December 2009 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-31 21:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-31 21:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Marconi Commemoration Event, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Thu 2010-01-07 09:00:14 UTC 71 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage Humanity Primary & Junior High School, Tou-cheng town, Taiwan, R.O.C., direct via BN0JW (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2010-01-11 06:53:11 UTC 76 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 517. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 30. 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 2009-12-31 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-15 07:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 21 on orbit Maksim Suraev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ Exp. 22 on orbit Oleg Kotov Soichi Noguchi KD5TVP Timothy J. Creamer KC5WKI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-31 16:45 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-31 16:45 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Marconi Commemoration Event, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Thu 2010-01-07 09:00:14 UTC 71 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 517. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 30. 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 2009-12-31 16:45 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-15 07:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 21 on orbit Maksim Suraev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ Exp. 22 on orbit Oleg Kotov Soichi Noguchi KD5TVP Timothy J. Creamer KC5WKI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-30 06:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-30 06:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Marconi Commemoration Event, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Thu 2010-01-07 09:00:14 UTC 71 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 517. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 30. 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 2009-12-30 06:30 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-15 07:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 21 on orbit Maksim Suraev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ Exp. 22 on orbit Oleg Kotov Soichi Noguchi KD5TVP Timothy J. Creamer KC5WKI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-28 22:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Dec '09

28 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-28 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Marconi Commemoration Event, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2010-01-07 09:00:14 UTC 71 deg (***) Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 517. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 30. 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 2009-12-28 22:00 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-15 07:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 21 on orbit Maksim Suraev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ Exp. 22 on orbit (***) Oleg Kotov Soichi Noguchi KD5TVP Timothy J. Creamer KC5WKI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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2009-12-28 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 28 Dec '09

28 Dec '09

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report December 28, 2009 1. Upcoming School Contact Status There are no Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts planned at this time. The ARISS team expects scheduling to resume the first week of the New Year. 2. Canadian Web Site Promotes ARISS The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Canadian delegate has been working to promote the ARISS program. In doing so, a new Web page has been developed by the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club which provides information on amateur radio and the ARISS program. To view the site, go to: http://www.ovmrc.on.ca and select "ARISS" at the bottom of the left hand side menu. 3. ARRL QST Covers ARISS News The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) published an ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) news item in its January 2010 issue of QST. The column "This Just In" contains a small item about the Columbus antennas having been delivered to, and installed on, the ISS. The ARRL monthly journal has a circulation of 150,000.

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2009-12-21 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report December 21, 2009 1. Jeffrey Williams Chats with Italian Students via ARISS Contact On Monday, December 14, Expedition 21 astronaut Jeffrey Williams, KD5TVQ participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with students from Istituto Comprensivo di Govone - Scuola Secondaria di primo grado "Nino Costa" di Priocca in Priocca, Cuneo, Italy. The contact was held at Infinito Astronomic Park in Pino Torinese, Torino, where an audience of more than 150 students, teachers, visitors and media watched as the students posed 22 questions to the astronaut during the nine minute pass. Following the contact, ARISS mentor Francesco De Paolis spoke to the children via teleconference about the contact and amateur radio. Regional television, local media and newspapers covered the event. The video, which was streamed on the web, received over 170 connections. The European Space Agency (ESA) reported the news on its Web site. See: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMLSV9K73G_Italy_0.html 2. ARISS International Team Meeting Held An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) meeting was held on Tuesday, December 15. Agenda items addressed included the VHF AIS (Automatic Identification System) and ARISS antennas which were recently installed on the Columbus module and the status of ARISSat-1. To view the minutes, see: https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2009-12-15.htm 3. ARRL Articles Cover ARISSat-1 Opportunity for Students, Educators The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran an article about ARISSat-1 and the opportunity for students and educators to fly their work on the satellite. The story, "Students and Teachers Invited to "Fly a File" on ARISSat-1" may be found here: https://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/12/16/11251/?nc=1 The ARRL Letter also featured the report: https://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/index.html?issue=2009-12-17 There are approximately 100,000 regular readers of the ARRL Web site and 77,000 read the ARRL Letter. 4. ARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline On December 18, Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1688 reported on two ARISS related items. The first news article under Ham Radio in Space was about the ARISSat-1 opportunity to fly students' files. The second news clip was about the simulated training contact between astronaut Tracy Caldwell, KF5DBF and Deer Creek Elementary School, Colorado on December 8. To view the stories "ARISSAT One to Carry Student Files" and "Another Successful ARISS Training Contact," see: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt

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Yaesu FT-990 Audio Problem
by Farrell Winder 20 Dec '09

20 Dec '09

Would appreciate comment from anyone having experience with intermittent audio dropout on Yaesu FT-990. Unit normal all other operation. Audio OK for a few minutes to several hours but then will fail completely for long period and go thru another cycle on/off. Plase reply direct. .Thanks, Farrell Winder, W8ZCF

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Fw: [ARISS-i] ARISSat-1
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaston BERTELS" <gaston.bertels(a)skynet.be> To: <ariss-i(a)amsat.org> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 8:55 AM Subject: [ARISS-i] ARISSat-1 > December 14, 2009 > > STUDENTS AND TEACHERS INVITED TO FLY A FILE ON ARISSAT-1 > > 3 February 2006, cosmonaut Valery IvanovichTokarev hand launched the > Amateur Radio satellite SuitSat-1 from the ISS during an EVA (Extra > Vehicular Activity = Spacewalk). > > SuitSat-1 was a very special Amateur Radio satellite. A discarded > Russian ORLAN Space Suit (in Russian a "Skafander") was equipped with > an Amateur Radio transmitter, which transmitted telemetry and > greetings from youngsters to the youth of the world in several > languages. > > In 2010, an Amateur Radio satellite will once more be hand launched > from the International Space Station. It will be called ARISSat-1. > > ARISSat-1 will again transmit messages recorded by students. > Moreover, teachers and students are invited to fly a file aboard this > amateur radio satellite. > > The ARISSat-1 Team wishes to include on our new satellite a memory > stick of files prepared by students. This should be a jpg or pdf of > things the student has prepared such as a paper or a study done on a > STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) topic, a drawing of > space craft or a schematic, a journal kept on a STEM topic, a story > or news article about a STEM subject, a photo of the class doing a > hands-on STEM activity -- that type of thing. > > Having the student's work be a part of ARISSat-1 means the student is > a part of the satellite project and along for the spacewalk and > deployment of ARISSat-1. > > Readers of this Bulletin are invited to approach teachers and > students and draw their attention on this opportunity to participate > directly to a space flight for the honor of being part of space > activities. > > Dave Jordan, AA4KN, will take delivery of these files and copy them > onto a memory stick, plus make them available on the web for anyone > to see. The quantity of files and the size of a file are unlimited > since memory sticks provide for a very large amount of file space. > > Files should be either .JPG or .PDF -- no Word documents, please. > Please send files to Dave Jordan's address -- aa4kn(a)amsat.org. > He will look at all of them for content appropriate to students. > Files can be in any language as long as an English translation is > also included as a text file. > > Wishing You every Happiness this Holiday Season and Throughout the > Coming Year. > > 73 > > Gaston Bertels - ON4WF > ARISS Chairman > > _______________________________________________ > ARISS-i mailing list > ARISS-i(a)amsat.org > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ariss-i

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ARISSat-1
by Gaston BERTELS 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

December 14, 2009 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS INVITED TO FLY A FILE ON ARISSAT-1 3 February 2006, cosmonaut Valery Ivanovich Tokarev hand launched the Amateur Radio satellite SuitSat-1 from the ISS during an EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity = Spacewalk). SuitSat-1 was a very special Amateur Radio satellite. A discarded Russian ORLAN Space Suit (in Russian a "Skafander") was equipped with an Amateur Radio transmitter, which transmitted telemetry and greetings from youngsters to the youth of the world in several languages. In 2010, an Amateur Radio satellite will once more be hand launched from the International Space Station. It will be called ARISSat-1. ARISSat-1 will again transmit messages recorded by students. Moreover, teachers and students are invited to fly a file aboard this amateur radio satellite. The ARISSat-1 Team wishes to include on our new satellite a memory stick of files prepared by students. This should be a jpg or pdf of things the student has prepared such as a paper or a study done on a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) topic, a drawing of space craft or a schematic, a journal kept on a STEM topic, a story or news article about a STEM subject, a photo of the class doing a hands-on STEM activity -- that type of thing. Having the student's work be a part of ARISSat-1 means the student is a part of the satellite project and along for the spacewalk and deployment of ARISSat-1. Readers of this Bulletin are invited to approach teachers and students and draw their attention on this opportunity to participate directly to a space flight for the honor of being part of space activities. Dave Jordan, AA4KN, will take delivery of these files and copy them onto a memory stick. The quantity of files and the size of a file are unlimited since memory sticks provide for a very large amount of file space. Files should be either .JPG or .PDF -- no Word documents, please. Please send files to Dave Jordan's address -- <aa4kn(a)amsat.org> He will look at all of them for content appropriate to students. Files can be in any language as long as an English translation is also included as a text file. If the file contains sound recordings and/or photos or names of persons, a "Talent Authorisation and Release" is requested. The appropriate document can be downloaded from http://www.rac.ca/ariss/Talent_Release.htm The permission slip has to be signed by the student or his/her guardian if the student is a minor. The signed release form is to be mailed to: AMSAT Martha Saragovitz 850 Sligo Ave. Suite 600 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Deadline for submitting files: March 1st, 2010. Wishing You every Happiness this Holiday Season and Throughout the Coming Year. 73 Gaston Bertels - ON4WF ARISS Chairman

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-15 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-15 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Zvezdniy Gorodok, Star City, Russia, direct via RK3DZB Contact was successful: 2009-12-11 07:25 UTC (***) Istituto Comprensivo di Govone –Scuola Secondaria di primo grado “Nino Costa” di Priocca, Priocca, Cuneo, Italy, direct via IK1SLD Contact was successful: Mon 2009-12-14 08:30:02 UTC 46 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 517. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 30. 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 2009-12-15 07:00 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-15 07:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 21 on orbit Maksim Suraev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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2009-12-14 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report December 14, 2009 1. Upcoming School Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Istituto Comprensivo di Govone -Scuola Secondaria di primo grado "Nino Costa" di Priocca in Priocca, Cuneo, Italy on Monday, December 14 at 08:30 UTC. Students have been working on a mission to Mars project which has engaged them in technology, engineering and problem solving. The contact will be integrated into this project through which students will learn more about the effects of space travel and microgravity. 2. Astronaut Training Status - Simulated Contact Successful A simulated contact took place on Tuesday, December 8 between Deer Creek Elementary School in Bailey, Colorado and astronaut Tracy Caldwell, KF5DBF at Johnson Space Center. This training session was a terrestrial-based amateur radio contact using Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) equivalent equipment. Deer Creek enjoyed its session so much that it plans to apply for a contact with an on-orbit astronaut. 3. Maxim Suraev Participates in ARISS Contact Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev was scheduled to participate in two Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts with Russian schools this past week. The first contact was held with Noginsk High School students on Thursday, December 10 and was successful. The second session was scheduled with schoolchildren from Zvezdniy Gorodok in Star City, Russia, on Friday, December 11. Its status is unknown at this time. 4. Italian School Contact to be Rescheduled An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was scheduled for students from Scuola Primaria De Gasperi in Noicattaro, Bari, Italy on Saturday, December 12. Due to technical difficulties, the contact was not successful. The school will be rescheduled for another session in the near future. 5. Moscow Aviation Institute Experiment Activated Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev activated the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI-75) experiment onboard the ISS on Wednesday - Friday, December 9 - 11 from approximately 07:00 to 11:00 UTC. Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images of Earth were downlinked to ground stations. Images received were archived to the ARISS SSTV Gallery: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/ 6. CQ VHF Magazine Runs ARISS Article The Fall issue of CQ VHF magazine contained an article about the ARISS International Meeting that was held this year in the Netherlands on June 18 - 19. The story was written by ARISS mentor Keith Pugh, W5IU.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-13 02:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-13 02:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Zvezdniy Gorodok, Star City, Russia, direct via RK3DZB Contact is a go for 2009-12-11 07:25 UTC ARISS has not heard if this contact was successful. (***) Direzione Didattica 2°Circolo De Gasperi, Noicattaro, I-70016, direct via IZ7EVR Contact was unsuccessful: Sat 2009-12-12 09:19:18 UTC 40 deg (***) ARISS is trying to determine what occurred. (***) Should be streamed on http://www.cittadellamediterraneadellascienza.it/ Istituto Comprensivo di Govone –Scuola Secondaria di primo grado “Nino Costa” di Priocca, Priocca, Cuneo, Italy, direct via IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-12-14 08:30:02 UTC 46 deg Should be streamed on http://www.ik1sld.org/live/ Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 515. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 30. 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 2009-12-13 02:30 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-11 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_correction .rtf 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. 21 on orbit Maksim Suraev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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[sarex] Upcoming ARISS contact with Istituto Comprensivo di Govone-Scuola Secondaria di primo grado "Nino Costa" di Priocca, Priocca, Cuneo, Italy
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Istituto Comprensivo di Govone-Scuola Secondaria di primo grado "Nino Costa" di Priocca, Priocca, Cuneo, Italy on 14 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:30 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The two Junior High schools "Nino Costa" of Priocca and "T.L. Dalmasso" of Govone are an integral part of the Comprehensive School of Govone in the province of Cuneo. The municipal territories of the Comprehensive School of Govone are situated on the left bank of the river Tanaro; this district, which is a hill country, is called "Roero" and it's famous for its fine wines. The inhabitants live mostly in the plain where the schools can also be found while on the top of the hill there is the old town centre where is the townhall. The students came from the small towns of Govone, Priocca, Magliano Alfieri, Castellinaldo, San Damiano. The school is attended by about 300 pupils, aged between 3 and 13 years. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What do you do in order to keep fit? 2. How do you preserve food? 3. Is it possible to keep plants on the ISS? 4. How is the quantity of food needed on board the ISS calculated? 5. Can you drink carbonated drinks? 6. Is the water on board recycled? If yes, does it taste different from the normal tap water? 7. After your fitness activity on board are you tired like on Earth? 8. How do you communicate with the control base on Earth? 9. What are the physical reactions you notice when passing from gravity to microgravity? 10. How difficult is it to leave your family and beloved behind for a journey into Space? 11. How did you develop your passion for astronomy? 12. What kind of experiments do you carry out on board? 13. What kind of food do you have at your disposal? 14. How many times a day do you eat? 15. What is a typical day like? 16. What kind of idea about Space did you have before leaving and what do you think now? 17. Does it get boring after a while? 18. Does living in Space increase or reduce weight? 19. Are you prone to infectious diseases on board the ISS? 20. What kind of vehicle takes you to the ISS? 21. How do astronauts wash themselves? How much water can they use? 22. What do astronauts wear inside the spaceship? 23. How long can an astronaut stay in orbit on the ISS? 24. How long does it take for the Shuttle to dock with the ISS? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): TBD 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, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-11 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-11 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Noginsk High School, Russia, direct via RK3DZB Contact was successful: 2009-12-10 07:00 UTC (***) 2009-12-10 07:00 to 11:00 UTC Possible SSTV activity. Zvezdniy Gorodok, Star City, Russia, direct via RK3DZB Contact is a go for 2009-12-11 07:25 UTC 2009-12-11 07:00 to 11:00 UTC Possible SSTV activity. Direzione Didattica 2°Circolo De Gasperi, Noicattaro, I-70016, direct via IZ7EVR Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-12-12 09:19:18 UTC 40 deg Should be streamed on http://www.cittadellamediterraneadellascienza.it/ Istituto Comprensivo di Govone –Scuola Secondaria di primo grado “Nino Costa” di Priocca, Priocca, Cuneo, Italy, direct via IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-12-14 08:30:02 UTC 46 deg Should be streamed on http://www.ik1sld.org/live/ Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 515. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 30. 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 2009-12-11 04:00 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-11 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_correction .rtf 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. 21 on orbit Maksim Suraev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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late emails
by Tom 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

Wonder if others are having this problem. for the past weeks, all these email announcements are delivered to me late. I get them the day after the contacts actually happen. That makes it tough to tune in. Tom W5KUB On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM, <sarex-request(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Send SAREX mailing list submissions to > sarex(a)AMSAT.Org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > sarex-request(a)AMSAT.Org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sarex-owner(a)AMSAT.Org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of SAREX digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-09 22:30 UTC > (AJ9N(a)aol.com) > 2. Upcoming ARISS contact with Scuola primaria De Gasperi, > Noicattaro, Bari, Italy (n4csitwo(a)bellsouth.net) > 3. Re: Limited SSTV transmissions planned for Dec (David Barber) > 4. 10 Dec.2009 SSTV images received on 145.800Mhz (Cor) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:43:38 EST > From: AJ9N(a)aol.com > Subject: [sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-09 > 22:30 UTC > To: sarex(a)amsat.org > Message-ID: <c6d.61ddef75.3851821a(a)aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-09 22:30 UTC > > Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: > > Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own > orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed > time. > > > Noginsk High School, Russia, direct via RK3DZB (***) > Contact is a go for 2009-12-10 07:00 UTC > > 2009-12-10 07:00 to 11:00 UTC Possible SSTV activity. > > Zvezdniy Gorodok, Star City, Russia, direct via RK3DZB (***) > Contact is a go for 2009-12-11 07:25 UTC > > 2009-12-11 07:00 to 11:00 UTC Possible SSTV activity. > > Direzione Didattica 2?Circolo De Gasperi, Noicattaro, I-70016, direct via > IZ7EVR > Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-12-12 09:19:18 UTC 40 deg > Should be streamed on http://www.cittadellamediterraneadellascienza.it/ > (***) > > > Istituto Comprensivo di Govone ?Scuola Secondaria di primo grado ?Nino > Costa? di Priocca, Priocca, Cuneo, Italy, direct via IK1SLD > Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-12-14 08:30:02 UTC 46 deg > Should be streamed on http://www.ik1sld.org/live/ (***) > > > > Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 514. > Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 30. > > > 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 2009-12-09 22:30 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.rtf (note change of file > type) > > The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-09 01:00 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_correction > .rtf > > 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. 20 back on earth: (***) > Roman Romanenko > Frank De Winne ON1DWN > Robert Thirsk VA3CSA > Congratulations to all 3! (***) > > > Exp. 21 on orbit > Maksim Suraev > Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ > > > > **************************************************************************** > > 73, > Charlie Sufana AJ9N > One of the ARISS operation team mentors > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:08:30 -0500 > From: <n4csitwo(a)bellsouth.net> > Subject: [sarex] Upcoming ARISS contact with Scuola primaria De > Gasperi, Noicattaro, Bari, Italy > To: <sarex(a)amsat.org>, <ariss-i(a)amsat.org>, <ariss-press(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <DC784AAFABA346FAB6AE786DF5C78498@DHJ> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > An International Space Station school contact has been planned with > participants at Scuola primaria De Gasperi, Noicattaro, Bari, Italy on 12 > Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:19 UTC. > > The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. > > > > The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and IZ7EVR. The contact should be > audible over Italy. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the > 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. > > > > Our school is a public primary school named after Alcide De Gasperi. It is > attended by about 700 pupils, aged between 6 and 11 years. In addition to > the compulsory activities, our school gives the opportunity to attend > optional activities in the afternoon; these concern English language, music, > sports, theatre, science, ecology, and other artistic and research > activities. > De Gasperi school looks forward to the contact with the ISS on occasion of > the celebrations of the centenarian of the prize Nobel to Guglielmo Marconi. > The contact site is located at “Cittadella Mediterranea della > Scienza“ of Bari, promoted by University of Bari. The > “Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza” is a permanent structure > whose main aim is to diffuse scientific culture and its related > technologies. > > > > Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: > > > > 1. Which experiments are you carrying out during your mission? > 2. Is it always dark in Space or do you have the alternation of day and > > night? > 3. Do you see other planets from the ISS? > 4. How does the coupling between the Soyuz and the ISS work? > 5. Who is the pilot of the ISS? > 6. Are your meals onboard the ISS similar to those on Earth? > 7. Why do you wear the space suit outside the ISS? > 8. Why is the ISS composed of many modules? > 9. Where do you deposit your waste on the ISS? > 10. At what time are the daily rest periods of the astronauts? > 11. What does your daily working plan look like? > 12. Is your cardiac rhythm in Space the same as on Earth? > 13. How do you communicate with your relatives? > 14. Why have you always to do physical training? > 15. What is the actual size of the ISS? > 16. What temperature is inside the ISS? > 17. How do you produce the electric energy on the ISS? > 18. Is it possible for a pet to live onboard the ISS? > 19. Is it possible to use a mobile phone on the ISS? > 20. How do you wash yourself? > 21. Can the ISS avoid any impact with meteorites? > 22. What are the steps to become an astronaut? > 23. How long does the training before the mission to the ISS last? > > > > Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at > http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. > > > > Next planned event(s): > > > > 1. Istituto Comprensivo di Govone -Scuola Secondaria di primo grado "Nino > Costa" di Priocca, Priocca, Cuneo, Italy, > Mon 14 Dec 09 08:30 UTC > Should be streamed on http://www.ik1sld.org/live/ > > > > > > 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, > > David - AA4KN > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:44:25 -0000 > From: "David Barber" <david.barber(a)dbelectronics.co.uk> > Subject: [sarex] Re: Limited SSTV transmissions planned for Dec > To: "'SAREX'" <sarex(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <E62AE6F9F4214D3398367B53E1F64B15@DBXPPPOR> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > UK Pass 08.30utc 10 December 2009 > > One image received plus discussions in Russian. > > Mode was PD160 > > David > G8OQW > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:01:46 +0100 > From: "Cor" <c.wielenga(a)hetnet.nl> > Subject: [sarex] 10 Dec.2009 SSTV images received on 145.800Mhz > To: <sarex(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <005001ca797f$c854f960$6401a8c0@hoofdcom566ce1> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hello All, > > Several ISS SSTV images where received at 10 Dec. 2009 which > are shown on the ARISS SSTV gallery > http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/ > If you have received images please send them > via the ARISS SSTV submission page: > http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/submit.php > > We may not be able to display every image because of > quality or duplication. > But we keep them in the archieve for futher investigation. > > 73's Cor PD0RKC > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > SAREX mailing list > SAREX(a)AMSAT.Org > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex > > > End of SAREX Digest, Vol 4, Issue 248 > ************************************* > -- Check out my website at http://tmedlin.com and my live video site for hamfests at http://wa5kub.com

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10 Dec.2009 SSTV images received on 145.800Mhz
by Cor 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Hello All, Several ISS SSTV images where received at 10 Dec. 2009 which are shown on the ARISS SSTV gallery http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/ If you have received images please send them via the ARISS SSTV submission page: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/submit.php We may not be able to display every image because of quality or duplication. But we keep them in the archieve for futher investigation. 73's Cor PD0RKC

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Limited SSTV transmissions planned for Dec
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY] 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Another activation of the MAI-75 experiment using the SSTV system is scheduled from about 0700-1100 UTC on Dec 09-11. Various modes are expected with the downlink frequency being 145.80 MHz. Most activity will be in range of Moscow but some transmissions could occur beyond that region. Kenneth - N5VHO

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Scuola primaria De Gasperi, Noicattaro, Bari, Italy
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Scuola primaria De Gasperi, Noicattaro, Bari, Italy on 12 Dec. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:19 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and IZ7EVR. The contact should be audible over Italy. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Our school is a public primary school named after Alcide De Gasperi. It is attended by about 700 pupils, aged between 6 and 11 years. In addition to the compulsory activities, our school gives the opportunity to attend optional activities in the afternoon; these concern English language, music, sports, theatre, science, ecology, and other artistic and research activities. De Gasperi school looks forward to the contact with the ISS on occasion of the celebrations of the centenarian of the prize Nobel to Guglielmo Marconi. The contact site is located at “Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza“ of Bari, promoted by University of Bari. The “Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza” is a permanent structure whose main aim is to diffuse scientific culture and its related technologies. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Which experiments are you carrying out during your mission? 2. Is it always dark in Space or do you have the alternation of day and night? 3. Do you see other planets from the ISS? 4. How does the coupling between the Soyuz and the ISS work? 5. Who is the pilot of the ISS? 6. Are your meals onboard the ISS similar to those on Earth? 7. Why do you wear the space suit outside the ISS? 8. Why is the ISS composed of many modules? 9. Where do you deposit your waste on the ISS? 10. At what time are the daily rest periods of the astronauts? 11. What does your daily working plan look like? 12. Is your cardiac rhythm in Space the same as on Earth? 13. How do you communicate with your relatives? 14. Why have you always to do physical training? 15. What is the actual size of the ISS? 16. What temperature is inside the ISS? 17. How do you produce the electric energy on the ISS? 18. Is it possible for a pet to live onboard the ISS? 19. Is it possible to use a mobile phone on the ISS? 20. How do you wash yourself? 21. Can the ISS avoid any impact with meteorites? 22. What are the steps to become an astronaut? 23. How long does the training before the mission to the ISS last? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Istituto Comprensivo di Govone -Scuola Secondaria di primo grado "Nino Costa" di Priocca, Priocca, Cuneo, Italy, Mon 14 Dec 09 08:30 UTC Should be streamed on http://www.ik1sld.org/live/ 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, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-09 22:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-09 22:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Noginsk High School, Russia, direct via RK3DZB (***) Contact is a go for 2009-12-10 07:00 UTC 2009-12-10 07:00 to 11:00 UTC Possible SSTV activity. Zvezdniy Gorodok, Star City, Russia, direct via RK3DZB (***) Contact is a go for 2009-12-11 07:25 UTC 2009-12-11 07:00 to 11:00 UTC Possible SSTV activity. Direzione Didattica 2°Circolo De Gasperi, Noicattaro, I-70016, direct via IZ7EVR Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-12-12 09:19:18 UTC 40 deg Should be streamed on http://www.cittadellamediterraneadellascienza.it/ (***) Istituto Comprensivo di Govone –Scuola Secondaria di primo grado “Nino Costa” di Priocca, Priocca, Cuneo, Italy, direct via IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-12-14 08:30:02 UTC 46 deg Should be streamed on http://www.ik1sld.org/live/ (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 514. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 30. 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 2009-12-09 22:30 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-09 01:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 20 back on earth: (***) Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Congratulations to all 3! (***) Exp. 21 on orbit Maksim Suraev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Packet activated on ISS
by Tony, VK5ZAI 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

At the 08:50 utc packet was activated on the ISS over Australia. -- Best Regards, Tony. VK5ZAI J.A.(Tony) Hutchison. P.O.Box 470 Kingston SE. South Australia. 5275 Australian ARISS Co-ordinator and ISS Telebridge Station Web Site :- http://www.electric-web.org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-09 01:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-09 01:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Simulation contact: Deer Creek Elementary School, Bailey, CO, direct via KA0NZZ Contact was successful: Wed 2009-12-08 14:45-15:15 UTC (***) 2009-12-09 07:00 to 11:00 UTC Possible SSTV activity. (***) Noginsk High School, Russia, direct via TBD (***) Contact is a go for 2009-12-10 07:00 UTC (***) 2009-12-10 07:00 to 11:00 UTC Possible SSTV activity. (***) Zvezdniy Gorodok, Star City, Russia, direct via TBD (***) Contact is a go for 2009-12-11 07:25 UTC (***) 2009-12-11 07:00 to 11:00 UTC Possible SSTV activity. (***) Direzione Didattica 2°Circolo De Gasperi, Noicattaro, I-70016, direct via IZ7EVR Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-12-12 09:19:18 UTC 40 deg Istituto Comprensivo di Govone –Scuola Secondaria di primo grado “Nino Costa” di Priocca, Priocca, Cuneo, Italy, direct via IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-12-14 08:30:02 UTC 46 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 514. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 30. (***) 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 2009-12-09 01:00 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-09 01:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Exp. 21 on orbit Maksim Surayev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-08 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-08 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Simulation contact: Deer Creek Elementary School, Bailey, CO, direct via KA0NZZ Wed 2009-12-08 14:45-15:15 UTC Will be on IRLP. Direzione Didattica 2°Circolo De Gasperi, Noicattaro, I-70016, direct via IZ7EVR Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-12-12 09:19:18 UTC 40 deg (***) Istituto Comprensivo di Govone –Scuola Secondaria di primo grado “Nino Costa” di Priocca, Priocca, Cuneo, Italy, direct via IK1SLD (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-12-14 08:30:02 UTC 46 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 514. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 29. 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 2009-12-08 04:00 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-02 20:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Exp. 21 on orbit Maksim Surayev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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2009-12-07 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report December 7, 2009 1. Upcoming School Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled with Scuola Primaria De Gasperi in Noicattaro, Bari, Italy on Saturday, December 12 at 09:11 UTC. Lesson plans have covered amateur radio communications and space missions. Newspapers, radio and television, both local and regional, will report on the event. 2. Astronaut Training Status - Simulated Contact Scheduled A simulated Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact is planned for Tuesday, December 8 at approximately 14:45 UTC. The contact will take place between Deer Creek Elementary School in Bailey, Colorado and astronaut Tracy Caldwell, KF5DBF. Audio should be available on IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project). The training session is a terrestrial-based amateur radio contact using ARISS equivalent equipment. 3. Successful ARISS Contact with Utah School On Wednesday, December 2, students from Midvalley Elementary School in Midvale, Utah participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Jeffrey Williams, KD5TVQ. The school prepared for the contact using NASA lesson plan resources and integrated the ARISS activity into the school curriculum at many grade levels. Children learned about amateur radio, electromagnetic waves and the ISS and even viewed IMAX Space Station video. Nineteen questions were answered during the nine minute pass. Approximately 200 students were present for the contact and others listened in from their classrooms. Dr. David Doty (the school district superintendent), school board members and district directors were also present. Two major Salt Lake City newspapers, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret Morning News as well as Channel 4 (ABC) television, Fox 13 and the local community newspaper all covered the event. This was the first ARISS contact for Utah. 4. ARISS-Brazil on Twitter ARISS-Brazil is promoting ARISS events on its new Twitter site. It provides an excellent opportunity to better understand what the ARISS education program is. The site is in Portuguese: http://twitter.com/arissbrazil An ARISS-US member has also been posting ISS amateur radio related items to a Twitter site. See: http://twitter.com/RF2Space

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-05 04:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-05 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Simulation contact: Deer Creek Elementary School, Bailey, CO, direct via KA0NZZ (***) Wed 2009-12-08 14:45-15:15 UTC (***) Will be on IRLP. (***) Direzione Didattica 2°Circolo De Gasperi, Noicattaro, I-70016, direct via IZ7EVR Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-12-12 09:11:19 UTC 34 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 514. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 29. 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 2009-12-05 04:30 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-02 20:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Exp. 21 on orbit Maksim Surayev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-03 22:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-03 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Direzione Didattica 2°Circolo De Gasperi, Noicattaro, I-70016, direct via IZ7EVR (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-12-12 09:11:19 UTC 34 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 514. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 29. 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 2009-12-03 22:00 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-02 20:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Exp. 21 on orbit Maksim Surayev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-02 20:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-02 20:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Midvalley Elementary, Midvale, Utah, direct via W7SP Contact was successful: Wed 2009-12-02 16:16 UTC 75 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 514. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 29. 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 2009-12-02 20:30 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-12-02 20:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Exp. 21 on orbit Maksim Surayev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-02 07:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-12-02 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. Midvalley Elementary, Midvale, Utah, direct via W7SP Contact is a go for: Wed 2009-12-02 16:16 UTC 75 deg (***) Should be on IRLP (***) Watch for Echolink (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 513. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 29. 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 2009-12-02 07:30 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-11-26 18:00 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_correction .rtf 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. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Exp. 21 on orbit Maksim Surayev Jeffrey N. Williams KD5TVQ **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS antenna on web
by Dave Taylor 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

FYI, Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html ) includes a good view of one of the original ARISS antennas on the Russian Zvezda module. -- Dave, W8AAS

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