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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2010-05-05 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 04 May '10

04 May '10

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2010-05-05 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. Nippon Boy Scout Amateur Radio Club, Mitaka-shi, Japan, direct via JA1YSS Contact was successful Tue 2010-05-04 15:09:01 UTC 32 deg (***) Lima Peru, direct via TBD (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2010-05-07 18:40 UTC Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact is a go for: Sat 2010-05-08 17:01:07 UTC 87 deg Kursk, Russia, direct via TBD Contact is a go for: Sun 2010-05-09 16:50 UTC Komoro Higashi Junior High School, Komoro , Nagano, Japan, direct via 8N0KH Contact is a go for: Fri 2010-05-14 11:16:54 UTC 40 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 533. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 33. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ 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. ARISS can only suggest; never demand. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ 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 2010-05-05 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 2010-05-04 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. 22 on orbit Oleg Kotov Soichi Noguchi KD5TVP Timothy J. Creamer KC5WKI Exp. 23 on orbit Aleksandr Skvortsov Mikhail Korniyenko RN3BF Tracy E. Caldwell KF5DBF **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Nippon Boy Scout Amateur Radio Club, Mitaka-shi, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 03 May '10

03 May '10

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Nippon Boy Scout Amateur Radio Club, Mitaka-shi, Japan on 04 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:09 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and JA1YSS. The contact should be audible over Japan and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Japanese. Souichi Noguchi was a former member of the boy scouts. Therefore, we (Amateur radio club of Japan boy scouts) recruit the member who will communicate with Noguchi using amateur radio in Tokyo area. And we selected 15 scouts. We will use the amateur radio club (JA1YSS) of headquarter (Japan Boy Scout) in Mitaka city. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Is the crop cultivation possible in the space station? 2. Are you doing anything because you do not forget the sense at a day of the week and the date? 3. What trouble does you to eat the space food with micro gravity? 4. On the earth, we understand rough time with the sun even if we do not have the clock. Do you have anything that understands the time in space without the clock? 5. Please teaches us best 3 of the space food. 6. How do you shampoo your hair? 7. I learn the penmanship. Can you penmanship in space? 8. Why do you make the schedule with minute's interval in ISS? Is reason that you have a lot of experiments? 9. I think the animal is not in ISS. Is there an animal in ISS? Is there a plan that will be taken in the future, if they are not? 10. How do you drink the water? 11. What most serious thing is in space life? 12. How do you see the earth from space? 13. I think that an upper and lower sense is lost. How do you sense the upper and lower? 14. My constellation is a scorpion seat. I saw the scorpion seat on the Cebu Island. Do you look similar to seeing from the earth from the space station? 15. Who decides the menu of the space food? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, Sat 08 May 2010 17:01 UTC 2. TBD for 5-7-2010 3. Kursk, Russia Sun 09 May 2010 16:50 UTC 4. Komoro Higashi Junior High School, Komoro , Nagano, Japan Fri 14 May 2010 11:16 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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2010-05-03 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 03 May '10

03 May '10

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report May 3, 2010 1. Upcoming School Contacts An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Nippon Boy Scout Amateur Radio Club in Mitaka-shi, Japan on Tuesday, May 4 at 15:09 UTC. The Japan Boy Scouts have an amateur radio club, JA1YSS and study amateur radio station operations. The boys look forward to speaking with Soichi Noguchi, a former Boy Scout. The Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, D.C. has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Space Day, Saturday, May 8 at 17:01 UTC via VK4KHZ in Australia. The Education Division of NASM is recruiting the young people who will participate in the contact. Generally, Boy Scouts and other groups are involved with this activity. The Museum draws approximately 30,000 on this Saturday in May. Komoro Higashi Junior High School in Komoro, Nagano, Japan has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, May 14 at 11:16 UTC. The students have become especially interested in space due to Koichi Wakata, the first long term Japanese astronaut on the ISS. Many children chose to take a space themed course under their general education requirement. As part of their studies, they visited Nobeyama Radio Observatory and worked on radio kits. A JAXA representative visited the school and gave a presentation on space and the ISS. Through these activities, students enhanced their knowledge of space, the ISS and communication using ham radio. 2. ARISS Contact Held at IARU Exhibition/European Parliament Students from European School Brussels II were invited to the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on April 27 to participate in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with on-orbit astronaut Timothy Creamer, KC5WKI. Other students remaining at the school listened in to the contact via teleconference. Telebridge station LU1CGB in Argentina provided the connection. The ISS hook-up was the highlight of the ESA/IARU (International Amateur Radio Union) Region 1 exhibition, "European Amateur Radio Benefiting Society." Afterwards, astronauts Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk as well as cosmonaut Roman Romanenko visited the exhibition and met with a group of 40 students to answer questions about their space missions. Several Members of the European Parliament and assistants attended the event. The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) posted articles on this event. For the ARRL story, see: http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-exhibition-reflects-unity-in-europe-… For AMSAT coverage, see: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php 3. Astronaut Training Status On Monday, April 26, astronauts Ron Garan (Expedition 27) and Kevin Ford (Expedition TBD) successfully passed their FCC amateur radio licensing exams. Callsigns should be posted to the FCC database in about a week. 4. Soichi Noguchi Contacts Showa Base On April 29, on-orbit astronaut Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP used ARISS radio equipment and contacted Yuusuke Otani and Sakae Kudouh at Showa Base in Antarctica. This was the first contact ever made between the ISS and Showa Base, 8J1RL. Noguchi remarked on the event, "One small chat for man, a giant leap for ARISS!"

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AMSAT Wants to Publish Your Amateur Satellite News and Projects
by JoAnne Maenpaa 02 May '10

02 May '10

Hello Everyone, This is a call for YOUR input about your amateur satellite projects, achievements, and on-the-air activities. All news is invited ... if you got something to work, an event is planned or have a new idea for research other amateur satellite operators will want to know about it! Since the AMSAT-BB serves best as a forum for questions and and answers and last minute announcements we offer two addi- tional venues for publication: 1. ANS - AMSAT News Service + Are you or your club planning a satellite activity? + Perhaps testing a transponder via a balloon launch? + Your university just got approval for a CubeSat? + You just made a 7000 km contact via LEO? + You just got state #50 ... or VUCC? + Is there going to be a satellite demo at your next hamfest? + AMSAT Officers and volunteers are invited to send their team's latest news and all the good things going on within AMSAT. + Area Coordinators are invited to tell us how you are getting the word out. Short term news will be sent via the AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (ANS list). To get your message into an ANS bulletin just send an e-mail with the information to ans-editor(a)amsat.org. The deadline for the weekly bulletins is by Thursday evening of each week. The ANS editors will do the formatting ... all you need to do is send your e-mail! 2. The AMSAT Journal This bi-monthly publication by AMSAT-NA is one of the primary benefits of AMSAT membership. This print edition includes text, graphics, and photographs. The Journal staff welcomes technical input about your: + Satellite Station design + Satellite antenna projects + Satellite operations ... decoded telemetry and data showing operational trends + The Journal is an excellent place to publish your University's cubesat design + AMSAT Officers and volunteers are invited to write detailed updates about projects and AMSAT plans and project status. For the AMSAT Journal we need your articles provided as either plain text or MS-Word format. You do not need to worry about magazine column formatting since this will be done by our layout software prior to publication. Send photos and graphics as separate JPG files in as high resolution as you can save them in. Articles and items for the Journal are due by the 15th of the odd number months ... January, March, May, July, Sept- ember, November. Send your submissions to the AMSAT Journal to: journal(a)amsat.org I'll be glad to work with you to develop your ideas and assist you every step of the way in getting published via ANS or The AMSAT Journal. You can reach me at the e-mail address below. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service Copy Editor, AMSAT Journal

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2010-05-01 22:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 May '10

01 May '10

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2010-05-01 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. Nippon Boy Scout Amateur Radio Club, Mitaka-shi, Japan, direct via JA1YSS Contact is a go for Tue 2010-05-04 15:09:01 UTC 32 deg Ulru, direct via TBD Contact is a go for: Fri 2010-05-07 18:40 UTC Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact is a go for: Sat 2010-05-08 17:01:07 UTC 87 deg Kursk, Russia, direct via TBD Contact is a go for: Sun 2010-05-09 16:50 UTC Komoro Higashi Junior High School, Komoro , Nagano, Japan, direct via 8N0KH (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2010-05-14 11:16:54 UTC 40 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 532. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 33. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ 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. ARISS can only suggest; never demand. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ 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 2010-05-01 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 2010-04-28 23:00 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. 22 on orbit Oleg Kotov Soichi Noguchi KD5TVP Timothy J. Creamer KC5WKI Exp. 23 on orbit Aleksandr Skvortsov Mikhail Korniyenko RN3BF Tracy E. Caldwell KF5DBF **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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