September 2009 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

SSTV planned for Sept 24 and 25
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY] 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Sergey Samburov reports that the MAI-75 experiment will be activate on Sept 24 and 25 from about 1000-1600 UTC. The expected mode is Robot 36 and images should be transmitted on 145.80 MHz. Good luck to all in capturing some Earth views. Kenneth - N5VHO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-25 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-25 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Cedarview Middle School, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VE3TBD Contact was successful Thu 2009-09-24 19:07:56 UTC 51 deg (***) WHEELS Idaho Historical Museum (Garfield Elementary), Boise, ID telebridge via W6SRJ Contact was successful Thu 2009-09-24 20:34:26 UTC 66 deg (***) Houya Elementary School, Nishitokyo, Japan, direct via 8J1HOYA Contact is a go for Sat 2009-09-26 09:28:13 UTC 51 deg R T Alderman, Calgary, AB, Canada, via VE6JBJ/VE6BGC Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-09-28 20:43:33 UTC 76 deg Pavilhão do Conhecimento – Ciência Viva, Lisbon, Portugal, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-10-01 14:20:40 UTC 76 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-02 13:09:58 UTC 75 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado “Alighieri – Trevigi” I-15033, Casale Monferrato, Prov. Alessandria, Italy, direct via IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-02 14:46:18 UTC 88 deg Boy Scouts of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VE3TBD Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-10-03 18:07:19 UTC 24 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 482. (***) 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 2009-09-25 05:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-09-25 05:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_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 Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Nicole Stott KE5GJN **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ISS at 1553 UTC
by santanaamt＠aol.com 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Received half an image with noise, then, heard the familiar carrier without modulation twice, and then no more . . . 1600 UTC came, so to listen tomorrow for the only pass here. Hope it repeats frequently. Angel - WP3GW? FK78aj

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SSTV from ISS
by santanaamt＠aol.com 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Yes! Received 2 images at 1421 and 1425 UTC, some noise, lots of clouds but A.O.K. Angel Santana - WP3GW

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-24 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-24 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: HMS Beagle Project, Brazil, telebridge via K6DUE Contact was successful Tue 2009-09-22 18:20:33 UTC 56 deg (***) Cedarview Middle School, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VE3TBD Contact is a go for Thu 2009-09-24 19:07:56 UTC 51 deg WHEELS Idaho Historical Museum (Garfield Elementary), Boise, ID telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for Thu 2009-09-24 20:34:26 UTC 66 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage Houya Elementary School, Nishitokyo, Japan, direct via 8J1HOYA Contact is a go for Sat 2009-09-26 09:28:13 UTC 51 deg R T Alderman, Calgary, AB, Canada, via VE6JBJ/VE6BGC Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-09-28 20:43:33 UTC 76 deg Pavilhão do Conhecimento – Ciência Viva, Lisbon, Portugal, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-10-01 14:20:40 UTC 76 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-02 13:09:58 UTC 75 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado “Alighieri – Trevigi” I-15033, Casale Monferrato, Prov. Alessandria, Italy, direct via IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-02 14:46:18 UTC 88 deg Boy Scouts of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VE3TBD Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-10-03 18:07:19 UTC 24 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 480. (***) 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 2009-09-24 05:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-09-24 05:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_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 Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Nicole Stott KE5GJN **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Coming Soon: 2009 AMSAT Symposium--40th AMSAT Anniversary Celebration
by Frank H. Bauer 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

All, A reminder that the Symposium is quickly approaching!! Don't miss the outstanding papers, camaraderie, and 40th anniversary celebration. And Edgar Allan Poe's 200th birthday celebration in "Charm City", Baltimore, Maryland. Both Airtran and Southwest have very cheap airfares available that end on Sept 24. This will probably be your last chance for cheap airfares. Example airfares include (One way): Albany, Columbus, Detroit, Hartford $49, Houston $94, Dallas $99 and many many more. The 4 Points Sheraton is an outstanding venue for this year's Symposium. If you haven't looked, the agenda for the symposium and a list of papers are on the AMSAT Web site. So..make your reservations, call Martha, get on the web and get cracking!! See you all in Baltimore. 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO and Janet Bauer, Symposium Co-Chairs

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ARISS - Contacts
by Graham Lawton G7EVY 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Hello, In addition to the contact with WHEELS Idaho Historical Museum on Thursday 24th September at 20:34 UTC, we also have Cedarview Middle School, Ottawa, Canada on the same day at 19:07 UTC. This will be a direct contact via VE3TBD. Audio from these contacts will be fed into the EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers. 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. ** Sorry, we are not expecting IRLP coverage for these events ** 73, Graham Graham Lawton G7EVY ARISS Audio Feed Team Skype: wizarduk

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-23 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-23 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Vrij Technisch Instituut Sint-Lucas, Oudenaarde, Oost – Vlaanderen, Belgium, direct via ON4OB Contact was successful: Tue 2009-09-22 13:47:25 UTC 21 deg (***) HMS Beagle Project, Brazil, telebridge via K6DUE Contact is a go for Tue 2009-09-22 18:20:33 UTC 56 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage Cedarview Middle School, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VE3TBD Contact is a go for Thu 2009-09-24 19:07:56 UTC 51 deg WHEELS Idaho Historical Museum (Garfield Elementary), Boise, ID telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for Thu 2009-09-24 20:34:26 UTC 66 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage Houya Elementary School, Nishitokyo, Japan, direct via 8J1HOYA Contact is a go for Sat 2009-09-26 09:28:13 UTC 51 deg R T Alderman, Calgary, AB, Canada, via VE6JBJ/VE6BGC Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-09-28 20:43:33 UTC 76 deg Pavilhão do Conhecimento – Ciência Viva, Lisbon, Portugal, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-10-01 14:20:40 UTC 76 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-02 13:09:58 UTC 75 deg Watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado “Alighieri – Trevigi” I-15033, Casale Monferrato, Prov. Alessandria, Italy, direct via IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-10-02 14:46:18 UTC 88 deg Boy Scouts of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VE3TBD Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-10-03 18:07:19 UTC 24 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 479. (***) 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 2009-09-23 05:00 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-09-23 05:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_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 Timothy Kopra KE5UDN Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Nicole Stott KE5GJN STS-128 returned. Congratulation on a job well done: Rick Sturckow Kevin Ford Danny Olivas Patrick Forrester Jose Hernandez Christer Fuglesang KE5CGR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Houya Elementary School, Nishitokyo, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Houya Elementary School, Nishitokyo, Japan on 26 Sep. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:28 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8J1HOYA. The contact should be audible over Japan. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Houya elementary school is established in 1874 and the number of children is 387 persons. We have no own amateur radio club station. But we will enhance an experimental educations, and we will plan to teach children who are interested in the ISS about the purpose of the ISS. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Do you see any environmental disruption on the earth from space? 2. Is it hot or cold sometimes in space? 3. How do you see stars in space? 4. Have you seen any aliens there? 5. What is it like having long hair in space at no gravity? Does your hair spread around? 6. Which standard time do you use for your clock at the ISS? 7. When you catch a cold in space, will that infect the others? 8. Can a spider make cobwebs in space? 9. How do you wash your clothes there in the ISS? 10. How does a butterfly fly in the ISS? 11. What is your most favorite food among the space food? 12. What surprised you the most in space? 13. What entertains most during your stay in the ISS? 14. How do you recycle the air used? 15. Can you see other artificial satellites? 16. Can you throw a curve ball in space? What happens if you throw a non- straight ball there? 17. When you had to drink recycled urine, how did you feel? 18. What did you do outside the ISS? What kind of things did you need to pay attention to there? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. R T Alderman, Calgary, AB, Canada, Mon 28 Sep 09 20:43 UTC 2. Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Ciência Viva, Lisbon, Portugal, Thu 01 Oct 09 14:20 UTC 3. University of Liege, Liege, Belgium Fri 02 Oct 09 13:09 UTC 4. Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado "Alighieri - Trevigi" I-15033, Casale Monferrato, Prov. Alessandria, Italy, Fri 02 Oct 09 14:46 UTC 5. Boy Scouts of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Sat 03 Oct 09 18:07 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 status
by Norm, VK3XCI 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Half a dozen or more posts on Ariss status the last couple of days, all with school contact details ad nauseum. No information what-so-ever on anything else. Like why is the digi suddenly off? When will it be on again? Perhaps they're setting up the SSTV? I have no doubt there is a good reason, so why aren't we being told? -- 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt.

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