August 2012 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

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by John Spasojevich 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the Marcelino Canino Canino Middle School, Dorado, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday September 4th. AOS is approximately 1417 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and K6DUE in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. The contact should be audible over the east 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 English. Marcelino Canino Canino Middle School is located in a rural area in the town of Dorado in the northern coast of Puerto Rico. Our student body is made up of 464 students out of which approximately 78% live under the poverty level. 100% of our students receive Title I services and over 100 (26%) receive special education services. We have 35 teachers and there are usually 3 teaching assistants assigned to the school. For the past seven years I have implemented in the school a Microsatellite Hardware Student Program where students design, construct, build and launch their microsatellites which are them tracked and recovered with the help of my colleagues amateur radio operators. Besides this I have a NASA Explorer School Program since 2005 and other science oriented educational proposals in our school to help motivate our largely underprivileged population to become competitive professionals in the global economy. This coming school year we will share facilities with the local high which is why our schedule is from 7:00 am to noon and then it becomes the high school. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/<http://71.201.154.196:88/broadwave.m3u?src=1&rate=1> Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. 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. Breaks on IRLP are manual and occur approximately after every third question. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John - AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution

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AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Final Reminder
by Alan P. Biddle 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

All AMSAT-NA members, One last reminder that your ballots need to be received at AMSAT-NA headquarters by September 15th, 2012. Remember, this is one of your best opportunities to make your views on the path of our organization known. More details, courtesy of the AMSAT News Service, can be found below. 73s, Alan WA4SCA AMSAT Corporate Secretary -------------------------------------------- Select no more than three of the six listed candidates (in alphabetical order): + Tom Clark, K3IO + Steve Coy, K8UD + Mark Hammond, N8MH + Lou McFadin, W5DID + Gould Smith, WA4SXM + Patrick E. Stoddard, WD9EWK The 3 candidates receiving the most votes will become directors serving 2 year terms. The 2 receiving the next highest number of votes will be seated as alternates for 1 year terms. You must mail your ballot back to be received at the AMSAT-NA Office no later than the close of business on September 15, 2012: AMSAT 850 Sligo Avenue, #600 Silver Spring, MD 20910

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Iruma Junior Ham Club, Iruma, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Iruma Junior Ham Club, Iruma, Japan on 02 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:32 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and JK1ZAM. 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. After the first school contact in Japan (Iruma Children Center), many children learn the license examination and got the licenses. Our club is composed of the members who newly got the license in Iruma. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is most heavy training, you ever experience? 2. Do you enjoy the micro-gravity? 3. It is often heard the earth is a beautiful planet when it is seem from the space. But we have problems as global warming. Now you see the earth in your eyes, how do you feel the sense of crisis? 4. How much is atmospheric pressure in the space station? 5. What is the most dangerous thing in the space? 6. What competition are you impressed by London Olympic Games? 7. What do you want to do, when back on earth? 8. How do you feel the first visit in the space? 9. Are there day and night in the space? And what time do you go to bed and what time do you wake-up? 10. What is difference with the Star from the space and the Star from the earth? 11. What do you eat in the space? 12. What is the most favorite thing that only you can in the space? 13. How do you dispose of excrement and urine. 14. What is the thing you feel strange in the space? 15. Do you make the name of killifish? 16. What do you more care in the space, than on the earth? 17. What are you doing during free-time? 18. How do you feel in micro-gravity? 19. What is difference between living in the space and living on the earth? 20. What is the earth visible to, if it compare to a thing? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Marcelino Canino Canino Middle School, Puerto Rico, telebridge via K6DUE Tue, 04Sept2012 14:17 UTC 2. Gymnasium Michelstadt, Michelstadt, Germany, direct via DKØDK Fri, 07Sept2012 08:52 UTC 3. Tara Anglican School, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, telebridge via ON4ISS Sun, 09Sept2012 08:50 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 National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD on 01 Sept. 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 K3CUJ. The contact should be audible over the eastern U.S. 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 National Electronics Museum is located just outside Baltimore, Maryland. NEM is home to the country's largest collection of historic defense electronics, including radar, radios, electronic countermeasures, sonar, and space sensors. The museum also has objects derived from defense electronics like the Apollo XI camera and early GPS equipment. The students are Junior and Senior schoolers from the local Baltimore area. They have completed a six-week amateur radio course and are now licensed hams. As part of their training, they used an AMSAT satellite to make a contact. Their first contact as hams is with the ISS. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What was the scariest part about being in space? 2. How does solar activity affect you while you're in the space station? 3. What's the smallest object on earth you can identify from space? 4. When you look at Earth what do you see? 5. Is the food all freeze dried? Do you have Twinkies? 6. Are you required to have a ham license to go to space? 7. Is Ham Radio fun? 8. How do you contact your family from space? 9. How far does your radio reach? 10. Did you ever experience anything that no amount of training could have prepared you for? 11. Is the experience of space what you expected? 12. Does being up in space get boring after a while? 13. How many times a day do you circle the earth? 14. What do you miss? 15. Do you speak on Ham Radio often? 16. Is it hard to move around without gravity? 17. Do you view the world differently now that you have seen it from space? 18. What do you have to major in college to start your career as an astronaut? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Iruma Junior Ham Club, Iruma, Japan, direct via JK1ZAM Sun, 02Sept2012 08:32 UTC 2. Marcelino Canino Canino Middle School, Puerto Rico, telebridge via K6DUE Tue, 04Sept2012 14:17 UTC 3. Gymnasium Michelstadt, Michelstadt, Germany, direct via DKØDK Fri, 07Sept2012 08:52 UTC 4. Tara Anglican School, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, telebridge via ON4ISS Sun, 09Sept2012 08:50 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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[sarex] Upcoming ARISS contact with Megina Gymnasium Mayen, Am Knüppchen 1, Mayen, D-56727, Germany
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Megina Gymnasium Mayen, Am Knüppchen 1, Mayen, D-56727, Germany on 31 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:23 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and DN1PU. The contact should be audible over Germany 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 Megina-Gymnasium Mayen has decided to contact the ISS in cooperation with three other schools (Albert-Schweitzer Realschule, Kurfürst-Balduin-Gymnasium Münstermaifeld, Max-von-Laue Gymnasium Koblenz) all located in Rhineland-Palatinate, a rural part in the West of Germany. In the previous weeks a lot of students have handed in questions, which they would like to have answered by the astronauts onboard the ISS. They will raise these questions in turns, so that each school can raise the same amounts of questions. To simplify the procedure, the students in question will come to Megina-Gymnasium and the questions will be transmitted to the space station from Mayen. To let all the other students participate, who remain at their schools, the event will be broadcast to the schools mentioned above. All schools will be supplied with live pictures presented on big screens. At Megina-Gymnasium the broadcast will be part of a school project day, which will be about space exploration and science. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the best part of being an astronaut? 2. How does your typical day look like, do you have any rituals? 3. Do you have free time and how do you spend it? 4. Do you feel time, when there isn't night and day? 5. What kind of food do you miss most? 6. Can you imagine that a person without "NASA-training" can live on the space station? 7. What is the most difficult thing to get used to in microgravity and for what reason? 8. Which experiments are currently being conducted by the crew? 9. Is there a special sleeping-room? 10. How long can you stay outside the ISS doing repair works? 11. What does it feel like to be in outer space? 12: Is there any difference between observing comets or falling stars from the ISS or from the earth's surface? 13. Is it possible to observe really strong thunderstorms from the ISS? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD, direct via K3CUJ Sat, 01Sept2012 15:09 UTC 2. Iruma Junior Ham Club, Iruma, Japan, direct via JK1ZAM Sun, 02Sept2012 08:32 UTC 3. Marcelino Canino Canino Middle School, Puerto Rico, telebridge via K6DUE Tue, 04Sept2012 14:17 UTC 4. Gymnasium Michelstadt, Michelstadt, Germany, direct via DKØDK Fri, 07Sept2012 08:52 UTC 5. Tara Anglican School, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, telebridge via ON4ISS Sun, 09Sept2012 08:50 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 2012-08-28 03:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-28 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Megina Gymnasium Mayen, Am Knüppchen 1, Mayen, D-56727, Germany, direct via DN1PU Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-31 11:23:11 UTC 39 deg National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD, direct via K3CUJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2012-09-01 15:09:11 UTC 42 deg Iruma Junior Ham Club, Iruma, Japan, direct via JK1ZAM Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-09-02 08:32:47 UTC 40 deg Marcelino Canino Canino Middle School, Puerto Rico, telebridge via K6DUE (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2012-09-04 14:17:09 UTC 67 deg (***) Gymnasium Michelstadt, Michelstadt, Germany, direct via DKØDK (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-09-07 08:52:29 UTC 56 deg (***) Tara Anglican School, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, telebridge via ON4ISS (***) Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-09-09 08:50:30 UTC via 68 deg (***) The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. 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 744. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 727. (***) 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 2012-08-27 04:30 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-08-27 04:30 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. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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2012-08-27 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report August 27, 2012 1. Upcoming School Contacts Megina Gymnasium Mayen in Mayen, Germany has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, August 31 at 11:23 UTC. The radio contact will be integrated into math and physics lessons. Extracurricular activities involving astronomy and radio technology are planned. National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, Maryland will participate in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, September 1 at 15:09 UTC. The museum has an active amateur radio program that trains and facilitates the licensing of students as amateur radio operators. It focuses on electronics, electrical engineering and space communications. Lessons will include lectures, demonstrations and hands-on activities. The Iruma Junior Ham Club in Iruma, Japan will participate in an ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) contact on Sunday, September 2 at 08:32 UTC. The club members recently received their amateur radio licenses and are learning about satellite orbits and space. They look forward to speaking with Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide on the ISS. 2. Students Make Connection with Akihiko Hoshide on ISS Students from Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University in Wakayama, Japan spoke with on-orbit Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI via an ARISS contact on Sunday, August 26. The contact highlighted science lessons about space, satellites and radio waves. 3. ARISS International Team Meeting Held The monthly ARISS International Team meeting was held on Tuesday, August 21. The team discussed whether ARISS supporters should be recognized on the ARISS website and a status was given on the HamTV project and on the new Ericsson VHF radio which is scheduled to launch later this year. Minutes have been posted: http://ariss.rac.ca/arisstel2012-08-21.htm 4. Astronaut Training Status Gregory Wiseman, KF5LKT is scheduled for a basic operations training session in September. Wiseman is slated to fly with the Expedition 40 crew in May 2014.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-27 04:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-27 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan, direct via 8N3IFES Contact was successful: Sun 2012-08-26 10:54:21 UTC 66 deg (***) Megina Gymnasium Mayen, Am Knüppchen 1, Mayen, D-56727, Germany, direct via DN1PU Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-31 11:23:11 UTC 39 deg National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD, direct via K3CUJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2012-09-01 15:09:11 UTC 42 deg Iruma Junior Ham Club, Iruma, Japan, direct via JK1ZAM Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-09-02 08:32:47 UTC 40 deg The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. 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 744. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 727. (***) 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 2012-08-27 04:30 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-08-27 04:30 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. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82
by Alan P. Biddle 25 Aug '12

25 Aug '12

One of the real pioneers has passed: http://preview.tinyurl.com/9e722fo Alan ----------------------------------- Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get. Robert A. Heinlein

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-24 18:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 Aug '12

24 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-24 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan, direct via 8N3IFES Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-26 10:54:21 UTC 66 deg Megina Gymnasium Mayen, Am Knüppchen 1, Mayen, D-56727, Germany, direct via DN1PU Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-31 11:23:11 UTC 39 deg National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD, direct via K3CUJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2012-09-01 15:09:11 UTC 42 deg Iruma Junior Ham Club, Iruma, Japan, direct via JK1ZAM (***) Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-09-02 08:32:47 UTC 40 deg (***) The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. 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 743. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 726. 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 2012-08-24 18:30 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-08-16 18:00 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 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. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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