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Special Event Coinciding with AMSAT Symposium
by Frank H. Bauer 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

All, Those of you into Edgar Allan Poe.there is a special treat if you come to this year's symposium. The famous poet is celebrating his 200th birthday this year. He lived in Baltimore for several years and died and was buried in the city. And there is a Poe Museum at the Baltimore house he lived in before his death. The year-long commemoration of Poe will culminate with a recreation of his funeral that occurs around the Symposium dates. Poe died on October 7, 1849. There will be a recreation of a wake for Poe from noon to 11 pm at the Poe House. This will be followed up with a mock-funeral for Poe on Sunday October 11 (12:30 and 4:30). John Astin (Gomez Addams from the Addams family fame) will officiate the funeral services. If you want more information on this, go to the following web sites: www.nevermore2009.com www.poebicentennial.com www.annabelleetavern.com This "all Poe" tavern was named after one of Poe's last poems.a virtual shrine to Edgar Allan Poe with his poetry covering the walls. www.westminsterhall.org Where he is buried.and where a mystery man dresses in black leaves a bottle of cognac and three red roses on Poe's birthday. If you didn't know it before, now you know why the Baltimore Football team is called the Ravens... 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO 2009 AMSAT Symposium Co-Chair

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More Good Symposism Airfares
by Frank H. Bauer 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

All, Those interested in attending the AMSAT Symposium in Baltimore this October, I just got a notice that Airtran has a sale to and from BWI until September 17. $39-119 with a 10 day advance purchase. Sign up now to get the best fares before they are taken by others. Airtran does charge for checked luggage. We will be posting the Symposium agenda this week. For planning purposes, the BoD meeting starts Thursday morning and runs until noon Friday. The symposium starts at 1 pm Friday and runs until noon Sunday. The AMSAT annual meeting with be Saturday afternoon. And there will be an ARISS ops meeting (all are invited) on Sunday. The 40th anniversary celebration is Friday night and the Banquet is Saturday night. I hope to see you in Baltimore. We expect to have a great time. 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-07 21:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-07 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Atheneum Middenschool Keerbergen, B-3140 Keerbergen, Belgium, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for Thu 2009-09-10 09:31:12 UTC 89 deg UNICEF Belgium from Euro Space Center, Belgium, telebridge via LU1CGB Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-09-10 09:55:58 UTC 80 deg Tokyo Denki University High/Junior High School, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan , direct via JA1YQZ Contact is a go for Sat 2009-09-12 08:25:05 UTC 50 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 472. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 27. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-09-07 21:00 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-09-07 05:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf **************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. **************************************************************************** Exp. 19 on orbit: Gennady Padalka RN3DT Michael Barratt KD5MIJ Timothy Kopra KE5UDN Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Exp. 19/21 on orbit: Nicole Stott KE5GJN STS-128 on orbit: Rick Sturckow Kevin Ford Danny Olivas Patrick Forrester Jose Hernandez Christer Fuglesang KE5CGR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-07 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-07 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Sätraskolan, Skärholmen, Sweden, telebridge via TBD Contact was successful Sun 2009-09-06 19:25:02 UTC 71 deg via LU8YY (***) Atheneum Middenschool Keerbergen, B-3140 Keerbergen, Belgium, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for Thu 2009-09-10 09:31:12 UTC 89 deg UNICEF Belgium from Euro Space Center, Belgium, telebridge via LU1CGB Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-09-10 09:55:58 UTC 80 deg Tokyo Denki University High/Junior High School, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan , direct via JA1YQZ Contact is a go for Sat 2009-09-12 08:25:05 UTC 50 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 472. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 27. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-09-07 05:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-09-07 05:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf **************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. **************************************************************************** Exp. 19 on orbit: Gennady Padalka RN3DT Michael Barratt KD5MIJ Timothy Kopra KE5UDN Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Exp. 19/21 on orbit: Nicole Stott KE5GJN STS-128 on orbit: Rick Sturckow Kevin Ford Danny Olivas Patrick Forrester Jose Hernandez Christer Fuglesang KE5CGR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-05 04:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-05 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ESA/ESOC Long Night of the Stars, Darmstadt, Germany, telebridge via LU8YY Contact was successful Fri 2009-09-04 20:10:38 UTC 76 deg (***) UNICEF Belgium from Euro Space Center, Belgium, telebridge via LU1CGB Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-09-10 09:55:58 UTC 80 deg Sätraskolan, Skärholmen, Sweden, telebridge via TBD Contact is a go for Sun 2009-09-06 19:25:02 UTC 71 deg via LU8YY Atheneum Middenschool Keerbergen, B-3140 Keerbergen, Belgium, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for Thu 2009-09-10 09:31:12 UTC 89 deg Tokyo Denki University High/Junior High School, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan , direct via JA1YQZ Contact is a go for Sat 2009-09-12 08:25:05 UTC 50 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 471. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 27. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-09-05 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 (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-09-05 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 **************************************************************************** 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. 19 on orbit: Gennady Padalka RN3DT Michael Barratt KD5MIJ Timothy Kopra KE5UDN Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Exp. 19/21 on orbit: Nicole Stott KE5GJN STS-128 on orbit: Rick Sturckow Kevin Ford Danny Olivas Patrick Forrester Jose Hernandez Christer Fuglesang KE5CGR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS - Contact
by Graham Lawton G7EVY 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

Hello Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at Sätraskolan, Skärholmen, Sweden on Sunday 6th September at 19:25 UTC. This will be a telebridge and the Ground Station will be LU8YY. Audio from this contact will be fed into the EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers. Audio is generally transmitted around 15 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. 73, Graham Graham Lawton G7EVY ARISS Audio Feed Team Skype: wizarduk

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[sarex] Upcoming ARISS contact with Sätraskolan, Skärholmen, Sweden
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Sätraskolan, Skärholmen, Sweden on 06 Sep. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 19:25 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 portions of the South America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Swedish. Sätraskolan is located in Skärholmen in the Southern part of Stockholm. The school has children from preschool to 9th grade with about 550 students and 100 employees. For the past year, the school has been engulfed in a real space fever. For the upcoming event, more than 1000 questions where submitted. This says quite a lot about the level of motivation from students and teachers alike. This is also reflected in the slogan selected for the event: "Sätraskolan; skolan som siktar högre" (Sätraskolan; the school which aims higher). Participants will ask as many of the following questions (translated) as time allows: 1. My bean plants twist themselves around bamboo sticks. How would they behave in space? Mina bönplantor slingrar sig runt bambukäppar. Hur skulle de bete sig i rymden? 2. Isn't it very bad for the environment to travel to space? Är det inte mycket miljöförstöring att åka till rymden? 3. I saw a film where a flag was waving on the moon. How could it be waving if there is no air? Jag såg en film där en flagga vajade på månen. Hur kunde den vaja om det inte finns någon luft? 4. Can a hairdryer work in space? Kan en hårtork fungera I rymden? 5. How can the space station stay attached (to space)? Hur kan rymdstationen sitta fast? (i rymden) 6. Why doesn't the space shuttle start like an aircraft? Varför startar inte rymdfärjan som ett flygplan? 7. When you are in space, does it feel like slow-motion? När man är ute I rymden, känns det som att det är slowmotion? 8. Can you see the atmosphere around earth when you look down at it? Ser man atmosfären runt jorden när man kollar ner på den? 9. Do you turn red in the face when you are upside down in space? Blir man röd I ansiktet när man hamnar upp och ner I rymden? 10. Do you sometimes get angry with each other in space? Blir ni osams någon gång i rymden? 11. How does it feel coming back to earth after having been weightless? Hur känns det när man kommer till jorden efter att inte ha vägt någonting? 12. Can you feel that your muscles get shorter/that you get weaker? Känner man att musklerna blir mindre/att man blir svagare? 13. Have you seen a rainbow in space? Har du sett en regnbåge I rymden? 14. Can you survive without clothes in space even though you get oxygen? Kan man klara sig ute I rymden utan kläder fastän man får luft? 15. Do you grow anything on the ISS? Odlar ni något på ISS? 16. Is it cold in space? Do you freeze when you go for a spacewalk? Är det kallt i rymden? Fryser du när du går på rymdpromenad? 17. How can you know when its day or night? Hur kan man veta när det är dag eller natt? 18. When you drink, will the water float like a bubble inside your stomach? När du dricker, kommer vattnet att flytta runt som en bubbla I din mage? 19. Is the food better in space or on earth? Är maten godare I rymden eller på jorden? 20. Do you eat a lot in space? Äter man mycket i rymden? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Atheneum Middenschool Keerbergen, B-3140 Keerbergen, Belgium Thu 10 Sep 09 09:31 UTC 2. UNICEF Belgium from Euro Space Center, Belgium Thu 10 Sep 09 09:55 UTC 3. Tokyo Denki University High/Junior High School, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan Sat 12 Sep 09 08:25 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 2009-09-03 21:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-09-03 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Craigmore High School, Blakeview, South Australia, Australia, direct via VK5LZ Contact was successful Wed 2009-09-02 07:13:43 UTC 35 deg (***) Vrije Basisschool, De Haan, B-8200, Belgium, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact was successful: Thu 2009-09-03 07:42:38 UTC 85 deg (***) ESA/ESOC Long Night of the Stars, Darmstadt, Germany, telebridge via LU8YY Contact is a go for Fri 2009-09-04 20:10:38 UTC 76 deg UNICEF Belgium from Euro Space Center, Belgium, telebridge via LU1CGB Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-09-10 09:55:58 UTC 80 deg Sätraskolan, Skärholmen, Sweden, telebridge via TBD Contact is a go for Sun 2009-09-06 19:25:02 UTC 71 deg via LU8YY (***) Atheneum Middenschool Keerbergen, B-3140 Keerbergen, Belgium, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for Thu 2009-09-10 09:31:12 UTC 89 deg Tokyo Denki University High/Junior High School, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan , direct via JA1YQZ Contact is a go for Sat 2009-09-12 08:25:05 UTC 50 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 470. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 27. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-09-03 21:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-09-03 21:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf **************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. **************************************************************************** Exp. 19 on orbit: Gennady Padalka RN3DT Michael Barratt KD5MIJ Timothy Kopra KE5UDN Exp. 20 on orbit: Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne ON1DWN Robert Thirsk VA3CSA Exp. 19/21 on orbit: Nicole Stott KE5GJN STS-128 on orbit: Rick Sturckow Kevin Ford Danny Olivas Patrick Forrester Jose Hernandez Christer Fuglesang KE5CGR **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AMSAT Symposium Breaking News: Low Cost Airfares
by Frank H. Bauer 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

All, The 2009 AMSAT Symposium is rapidly approaching! And we hope you can join us..especially given that there are some low-cost airfares out there for those of us in the US. We have an outstanding venue this year at the Four Points Sheraton at the BWI Airport. Your symposium committee recently did a walkthrough of this facility. The accommodations and meeting rooms are superb. I do a lot of traveling and I must say that the rooms are absolutely beautiful. You will definitely get a substantial bang for your buck (or Euro, etc) at this symposium. And planned 40th Anniversary celebratory events will be truly memorable. And to make things even better, Southwest Airlines has a phenomenal Nationwide (US) fall sale. $59-109 one-way airfares are available to BWI until Sept 3. And remember, with Southwest, there are no baggage fees. So we'd love to see you in "Charm City"-Baltimore Maryland..for the symposium presentations, 40th anniversary celebrations, poster sessions, and BoD meeting. And don't forget to submit a symposium paper to Dan Schultz, N8FGV, ASAP!! Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and Janet Bauer 2009 Symposium Co-Chairs

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ARIS - Contact Notification
by Graham Lawton G7EVY 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Hello Please join us in listening to the following ISS contacts with: Vrije Basisschool, De Haan, Belgium on Thursday 3rd September at 07:42 UTC. This will be a telebridge and the Ground Station will be VK4KHZ. ESA/ESOC Long Night of the Stars, Darmstadt, Germany on Friday 4th September at 20:10 UTC. This will be a telebridge and the Ground Station will be LU8YY. Audio from these contacts will be fed into the EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers. Audio is generally transmitted around 15 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. We regret there will be no IRLP coverage for these contacts. 73, Graham Graham Lawton G7EVY ARISS Audio Feed Team Skype: wizarduk

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