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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-02-10 01:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-02-10 01:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Chuuou Elementary School, Toyoake, Japan, direct via 8N2TCES Contact was successful: Sun 2014-02-09 08:22:48 UTC 62 deg (***) Escola Estadual “Gonçalves Dias” , Boa Vista, Brazil, direct via PV8DX Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-02-13 17:19:54 UTC 22 deg ITIS Giovanni Caramuel, Vigevano, Italy, telebridge via AH6NM Contact is a go for: Sat 2014-02-15 10:11:54 UTC 56 deg **************************************************************************** ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. 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 100 (***) **************************************************************************** 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 Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added.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 2014-02-10 01:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 883. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 862. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-02-10 01:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 37/38 on orbit Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky Michael S. Hopkins KF5LJG 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 2014-02-08 19:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 08 Feb '14

08 Feb '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-02-08 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Takatsuki Dai 1 Junior High School, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan, direct via 8N3T Contact was successful: Sat 2014-02-08 09:11:01 UTC 74 deg (***) Chuuou Elementary School, Toyoake, Japan, direct via 8N2TCES Contact is a go for: Sun 2014-02-09 08:22:48 UTC 62 deg Escola Estadual “Gonçalves Dias” , Boa Vista, Brazil, direct via PV8DX Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-02-13 17:19:54 UTC 22 deg ITIS Giovanni Caramuel, Vigevano, Italy, telebridge via AH6NM Contact is a go for: Sat 2014-02-15 10:11:54 UTC 56 deg **************************************************************************** ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. 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 **************************************************************************** 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 2014-02-08 19:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 882. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 861. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-02-08 19:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 37/38 on orbit Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky Michael S. Hopkins KF5LJG 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 Chuuou Elementary School, Toyoake, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Chuuou Elementary School, Toyoake, Japan on 09 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:22 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N2JCES. The contact should be audible over Japan and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Toyoake is a city contiguous to the east in Nagoya-shi, Aichi. The children (about 870 students) are learinig many knowledge of science and engineering through various experiments. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What kind of experiments do you carry out, in ISS? 2. What is the most beautiful scenery, that you can see from ISS? 3. Can aurora be seen from ISS? 4. During the stay in ISS, do you have any free time? 5. While in ISS, what is the most difficult daily routine? 6. In space, which planet would you like to visit? 7. In future,can human beings live in space? 8. I heard that, in space one grows taller. Is it true? 9. From ISS, do the stars look beautiful? 10. How many times a day do you go around the Earth? 11. Have you ever suffered from space sickness? 12. Other than Earth, do you think human beings or animals exist in space? 13. How does the Earth look like, from ISS? 14. What do you do, when you fall sick in ISS? 15. What shape and size can the moon be seen from ISS? 16. At the time of rocket launching, do you feel any sickness? 17. How do you sleep in the ISS? 18. In ISS, how do you dispose garbage and waste products? 19. What do you eat in ISS? 20. In ISS, for how many days can food, air and water be stored? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Sign up for the SAREX maillist at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Escola Estadual "Gonçalves Dias", Boa Vista, Brazil, direct via PV8DX Thu, 13Feb2014, 17:19 UTC 2. ITIS Giovanni Caramuel, Vigevano, Italy, telebridge via AH6NM Sat, 15Feb2014, 10:11 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- 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 Takatsuki Dai 1 Junior High School, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Takatsuki Dai 1 Junior High School, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan on 08 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:11 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N3T. The contact should be audible over Japan and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. Language to be used for the contact has not been announced. Takatsuki Dai 1 Junior High School opened on April 22,1947. It is the oldest Junior High School in the Takatsuki city and has a long history. It is centrally located and is next to the old castle foundation. There are now 404 students in a attendance. They all study hard and pursue sports actively. 学校概要高槻市立第一中学校は、１９４７年４月２２日に設立された、市内で一番古く長い歴史を持った中学校です。また、中学校は市内中心部の高槻城跡に位置しています。現在４０４名が在籍しており、勉学とスポーツに励んでいます。 Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the hardest work for astronaut? 2. Can I go into space if I have bad teeth? 3. Why did you become an astronaut? 4. Is space very beautiful? 5. What do you do if you get sick or injured? 6. Can you see shooting stars from the space station? 7. How long do you stay in the station? 8. How do you sleep there? 9. Do you hear any sound in the space station? 10. How many stars are there near the earth? 11. Did your sense of values change? 12. Do you think that humankind will be able to live in the space in the future? 13. How do you say if you express by a single word? 14. How can you see the shooting star? 15. What kind of risk are you haunted by in the space? 16. What kind of building do you see in the space? 17. How did you study to be an astronaut? 18. What is fun about living in space as an astronaut? 19. How large is the space station? 20. How does the earth look like ? 21. How do you spend your free time? 22. What is the weight of your clothes ? 23. Do you play any games in the space station? 24. What is the most delicious space food? 25. What kind of toilet do you have there? 26. What do you think a hard time to become an astronaut? 27. Is it true not to get old if you go to the space? 28. What is the charm in the space? 29. Can you see a night sky from the space? 30. When you went to the space for the first time, how did you think? 31. What kind of life do you live with the spaceship mainly? １．宇宙飛行士の仕事の中で一番大変なことは何ですか。２．宇宙には、虫歯があると行けませんか？３．なぜ宇宙飛行士になろうと思ったのですか。４．宇宙は、とてもきれいですか？５．もし病気になってしまったらどうするのですか。６．流れ星は見えますか？７．何日くらい宇宙ステーションにいるのですか。８．寝るときはどうするのですか？９．宇宙ステーション内では何か音が聞こえますか。１０．地球の近くに星はどのぐらいありますか１１．価値観はどのように変わりましたか？１２．あなたは、人類が将来スペースに住むことができると思いますか？１３．宇宙を一言で表現するとどういいますか。１４．流れ星はどのように見えますか。１５．宇宙ではどんなリスクがありますか。１６．宇宙からどんな建物が見えますか。１７．あなたは宇宙飛行士になるためにどのように勉強しましたか？１８．宇宙飛行士をしていて一番楽しいのはどんな時ですか。１９．宇宙ステーションはどのくらいの広さですか？２０．宇宙から見た地球はどうですか。２１．自由時間は、何をしますか？２２．宇宙服の重さはどれくらいですか。２３．宇宙船の中で、遊ぶことはありますか？２４．宇宙食の中で一番おいしいのは何ですか。２５．トイレは、どうするのですか？２６．宇宙飛行士になるために一番苦労したことは何ですか。２７．宇宙にいったら老けないというのは本当ですか。２８．スペースの魅力は何ですか？２９．あなたはスペースからの夜空を見ることができますか？３０．はじめて宇宙に行ったときどのように思いましたか。３１．宇宙では主にどんな生活をしていますか。３２．宇宙と地球では住むのにどちらがいいですか? 32. Which is interesting, living on the earth or in the space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: § Sign up for the SAREX maillist at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex § Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). § To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Chuuou Elementary School, Toyoake, Japan, direct via 8N2TCES Sun, 09Feb2014, 08:22 UTC 2. Escola Estadual “Gonçalves Dias” , Boa Vista, Brazil, direct via PV8DX Thu, 13Feb2014, 17:19 UTC 3. ITIS Giovanni Caramuel, Vigevano, Italy, telebridge via AH6NM Sat, 15Feb2014, 10:11 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David – AA4KN --- 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 2014-02-07 05:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-02-07 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Takatsuki Dai 1 Junior High School, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan, direct via 8N3T Contact is a go for: Sat 2014-02-08 09:11:01 UTC 74 deg Chuuou Elementary School, Toyoake, Japan, direct via 8N2TCES Contact is a go for: Sun 2014-02-09 08:22:48 UTC 62 deg Escola Estadual “Gonçalves Dias” , Boa Vista, Brazil, direct via PV8DX Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-02-13 17:19:54 UTC 22 deg ITIS Giovanni Caramuel, Vigevano, Italy, telebridge via AH6NM Contact is a go for: Sat 2014-02-15 10:11:54 UTC 56 deg **************************************************************************** ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. 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 **************************************************************************** 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 2014-02-07 05:30 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 881. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 860. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-01-18 18:30 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. 37/38 on orbit Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky Michael S. Hopkins KF5LJG 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 2014-02-05 19:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-02-05 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Takatsuki Dai 1 Junior High School, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan, direct via 8N3T Contact is a go for: Sat 2014-02-08 09:11:01 UTC 74 deg Chuuou Elementary School, Toyoake, Japan, direct via 8N2TCES Contact is a go for: Sun 2014-02-09 08:22:48 UTC 62 deg Escola Estadual “Gonçalves Dias” , Boa Vista, Brazil, direct via PV8DX (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-02-13 17:19:54 UTC 22 deg (***) ITIS Giovanni Caramuel, Vigevano, Italy, telebridge via AH6NM (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2014-02-15 10:11:54 UTC 56 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. 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 **************************************************************************** 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 2014-02-05 19:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 881. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 860. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-01-18 18:30 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. 37/38 on orbit Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky Michael S. Hopkins KF5LJG 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 2014-01-29 23:00 UTC Quick list of schedu
by AJ9N＠aol.com 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-01-29 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Takatsuki Dai 1 Junior High School, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan, direct via 8N3T Contact is a go for: Sat 2014-02-08 09:11:01 UTC 74 deg (***) Chuuou Elementary School, Toyoake, Japan, direct via 8N2TCES Contact is a go for: Sun 2014-02-09 08:22:48 UTC 62 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. 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 **************************************************************************** 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 2014-01-29 23:00 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 881. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 860. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-01-18 18:30 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. 37/38 on orbit Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky Michael S. Hopkins KF5LJG 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 2014-01-27 17:30 UTC Quick list of schedu
by AJ9N＠aol.com 27 Jan '14

27 Jan '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-01-27 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Takatsuki Dai 1 Junior High School, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan, direct via 8N3T Contact is a go for: Sat 2014-02-08 09:07:28 UTC 81 deg (***) Chuuou Elementary School, Toyoake, Japan, direct via 8N2TCES Contact is a go for: Sun 2014-02-09 08:19:02 UTC 56 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. 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 **************************************************************************** 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 2014-01-27 17:30 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 881. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 860. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-01-18 18:30 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. 37/38 on orbit Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky Michael S. Hopkins KF5LJG 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 Postponed
by John Spasojevich 26 Jan '14

26 Jan '14

Tuesdays ARISS contact has been postponed due to weather conditions at the school. 73, John - AG9D

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-01-24 21:30 UTC Quick list of schedu
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 Jan '14

24 Jan '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-01-24 21:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Indiana Area School District, Indiana, PA, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact has been postponed from Tue 2014-01-28 13:30:33 UTC 62 deg due to weather conditions at the school. (***) New contact time TBD (***) **************************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************************** 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 2014-01-24 21:30 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 881. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 860. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS ********************************************************** ******************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-01-18 18:30 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. 37/38 on orbit Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky Michael S. Hopkins KF5LJG 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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