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ARISS event - Padthaway Primary School, Padthaway, SA, Australia, Tue (Mar 03) at 08:32 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY] 22 May '09

22 May '09

An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Padthaway Primary School, Padthaway, SA, Australia on 03 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 0832 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over western N. America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. Audio from the contact should also be available via the AMSAT conference on EchoLink and via the 9010 Discovery reflector on IRLP. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. Padthaway is a small town in the South East of South Australia 287 km from Adelaide with a population of 300. It is famous for its wines and agriculture. Our small school is a great school with 38 students in 3 classes. On behalf of the students, staff, parents and our community, Ithank you for this wonderful opportunity to talk to you. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What do you do if you get travel sickness? 2. What do you use the space station for? 3. What experiments are you doing in space? 4. What is your mission at the moment? 5. What has been the most drastic and important thing that has broken? 6. Is it possible to grow anything in space? 7. What kind of training did you do to go into space and how do you keep at your physical best in space? 8. How long have you been in space altogether? 9. What is your favourite food in space and do you ever get to eat ice cream, lollies or junk food? 10. Has there ever been a wind up in space and if so did it do any damage? 11. Did you want to be an astronaut when you were a kid? 12. What is the strangest thing you have seen in space? 13. Has being in space and doing your tests convinced you that aliens can exist? 14. Is it fun bouncing around in space? 15. Is it hard working outside the ISS without any gravity? 16. How do you land in the Space Shuttle? 17. Have you ever wished from a shooting star? 18. Why is the Space Shuttle the only spaceship that can be reused and not the others? 19. What is the Space Shuttle’s top speed? 20. How can we speak to outer space life forms? 21. What do you enjoy the most about being in space? 22. What do the stars look like and do you count them to go to sleep? 23. Has a comet, meteor or space junk ever hit the ISS? 24. What happens if you run out of fuel? 25. How hot and how cold does it get outside the ISS? 26. Are you scared if you lose contact with earth? 27. Do you miss your family when it gets boring? 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, Kenneth - N5VHO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-04-30 21:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-04-30 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Volga Region Space Education Center, Russia, direct via TBD (could be RA3TNC or RU3OT/3) Contact status is unknown: Sat 2009-04-18 08:05 UTC National Air and Space Museum, Space Day, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for Sat 2009-05-02 15:23:51 35 deg Flemish Space Days, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Sun 2009-05-10 10:51:19 UTC 28 deg Besyo Elementary School, Saitama, Japan direct via 8J1KW (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-05-11 11:01:42 UTC 46 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 431. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 22. 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 2009-04-30 21:00 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 2009-04-20 23:30 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. 19 on orbit: Gennady Padalka RN3DT Michael Barratt KD5MIJ Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA **************************************************************************** * 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and Desktops!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219491521x1201306563/aol… click.net%2Fclk%3B214102108%3B35952091%3Bs)

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Re: Google in Morse Code Today!
by Al Lark 28 Apr '09

28 Apr '09

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-04-27 19:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-04-27 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Volga Region Space Education Center, Russia, direct via TBD (could be RA3TNC or RU3OT/3) Contact status is unknown: Sat 2009-04-18 08:05 UTC (***) National Air and Space Museum, Space Day, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for Sat 2009-05-02 15:23:51 35 deg Flemish Space Days, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) Contact is a go for: Sun 2009-05-10 10:51:19 UTC 28 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 431. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 22. 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 2009-04-20 23:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-04-20 23:30 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. 19 on orbit: Gennady Padalka RN3DT Michael Barratt KD5MIJ Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA **************************************************************************** * 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220572846x1201387511/aol?redir=htt… Aprilfooter427NO62)

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Re: Google in Morse Code Today!
by ka8vit＠ka8vit.com 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

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Google in Morse Code Today!
by Al Lark 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

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2009-04-27 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report April 27, 2009 1. Upcoming School Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. on Space Day, May 2 at 15:23 UTC. This will be a telebridge contact via station W6SRJ in California. Students will be pre-recruited, but Space Day participants will also be invited to ask questions. Visitors will participate in hands-on activities, meet astronauts and learn about space from experts and museum displays. 2. Ashland Contact Successful On Monday, April 20, St. Edward School in Ashland, Ohio experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA answered 13 questions posed to him by 12 children as approximately 170 students and teachers looked on. The audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW servers and received four connections from the U.S., England and Brazil. Television channel 39 and the Times-Gazette both covered the event. The newspaper article may be found here: http://www.times-gazette.com/news/article/4570900 3. ARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline On April 24, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1654 included an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) news item. The story, "Ham Radio in Space: Work Continues on SuitSat" covers the meeting recently held in Phoenix and the progress being made on SuitSat-2. To view the story, go to: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt 4. Astronaut Training Status Astronaut Mike Fossum took and passed his amateur radio license exam on Wednesday, April 15. His new callsign is KF5AQG. 5. CQ Magazine Article on ARISS Contact Bob Hopkins, WB2UDC wrote an article on the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact between youth attending the Berkeley Heights Recreation Summer Playground in New Jersey and Expedition 17's Greg Chamitoff, KD5PKZ. NPARC (New Providence Amateur Radio Club) assisted with the contact which took place on August 13, 2008. The story, "Believe in Your Dreams - Anatomy of an ARISS Contact," was published in the April 2009 issue of CQ Magazine. 6. Marcelino Canino Canino Contact Video Marcelino Canino Canino Middle School in Dorado, Puerto Rico, a 2005 NASA Explorer School, experienced a successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on March 31. The video of students speaking with Charles Simonyi, KE7KDP/HA5SIK is now available on YouTube. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toOAAxEhKRA 7. Article on Simonyi Contacts Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) member Maurice-André Vigneault, VE3VIG wrote a short story for the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club (OVMRC) news bulletin, The Rambler and Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) magazine, TCA. The article is about contacts made between the Canada Science and Technology Museum's VE3JW Amateur Radio Exhibit and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, KE7KDP/HA5SIK during his recent ISS flight. "Space Contact" may be found on page 7 of the April 2009 issue of The Rambler. See: http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/pdf2html.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ovmrc…

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Check out Google today Google is in Morse Code
by Al Lark 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

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help locating astronaut
by Tom 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Can anyone help me get in touch with Richard Garriott , Charles Simonyi , Mike Fincke or other astronauts that will be at the Dayton Hamvention in 3 weeks? We would like to do an interview with them. I made a very brief contact with Charles 2 days before they stopped operation and came back. We broadcast Live streaming video and audo of our 5 day trip to dayton. We broadcast our 550 mile drive live starting on Wed May 13 and will be broadcasting live from the fleamarket every day. It would be great if any of the astronauts that may visit Dayton could come by and we do a short interview. We are watched in over 150 countries and reach out to over 100,000 hams world wide. We might even try to make a satellite contact and broadcast the attempt live from the fleamarket. Also we are open to any other ideas you may have which promote working satellites, the ISS, or just ham radio. Time is short so we need to move fast. I hope someone out there has the contacts. Http://w5kub.com <http://w5kub.com/> is on 24 x 7 x365 days a year. right now we have recorded video on but will switch to live in a few weeks. Thanks, Tom W5KUB -- Check out my website at http://tmedlin.com and my live video site for hamfests at http://wa5kub.com

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Help contacting astronaut Hamvention
by Tom 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Can anyone help me get in touch with Richard Garriott , Charles Simonyi , Mike Fincke or other astronauts that will be at the Dayton Hamvention in 3 weeks? We would like to do an interview with them. I made a very brief contact with Charles 2 days before they stopped operation and came back. We broadcast Live streaming video and audo of our 5 day trip to dayton. We broadcast our 550 mile drive live starting on Wed May 13 and will be broadcasting live from the fleamarket every day. It would be great if any of the astronauts that may visit Dayton could come by and we do a short interview. We are watched in over 150 countries and reach out to over 100,000 hams world wide. We might even try to make a satellite contact and broadcast the attempt live from the fleamarket. Also we are open to any other ideas you may have which promote working satellites, the ISS, or just ham radio. Time is short so we need to move fast. I hope someone out there has the contacts. Http://w5kub.com <http://w5kub.com/> is on 24 x 7 x365 days a year. right now we have recorded video on but will switch to live in a few weeks. Thanks, Tom W5KUB On Tue, Apr 21, 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 2009-04-20 23:30 UTC > (AJ9N(a)aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:19:32 EDT > From: AJ9N(a)aol.com > Subject: [sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-04-20 > 23:30 UTC > To: sarex(a)amsat.org > Message-ID: <c08.5c5adcd2.371e5d04(a)aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-04-20 23:30 UTC > > > Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: > > > This one just came in: > Volga Region Space Education Center, Russia, direct via TBD (could be > RA3TNC or RU3OT/3) > Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-04-18 08:05 UTC > > > St. Edward School, Ashland, Ohio, direct via N8IHI > Contact was successful: Mon 2009-04-20 16:36:30 UTC 72 deg (***) > > National Air and Space Museum, Space Day, telebridge via W6SRJ > Contact is a go for Sat 2009-05-02 15:23:51 35 deg > > > Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 431. (***) > Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 22. > > > 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 2009-04-20 23:30 UTC. > (***) > > Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and > questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and > instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. > http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt > > The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-04-20 23:30 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. 19 on orbit: > Gennady Padalka RN3DT > Michael Barratt KD5MIJ > Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA > > > **************************************************************************** > * > > 73, > Charlie Sufana AJ9N > One of the ARISS operation team mentors > > > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy > steps! > ( > http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220572844x1201387506/aol?redir=htt… > hmpgID%3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooter420NO62) > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > SAREX mailing list > SAREX(a)AMSAT.Org > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex > > > End of SAREX Digest, Vol 4, Issue 77 > ************************************ > -- Check out my website at http://tmedlin.com and my live video site for hamfests at http://wa5kub.com

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