August 2012 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

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by John Spasojevich 01 Sep '12

01 Sep '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 31 Aug '12

31 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 31 Aug '12

31 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 31 Aug '12

31 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 28 Aug '12

28 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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CORRECTION to release for upcoming ARISS contact with Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

Due to orbit adjustments, the new time posted for the Wakayama ARISS contact is 10:54 UTC on August 26, 2012. Dave, AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan on 26 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:58 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N3IFES. 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. Institute for Education on Space, or IfES in short, designs and implements various programs with the following three educational objectives in order to assist the students to become dependable personnel: Nurturing animal spirits among students, Teaching practical management, Teaching practical space-related technologies. This time, we select the grade 5 and 6 students of elementary schools (there are located near our university.) and make the contact with Mr. Hoshide. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Was it different between the 1st time and the 2nd time to space? 2. What kind of sweets can you eat in ISS? 3. What kind of experiment do you do in ISS? 4. My family is six people. We have some problem about waiting the toilet every Morning. Is there same problem in ISS? 5. Do you sweat in ISS when you do muscular training? 6. Where is beautiful place of the Earth? 7. Can you see the Typhoon from ISS? 8. I heard you fasten the body to a bed When you sleep. Can you Sleep Soundly? 9. What you could not bring to ISS? 10. I heard there is a living thing which Keeps Killifish with this mission. What other living things are on ISS? 11. Can you hear the sound, when either pebble nor garbage hits ISS? 12. I heard that a direction when it comes back to the earth is more serious than the time of going to the universe. What kind of thing is it concretely? 13. What is food to eat most now? 14. Do you think that Animate Life is in Universe? 15. Do you see the Shooting Star from ISS? 16. What did you do during the summer vacation as a child? 17. What kind of study does astronaut do? 18. What would you do the first thing, when you return to Earth? 19. What age do you wanted to become astronaut? 20. Do you see the UFO during Space Flight? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Megina Gymnasium Mayen, Am Knüppchen 1, Mayen, D-56727, Germany, direct via DN1PU Fri 31Aug2012, 11:23 UTC 2. Waxter Young Women's Academy, Laurel, MD, direct via KC4KMY Fri 31Aug2012, 15:57 UTC 3. National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD, direct via K3CUJ Sat 01Sept2012, 15:09 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 2012-08-22 16:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-22 16:00 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 Waxter Young Women’s Academy, Laurel, MD, direct via KC4KMY Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-31 15:57:46 UTC 80 deg National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD, direct via K3CUJ Contact is a go for: Sat 2012-09-01 15:09:11 UTC 42 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 2012-08-22 16:00 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 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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ISS orbit boost in progress
by Alan P. Biddle 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

The ISS is having its orbit raised: http://preview.tinyurl.com/9dv7553 The article describes it being done in two steps, so it will take some time for the Keps to settle down. Alan WA4SCA

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-20 19:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-20 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, 2011-12-10, direct via JJ1YAF Contact was not completed due to interference: Fri 2012-08-17 07:09:31 UTC 68 deg (***) New contact date TBD. (***) Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan, direct via 8N3IFES (***) Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-26 10:58:47 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 (***) Waxter Young Women’s Academy, Laurel, MD, direct via KC4KMY (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-31 15:57:46 UTC 80 deg (***) National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD, direct via K3CUJ (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2012-09-01 15:09:11 UTC 42 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 2012-08-20 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 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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2012-08-20 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report August 20, 2012 1. Upcoming School Contact Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University in Wakayama, Japan will speak with Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI via an ARISS contact on Sunday, August 26 at 10:58 UTC. Educators will engage students in the ARISS contact as well as other space-related activities and lessons to teach about space, satellites and radio waves. 2. Successful Contacts An ARISS contact was held with students at the Kangaroo Inn Area School in Kangaroo Inn, South Australia on Tuesday, August 14 via station W6SRJ in California. ISS astronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB participated in the session, answering over 20 questions posed by the students. Nearly 90 visitors attended the event, including local politician Mitch Williams and his wife, the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio network, WIN 8 regional TV and representatives from three newspapers. The contact complemented a science curriculum covering space and space exploration. On Thursday, August 16, an ARISS contact was held between students attending Wada Elementary School in Nagawa Town, Japan and Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI, aboard the Space Station, which highlighted a comprehensive education plan covering space, astronomy and radio communications. The event drew an audience of approximately 120 students and guests and garnered extensive media coverage including six television stations and five newspapers. 3. Meikei High School Contact to be Rescheduled Meikei High School in Tsukuba, Japan had been scheduled for an ARISS contact on Friday, August 17. The contact was unsuccessful. ARISS is investigating the reason for the failure. Meikei will be rescheduled during the week of October 22. 4. Debrief Session Held with Expedition 30/31 Crew ISS Ham members participated in a debrief session with Expedition 30/31 crew members Don Pettit and André Kuipers on Wednesday, August 15. Feedback on the ARISS program and radio equipment was provided which will help the team keep its procedures up-to-date. 5. ARISS in ARRL QST The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) carried a piece about ARISS in its September issue of QST. A small item in the "In Brief" column reported that three ham radio operators are crew members that arrived at the ISS in mid-July.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-17 18:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-17 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, 2011-12-10, direct via JJ1YAF Contact postponed from: Fri 2012-08-17 07:09:31 UTC 68 deg (***) New contact date TBD. (***) Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan, direct via TBD Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-26 10:58:47 UTC 66 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 2012-08-17 18:00 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 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-16 18:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-16 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Wada Elementary School, Nagawa Town, Japan, direct via 8NØWADA Contact was succesful: Thu 2012-08-16 08:01:55 UTC 41 deg (***) Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, 2011-12-10, direct via JJ1YAF Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-17 07:09:31 UTC 68 deg Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan, direct via TBD Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-26 10:58:47 UTC 66 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 2012-08-16 18:00 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 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-15 01:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-15 01:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kangaroo Inn Area School, Kangaroo Inn, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact was successful: Tue 2012-08-14 08:29:40 UTC 62 deg (***) Wada Elementary School, Nagawa Town, Japan, direct via 8NØWADA Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-16 08:01:55 UTC 41 deg Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, 2011-12-10, direct via JJ1YAF Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-17 07:09:31 UTC 68 deg Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan, direct via TBD Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-26 10:58:47 UTC 66 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 742. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 725. (***) 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 2012-08-15 01:00 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-08-15 01:00 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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Upcoming ARISS contact with Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan on 17 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 07:09 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and JJ1YAF. 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. Meikei High School was established in 1979. The founding body of Meikei High School is known as Meikei-kai, an alumni association formed principally by the graduates of the University of Tsukuba and Tokyo University of Education. Mr. Akihiko Hoshide, a Japanese astronaut, is a graduate of our school. And our school has Radio & Electronics Group, as a group of Science Club. Participants will ask as many of the following questions (translated) as time allows: 1. Is the space suit comfortable? 2. What is the meaning of the doll which was on the rocket? 3. What do you do when you want to relax? 4. What will you do when you get sick? 5. How do you clean the ISS? 6. What do you look forward to do regarding the stay in the ISS? 7. Please tell us your memories in Meikei. 8. Our school still has the 4 km swimming in 4th grade. Could you tell us your memories about the 4km swimming? 9. In what ways were the various school events in Meikei useful to you in the process of becoming an astronaut? 10. I heard that you chose "space" as a topic for your research when you were a student in Meikei. Were you always determined about your choice of working on "space"? 11. Is there anything you want to tell to the students in Meikei? 12. What would you like to do in space in the future? 13. Is there anything that changed in yourself after you went to space? 14. What do students like us need to do in order to become an astronaut? 15. Do you listen to or sing the song that your peers made? 16. Which looks more beautiful. the earth seen from the ISS or the stars in the sky? 17. How do you drink water? 18. How do you weigh yourself in the ISS? 19. What is your favorite space food? 20. What were your favorite subjects when you were in junior high school and high school? 21. Do you think it is possible for human to live in the moon? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan, direct via TBD Sun, 26 Aug 2012, 10:58 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 2012-08-13 20:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-13 20:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kangaroo Inn Area School, Kangaroo Inn, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Tue 2012-08-14 08:29:40 UTC 62 deg Wada Elementary School, Nagawa Town, Japan, direct via 8NØWADA Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-16 08:01:55 UTC 41 deg Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, 2011-12-10, direct via JJ1YAF Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-17 07:09:31 UTC 68 deg Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan, direct via TBD (***) Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-26 10:58:47 UTC 66 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 741. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 724. 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 2012-08-13 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-08-06 06:30 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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ARISS Contact Tuesday
by John Spasojevich 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the Kangaroo Inn Area School, Kangaroo Inn, South Australia, Australia. This is a telebridge via W6SRJ in Santa Rosa, California. AOS is expected at 08:29 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Kangaroo Inn Area School is committed to learning. Our school cares for and values people. The school environment is attractive, with dedicated teaching and ancillary staff together with supportive parents, caregivers and community people. Our learning programs and teaching methodologies reflect careful planning, implementation, assessment and reporting. We aim for continuous learning, social responsibility and developing skills for success. We expect our students to present themselves and represent the school in a positive manner at all times through their behaviour at school, on camps and excursions and in the community, by their appearance in school uniform and in their positive attitude to learning. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ 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. 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. ** 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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2012-08-13 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report August 13, 2012 1. Upcoming School Contacts Kangaroo Inn Area School, Kangaroo Inn, South Australia, Australia is planning for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact to be held on Tuesday, August 14 at 08:29 UTC via station W6SRJ in California. The contact will be integrated into a science curriculum covering space and space exploration. Wada Elementary School in Nagawa Town, Japan has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, August 16 at 08:01 UTC. The school offers a General Education subject through which students select their themes and write reports. One of the most popular subjects chosen this year was Space. The subject has been so popular because the children have been exposed to many space-related activities over the past few years including the recent International Year of Astronomy and the unmanned spacecraft, Hayabusa that was developed by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to return a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa to Earth for further analysis last year. Children observed an eclipse on May 21 and will visit the Nobeyama Radio Observatory over the summer. They will also be given radio kits so that they understand how receivers work. It is hoped that JAXA will support the school program and provide the youth with further information about space and the ISS. Meikei High School in Tsukuba, Japan will participate in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, August 17 at 07:09 UTC. The school was established in 1979 by an alumni association formed principally by the graduates of the University of Tsukuba and Tokyo University of Education. Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide is a graduate of the school. The schools science club has a Radio & Electronics Group with its own radio station, callsign JJ1YAF. Club members and other interested students are learning about the ISS, orbital mechanics and amateur radio satellite communications through this activity. The group will speak with Akihiko Hoshide during this ARISS contact. 2. Failed Contact with Canada Science and Technology Museum Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps had been scheduled for an ARISS contact on Thursday, August 9 via station IK1SLD in Italy. The contact was unsuccessful. ARISS is investigating the reason for the failure. 3. Expedition 30/31 Scheduled for Debrief Astronauts Don Pettit and André Kuipers (Expedition 30/31) will take part in an ISS Ham debrief session to give feedback on the ARISS program. The debrief is scheduled for August 15. 4. AMSAT News Service on ARISS The August 12 AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service bulletin (ANS-225) has an item about Mark Hammond, N8MH, AMSAT Vice President of Educational Relations who will attend the AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium in September. Hammond will give a presentation on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education, including a status on the ARISS program. See: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2012/000641.html

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Wada Elementary School, Nagawa Town, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 12 Aug '12

12 Aug '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Wada Elementary School, Nagawa Town, Japan on 16 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:01 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N0WADA. 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. Wada town is located in the southern part of the Nagano prefecture which is the central part and near the Komuro county. Wada Elementary School was founded in 1898, and has 99 students from 1st to 6th grade. Participants will ask as many of the following questions (translated) as time allows: 1. What impresses you the most about space? 2. Do stars' size and color look different when you see them in space? 3. What makes you relax in space? 4. Is it difficult to eat because things float in space? 5. How old were you when space caught your interest? 6. How do you feel working on the module you assembled? 7. What is the hardest task on this mission? 8. What do you do in ISS? 9. Do any of you have brothers or sisters that are astronauts? 10. What is hard or inconvenient to do in space? 11. What kind of experiment are you doing on fish? 12. How does an eclipse look like in ISS? 13. How long does it take to get to ISS from the earth? 14. Do you smell anything in ISS or in space? 15. Will we be able to live in spaceships like ISS in the future? 16. What did you think about at lift off? 17. Why does ISS move so fast? Can you slow it down? 18. What sports can you do in space? 19. What would you like to do the most after you come back to the earth? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, direct via JJ1YAF Fri 17 Aug 2012, 07:09 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 Kangaroo Inn Area School, Kangaroo Inn, South Australia, Australia
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 12 Aug '12

12 Aug '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Kangaroo Inn Area School, Kangaroo Inn, South Australia, Australia on 14 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:29 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 English. Kangaroo Inn Area School is committed to learning. Our school cares for and values people. The school environment is attractive, with dedicated teaching and ancillary staff together with supportive parents, caregivers and community people. Our learning programs and teaching methodologies reflect careful planning, implementation, assessment and reporting. We aim for continuous learning, social responsibility and developing skills for success. We expect our students to present themselves and represent the school in a positive manner at all times through their behaviour at school, on camps and excursions and in the community, by their appearance in school uniform and in their positive attitude to learning. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How big is the space station? 2. Do any animals live in space? 3. What did it feel like when you were just about to take off? 4. What kind of research are you doing? 5. Where do you get your oxygen? 6. What colours are the planets? 7. Is it dark all of the time? 8. What do you drink in space? How do you drink in space? 9. Is it cold in space? 10. Is it true that you can see the pyramids from space? 11. Have you ever found signs of life in space? 12. How many times do you go round the Earth in a day? 13. What do you do for entertainment in Space? 14. What foods do you miss? 15. Is it hard to get used to micro gravity? 16. How can you sleep strapped to a wall/ceiling knowing also that you are in outer space? 17. Have you lost any weight or muscle strength while being in space? 18. What is the best and worst thing about being in space for so long? 19. What is your closest encounter with an asteroid? 20. What does your daily routine consist of? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Wada Elementary School, Nagawa Town, Japan, direct via 8NØWADA Thu, 16 Aug 2012, 08:01 UTC 2. Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, direct via JJ1YAF Fri, 17 Aug 2012, 07:09 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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Scout contest for ARISS contact at National Scouting Museum announced.
by Tom Schuessler 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

Below is the announcement from the National Scouting Museum here in Irving, Texas about a contest to select Scouts to be the questioners in an upcoming ARIAA contact currently scheduled for Jamboree on the Air, (JOTA) weekend, October 20th. Scouts who enter should be capable of getting to Irving for JOTA but that should mean most of Texas, Oklahoma, western LA and Arkansas. Please pass this along to any Scouts or Scouters you know ASAP as there is only a short time in the contest. Deadline for submissions is September 15th. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP ScoutRadio Coordinator, Irving Amateur Radio Club http://irvingarc.org n5hyp(a)amsat.org _____________________________________________________________________ From: Office of Museum Department [OfficeOf.MuseumDepartment(a)scouting.org] Subject: Want to talk to an astronaut? ATTENTION SCOUTS AND VENTURERS! Have you ever wanted to speak with an astronaut in space? Here's your chance! On October 20, 2012, the National Scouting Museum will contact an astronaut on the International Space Station via amateur radio, during the 55th Jamboree On-The-Air (JOTA). Answer the following question: Why should we continue space exploration? in 100 words or less, and send your response to nsmuseum(a)scouting.org before 11:59 p.m., Friday, September 15, 2012 for your chance to be selected to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Contest Details Competition is open to all currently registered Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, Sea Scouts, and Venturers. All submissions must include the following information: name, rank, unit and unit number. Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m., Friday, September 15, 2012. Indicate if you have any experience with amateur radio or STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) subjects, as well as if you have earned the Astronomy academic belt loop and pin for Cub Scouts, the Space Exploration and/or the Astronomy merit badges, and any other special interests and training related to amateur radio, STEM, or space. As many as 25 participants will be selected. Winners will be notified on September 20, 2012. Please click here to subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your email address. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA National Scouting Museum 1329 West Walnut Hill Lane Irving, Texas 75038 1-800-303-3047 www.nationalscoutingmuseum.org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-09 22:15 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-09 22:15 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD Contact was unsuccessful: Thu 2012-08-09 18:39:36 UTC 22 deg (***) ARISS is attempting to determine what happened. (***) Kangaroo Inn Area School, Kangaroo Inn, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Tue 2012-08-14 08:29:40 UTC 62 deg Wada Elementary School, Nagawa Town, Japan, direct via 8NØWADA Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-16 08:01:55 UTC 41 deg Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, 2011-12-10, direct via JJ1YAF Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-17 07:09:31 UTC 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 741. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 724. 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 2012-08-09 22:15 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 2012-08-06 06:30 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-06 18:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-06 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-09 18:39:36 UTC 22 deg Kangaroo Inn Area School, Kangaroo Inn, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2012-08-14 08:29:40 UTC 62 deg (***) Wada Elementary School, Nagawa Town, Japan, direct via 8NØWADA (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-16 08:01:55 UTC 41 deg (***) Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, 2011-12-10, direct via JJ1YAF (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-17 07:09:31 UTC 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 741. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 724. 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 2012-08-06 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 2012-08-06 06:30 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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ARISS Contact Thursday 9 AUGUST
by John Spasojevich 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Please join us in listening to an International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at the Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps on Thursday, August 9 at 18:39 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and IK1SLD in Italy. The contact should be audible over Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The museum has run science camps for children in the Ottawa area for over 12 years. The summer of 2012 will see five concurrent camps for 125 children ages 6-12 for seven weeks of the summer. Each of the five camps has a different theme incorporating various aspects of science, technology and engineering and all will participate in the ISS link-up. Other activities will include launching a space balloon, building and programming robots, cryogenic demonstrations, launching water rockets and using robotic arms. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: IRLP Node 9010 Discovery and the EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ 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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2012-08-06 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report August 6, 2012 1. Upcoming School Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for the Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps on Thursday, August 9 at 18:39 UTC via station IK1SLD in Italy. The museum has run science camps for children in the Ottawa area for over 12 years. The summer of 2012 will see five concurrent camps for 125 children ages 6-12 for seven weeks of the summer. Each of the five camps has a different theme incorporating various aspects of science, technology and engineering and all will participate in the ISS link-up. Other activities will include launching a space balloon, building and programming robots, cryogenic demonstrations, launching water rockets and using robotic arms. 2. Space Jam Contact Successful Scouts attending Space Jam 6, which was held at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum in Rantoul, Illinois, participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with ISS astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI on Sunday, August 5. Hoshide was able to answer 22 space-related questions posed by the scouts before losing the radio connection. Space Jam focused on "The History of Aviation" this year and offered lessons on Space Exploration, Radio, Aviation, Electronics and Robotics among other STEM topics. Approximately 1000 scouts, leaders and parents turned out for Space Jam 6 this year. 3. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS The August 3 Amateur Radio Newsline report #1825 carried two news items concerning the ARISS program. The first item covers the new Ericsson which is slated to be launched to the ISS in November and the second is about Frank Bauer returning to his leadership role at AMSAT. To view "Ham Radio in Space: New 2 Meter Radio to Launch to the ISS" and "Names in the News: KA3HDO Returns to AMSAT as VP of Human Spaceflight," see: http://www.arnewsline.org/storage/scripts/nsln1825.txt

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-06 06:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-06 06:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, direct via WB9SA Contact was successful: Sun 2012-08-05 10:06:53 UTC 58 deg (***) Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-09 18:39:36 UTC 22 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 741. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 724. (***) 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 2012-08-06 06:30 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 2012-08-06 06:30 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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AMSAT Board of Directors Election Reminder
by Alan P. Biddle 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

By now, all members in good standing of AMSAT-NA should have received their ballots, including the position biographies by the candidates. Additional information for those interested can be found in the minutes of the 2011 Board Meeting which appear in the current issue of the AMSAT Journal. We have a full slate of candidates this year. 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 -------------------------------------------- AMSAT Board of Directors 2012 Ballots in the Mail Ballots for the 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election have been mailed to all members. Also included is biographical information about each of the candidates. 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 the Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada on 09 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:39 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and 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 Canada Science and Technology Museum is a national museum located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Museum's day camps are a large part of the educational strategy of the Museum to cultivate scientific, technological and engineering literacy in Canada. Our Summer Camps programs have run for over 12 years for children aged 6-12 with a curiosity for science. Each of the five camps has a different theme incorporating various aspects of science, technology and engineering: Adventures in Science (ages 6-8), Gadgets and Gizmos (ages 6-8), Junior Astronomers (ages 6-8), Ultimate Builders (ages 9-12) and Adventures in Robotics (ages 9-12). Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. When you were a kid, did you always know you wanted to be an astronaut? 2. Can you tell us about one of the experiments you're doing on the space station, and how it will help us back on Earth? 3. I am in the Robotics summer camp at the Museum, and would like to know in what ways robots are being used on the space station? 4. I am in the Junior Astronomers Camp at the Museum. What is your favourite planet or moon in our Solar System, and why? 5. Do you ever have a good night's sleep on the space station, and do you dream the same way as you do on Earth? 6. What is the scariest part of being in space? 7. There are people from around the world on the space station, how do you choose which countries astronauts come from, and which ones get to go? 8. My least favourite subject in school is Math, but my teacher tells me it is important to learn. Do you ever use mathematics as an astronaut or on the space station? 9. What food do you miss the most from Earth? 10. Why do you think space travel is important to science and engineering? 11. Roberta Bondar was the first Canadian woman in space. Since then, how many women have been in space? 12. What are the different jobs an astronaut can have on board the space station? 13. If you had not become an astronaut, what profession would you be in? 14. Would you ever want to go to on a mission to Mars? Why or why not? 15. What is the most valuable thing you have learned since becoming an astronaut? 16. What advice would you give to someone who wants to be an astronaut? 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 with Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL on 5 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:06 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and WB9SA. The contact should be audible over the central U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Space Jam 6 is a Boy Scout and Girl Scout weekend event that helps to prepare youth for an increasingly technology oriented future. While we still teach our core pioneering skills, today's pioneers are involved in the space program. If the young people today want to be ready for this future they need the STEM skills that we focus on. Space Exploration, Robotics, Electronics, Radio, Engineering and Aviation are just a few of the 38 merit badges we are offering. Our theme this year is the History of Aviation and with the help of the Young Eagles program we are able to offer actual airplane rides to Scouts. Our event is located at the Rantoul, Illinois Airport, formally the Chanute Air Base, where some Tuskegee airman began their training and we will have a couple representatives give a keynote speech to the Scouts. Next year, our theme will be the Future of Space Exploration. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How old were you when you decided to become an astronaut? 2. How important is it to be fit in space? 3. What advice would you give to young women what want to be astronauts? 4. Do you like flying helicopters, airplanes or spaceships best? 5. Can you see your home from space? 6. Can you swim in the air in the space station? 7. What is the most important change in the space station? 8. Is it true that it will take over a year to go to Mars and back? 9. What vegetables can you grow in space on your way to Mars? 10. Do you think we should artificially isolate a test crew for a year? 11. During a heavily automated flight to Mars, how would you personally fight boredom? 12. Will the crew on a Mars mission have both men and women? 13. Could the landing capsule on Mars transform into a self contained rover with wheels? 14. How will spacesuits be different on Mars and have you tried on the Mark 3 spacesuit? 15. Is it true that dust devils on Mars create huge static electrical charges? 16. Will we find water on Mars and where? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD Thu 9 Aug 2012, 18:39 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 2012-08-02 18:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 Aug '12

02 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-02 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, direct via WB9SA Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-05 10:06:53 UTC 58 deg Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-09 18:39:36 UTC 22 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 740. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 723. (***) 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 2012-08-02 18:00 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-07-26 16:30 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-01 19:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-01 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, direct via WB9SA Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-05 10:06:53 UTC 58 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 740. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 723. (***) 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 2012-08-01 19:30 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 2012-07-26 16:30 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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