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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-08-02 02:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-08-02 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Oshkosh Air Venture Air Show, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, telebridge via AH6NM Contact was successful: Thu 2013-08-01 17:01:31 UTC 47 deg (***) Space Jam 7 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, telebridge via LU8YY Contact is a go for: Sat 2013-08-03 20:46:15 UTC 86 deg Epet Nº 2, Gral. Pico, Argentina, telebridge via LU8YY Contact is a go for: Tue 2013-08-06 11:48:35 UTC 69 deg Ecole Primaire Pasteur, Fleurance, France, telebridge via LU1CGB Contact is a go for: Wed 2013-08-07 11:01:18 UTC 65 deg ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. **************************************************************************** *** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please review the document provided by Gaston Bertels ON4WF, the ARISS-Europe Chairman. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/HamTV.pdf **************************************************************************** *** 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 Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added.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 ti me. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2013-08-02 02:00 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 837. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 819. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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, 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 successful school list has been updated as of 2013-08-02 02:00 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. 35/36 on orbit Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS Aleksandr Misurkin Christopher J. Cassidy KF5KDR Exp. 36/37 on orbit Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Karen L. Nyberg Luca Parmitano KF5KDP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Space Jam 7 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL on 03 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 20:46 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and LU8YY. The contact should be audible over Argentina and portions of S. America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. We live in a fast-paced world impacted by evolving technology. Our event, Space Jam 7 is an attempt to catch up with the interests and needs of our youth involved in scouting. While scouting will always address camping and pioneer skills, we are here this weekend to teach STEM technology merit badges and skills required by tomorrow's pioneers, the astronauts. Three of our 44 major activities involve robotics. In addition to 2 Space Exploration classes we are teaching the Aviation merit badge (including actual flights), introduction to Scuba, Metal Work, Geology, Inventing, Electronics and Electricity. For the first time we are offering Cinematography merit badge and a class where Scouts and adults can earn their ham radio license. We are attended by 2000 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and leaders from 20 different states, who fly, drive and take the train from across the country. 350+ volunteers put this together because they love what they do. Of course our signature merit badge is again the Duck Tape merit badge that we do just for fun. Our theme this year is the Future of Space Exploration and our answer to that implied question is not so much about going to the planet Mars but the education of these youth who will get us there and who are about to ask questions of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. 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 physically fit in space? 3. What advice would you give to young people who want to be astronauts? 4. What craft is the most fun to fly in? 5. What is the most spectacular thing to see from space? 6. If a bird were on the space station, could it fly around? 7. What is the most important change to the space station in the last year? 8. When will be the next U.S. based flight to the space station? 9. Is it true that it will take over a year to get to Mars and back? 10. What vegetables can you grow on the way to Mars? 11. Do you think we should artificially isolate a test crew for a year? 12 During an automated flight to Mars how would you personally fight boredom? 13. Will the crew on a Mars mission include both men and women? 14. How will spacesuits be different on Mars? 15. Is it true that dust devils on Mars create dangerous static electrical charges? 16. Will we send machines to Mars ahead of a mission to make fuel for the return trip? 17. Do you think we will find life on Mars and would that be dangerous? 18. Is there enough atmosphere on Mars to support flying machines? 19. Is radiation on Mars 100 times worse than on earth and how can we protect people? 20. Are there lava tubes on Mars that could become living space for us? 21. How long would a message and answer take to get back and forth to a crew on Mars? 22. Will we have a full time moon base soon or are we going to an asteroid next? 23. Can we expect to see space explorers from another country on the Moon in the next 10 years? 24. Is it true that sleep wake cycles in space tend to be 25 hours, similar to what happens in cave exploration? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Sign up for the SAREX maillist at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Epet Nº 2, Gral. Pico, Argentina, telebridge via LU8YY (***) Tue, 06Aug2013, 11:48 UTC 2. Ecole Primaire Pasteur, Fleurance, France, telebridge via LU1CGB (***) Wed, 07Aug2013, 11:01 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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