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Upcoming ARISS contact with ESA-ESTEC, Nederlands Ruimtevaartmuseum, Lelystad, Netherlands
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at ESA-ESTEC, Nederlands Ruimtevaartmuseum, Lelystad, Netherlands on 12 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:25 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Dutch. The questions are asked in Dutch by children who won the Ruimteschip Aarde (Spaceship Earth) competition. In this competition André Kuipers challenged them to research changes on the Earth's surface that are noticeable from space: melting of the polar caps, deforestation, desertification and plastic soup in the oceans. They showed their results in videos on the youtube channel. Participants will ask as many of the following questions (translated) as time allows: Hello André, this is Jasper Wamsteker of the Netherlands Space Office and the Ruimteschip Aarde project. I am here together with the proud winners of the second special mission of Ruimteschip Aarde. I see a lot of delighted and excited faces around me. The children here have a lot of questions for you, but first I have a question myself. 1. We can hear you, but we cannot see you. Please could you describe to us where you are at the moment? 2. How long did you have to train and prepare for this mission? 3. How is the astronaut training on Earth made to resemble the conditions in Space? 4. Can you see the atmosphere? If yes, can you see the hole in the ozone layer? 5. What inspired you to become an astronaut? 6. What do you like most about being an astronaut? 7. If one weeps in Space, what happens to the tears? 8. How does the advent of commercial spaceships change space travel? 9. How do you find the balance to keep your body in one place when necessary, for example in front of a camera? 10. You and your colleagues are not in Space for fun, but to execute experiments. Did any of the experiments you did turn out different from what you expected? 11. What is the maximum length of time a human being can stay in Space? 12. How do you get oxygen in the ISS? 13. Can you any changes on earth as a result of climate change from the ISS? 14. What is the first thing you will do when you return form Space? 15. How do you perform sports and fitness activities, as sit ups, in Space? 16. Where do you get electricity from in the ISS? 17. What is your best memory of your stay in Space up till now? 18. What is your most important task aboard the ISS? 19. What future possibilities for Space travel do you see? 20. You have a lot of contact with students during your mission. What does this mean for you? 21. Could you tell us something about the scientific experiments you are doing in the ISS? Could you give us an example of what you do? 22. How is the atmosphere in the ISS? Do astronauts make particular jokes? Do you have any examples? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. St Anne's Primary School, Strathfield South, NSW, Australia, telebridge via LU8YY Wed 13 June 2012, 10:31 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 2012-06-07 19:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-06-07 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ESA-ESTEC, Nederlands Ruimtevaartmuseum, Lelystad, Netherlands, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Tue 2012-06-12 09:25:56 UTC 48 deg St Anne’s Primary School, Strathfield South, NSW, Australia, telebridge via LU8YY Contact is a go for: Wed 2012-06-13 10:31:06 UTC 64 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. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ARISS congratulates ARISS mentor Francesco IK0WGF! Francesco is the new Satellite Manager for ARI (Associazione Radioamatori Italiani; an IARU member society). (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 728. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 711. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ 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 **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-06-07 19:00 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 2012-06-06 17:30 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 Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.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. 30/31 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Donald R. Pettit KD5MDT André Kuipers PI9ISS Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-06-06 17:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Jun '12

06 Jun '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-06-06 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kawatinagano Higashi Junior High School, Kawatinagano, Japan, direct via 8N3KN Contact was successful: Wed 2012-06-06 11:18:23 UTC 40 deg (***) ESA-ESTEC, Nederlands Ruimtevaartmuseum, Lelystad, Netherlands, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Tue 2012-06-12 09:25:56 UTC 48 deg St Anne’s Primary School, Strathfield South, NSW, Australia, telebridge via LU8YY Contact is a go for: Wed 2012-06-13 10:31:06 UTC 64 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. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 728. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 711. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. (***) The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. (***) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ 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 **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-06-06 17:30 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-06-06 17:30 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 Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.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. 30/31 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Donald R. Pettit KD5MDT André Kuipers PI9ISS Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Kawatinagano Higashi Junior High School, Kawatinagano, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Kawatinagano Higashi Junior High School, Kawatinagano, Japan on 06 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:18 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N3KN. 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 English. Kawachinagano Higashi junior high school was established in 1970. Three schools were integrated into Higashi junior high school. There are 486 students in Higashi junior high school now. The school zone has beautiful nature and two famous temples which is called "Kanshinji" and "Enmeiji". Therefore both history and culture exist in our school. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Have you ever seen some aliens and UFOs? 2. What do you eat in the space? 3. When you want to meet your family, what do you do? 4. What did you enjoy in the space? 5. Is it possible to see the aurora from space? 6. How is your body clock in space? 7. What happens when you pass gas in space? 8. How do you sleep? 9. What's the temperature in space? 10. What do you want to do first when you come back to Earth? 11. What made you decide to become an astronaut? 12. What has impressed you most about being in space? 13. Would you tell me your schedule in a day? 14. How much did you study in your school days? 15. Do you have a family? 16. Did your family oppose to your going to space? 17. When do you feel the hardest in space? 18. How do you take a shower? 19. What is fun in space? 20. Do you want to go back to earth soon? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. ESA-ESTEC, Nederlands Ruimtevaartmuseum, Lelystad, Netherlands, telebridge via W6SRJ Tue, 12 June 2012, 09:25 UTC 2. St Anne's Primary School, Strathfield South, NSW, Australia, telebridge via LU8YY Wed, 13 June 2012, 10:31 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 2012-06-04 19:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-06-04 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kawatinagano Higashi Junior High School, Kawatinagano, Japan, direct via 8N3KN Contact is a go for: Wed 2012-06-06 11:18:23 UTC 40 deg ESA-ESTEC, Nederlands Ruimtevaartmuseum, Lelystad, Netherlands, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2012-06-12 09:25:56 UTC 48 deg (***) St Anne’s Primary School, Strathfield South, NSW, Australia, telebridge via LU8YY (***) Contact is a go for: Wed 2012-06-13 10:31:06 UTC 64 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. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 727. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 710. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. (***) The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. (***) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ 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 **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-06-04 19:00 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 2012-06-03 01:30 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 Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.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. 30/31 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Donald R. Pettit KD5MDT André Kuipers PI9ISS Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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2012-06-04 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report June 4, 2012 1. Upcoming School Contact Kawatinagano Higashi Junior High School in Kawatinagano, Osaka, Japan has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, June 6 at 11:18 UTC. The contact will supplement lessons about the ISS and its mission. 2. Australian Contact Successful On Friday, June 1, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between on-orbit astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT and St. Mary's Catholic Primary School in Hay, NSW, Australia via telebridge station VK6MJ. Approximately 200 students and guests were in attendance. Students were well prepared for the radio connection and had been learning about space, the Space Station and astronauts. Drawings, pictures and written articles created by the youth were on display at the school. Students had all their questions answered and gave a big "Thank you" to Pettit before the ISS went over the horizon. 3. Burbank Debrief Held On Wednesday, May 30, ARISS team members participated in an ISS Ham debrief session with Expedition 29/30 crew member Dan Burbank. The astronaut provided feedback on the ISS Ham radio equipment and ARISS school contacts. His feedback will aid the ARISS team in keeping its program and procedures up-to-date. 4. ARISS in ARRL QST The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) had a few items about ARISS in its June QST. The "Media Hits" column included: --mention of the PR hit in Patch.com titled, "Parkside Elementary To International Space Station, Over" regarding Parkside Elementary's contact with the ISS --mention of the PR hit in the Southwest News-Herald titled, "Liberty Junior Makes Space Station Contact" regarding Liberty Jr. High's contact with the ISS 5. AMSAT News Service on ARISS On June 3, AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service bulletin (ANS-155) ran an article titled, "STEM Education Identified as Critical for Continued Rides to Space." The item covers AMSAT's education goals and lists its needs for support. See: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2012/000624.html

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-06-03 01:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 03 Jun '12

03 Jun '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-06-03 01:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Hay, NSW, Australia, telebridge via VK6MJ Contact was successful: Fri 2012-06-01 10:44:56 UTC 68 deg (***) Kawatinagano Higashi Junior High School, Kawatinagano, Japan, direct via 8N3KN Contact is a go for: Wed 2012-06-06 11:18:23 UTC 40 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. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 727. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 710. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The first window for contacts during the first half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the second window for second half 2012 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ 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 **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-06-03 01:30 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.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-06-03 01:30 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 Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.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. 30/31 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Donald R. Pettit KD5MDT André Kuipers PI9ISS Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AMSAT-NA Board of Director Nominations
by Alan P. Biddle 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

A final reminder that nominations for the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors elections are due by June 15th. This year there are three regular seats on the Board to be filled, plus up to two alternates to be selected. Regular members will serve for two years, and alternates for one year. If you want to run yourself, or you know someone you feel should run, this is your chance to influence the direction of our organization. You will find the details in this weekend's ANS release, or at WWW.AMSAT.ORG toward the bottom of the front page. Alan WA4SCA AMSAT Corporate Secretary

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