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Upcoming ARISS contact with Winter Gardens Primary School, Canvey Island, UK and Pilton Bluecoat School, Barnstaple, UK - postponed
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

IMPORTANT CORRECTION: Please note that the upcoming ARISS contact with Winter Gardens School and Pilton Bluecoat School in the UK announced earlier this evening, has been temporarily postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date. A new date will be posted at this email list as soon as it is available. David Jordan, AA4KN --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Winter Gardens Primary School, Canvey Island, UK and Pilton Bluecoat School, Barnstaple, UK
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 21 Sep '14

21 Sep '14

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Winter Gardens Primary School, Canvey Island, United Kingdom and Pilton Bluecoat School, Barnstaple, United Kingdom on 23 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:37 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact should be audible over portions of Australia 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. Winter Gardens Primary School is a larger than average school on Canvey Island in Essex, England. It has two forms of entry catering for 60 children in each year group. Our school is full to capacity with 420 children from Foundation Stage (Reception - Age 4) up to Year 6 (Age 11). On the school site we also have the Winter Gardens Pre-School which caters for 60 children a day and the Winter Gardens Toddler Group which caters for children from birth upwards. Canvey Island is situated on the Thames estuary and is an actual Island. Close towns include Basildon and Benfleet and slightly further afield, Grays (Thurrock) and Southend. There are 12 schools on the Island, two of which are secondary schools. Winter Gardens Primary School is an active school not only within the local community, but also nationally and internationally. Children have taken part in many events in London and we regularly receive visitors from a school in Germany. Pilton Bluecoat is a state run Junior School catering for 250 children aged between 7 - 11 years that is situated on the North Devon coast in the South West of England. The school has excellent links with its community and is committed to providing a vibrant and active learning environment for students. The school prides itself in the high levels of academic attainment by the children as well as providing the children with a wide range of opportunities to enhance their personal development. Our school has been taking part in a whole school theme entitled 'The Final Frontier.' We have been looking at aspects of space and will include factual investigations, setting up fictitious scenario and looking at aspects of space travel and space history. All curriculum subjects will be integrated into the work, including mathematics and literacy. The children will be given the opportunity to explore their own ideas and facilitate their own learning pathways. Children will also have the opportunity to develop their creativity through aspects of art, music and science Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the maximum number of people that can live on the ISS? 2. What inspired you to become an astronaut? 3. What sort of food do you eat? 4. What is your daily routine like? 5. If you cry, do the tears run down your face or just float away? 6. Where does all of your waste go? 7. How do you get supplies such as food, drink and clothes? 8. What effect does no gravity have on your body? 9. How do you get air up there? 10. Have you experienced any meteor showers? 11. Can you use ink pens when there is no gravity? 12. Who came up with the idea of a space station? 13 When you are in space, how often do you get to talk to your family? 14. How often do you work outside the space station? 15. How much sleep do you get in space when you do not know if it is night or day? 16. What is the most serious emergency you have had to deal with? 17. How did you become an astronaut? 18. What interesting research have you done in space? 19. How long does it take you to get rid of your 'space feeling' when you come back home? 20. How do you get to and enter the space station? 21. How do you know what is happening down on earth, do you get electronic versions of newspapers? 22. What do you do on space walks? 23. If you were not an astronaut, what would you have been? 24. Is it an advantage or disadvantage to have no gravity on the ISS? 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): TBD ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. 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/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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ARISS Contact Tuesday POSTPONED
by John Spasojevich 21 Sep '14

21 Sep '14

Due to the one day delay of the Space X launch, berthing day now falls on Tuesday and has resulted in the cancellation of the Winter Gardens Primary School, Canvey Island and Pilton Bluecoat School, Barnstaple, United Kingdom 73, John - AG9D ARISS Audio

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ARISS Contact Tuesday
by John Spasojevich 21 Sep '14

21 Sep '14

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the Winter Gardens Primary School,Canvey Island, United Kingdom and Pilton Bluecoat School,Barnstaple, United Kingdom, on Tuesday September 23rd. AOS is anticipated at 10:37 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK7KHZ in Australia. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio on the web 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 due to server issues the usual automatic breaks will be done manually. Computer based listeners should after opening echolink click on tools - setup - timing set receive time limit and inactivity timeout to 0, this should keep you from disconnecting. ** 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

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-09-18 04:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 18 Sep '14

18 Sep '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-09-18 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Institut Florimont, Petit-Lancy, Switzerland, direct via 4U1ITU Contact was successful: Wed 2014-09-17 08:17:28 UTC 88 deg (***) Winter Gardens Primary School, Canvey Island, United Kingdom and Pilton Bluecoat School, Barnstaple, United Kingdom, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact is a go for: Tue 2014-09-23 10:37:33 UTC 53 deg Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-09-25 10:36:40 UTC 30 deg telebridge via VK4KHZ (If Prime) Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-09-25 11:14:07 UTC 54 deg telebridge via K6DUE (if SLIP) SLIP plan assumes no Space-X4 launch and the Soyuz (40S) docking will be on 2014-09-27 (UTC 270) **************************************************************************** ** >From 2014-11-10 to 2014-12-07, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ** 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. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** *** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ **************************************************************************** *** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 119 (***) Francesco IKØWGF with 103 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 103 **************************************************************************** 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 928. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Year Direct % Telebridge % Direct/ % Direct/ Total Direct Telebridge Telebridge Telebridge 2000 1 100.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 2001 25 59.52 17 40.48 0 0.00 42 2002 25 60.98 16 39.02 0 0.00 41 2003 29 74.36 10 25.64 0 0.00 39 2004 25 71.43 10 28.57 0 0.00 35 2005 37 67.27 18 32.73 0 0.00 55 2006 31 65.96 16 34.04 0 0.00 47 2007 51 68.00 24 32.00 0 0.00 75 2008 33 53.23 29 46.77 0 0.00 62 2009 57 47.11 62 51.24 2 1.65 121 2010 31 64.58 16 33.33 1 2.08 48 2011 86 69.35 38 30.65 0 0.00 124 2012 51 54.84 42 45.16 0 0.00 93 2013 46 49.46 40 43.01 7 7.53 93 2014 40 76.92 12 23.08 0 0.00 52 Grand 568 61.21 350 37.72 10 1.08 928 Total Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 907. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Year Direct % Telebridge % Direct/ % Direct/ Total Direct Telebridge Telebridge Telebridge 2000 1 100.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 2001 25 59.52 17 40.48 0 0.00 42 2002 24 60.00 16 40.00 0 0.00 40 2003 29 74.36 10 25.64 0 0.00 39 2004 25 71.43 10 28.57 0 0.00 35 2005 36 66.67 18 33.33 0 0.00 54 2006 31 65.96 16 34.04 0 0.00 47 2007 51 68.00 24 32.00 0 0.00 75 2008 33 60.00 22 40.00 0 0.00 55 2009 57 47.11 62 51.24 2 1.65 121 2010 31 64.58 16 33.33 1 2.08 48 2011 78 67.24 38 32.76 0 0.00 116 2012 51 54.84 42 45.16 0 0.00 93 2013 45 50.56 40 44.94 4 4.49 89 2014 40 76.92 12 23.08 0 0.00 52 Grand 557 61.41 343 37.82 7 0.77 907 Total Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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 2014 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2015 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, Louisiana, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** * The ARISS (a joint effort of AMSAT, the ARRL, NASA, the ARISS international partners including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan) operations team wishes to announce the following very tentative schedule for ARISS school contacts. This schedule is very fluid and may change at the last minute. Remember that amateur radio use on the ISS is considered secondary. Please check the various AMSAT and ARISS webpages for the latest announcements. Changes from the last announcement are noted with (***). Also, please check MSNBC.com for possible live retransmissions (http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/default.asp). Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. The crossband repeater has been active at times. The frequencies are uplink of 437.8Ø MHz and downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. For information about educational materials available from ISS partner space Agencies, please refer to links on the ARISS Frequently Asked Questions page. If you are interested in supporting an ARISS contact, then you must fill in an application. The ARISS operations mentor team will not accept a direct request to support an ARISS contact; the application must first be sent to the ARISS region coordinator. You should also note that many schools think that they can request a specific date and time. Once an application has been accepted the ARISS mentors will work with the school to determine a mutually agreeable date. There are several ARISS web sites: English: http://www.ariss.org/ Note this is the new site location. This site also has links to many other ARISS sites: http://www.ariss.org/other-ariss-websites.html ARISS France: http://ariss.fr.free.fr/ ARISS Europe: http://www.ariss-eu.org/ ARISS Japan: http://www.jarl.or.jp/ariss/ Your completely filled out application should be returned to the nearest coordinating ARISS region if your specific region is not listed. E-mail is the preferred method of submitting an application. Here are the email addresses: ARISS-Canada and all other countries not covered: fs882(a)ncf.ca (Maurice-André Vigneault VA2MA/VE3VIG) ARISS-Europe: school.selection.manager(a)amsat.it (Francesco De Paolis, IK0WGF) ARISS-Japan and all Region 3 countries: iaru-r3(a)jarl.or.jp (Keigo Komuro JA1KAB) ARISS-Russia: n2ww(a)attbi.com (Valerie Agabekov N2WW/UA6HZ) ARISS-USA: contact NASA at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov **************************************************************************** * Other web sites that may be of interest include: ARRL related websites: http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-on-the-international-space-station http://www.arrl.org/ariss ============================================================================ === AMSAT related websites: http://www.amsat.org Latest ARISS announcements and news http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/ariss/ Successful school list http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf ============================================================================ === NASA related websites: Main page: http://www.nasa.gov/ For Educators: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html For Students: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/teachingfromspace/students/ariss.h tml (instructions for US schools wanting to apply for a contact may be found here) For Media: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/index.html Teaching From Space (TIF): http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/teachingfromspace/contact_tfs/ind… ============================================================================ === The ISS Fan Club website is: http://www.issfanclub.com ============================================================================ === ON6SAT has a website at: http://on6sat.com/links/ ============================================================================ === IRLP website at: http://www.discoveryreflector.ca This site will have the links for simulcast contacts that have IRLP and Echolink. Additional information may be found on the amsat.org calendar of events for where to find the audio on EchoLink, IRLP and Shoutcast. ============================================================================ === Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contact https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 ============================================================================ === A listing of ARISS related magazine articles: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Currently the list includes articles from CQ, CQ VHF, QST, and The AMSAT Journal. Please contact me directly if you have additional suggestions. Exp. 39/40 on orbit Steve Swanson Aleksander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev Exp. 40/41 on orbit Maxim Suraev Gregory Wiseman KF5LKT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO To let you in on how tough it is to schedule contacts, here are some of the constraints the ARISS mentors must work under: Each Increment is 26 weeks in length. For any given expedition, we typically may not schedule: 1. Anything the first 3 weeks. 2. During EVA weeks 3. At least 2 weeks prior to the Increment change. 4. No contacts during meal and exercise periods. 5. No contacts during post-sleep and pre sleep (before Ø8:ØØ UTC and after 19:3Ø UTC) 6. Contacts on the day of Progress docking or undocking are circumspect. Mike Fincke KE5AIT and Gennady Padalka RN3DT produced a video during their stay on Expedition 9. You can get the QuickTime version (209MB) or the Windows Media version (152MB). These files are huge, so only a broadband connection is recommended. Thanks Mike and Gennady! QuickTime: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Video/Expedition9Tour.mov Windows Media: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Video/Expedition9tourwmv.wmv Doug Wheelock KF5BOC produced a YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73EYcyszf8 A discussion on Doppler correction and the ISS frequencies may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf This file was updated 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC **************************************************************************** *** ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUDIO STREAMING THAT IS PROVIDED BY Verizon Business. 1. Go to designated homepage URL. 2. Click on Audioconferencing. 3. Click on Audio Streaming. 4. Click on Join. 5. Enter conference meeting number. 6. Enter passcode (case sensitive) and there are 11 letters max. 7. Enter name. 8. Enter email address. 9. Enter company, use ARISS or AMSAT if you want. 10. Enter title (optional). 11. Agree to agreement policy. 12. Click proceed. 13. Wait for contact to start. If you are there too early, then you will probably hear music. Contact streaming should start approximately 6 minutes before AOS. ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE USE OF IRLP, ECHOLINK, and Webcast. IRLP website at: http://www.discoveryreflector.ca If using IRLP is more convenient for you than using EchoLink, please connect to the IRLP reflector 9Ø1Ø. The Discovery 9Ø1Ø Reflector also has streaming audio available. Once on the main page, select “audio library” on the left sidebar. The prompt to join the audio stream is posted at the top of this page. More directly, you can go to http://www.discoveryreflector.ca:8ØØØ/listen.pls The audio stream will be delayed. Additional information on the IRLP Discovery Reflector requirements: The use of the Discovery Reflector requires that your audio player have ability to play a pls file. Confirm that your player has that file. You should also confirm that port 8Ø8Ø is open to allow the audio stream. Here is how to check Realplayer: 1. Open up Realplayer 2. Tools>Preferences>Content Media Types> click on Select located under the Manual button. You should see .pls as one of the accepted files Here is how to check Winamp: 1. Open up Winamp 2. Options>preference>General preference>file types You should see pls as one of the accepted files Additional information may be found on the amsat.org calendar of events for where to find the audio on EchoLink, IRLP and Shoutcast. You can connect to the AMSAT Conference Room server at node 1Ø1377. Audio is also available at times on the JK1ZRW server at node 2772Ø8. Please connect to the *JK1ZRW* server to keep the load light on the *AMSAT* server. This will ensure good audio quality for all listeners. For latest information on ISS - school contact audio feeds into EchoLink, please check the AMSAT calendar of events at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/fieldops/events.php Simulation contacts are terrestrial contacts that provide training for the astronauts on the use of the ARISS equipment before going on orbit. Institut Florimont, Petit-Lancy, Switzerland, direct via 4U1ITU Contact was successful: Wed 2014-09-17 08:17:28 UTC 88 deg (***) Congratulations to the Institut Florimont students and Greg! (***) Proposed questions generated by the Institut Florimont students: 1. Are the mobile phones working fine in space? 2. How do you wash yourself on the ISS? 3. Can you create a gravitational field on the ISS as if you'd be on earth? 4. What were your motivations to become an astronaut? 5. Can you really see the Chinese Great Wall from space? 6. Do you feel isolated in space? 7. At what speed are you travelling right now? 8. Are there any women with you at the ISS? 9. What do you do in your free time? 10. How do you come back to Earth after your mission? 11. How long have you already been in space? 12. What is this effect of absence of gravity on your body? 13. How do you communicate with your family? 14. Do you talk also with radio amateurs or only with schools? 15. Can you see the ozone layer around the Earth? 16. What do you feel seeing sunrises and sunsets more than one per day? 17. Do you have to protect yourself against cosmic radiation? 18. Does the absence of gravity disturb the blood circulation in your body? 19. What thing did surprise you the most when arriving on the ISS? 20. What do you dream about when you are on the ISS? ============================================================================ === Winter Gardens Primary School, Canvey Island, United Kingdom and Pilton Bluecoat School, Barnstaple, United Kingdom, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact is a go for: Tue 2014-09-23 10:37:33 UTC 53 deg Proposed questions generated by the Winter Gardens Primary School and Pilton Bluecoat School students: 1. What is the maximum number of people that can live on the ISS? 2. What inspired you to become an astronaut? 3. What sort of food do you eat? 4. What is your daily routine like? 5. If you cry, do the tears run down your face or just float away? 6. Where does all of your waste go? 7. How do you get supplies such as food, drink and clothes? 8. What effect does no gravity have on your body? 9. How do you get air up there? 10. Have you experienced any meteor showers? 11. Can you use ink pens when there is no gravity? 12. Who came up with the idea of a space station? 13. When you are in space, how often do you get to talk to your family? 14. How often do you work outside the space station? 15. How much sleep do you get in space when you do not know if it is night or day? 16. What is the most serious emergency you have had to deal with? 17. How did you become an astronaut? 18. What interesting research have you done in space? 19. How long does it take you to get rid of your ‘space feeling’ when you come back home? 20. How do you get to and enter the space station? 21. How do you know what is happening down on earth, do you get electronic versions of newspapers? 22. What do you do on space walks? 23. If you were not an astronaut, what would you have been? 24. Is it an advantage or disadvantage to have no gravity on the ISS? ============================================================================ === Gulf English School, Kuwait City, Kuwait and Language High School “Geo Milev”, Dobrich, Bulgaria, Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-09-25 10:36:40 UTC 30 deg telebridge via VK4KHZ (If Prime) Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-09-25 11:14:07 UTC 54 deg via K6DUE (if SLIP) SLIP plan assumes no Space-X4 launch and the Soyuz (40S) docking will be on 2014-09-27 (UTC 270) Proposed questions generated by the “Geo Milev” and Gulf English students: 1. What are the most important activities you do every day? 2. Have you watched the world cup and as a whole have you got time for activities like watching television or playing computer games? 3. Does food taste the same in space? 4. Is it possible in case of fire to empty the oxygen from the premises until the fire is put out and then filled back in? 5. What are you investigating on the space station right now? 6. What kind of experiments do you carry out? 7. What is the most important piece of equipment on the space station? 8. What would be the first think you will do if you encounter an alien? 9. How do you treat injured people? 10. Has a meteorite passed close to the station? 11. What do you do for fun? 12. When will people land on Mars? 13. Do you feel pressure in your ears when you travel to the space station? 14. How do you keep in touch with your families? 15. During a mission, is it possible to lose vitamin D and become ill? 16. What effort is it for you to maintain such big equipment and how do you maintain contact with Earth? 17. Why did you want to be an astronaut? 18. How does this kind of work affect you (the smallest mistake could cause serious damages)? 19. When you look out of the window, do you see things which we cannot see from Earth? 20. What kind of physical exercises do you do to keep fit? ============================================================================ === Special Event Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum, Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia, telebridge via TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by Special Event Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum students: 1. How long did it take to get to the space station from earth? 2. Is it true that sea plankton has been found on the outside of the window of the ISS and if it is, how do you think it got there? 3. How do you carry out your day to day activities like washing, eating, exercising? 4. How do you cope with coming back to Earth? 5. When you were at school did you ever imagine you would be an astronaut? 6. What do you miss about not being on Earth the most? 7. When in space, is the earth and other planets beautiful from up there? 8. Who was your biggest influence when you decided to become an astronaut? 9. What type of technology do you use to get in touch with earth? 10. Do you eat proper food, or do you eat hard food and liquid food? 11. What is your favourite thing about being on the International Space Station? 12. What do you do in your free time? 13. Does music sound different on the space station? 14. Did you study any particular subjects to help you achieve your dreams? 15. What kind of things have you seen in space? 16. Can you feel the heat from the sun on the International Space Station? 17. How do you exercise in space? 18. Overall how long does it take to get ready and for blast off? ======= ======================================================================== CEPES, Belgium and Mimar Sinan Özel Okulları, İstanbul, Turkey, telebridge via TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the CEPES and Mimar Sinan Özel Okulları students: 1. What kind of physical exercises did you do during the astronaut training? 2. What time zone do you use on the ISS? 3. Did you participate to survival camps during your astronaut training? 4. Did you have to change your diet during your training? 5. How do you contact your family from on the ISS? 6. How are you supplied with food and drinking water? 7. Did you bring special food to the ISS? 8. Are usual activities as easy in weightlessness as on earth? 9. How long was your training as an astronaut? 10. What did you feel when launching to space? 11. How many hours do you exercise every day? 12. What is more precisely your task aboard the ISS? 13. Is astronaut food as tasty as at home? 14. How do you prefer to spend you free time? 15. What happens if an astronaut gets sick? 16. What are the physical troubles your body undergoes during a long stay on board the ISS? 17. How did you feel when you arrived in space? 18. How do you have a wash and how do you go to the toilet? 19. How do you drink water in zero gravity? 20. How are your days organized? ============================================================================ === Indiana Area School District, Indiana, PA, telebridge via TBD TBD UTC ============================================================================ === Team Sky and Rocket (NPO Sora-To-Rocket-Dan), Kariya, Aichi, Japan, direct via TBD TBD UTC ============================================================================ === Albert Park College, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via TBD TBD UTC ============================================================================ === The Explorers Club, New York City, New York, telebridge via TBD TBD UTC ============================================================================ === Council Rock High School-South, Holland, PA, direct via TBD TBD UTC =================================================== ============================ Bisei Elementary School, Ibara, Japan, direct via TBD TBD UTC ============================================================================ === SK Putrajaya Presint 9, Putrajaya, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN TBD UTC ============================================================================ === Airdrie Space Science Club, Airdrie, Alberta, Canada, direct via VE6JBJ TBD UTC ============================================================================ === DLR School Lab TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, direct via DLØIKT and Woehlerschule, Frankfurt, Germany, direct via DLØFFM or DLØFM or DBØFJG TBD UTC ============================================================================ === Lycée européen Charles de Gaulle, Dijon, France, telebridge via TBD TBD UTC ============================================================================ === Currently the ARISS operations team has a list of 60 schools that we hope will be able to have a contact during 2014. As the schedule becomes more solidified, we will be letting everyone know. Current plans call for an average of one scheduled school contact per week. 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Results of 2014 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election
by Alan 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Board of Directors Election - 2014 As a result of the 2014 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election the following members were elected to serve for two years: Tom Clark, K3IO; JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM; and Lou McFadin, W5DID. Jerry Buxton, N0JY will serve the remaining year of SK Tony Monteiro, AA2TX's term. The First Alternate is Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, and the Second Alternate is Frank Griffin, K4FEG. The results of the voting with 635 ballots cast are as follows: Tom Clark, K3IO........................457 JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM..........439 Lou McFadin, W5DID.................421 Jerry Buxton, N0JY.....................268 Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA........261 Frank Griffin, K4FEG...................232 Steve Coy, K8UD........................178 Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO.................132 Submitted by Martha Saragovitz Manager ----------------------------------------------

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Reservation Deadline for AMSAT Block Rooms at the Baltimore Symposium is Tomorrow.
by Alan 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

All, A reminder that our block of rooms at the Baltimore BWI DoubleTree is being held through the 17th. After that, rooms may be available, but at a significantly higher rate. Please see the details at http://www.amsat.org If you have attempted to reserve a room and been told that they were not available, that glitch has been resolved. 73s, Alan WA4SCA

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-09-16 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-09-16 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Institut Florimont, Petit-Lancy, Switzerland, direct via 4U1ITU Contact is a go for: Wed 2014-09-17 08:17:28 UTC 88 deg Winter Gardens Primary School, Canvey Island, United Kingdom and Pilton Bluecoat School, Barnstaple, United Kingdom, telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2014-09-23 10:37:33 UTC 53 deg (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-09-25 10:36:40 UTC 30 deg telebridge via VK4KHZ (If Prime)(***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-09-25 11:14:07 UTC 54 deg telebridge via K6DUE (if SLIP) (***) SLIP plan assumes no Space-X4 launch and the Soyuz (40S) docking will be on 2014-09-27 (UTC 270) (***) **************************************************************************** ** >From 2014-11-10 to 2014-12-07, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ** 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. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** 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. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** *** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ **************************************************************************** *** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 117 Francesco IKØWGF with 103 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 103 **************************************************************************** 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 The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2014-09-16 04:00 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 927. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 906. 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 2014 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2015 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, 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.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-09-10 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 https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 39/40 on orbit Steve Swanson Aleksander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev Exp. 40/41 on orbit Maxim Suraev Gregory Wiseman KF5LKT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Institut Florimont, Petit-Lancy, Switzerland
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Institut Florimont, Petit-Lancy, Switzerland on 17 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:17 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and 4U1ITU. The contact should be audible over Switzerland 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. Institut Florimont is a co-educational day school offering children from 3 to 18 years of age a complete education from kindergarten to the three diplomas that will open the doors to higher education. As well as encouraging academic excellence, Florimont fosters the traditional values and beliefs that are important for life. Since 1905, Florimont has been preparing students for the French Baccalaureat and, as of 1942, for the Swiss Maturité. From September 2014 our range of final examinations will include the bilingual (French-English) International Baccalaureate. Therefore, Florimont will offer children even more opportunities and more choices, allowing them easier access to the world's best universities. The four sections of our school work together to ensure the continuity and coherence of the programme of study. Clear procedures are in place to ensure that new students joining us from other private or public schools are successfully integrated. Close communication with parents, additional lessons and one-to-one tutoring are just some of the ways that Florimont supports students during their studies. Our student body is made up of more than fifty nationalities making Florimont a rich multi-cultural and multi-lingual learning environment. The importance we attach to this is reflected in our language learning programme. In addition to English, emphasis is placed on German, Switzerland's predominant language, as well as on Chinese, Spanish and Italian. Other languages such as Russian and Arabic are individually tutored or taught to small groups.Bilingual classes in French and English are offered from the first year of the middle school. Priority is given to partnerships and exchanges with leading schools worldwide, as well as to many activities that can add value to a university application. Our students are encouraged to be entrepreneurial, bold, adaptable and creative because we know that these qualities will not only strengthen their university applications but also prepare them to face the challenges of working life. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Are the mobile phones working fine in space? 2. How do you wash yourself on the ISS? 3. Can you create a gravitational field on the ISS as if you'd be on earth? 4. What were your motivations to become an astronaut? 5. Can you really see the Chinese Great Wall from space? 6. Do you feel isolated in space? 7. At what speed are you travelling right now? 8. Are there any women with you at the ISS? 9. What do you do in your free time? 10. How do you come back to Earth after your mission? 11. How long have you already been in space? 12. What is this effect of absence of gravity on your body? 13. How do you communicate with your family? 14. Do you talk also with radio amateurs or only with schools? 15. Can you see the ozone layer around the Earth? 16. What do you feel seeing sunrises and sunsets more than one per day? 17. Do you have to protect yourself against cosmic radiation? 18. Does the absence of gravity disturb the blood circulation in your body? 19. What thing did surprise you the most when arriving on the ISS? 20. What do you dream about when you are on the ISS? 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): TBD ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. 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/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-09-11 02:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 11 Sep '14

11 Sep '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-09-11 02:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Institut Florimont, Petit-Lancy, Switzerland, direct via 4U1ITU Contact is a go for: Wed 2014-09-17 08:17:28 UTC 88 deg **************************************************************************** ** >From 2014-11-10 to 2014-12-07, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ** 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. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** 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. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** *** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ **************************************************************************** *** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 117 Francesco IKØWGF with 103 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 103 **************************************************************************** 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 The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2014-09-11 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 927. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 906. 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 2014 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2015 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, 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.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-09-10 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 https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 39/40 on orbit Steve Swanson Aleksander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev Exp. 40/41 on orbit Maxim Suraev Gregory Wiseman KF5LKT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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