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ANS-086 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Tony Monteiro, AA2TX SK
by JoAnne Maenpaa 27 Mar '14

27 Mar '14

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-086.01 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Tony Monteiro, AA2TX SK AMSAT News Service Bulletin 086.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. March 27, 2014 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-086.01 Anthony "Tony" J. Monteiro, AA2TX (SK) AMSAT VP-Engineering and Board Member Anthony J. Monteiro, AA2TX of North Andover, MA died on Wednesday morning, March 26, 2014 while hospitalized in Boston, MA from cancer. He was 55. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou and daughter, Veronica, a college freshman. Tony was first licensed in 1973 as a Novice and subsequently held an Extra Class Amateur Radio License. An avid operator, he described his first contact in an AMSAT BoD Candidate's Statement in 2011: "I earned my novice ticket in 1973 and made my first ham radio contact with a transmitter made from parts out of an old TV set. A Heathkit HR-10B receiver and a 65-foot piece of wire strung out of a window for an antenna made up the rest of my station, which was pretty modest even by 1973 standards! Even so, I will never forget the thrill of my very first contact." His interest in amateur radio and electronics led him to earn a BS in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and a MS in Com- puter Science from Stanford University. His professional career started at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey developing network man- agement systems and then consumer products. After working at several startup companies, Tony landed at Cisco Systems where he managed the development of ADSL, voice over packet, and content networking products. He retired from industry in 2002 and focused his efforts working on satellite projects. Tony joined AMSAT in 1994 and started working the satellites. He earned ARRL VHF/UHF Century Club-Satellite #58 and worked 49 states (only Hawaii was not logged) as well. Tony worked a number of stations while he commuted along the I-495 corridor outside Boston. Many will remember working him through AO-40 as he utilized his "cardboard box horn antenna." Tony led a workshop at the 2003 AMSAT Space Symposium where students built similar antennas, demonstrating the ease in which one could build a 2.4 GHz S-band antenna to receive the AO-40 downlink. Additional technical contributions to the amateur satellite com- munity that Tony made included "InstantTune Automatic Radio Tuning" software, "A Simple Desense Filter for Echo", and several extremely low cost projects such as "A $5 Mode V/S Adapter using a Sub-Harmonic Mixer". AMSAT-UK currently offers a 70 CM Parasitic Lindenblad antenna based upon his design. Tony also played a significant role in space-based hardware develop- ment. He collaborated on the NO-60 satellite. As AMSAT's VP-Engineer- ing, he served as the software designer for the SDX (Software Defined Transponder) on ARISSat-1/Kedr that was deployed from the Inter- national Space Station by Russian Cosmonauts during a space walk in August 2011. Tony led the Fox-1 Engineering Team from inception in 2009 and led AMSAT's efforts to apply for acceptance of Fox-1 in the NASA Education Launch of NanoSat (ELaNA) in 2011 and Fox-1B in 2012. He established relationships with several universities to secure scientific payloads for Fox-1 and Fox-1B, including student experiments. A strong proponent of student involvement in satellite projects, Tony served as coordinator of AMSAT Engineering relationships with SUNY-Binghamton, Penn State-Erie, Virginia Tech, and Rochester Institute of Technology where students developed new technologies to be applied in future AMSAT spacecraft as "Capstone" projects. These projects, such as the development of storage capacitors to replace batteries developed by SUNY-Binghamton, provided student experiences that will ultimately be flown in space. The AMSAT JOURNAL in recent years featured several articles concerning these projects. Tony was elected to the AMSAT Board of Directors in 2011 following service for one year as a BoD alternate. Him wise counsel and focus on finding ways to make it affordable for AMSAT to fly amateur radio systems in space resulted in several innovative approaches. It was Tony that convinced the NASA ELaNA program to modify their qualifi- cation criteria to add "not for profits" to those that could apply for launch grants. It was Tony that met with universities that were looking for ways to fly their payloads but didn't have the experience to build satellites, encouraging collaboration that would benefit both AMSAT and the university. Tony's approach to participation in the AMSAT Leadership Team reflect- ed his approach to life. Whenever he had a thought to share with the entire AMSAT Board of Directors and/or Senior Officers via e-mail, he always started with "Dear Friends". As AMSAT VP-Operations Drew Glas- brenner, KO4MA noted, "I always admired how he reminded me we were all friends despite whatever argument was raging." Arrangements for a service for Tony will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Radio Amateur Satellite Corp. (AMSAT), 850 Sligo Avenue, Suite 600, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Barry A. Baines, WD4ASW President-Radio Amateur Satellite Corp. (AMSAT) [ANS thanks AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW for the above information] /EX

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-25 20:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-25 20:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Melbourne Grammar School, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact was successful: Tue 2014-03-25 08:43:15 UTC 79 deg (***) I have been told that 6 of the Russian contacts listed below were successful. As soon as I know which 6 schools, then I will be letting everyone know. Unfortunately I may not know for some time. **************************************************************************** ** Starting 2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had to move 3 schools back to our long term waiting list. We hope to get to them in the fall of 2014. There are also several other schools that are on the list for possible postponement to the fall. From 2014-05-12 to 2014-06-15, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. **************************************************************************** ** Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 2 Obojan Kursk region, direct via RD3WAY Contact is a go for 2014-03-04 10:20 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Gymnasium № 1, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, direct via RØFM Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 09:15 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Polytechnic College of number 42, Russia, direct via UB3AFD Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 13:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Members of the Radio USATU students who are active members of the regional organization of the Union of Russian stations in the Republic of Bashkortostan, direct via RZ9WWB Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 09:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Children and Youth Centre "Galaxy" of Kaluga, direct via RK3X Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 11:12 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Centre Tourism and Youth Policy Ruzaevo Municipal District, Republic of Mordovia, direct via UB3UAD Contact is a go for 2014-03-02 10:24 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Center of Space Communications, St. Petersburg, who are winners of the contest "Ask your question astronaut.", direct via RA1AJN Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 09:33 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 50 YA Gagarin Kursk, direct via RW3W Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 11:09 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. I have to apologize for the late postings of the upcoming Russian contacts and lack of updates to the previously posted. Often times I receive updates just hours ahead of the scheduled time and many times after the fact. Also I tend to get the information untranslated, so please excuse the rough translations. **************************************************************************** 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. http://www.ariss.org/other-ariss-websites.html **************************************************************************** *** 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 101 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 101 **************************************************************************** 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 2014-03-25 20:30 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 896. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 875. (***) 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.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-03-25 20:30 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. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS Contact Tuesday
by John Spasojevich 23 Mar '14

23 Mar '14

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the: *Melbourne Grammar School** - Grimwade House, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - Tuesday 25 March AOS anticipated at 08:43 UTC* The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ in Santa Rosa, California, USA. 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. Melbourne Grammar School - Grimwade House is a co-educational Primary School with 650 students aged from 5 to 12 years old. Grimwade House bases its education on the Australian Curriculum. One of the Major Learning Areas outlined in the Australian Curriculum is Science. Grimwade House is fortunate to have a purpose built Science room and a teacher who is dedicated to and passionate about the teaching of Science. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector 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 maneuver, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John - AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Melbourne Grammar School, Grimwade House, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 22 Mar '14

22 Mar '14

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Melbourne Grammar School, Grimwade House, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia on 25 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:43 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 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. Melbourne Grammar School - Grimwade House is a co-educational Primary School with 650 students aged from 5 to 12 years old. Grimwade House bases its education on the Australian Curriculum. One of the Major Learning Areas outlined in the Australian Curriculum is Science. Grimwade House is fortunate to have a purpose built Science room and a teacher who is dedicated to and passionate about the teaching of Science. All students from Prep to Year 4 have one lesson of Science per week and Year 5 and Year 6 students have a double lesson of Science each fortnight. Students investigate features of the Earth's interior: Students investigate the relative distances of the planets in our solar system: Students investigate constellations seen in the night skies in the Southern Hemisphere: Students investigate shadows and their relationship to light sources in Space: Students investigate propulsion: Students investigate insulation and other elements astronauts need to consider when exploring our place in Space. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is it like inside the rocket when it takes off from earth? 2. Do you have much time to relax on the ISS, and if so, what do you do during your free time? 3. Can you describe how it feels to float around weightless? 4. When you get back to Earth, do you think you will feel relieved, sad or happy? 5. Are you missing any type of food, and if so, what is it? 6. When did you know you wanted to go into space and explore it? 7. How long can you stay on the ISS before you need to replenish your supplies of food, water and air? 8. What is the most interesting experiment you have done this week? 9. How do you feel when you look down to Earth and see your home town from the ISS? 10. If you could choose between living in space or living on Earth, and your family could join you at either location, which would you choose and why? 11. If a piece of debris hits the ISS, can it cause any damage, and how would you fix it if it does? 12. How long are you in the air lock before you do a space walk? 13. If you kick a football from the ISS, would it reach the moon? 14. Do you or any of the other astronauts believe aliens exist? 15. What is the best thing about being on the ISS? 16. What is the scariest part of your job? 17. If you suddenly had to leave the ISS, how long would it take to organise transport back to Earth? 18. What does it feel like emotionally and physically when you return to Earth? 19. Do you feel safe on the ISS? 20. Do you think humans will live in space one day? 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 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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RS0ISS contact Centre Tourism and Youth Policy Ruzaevo Municipal District
by Дмитрий Пашков 21 Mar '14

21 Mar '14

Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Centre Tourism and Youth Policy Ruzaevo Municipal District, Republic of Mordovia, direct via UB3UAD *(Callsign not UB3UAD. correct UB4UAD)* Contact is a go for 2014-03-02 10:24 UTC Report on contact: http://ub4uad.ru/?page_id=1741 -- С уважением, программист ГБОУ РМ СПО (ССУЗ) "Рузаевский политехнический техникум" Пашков Дмитрий Александрович Телефон: +79271777892, +79510518013

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-20 22:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-20 22:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Forest Knolls Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD., direct via KB3WOA Contact was successful: Thu 2014-03-20 14:38:33 UTC 68 deg (***) Melbourne Grammar School, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Tue 2014-03-25 08:43:15 UTC 79 deg I have been told that 6 of the Russian contacts listed below were successful. As soon as I know which 6 schools, then I will be letting everyone know. Unfortunately I may not know for some time. **************************************************************************** ** Starting 2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had to move 3 schools back to our long term waiting list. We hope to get to them in the fall of 2014. There are also several other schools that are on the list for possible postponement to the fall. From 2014-05-12 to 2014-06-15, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. **************************************************************************** ** Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 2 Obojan Kursk region, direct via RD3WAY Contact is a go for 2014-03-04 10:20 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Gymnasium № 1, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, direct via RØFM Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 09:15 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Polytechnic College of number 42, Russia, direct via UB3AFD Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 13:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Members of the Radio USATU students who are active members of the regional organization of the Union of Russian stations in the Republic of Bashkortostan, direct via RZ9WWB Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 09:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Children and Youth Centre "Galaxy" of Kaluga, direct via RK3X Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 11:12 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Centre Tourism and Youth Policy Ruzaevo Municipal District, Republic of Mordovia, direct via UB3UAD Contact is a go for 2014-03-02 10:24 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Center of Space Communications, St. Petersburg, who are winners of the contest "Ask your question astronaut.", direct via RA1AJN Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 09:33 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 50 YA Gagarin Kursk, direct via RW3W Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 11:09 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. I have to apologize for the late postings of the upcoming Russian contacts and lack of updates to the previously posted. Often times I receive updates just hours ahead of the scheduled time and many times after the fact. Also I tend to get the information untranslated, so please excuse the rough translations. **************************************************************************** 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. http://www.ariss.org/other-ariss-websites.html *********************************************************** ******************** 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 101 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 101 **************************************************************************** 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 2014-03-20 22:30 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 895. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 874. (***) 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.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-03-20 22:30 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. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Forest Knolls Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Forest Knolls Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD on 20 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:38 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KB3WOA. 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. Forest Knolls Elementary School is a PreK-5 school in Silver Spring, MD, about 8 miles outside of Washington, DC. We are also only a few miles away from NASA Goddard Space Center in Beltsville, MD. The school has over 700 students with a very diverse ethnic population with students from 18 countries. There are 16 different languages spoken, and about one-third of the students are Hispanic. It has an inclusion program for physically disabled students. We also have a Communication Arts program, in which the students focus on Research, Written Communication and Media Production. Susan Michal, magnet coordinator, integrates this program into all classrooms at all grade levels. There is a school amateur radio station, KB3WOA, which holds an afterschool club under the direction of one of the teachers, Melissa Happ-KB3VEX and her husband, Tom Happ-KJ4YFH. There are about 15 students involved in the afterschool club. The radio station is also used with classes, at various grade levels, as part of the curriculum in Social Studies and Communication. The students are very excited to participate in the ARISS contact! Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How many days of food, water, and air do you have aboard the ISS? 2. From the space station do space and the stars look different than from Earth? 3. What surprised you most when you went to space for the first time? 4. Has being in space affected your metabolism? 5. Does each astronaut need to know everything about the ISS or just specific things for your job? 6. How do you all communicate since you?re from different countries? 7. What is your favorite thing to do for fun in space? 8. How many missions have you been on in the ISS? 9. How do you contact your family while you?re in space? 10. Do you have a medical doctor on board in case someone gets sick? 11. Do you see storms on Earth or any other interesting activity? 12. Do you worry about glitches happening on the ISS? 13. How does it feel when you are traveling 4.791 miles per second? 14. What is the most interesting thing you?ve done during this mission? 15. Do you find that some things are difficult to do on the ISS? 16. What kind of training helped prepare you for life in space? 17. If you weren?t an astronaut, what would you be and why? 18. How does the day/night cycle affect your body? 19. Does the ISS interfere with other orbiting satellites? 20. Do you apply to work on the ISS or does NASA/JAXA choose you? 21. What do you do for exercise when you are in space? 22. How do you conserve water on the ISS? 23. How do you handle emergencies on the ISS? 24. Have you ever lost contact with Earth? If so, what did you do? 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 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 --- 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 2014-03-17 16:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-17 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Forest Knolls Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD., direct via KB3WOA Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-03-20 14:38:33 UTC 68 deg Melbourne Grammar School, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2014-03-25 08:43:15 UTC 79 deg (***) I have been told that 6 of the Russian contacts listed below were successful. As soon as I know which 6 schools, then I will be letting everyone know. Unfortunately I may not know for some time. **************************************************************************** ** Starting 2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had to move 3 schools back to our long term waiting list. We hope to get to them in the fall of 2014. There are also several other schools that are on the list for possible postponement to the fall. From 2014-05-12 to 2014-06-15, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. **************************************************************************** ** Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 2 Obojan Kursk region, direct via RD3WAY Contact is a go for 2014-03-04 10:20 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Gymnasium № 1, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, direct via RØFM Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 09:15 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Polytechnic College of number 42, Russia, direct via UB3AFD Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 13:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Members of the Radio USATU students who are active members of the regional organization of the Union of Russian stations in the Republic of Bashkortostan, direct via RZ9WWB Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 09:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Children and Youth Centre "Galaxy" of Kaluga, direct via RK3X Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 11:12 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Centre Tourism and Youth Policy Ruzaevo Municipal District, Republic of Mordovia, direct via UB3UAD Contact is a go for 2014-03-02 10:24 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Center of Space Communications, St. Petersburg, who are winners of the contest "Ask your question astronaut.", direct via RA1AJN Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 09:33 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 50 YA Gagarin Kursk, direct via RW3W Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 11:09 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. I have to apologize for the late postings of the upcoming Russian contacts and lack of updates to the previously posted. Often times I receive updates just hours ahead of the scheduled time and many times after the fact. Also I tend to get the information untranslated, so please excuse the rough translations. **************************************************************************** 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. http://www.ariss.org/other-ariss-websites.html **************************************************************************** *** 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 101 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 101 **************************************************************************** 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 2014-03-17 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 894. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 873. 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.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-03-15 02:30 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. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-15 02:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-15 02:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: H. J. Cambie Secondary, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, direct via VE7RAR Contact was successful: Thu 2014-03-13 16:58:27 UTC 54 deg (***) Warren Consolidated Schools, Warren, MI, direct via W8HP Contact was successful: Fri 2014-03-14 11:24:58 UTC 55 deg (***) Watch for live simulcast at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ariss-contact-warren-consolidated-schools Also watch for IRLP and Echolink coverage. Forest Knolls Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD., direct via KB3WOA The contact is a go for: Thu 2014-03-20 14:38:33 UTC 68 deg I have been told that 6 of the Russian contacts listed below were successful. As soon as I know which 6 schools, then I will be letting everyone know. Unfortunately I may not know for some time. **************************************************************************** ** Starting 2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had to move 3 schools back to our long term waiting list. We hope to get to them in the fall of 2014. There are also several other schools that are on the list for possible postponement to the fall. From 2014-05-12 to 2014-06-15, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. **************************************************************************** ** Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 2 Obojan Kursk region, direct via RD3WAY Contact is a go for 2014-03-04 10:20 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Gymnasium № 1, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, direct via RØFM Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 09:15 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Polytechnic College of number 42, Russia, direct via UB3AFD Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 13:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Members of the Radio USATU students who are active members of the regional organization of the Union of Russian stations in the Republic of Bashkortostan, direct via RZ9WWB Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 09:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Children and Youth Centre "Galaxy" of Kaluga, direct via RK3X Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 11:12 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Centre Tourism and Youth Policy Ruzaevo Municipal District, Republic of Mordovia, direct via UB3UAD Contact is a go for 2014-03-02 10:24 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Center of Space Communications, St. Petersburg, who are winners of the contest "Ask your question astronaut.", direct via RA1AJN Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 09:33 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 50 YA Gagarin Kursk, direct via RW3W Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 11:09 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. I have to apologize for the late postings of the upcoming Russian contacts and lack of updates to the previously posted. Often times I receive updates just hours ahead of the scheduled time and many times after the fact. Also I tend to get the information untranslated, so please excuse the rough translations. **************************************************************************** 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. http://www.ariss.org/other-ariss-websites.html **************************************************************************** *** 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 101 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 101 **************************************************************************** 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 2014-03-14 02:30 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 894. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 873. (***) 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.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-03-15 02:30 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. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS Contact Friday
by John Spasojevich 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the Warren Consolidated Schools, Warren, Michigan, USA on Friday, March 14th. Aqusition of Signal (AOS) is anticipated at 11:24 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a DIRECT between NA1SS and W8HP at the school. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The mission of the Warren Consolidated Schools (WCS) district, in partnership with families and community, is to achieve a level of excellence in teaching and learning which enables all students to become knowledgeable, productive, ethical, and successful citizens. To help meet that goal, WCS supports programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), which give students a real hands-on experience in education. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector The school will stream the contact live to USTREAM at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ariss-contact-warren-consolidated-schools Audio on Echolink will commence about 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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