF (437.800 MHz) which can have up to 10 KHz of Doppler either side of the center frequency. Downlink is 145.800 MHz. No PL tone. Kenneth - N5VHO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-10-28 17:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-10-28 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Simulation contact Technopolis, Mechelen, Belgium with Frank DeWinne ON1DWN Contact was successful Mon 2008-10-27 17:00-17:30 UTC (***) Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani I-70014 Conversano, Italy, direct via IZ7MKW Contact was successful: Tue 2008-10-28 09:37 UTC 34 deg (***) Crossband repeater is active! (***) The frequencies are uplink of 437.80 MHz and downlink of 145.80 MHz. (***) Don’t forget to do Doppler correction! (***) Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù Rome 00165, Italy, direct via IK0US0 Contact is a go for: Thu 2008-10-30 08:51 UTC 44 deg IES Trassierra, Córdoba, Spain-14011, direct via AO7URC Contact is a go for: Mon 2008-11-03 08:58 UTC 32 deg ISS callsign is to be OR4ISS St. Thomas' Primary School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, direct via VK4HBK Contact is a go for: Tue 2008-11-04 10:10 UTC 65 deg Dibrugarh University, India telebridge via W6SRJ (***) Contact is a go for. Fri 2008-11-07 07:15 UTC 40 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 376. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 12. (***) 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, OR4ISS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2008-10-28 16:00 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 2008-10-28 16:00 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 have been rumors in the past indicating 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. ***************************************************************************** Exp. 18 on orbit: Michael Fincke KE5AIT Yury Lonchakov RA3DT Gregory Chamitoff KD5PKZ ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-10-28 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-10-28 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Simulation contact Technopolis, Mechelen, Belgium with Frank DeWinne ON1DWN Contact was successful Mon 2008-10-27 17:00-17:30 UTC (***) Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani I-70014 Conversano, Italy, direct via IZ7MKW Contact is a go for: Tue 2008-10-28 09:37 UTC 34 deg Contact will be video streamed at http://www.telenorba.it/home/streaming_d.php Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù Rome 00165, Italy, direct via IK0US0 Contact is a go for: Thu 2008-10-30 08:51 UTC 44 deg IES Trassierra, Córdoba, Spain-14011, direct via AO7URC Contact is a go for: Mon 2008-11-03 08:58 UTC 32 deg ISS callsign is to be OR4ISS St. Thomas' Primary School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, direct via VK4HBK Contact is a go for: Tue 2008-11-04 10:10 UTC 65 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 375. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 12. (***) 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, OR4ISS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2008-10-28 06:00 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 2008-10-28 06:00 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 have been rumors in the past indicating 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. ***************************************************************************** Exp. 18 on orbit: Michael Fincke KE5AIT Yury Lonchakov RA3DT Gregory Chamitoff KD5PKZ ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)

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