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Upcoming ARISS contact with Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, Illinois
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at the Scout Space Jamboree, Octave Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, Illinois on Sun July 19, 09 at 15:51:03 UTC.The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:51:03 UTC.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and LU8YY. The contact should be audible over portions of South America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Chanute Air Museum collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets aviation and aerospace artifacts that relate to the life and accomplishments of Octave Chanute, Chanute Field/Chanute Air Force Base and its technical training programs, the history of military aviation and Illinois aviation. The museum reaches out to youth with Aviation Camp and this year will host the first "Space Jam Enterprise 2009" for Boy and Girl Scouts. The Space Jam team believes in the greatest adventure! And that the climb has only just begun! Space Jam is all about exposing pre-college youth to technology, excitement, and the people embarked on the adventure. With luck they will chose to set sail to careers, hobbies and providing support to bring the world closer to the next step in the climb! Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. I know you have a lot to do but do you get time to just enjoy the ride? 2. Did you always know you would be an astronaut or were you just lucky? 3. Our troop recycles a lot of aluminum cans; do you recycle on the ISS? 4. What was your favorite planet when you were a kid and what is your favorite now? 5. Do you think people will be living on Mars some day and when can I go there? 6. What is an ion pulse engine and how fast will it go on the way to Mars? 7. If we send you some of our patches can you send us some of yours? 8. What can I do to become an astronaut? 9. Do you think we will find life on other planets? 10. Have you gone on a space walk and what was the coolest part? 11. What is the lowest orbit that a satellite can maintain around the Earth? 12. Are you having fun being an astronaut? 13. Is it difficult to sleep in Space? 14. Since everything around you floats, how do you know which way is up? 15. Do you ever get to eat real food, like on Earth? 16. When do you think we will put a man on Mars and would you like to go? 17. Will you dream about floating in space when you come back to Earth? 18. Has anyone brought any hobbies with them to the Space Station? 19. How many languages do you speak? 20. Were you a Boy Scout and which Merit Badge was the most fun for you? 21. How do you take out the garbage? 22. What made you want to become an astronaut? 23. What video games do you play? 24. Has the International Space Station ever been hit by a meteor? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. EU Special Event, Eichenlaubschule Weiskirchen, Weiskirchen, Germany, Sun 19 July 09 17:54:43 UTC 2. Escola E.B.2/3 de S. Romão do Coronado, Trofa, Portugal, Tue 21 July 09 17:07 UTC 3. Ugo Guidi, Forte dei Marmi, Lucca, Italy Thu 23 July 09 19:35 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, David - AA4KN

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ISS SSTV activity planned for Aug 3 and 4
by Kenneth, N5VHO 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

Another round of MAI-75 experiments are planned for Aug 3 and 4. The VC-H1 unit in auto mode (Robot-36 and transmitting once every 3 minutes) should be operational on 145.800 MHz from approximately 0800-1600 UTC each day. Information on the MAI-75 experiment is available at http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/researches/education-26.html Kenneth - N5VHO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-07-30 23:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-07-30 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact was successful: Thu 2009-07-30 16:08 UTC 69 deg (***) Borough of New Providence, NJ, Summer Playground Camp, New Providence, NJ, direct via N2XJ Contact was successful: Thu 2009-07-30 17:29 UTC 31 deg (***) United Space School, Seabrook, Texas, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for Wed 2009-08-05 13:52 UTC 62 deg Should be on Echolink and IRLP. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 458. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 26. 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 2009-07-24 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 2009-07-23 21:30 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 Timothy Kopra KE5UDN Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA STS-127 on orbit and docked Mark Polansky Doug Hurley Chrstipher Cassidy Tom Marshburn Dave Wolf Julie Payette **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************Hot Deals at Dell on Popular Laptops perfect for Back to School (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223105306x1201716871/aol?redir=htt…)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-07-29 22:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-07-29 22:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-07-30 16:08 UTC 69 deg Should be on Echolink and IRLP. (***) Borough of New Providence, NJ, Summer Playground Camp, New Providence, NJ, direct via N2XJ Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-07-30 17:29 UTC 31 deg United Space School, Seabrook, Texas, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for Wed 2009-08-05 13:52 UTC 62 deg Should be on Echolink and IRLP. (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 456. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 26. 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 2009-07-24 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 2009-07-23 21:30 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 Timothy Kopra KE5UDN Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA STS-127 on orbit and docked Mark Polansky Doug Hurley Chrstipher Cassidy Tom Marshburn Dave Wolf Julie Payette **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************Hot Deals at Dell on Popular Laptops perfect for Back to School (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223106546x1201717234/aol?redir=htt…)

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ARISS - Contact Notification
by Graham Lawton G7EVY 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Hello Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto at 16:08 UTC on Thursday 30th July. This will be a telebridge and the ground station is ON4ISS. Audio from this contact will be fed into the IRLP 'Discovery' Reflector (9010) and the EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers. IRLP and Echolink audio is generally transmitted around 15 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. Please note that on Echolink there are automatic breaks of 1.5 seconds in the audio transmission. These occur every 2.5 minutes during the event. For your information, when any ARISS event is supported through the IRLP "Discovery" Reflector 9010, audio is also automatically streamed to the Internet. It is then available via the 'Discovery' Reflector's companion web site www.discoveryreflector.ca . Once on its main page, select "Audio Library" (left sidebar). The prompt to join the audio stream is posted at the top of this page. You can access the URL directly at www.discoveryreflector.ca:8000/listen.pls The audio on the Internet is typically delayed by about two minutes. 73, Graham Graham Lawton G7EVY ARISS Audio Feed Team Skype: wizarduk

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-07-27 17:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-07-27 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-07-30 16:08 UTC 69 deg (***) Borough of New Providence, NJ, Summer Playground Camp, New Providence, NJ, direct via N2XJ Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-07-30 17:29 UTC 31 deg (***) United Space School, Seabrook, Texas, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for Wed 2009-08-05 13:52 UTC 62 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 456. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 26. 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 2009-07-24 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 2009-07-23 21:30 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 Timothy Kopra KE5UDN Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA STS-127 on orbit and docked Mark Polansky Doug Hurley Chrstipher Cassidy Tom Marshburn Dave Wolf Julie Payette **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823322x1201398723/aol?redir=htt… yExcfooterNO62)

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2009-07-27 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report July 27, 2009 1. Upcoming School Contacts Borough of New Providence, NJ, Summer Playground Camp in New Providence, New Jersey has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, July 30 at 17:24 UTC. This is a town sponsored summer camp activity, primarily for elementary school children (K - 6). The New Providence Amateur Radio Club (NPARC) has been involved with this type of camp for the last five years. It regularly provides an introduction to amateur radio on the air by setting up HF and VHF stations and has the campers communicate with hams around the world. The ARISS contact is an obvious extension of this activity. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Thursday, July 30 at 16:02 UTC via telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for United Space School in Seabrook, Texas on Wednesday, August 5 at 13:47 UTC via telebridge station ON4ISS. The school is a once a year session of high school students that meets annually in the NASA/Clear Lake Area. These students come from around the world for a two week session, during which they stay with local host families while being mentored by astronauts, engineers, and scientists to design a mission to Mars as their team project. Class sessions are held at the University of Houston at Clear Lake. The contact will allow students to learn firsthand what the experience of spaceflight is like. They may ask questions about the skills needed to be an astronaut, the effects of weightlessness on the body, the food eaten, leisure activities, etc. They will use this knowledge in putting together their team project presentation, which they will present to the Houston space community at the end of their session. 2. De Winne has ARISS Contact with Portuguese Students On Tuesday, July 21, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact took place between students attending Escola E.B.2/3 de S. Romão do Coronado in Trofa, Portugal and Frank De Winne, ON1DWN on the ISS. De Winne answered 16 questions put to him by the students. Media coverage included two television stations and the event was highlighted in the evening news. 3. De Winne Participates in ARISS Contact with Ugo Guidi On Thursday, July 23, children from Ugo Guidi in Forte dei Marmi, Lucca, Italy participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Frank De Winne, ON1DWN answered twenty questions posed to him by the students. The audio and video were available on: www.ondaforte.tv. OndaForteTV, local media and newspapers covered the event. 4. ARISS Member Comments on Lunar Landing in EE Times EE Times published a July 20 special edition that tells the lunar landing story from the viewpoint of a number of engineers. Comments were included from a number of people who felt it was a very personal event in their lives. Comments by Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) member Steve Bible, N7HPR may be found on page 44. See: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cmp/eetimes_apollo_20090720/index.php 5. ARRL Article on STS-127 Crew The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) posted a web story (100,000 readers) about the Endeavour, STS-127 crew. See: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/07/15/10965/?nc=1 The article was also included in the July 17 issue of the ARRL Letter (circulation of approximately 77,000). See: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/09/0717/ 6. Demonstration of SuitSat-2 Prototype Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) system engineer Gould Smith, WA4SXM attended the Central States VHF Society's 43rd annual conference in Chicago on July 24 - 25. He demonstrated the prototype of the SuitSat-2 hardware, software and antennas. For more information, go to the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) Web site: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php 7. QST Covers Garriotts at Dayton Hamvention The July issue of the American Radio Relay League's monthly journal, QST, carried a story about its national convention. Astronaut Owen Garriott and Space Flight Participant Richard Garriott were special guests of ARRL and AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) at this convention in Dayton, the largest ham radio convention in the United States. The article carried a special section about the visiting duo and their forums, and in particular, how Richard signed autographs for students and scouts. Accompanying the story was a photograph of Rosalie White, K1STO, assisting Richard with his autograph duties for a girl who was an admirer of astronauts and spaceflight.

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Summer Playground Camp, New Providence, NJ
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Borough of New Providence, NJ, Summer Playground Camp, New Providence, NJ on 30 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:24 UTC.The contact will be direct between NA1SS and N2XJ. The contact should be audible over the eastern U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The New Providence NJ Summer Playground Camp is operated by the Town Recreation Department. It is for elementary school age children, and most of them are in the 3rd to 5th grade. It is purely a "fun program" with lots of athletic events and outdoor arts and crafts programs. The "Ham Radio at Summer Camp" program, run by the New Providence Amateur Radio Club, is the only educational enrichment part of the camp program. About 100 children participate in the camp. Of those involved as communicators in the ARISS QSO, several have expressed a real interest in Ham Radio, but all of them are looking forward to speaking with a "Real Astronaut." We expect many of our elected officials to be present at the QSO. I have been informed that the Mayor and many Town Council members will be there. I have also been informed that one of our NJ State Senators will be present. In addition I have received a very complimentary letter from the Governor of New Jersey and am awaiting letters from Senator Lautenberg and Senator Menendez of New Jersey. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How many astronauts are in the space station now? Is it crowded? 2. What inspired you to become an astronaut? 3. Can you see any planets or stars? If so can you identify them? 4. Have you seen any other vehicles in space while you are on the ISS? 5. Do you have a particular job on the space station? 6. Are there any animal or plant experiments on the ISS? 7. Have you done a space walk yet? Will you do one? 8. How long does it take to put on your space suit? 9. Have you been able to see the aurora from the ISS? 10. Have you made any regular Ham Radio contacts while you are in space? 11. As a girl, what should I study in college to become an astronaut? 12. If you get a chance to go to Mars, will you go? 13. If you go to the moon, would you look for the footprints of Neil Armstrong? 14. Is there a lady astronaut on the ISS with you? 15. I've heard that some astronauts prefer spicy food in space. Do you have the same experience? 16. What is your favorite dehydrated food? 17. What do you do for fun on the space station? 18. Can you take a bath or shower in the space station? 19. What is the best thing about being on the space station? 20. Are you friends with other astronauts when you are on earth? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. United Space School, Seabrook, Texas Wed, 5 August 09, 13:47 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, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS contact with The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON Canada on 30 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:03 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and ON4ISS. The contact should be audible over parts of eastern Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is Canada's most research-intensive hospital and one of the world's largest and most respected paediatric academic health sciences centre. Children in every nation of the world have benefited from our patient care innovations, preventative medicine practices and strategies, research discoveries and partnerships. Established in 1875, SickKids has a long-standing tradition of providing the best possible care for children and for health promotion. Take Pablum, which our doctors invented in the 1930s to prevent malnutrition among infants. Royalties from the sale of Pablum led to the foundation of our Research Institute in 1954. Over the years, the Institute has become known as home for many leading scientists whose work attracts international attention. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How difficult is it to move around with no gravity? 2. Do you ever get homesick? 3. How does your family feel about you leaving for so long? 4. Why is space black and not blue? 5. What do you feel when lifting off from the launch pad? 6. Do you become frightened at anytime and what do you do? 7. Is it dangerous to sneeze on the space station? 8. Would injuries heal faster in space? 9. How long does it take to reach Space Station? 10. How do you clean or shower in space? 11. How is your food cooked or prepared? 12. What do you do for relaxation, do you have video games? 13. Can you talk to your family when you are on the space station? 14. How do you sleep and do you sleep well? 15. What kind of clothing do you wear most of the time? 16. What happens if you become sick and actually throw up on the Space Station? 17. How do you go to the washroom in space? 18. Do you have allergy problems on the space station? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Borough of New Providence, NJ, Summer Playground Camp, New Providence, NJ Thu 30 July 09 17:24 UTC 2. United Space School, Seabrook, Texas Wed 5 August 09, 13:47 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, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-07-24 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-07-24 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-07-30 16:02:54 UTC 74 deg Borough of New Providence, NJ, Summer Playground Camp, New Providence, NJ, direct via N2XJ Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-07-30 17:24:00 UTC 35 deg United Space School, Seabrook, Texas, telebridge via ON4ISS (***) Contact is a go for Wed 2009-08-05 13:47:12 UTC 67 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 456. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 26. 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 2009-07-24 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 2009-07-23 21:30 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 Timothy Kopra KE5UDN Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA STS-127 on orbit and docked Mark Polansky Doug Hurley Chrstipher Cassidy Tom Marshburn Dave Wolf Julie Payette **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************Dell Deals: Treat yourself to a sweet deal on popular laptops! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223100673x1201716527/aol?redir=htt…)

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