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2010-11-29 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report November 29, 2010 1. Italian Students Question Astronaut via ARISS On Wednesday, November 24, on-orbit astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with students attending the Istituto Leopardi - Liceo classico e scientifico in Lecco, Lecco, Italy. The activity was the high point of the school's curriculum which included astronautics, astronomy, radio and English. Approximately 200 students, teachers and guests were present for the event and listened as Wheelock answered 13 questions posed by the youth. Video streamed on the Web received over 100 connections. ESA covered the contact in an article posted to its Web site. See: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMSPVFMTGG_Italy_0.html 2. Video of Wheelock Working Ground Stations Doug Wheelock had a video made while on-orbit in which he gives a tour of the ISS as well as of the amateur radio station. He demonstrates what it is like for an astronaut to handle general contacts with multiple ground stations calling at the same time. AMSAT included this news in its November 28 ANS report: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2010/000464.html The video has been posted to YouTube. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73EYcyszf8

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2010-11-26 17:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 26 Nov '10

26 Nov '10

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2010-11-26 17:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Exp. 24 has landed. (***) Congratulations to the crew for a job well done! (**) Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Douglas H. Wheelock KF5BOC Shannon Walker KD5DXB Check out Doug’s new video: (***) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73EYcyszf8 2010-11-26 to 2001-01-03: No school contacts due to strict startup date that is very close to the Christmas and New Year holiday period 2010-11-26 to 2010-12-15: No US licensed crewmember ARISS expects to see very few if any general voice contacts during this time frame. 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. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 565. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 38. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lately there have been some comments on the various bulletin boards about having general contacts or leaving the packet or crossband repeater on. Remember that ARISS is a guest onboard the ISS and if the crew elects to not turn something on or to operate, then that is their decision. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS, IRØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2010-11-26 17:00 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 2010-11-25 06:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_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. 24 back on earth (***) Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Douglas H. Wheelock KF5BOC Shannon Walker KD5DXB Exp. 25 on orbit Alexander Kaleri U8MIR Scott J. Kelly Oleg Skripochka RN3FU **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2010-11-25 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2010-11-25 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Istituto Leopardi – Liceo classico e scientifico, Lecco, Lecco, Italy, direct via IK1SLD to IZ2PWX to IK1SLD Contact was successful: Wed 2010-11-24 11:17:28 UTC 41 deg (***) 2010-11-26 to 2001-01-03: No school contacts due to strict startup date that is very close to the Christmas and New Year holiday period (***) 2010-11-26 to 2010-12-15: No US licensed crewmember (***) ARISS expects to see very few if any general voice contacts during this time frame. (***) 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. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 565. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 38. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ Lately there have been some comments on the various bulletin boards about having general contacts or leaving the packet or crossband repeater on. Remember that ARISS is a guest onboard the ISS and if the crew elects to not turn something on or to operate, then that is their decision. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS, IRØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2010-11-25 06:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2010-11-25 06:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_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. 24 on orbit Yurchikhin RN3FI Douglas H. Wheelock KF5BOC Shannon Walker KD5DXB Exp. 25 on orbit Alexander Kaleri U8MIR Scott J. Kelly Oleg Skripochka RN3FU **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Ham radio perspective from ISS
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY] 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

For all you that wonder what it is like for the astronauts to work ground stations during a general pass. Col. Wheelock gives you a personal video tour of the ISS ham radio station while he answers calls from operators on the ground. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73EYcyszf8 Kenneth

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2010-11-22 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report November 22, 2010 1. Upcoming School Contact Istituto Leopardi - Liceo classico e scientifico, Lecco, Lecco, Italy has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, November 24 at 11:17 UTC. The contact has been integrated into the school curriculum which covers the topics of astronautics, astronomy, radio and English. 2. Euro Space Center Contact Successful Twenty-four students from the International School Zurich North, Switzerland, attending the Euro Space Center in Transinne, Belgium, spoke with ISS astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC via an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, November 16. Telebridge station VK5ZAI in Australia handled the radio link. Wheelock fielded 15 questions about life in space during the session. The contact was an activity incorporated into the Euro Space Center Space Camp which hosts students from all over Europe and abroad. 3. Grand Junction Students Speak with ISS Astronaut On Friday, November 19, students attending Holy Family Catholic School in Grand Junction, Colorado participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with on-orbit astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC. The school involved the entire student body of 400 students in this project. Several of the older students earned their amateur radio licenses prior to the contact and younger students participated in essay contests and art activities devoted to the contact with the ISS. 4. ARISS International Team Meeting Held The monthly ARISS International Team teleconference was held on Tuesday, November 16. Topics discussed included updates on ARISSat-1and the Columbus module radio equipment. Minutes have been posted. See: https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2010-11-16.htm 5. ARISSat-1 Approved for Shipping ARISSat-1 has been approved by Energia for shipment to Russia. The satellite is currently scheduled to arrive in Russia the first week of December. After the battery and the Kursk University experiment are installed, the satellite will be tested for flight and a final safety review will be scheduled. 6. QST Covers ARISS News The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) included an ARISS item in its December issue of QST (circulation of 150,000). In "Media Hits" there was a section on how Astronaut Doug Wheelock's ARISS educational activities made for good stories about STEM educational outcomes at: Elmira Star-Gazette, NY ABC-TV7 in Pittsburg, TX Pittsburg Gazette, TX KSBW, TX KYTX-TV19, TX Press & Sun Bulletin WBRE News WBGH TV, NY

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[sarex] POSTING CORRECTION: Upcoming ARISS contact with Istituto Leopardi - Liceo classico e scientifico, Lecco, Lecco, Italy
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

NOTE: This posting supersides the earlier contact release posting of 11-21-2010 as the contact location on the previous release was incorrect. An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Istituto Leopardi - Liceo classico e scientifico, Lecco, Lecco, Italy on 24 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:17 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. This contact will be a combination of direct and telebridge due to the local obscuration. Assistance will be provided by IK1SLD, Casale Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. The contact will be started with telebridge through IK1SLD, then proceed with direct through IZ2PWX and finish with telebridge through IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The "Leopardi" Institute includes a scientific and a classic liceo. The school is located in the upper part of Lecco city. We've already installed a radio station in the school, we got also from the government the callsign to be used for the contact. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Why did you become an astronaut? 2. Is it difficult to become an astronaut? 3. How long have you been on the ISS? 4. Which is your mission on the ISS? 5. What is your typical day on the ISS? 6. What part of your job do you like most? 7. What is your favourite moment during the day on ISS? 8. Do you have any free time? 9. What was your first impression when you saw space? 10. What is life like in a space station? 11. How can you all live together in such a small space? 12. What do you think is Europe's role in the space race? 13. Do you really float, like we see in films, while on the ISS? 14. When you look at space outside the station, do you think about the infinite? 15. What do you eat on board ISS? 16. Do you ever get news from your family? 17. What are you going to do when you come back home? 18. What will you never forget about this experience? 19. What do you see when you look outside the ISS? 20. Can you go outside the ISS? 21. Have you ever seen any asteroids or meteorites from ISS? 22. If you stay on the ISS for a long time, can you have physical problems? 23. How do the stars appear from space? 24. Is it possible to see the weather on the Earth from 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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[sarex] Upcoming ARISS contact at Istituto Comprensivo Marco Polo-Viani Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado, Viareggio, Lucca, Italy
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Istituto Comprensivo Marco Polo-Viani Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado, Viareggio, Lucca, Italy on 24 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:17 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. This contact will be a combination of direct and telebridge due to the local obscuration. Assistance will be provided by IK1SLD, Casale Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. The contact will be started with telebridge through IK1SLD, then proceed with direct through IZ2PWX and finish with telebridge through IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The "Leopardi" Institute includes a scientific and a classic liceo. The school is located in the upper part of Lecco city. We've already installed a radio station in the school, we got also from the government the callsign to be used for the contact. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Why did you become an astronaut? 2. Is it difficult to become an astronaut? 3. How long have you been on the ISS? 4. Which is your mission on the ISS? 5. What is your typical day on the ISS? 6. What part of your job do you like most? 7. What is your favourite moment during the day on ISS? 8. Do you have any free time? 9. What was your first impression when you saw space? 10. What is life like in a space station? 11. How can you all live together in such a small space? 12. What do you think is Europe's role in the space race? 13. Do you really float, like we see in films, while on the ISS? 14. When you look at space outside the station, do you think about the infinite? 15. What do you eat on board ISS? 16. Do you ever get news from your family? 17. What are you going to do when you come back home? 18. What will you never forget about this experience? 19. What do you see when you look outside the ISS? 20. Can you go outside the ISS? 21. Have you ever seen any asteroids or meteorites from ISS? 22. If you stay on the ISS for a long time, can you have physical problems? 23. How do the stars appear from space? 24. Is it possible to see the weather on the Earth from 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 2010-11-19 20:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2010-11-19 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Holy Family Catholic School, Grand Junction, Colorado, direct via WØYH Contact was successful: Fri 2010-11-19 16:42:58 UTC 42 deg (***) Istituto Comprensivo Marco Polo-Viani Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado, Viareggio, Lucca, Italy, direct via IK1SLD to IZ2PWX to IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Wed 2010-11-24 11:17:28 UTC 41 deg 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. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 564. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 38. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ Lately there have been some comments on the various bulletin boards about having general contacts or leaving the packet or crossband repeater on. Remember that ARISS is a guest onboard the ISS and if the crew elects to not turn something on or to operate, then that is their decision. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS, IRØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2010-11-19 20:00 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 2010-11-19 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. 24 on orbit Yurchikhin RN3FI Douglas H. Wheelock KF5BOC Shannon Walker KD5DXB Exp. 25 on orbit Alexander Kaleri U8MIR Scott J. Kelly Oleg Skripochka RN3FU **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising
by Andrew Glasbrenner 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Hi Everyone, I've set up a fundraiser on Facebook using Fundrazr and PayPal. If you have a Facebook or Twitter account, please visit http://bit.ly/c861N7 and use the share button to post to your own account. The $2000 dollar limit is far below what we need to raise, but is the max allowed by the program. I'm hoping I can create new ones as we exceed that amount. I hope to soon have a PayPal donation widget that you can include on your own webpages, or anything html. When I get that working I'll post back here. The idea is to solicit support from those outside the normal AMSAT membership and circles. Thanks for the support, and please help us pay for the costs incurred during ARISSat-1 construction, and get us off to a good start as we begin working on FOX! 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations

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Re: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising
by Andrew Glasbrenner 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

On 11/18/2010 7:45 AM, i8cvs wrote: > Hi Drew, KO4MA > > In my opinion would be much better to donate 690 dollars to AMSAT-DL > for P3E ! ! > > 73" de > > i8CVS Domenico > Well, feel free. I won't stop you. 73, Drew KO4MA

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