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Scout contest for ARISS contact at National Scouting Museum announced.
by Tom Schuessler 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

Below is the announcement from the National Scouting Museum here in Irving, Texas about a contest to select Scouts to be the questioners in an upcoming ARIAA contact currently scheduled for Jamboree on the Air, (JOTA) weekend, October 20th. Scouts who enter should be capable of getting to Irving for JOTA but that should mean most of Texas, Oklahoma, western LA and Arkansas. Please pass this along to any Scouts or Scouters you know ASAP as there is only a short time in the contest. Deadline for submissions is September 15th. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP ScoutRadio Coordinator, Irving Amateur Radio Club http://irvingarc.org n5hyp(a)amsat.org _____________________________________________________________________ From: Office of Museum Department [OfficeOf.MuseumDepartment(a)scouting.org] Subject: Want to talk to an astronaut? ATTENTION SCOUTS AND VENTURERS! Have you ever wanted to speak with an astronaut in space? Here's your chance! On October 20, 2012, the National Scouting Museum will contact an astronaut on the International Space Station via amateur radio, during the 55th Jamboree On-The-Air (JOTA). Answer the following question: Why should we continue space exploration? in 100 words or less, and send your response to nsmuseum(a)scouting.org before 11:59 p.m., Friday, September 15, 2012 for your chance to be selected to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Contest Details Competition is open to all currently registered Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, Sea Scouts, and Venturers. All submissions must include the following information: name, rank, unit and unit number. Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m., Friday, September 15, 2012. Indicate if you have any experience with amateur radio or STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) subjects, as well as if you have earned the Astronomy academic belt loop and pin for Cub Scouts, the Space Exploration and/or the Astronomy merit badges, and any other special interests and training related to amateur radio, STEM, or space. As many as 25 participants will be selected. Winners will be notified on September 20, 2012. Please click here to subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your email address. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA National Scouting Museum 1329 West Walnut Hill Lane Irving, Texas 75038 1-800-303-3047 www.nationalscoutingmuseum.org

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-09 22:15 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-09 22:15 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD Contact was unsuccessful: Thu 2012-08-09 18:39:36 UTC 22 deg (***) ARISS is attempting to determine what happened. (***) Kangaroo Inn Area School, Kangaroo Inn, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Tue 2012-08-14 08:29:40 UTC 62 deg Wada Elementary School, Nagawa Town, Japan, direct via 8NØWADA Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-16 08:01:55 UTC 41 deg Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, 2011-12-10, direct via JJ1YAF Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-17 07:09:31 UTC 68 deg The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 741. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 724. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. 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, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-08-09 22:15 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-08-06 06:30 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 ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf **************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. **************************************************************************** Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-06 18:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-06 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-09 18:39:36 UTC 22 deg Kangaroo Inn Area School, Kangaroo Inn, South Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2012-08-14 08:29:40 UTC 62 deg (***) Wada Elementary School, Nagawa Town, Japan, direct via 8NØWADA (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-16 08:01:55 UTC 41 deg (***) Meikei High School, Tsukuba, Japan, 2011-12-10, direct via JJ1YAF (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2012-08-17 07:09:31 UTC 68 deg (***) The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 741. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 724. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. 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, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-08-06 18:30 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-08-06 06:30 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 ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf **************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. **************************************************************************** Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS Contact Thursday 9 AUGUST
by John Spasojevich 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Please join us in listening to an International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at the Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps on Thursday, August 9 at 18:39 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and IK1SLD in Italy. The contact should be audible over Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The museum has run science camps for children in the Ottawa area for over 12 years. The summer of 2012 will see five concurrent camps for 125 children ages 6-12 for seven weeks of the summer. Each of the five camps has a different theme incorporating various aspects of science, technology and engineering and all will participate in the ISS link-up. Other activities will include launching a space balloon, building and programming robots, cryogenic demonstrations, launching water rockets and using robotic arms. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: IRLP Node 9010 Discovery and the EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers 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 manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John - AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution

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2012-08-06 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report August 6, 2012 1. Upcoming School Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for the Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps on Thursday, August 9 at 18:39 UTC via station IK1SLD in Italy. The museum has run science camps for children in the Ottawa area for over 12 years. The summer of 2012 will see five concurrent camps for 125 children ages 6-12 for seven weeks of the summer. Each of the five camps has a different theme incorporating various aspects of science, technology and engineering and all will participate in the ISS link-up. Other activities will include launching a space balloon, building and programming robots, cryogenic demonstrations, launching water rockets and using robotic arms. 2. Space Jam Contact Successful Scouts attending Space Jam 6, which was held at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum in Rantoul, Illinois, participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with ISS astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI on Sunday, August 5. Hoshide was able to answer 22 space-related questions posed by the scouts before losing the radio connection. Space Jam focused on "The History of Aviation" this year and offered lessons on Space Exploration, Radio, Aviation, Electronics and Robotics among other STEM topics. Approximately 1000 scouts, leaders and parents turned out for Space Jam 6 this year. 3. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS The August 3 Amateur Radio Newsline report #1825 carried two news items concerning the ARISS program. The first item covers the new Ericsson which is slated to be launched to the ISS in November and the second is about Frank Bauer returning to his leadership role at AMSAT. To view "Ham Radio in Space: New 2 Meter Radio to Launch to the ISS" and "Names in the News: KA3HDO Returns to AMSAT as VP of Human Spaceflight," see: http://www.arnewsline.org/storage/scripts/nsln1825.txt

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-06 06:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-06 06:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, direct via WB9SA Contact was successful: Sun 2012-08-05 10:06:53 UTC 58 deg (***) Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-09 18:39:36 UTC 22 deg The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 741. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 724. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. 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, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-08-06 06:30 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-08-06 06:30 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 ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf **************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. **************************************************************************** Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AMSAT Board of Directors Election Reminder
by Alan P. Biddle 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

By now, all members in good standing of AMSAT-NA should have received their ballots, including the position biographies by the candidates. Additional information for those interested can be found in the minutes of the 2011 Board Meeting which appear in the current issue of the AMSAT Journal. We have a full slate of candidates this year. Remember, this is one of your best opportunities to make your views on the path of our organization known. More details, courtesy of the AMSAT News Service, can be found below. 73s, Alan WA4SCA AMSAT Corporate Secretary -------------------------------------------- AMSAT Board of Directors 2012 Ballots in the Mail Ballots for the 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election have been mailed to all members. Also included is biographical information about each of the candidates. Select no more than three of the six listed candidates (in alphabetical order): + Tom Clark, K3IO + Steve Coy, K8UD + Mark Hammond, N8MH + Lou McFadin, W5DID + Gould Smith, WA4SXM + Patrick E. Stoddard, WD9EWK The 3 candidates receiving the most votes will become directors serving 2 year terms. The 2 receiving the next highest number of votes will be seated as alternates for 1 year terms. You must mail your ballot back to be received at the AMSAT-NA Office no later than the close of business on September 15, 2012: AMSAT 850 Sligo Avenue, #600 Silver Spring, MD 20910

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Upcoming ARISS contact with the Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada on 09 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:39 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy 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. The Canada Science and Technology Museum is a national museum located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Museum's day camps are a large part of the educational strategy of the Museum to cultivate scientific, technological and engineering literacy in Canada. Our Summer Camps programs have run for over 12 years for children aged 6-12 with a curiosity for science. Each of the five camps has a different theme incorporating various aspects of science, technology and engineering: Adventures in Science (ages 6-8), Gadgets and Gizmos (ages 6-8), Junior Astronomers (ages 6-8), Ultimate Builders (ages 9-12) and Adventures in Robotics (ages 9-12). Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. When you were a kid, did you always know you wanted to be an astronaut? 2. Can you tell us about one of the experiments you're doing on the space station, and how it will help us back on Earth? 3. I am in the Robotics summer camp at the Museum, and would like to know in what ways robots are being used on the space station? 4. I am in the Junior Astronomers Camp at the Museum. What is your favourite planet or moon in our Solar System, and why? 5. Do you ever have a good night's sleep on the space station, and do you dream the same way as you do on Earth? 6. What is the scariest part of being in space? 7. There are people from around the world on the space station, how do you choose which countries astronauts come from, and which ones get to go? 8. My least favourite subject in school is Math, but my teacher tells me it is important to learn. Do you ever use mathematics as an astronaut or on the space station? 9. What food do you miss the most from Earth? 10. Why do you think space travel is important to science and engineering? 11. Roberta Bondar was the first Canadian woman in space. Since then, how many women have been in space? 12. What are the different jobs an astronaut can have on board the space station? 13. If you had not become an astronaut, what profession would you be in? 14. Would you ever want to go to on a mission to Mars? Why or why not? 15. What is the most valuable thing you have learned since becoming an astronaut? 16. What advice would you give to someone who wants to be an astronaut? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. 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

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL on 5 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:06 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and WB9SA. The contact should be audible over the central U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Space Jam 6 is a Boy Scout and Girl Scout weekend event that helps to prepare youth for an increasingly technology oriented future. While we still teach our core pioneering skills, today's pioneers are involved in the space program. If the young people today want to be ready for this future they need the STEM skills that we focus on. Space Exploration, Robotics, Electronics, Radio, Engineering and Aviation are just a few of the 38 merit badges we are offering. Our theme this year is the History of Aviation and with the help of the Young Eagles program we are able to offer actual airplane rides to Scouts. Our event is located at the Rantoul, Illinois Airport, formally the Chanute Air Base, where some Tuskegee airman began their training and we will have a couple representatives give a keynote speech to the Scouts. Next year, our theme will be the Future of Space Exploration. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How old were you when you decided to become an astronaut? 2. How important is it to be fit in space? 3. What advice would you give to young women what want to be astronauts? 4. Do you like flying helicopters, airplanes or spaceships best? 5. Can you see your home from space? 6. Can you swim in the air in the space station? 7. What is the most important change in the space station? 8. Is it true that it will take over a year to go to Mars and back? 9. What vegetables can you grow in space on your way to Mars? 10. Do you think we should artificially isolate a test crew for a year? 11. During a heavily automated flight to Mars, how would you personally fight boredom? 12. Will the crew on a Mars mission have both men and women? 13. Could the landing capsule on Mars transform into a self contained rover with wheels? 14. How will spacesuits be different on Mars and have you tried on the Mark 3 spacesuit? 15. Is it true that dust devils on Mars create huge static electrical charges? 16. Will we find water on Mars and where? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD Thu 9 Aug 2012, 18:39 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-02 18:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 Aug '12

02 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-02 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, direct via WB9SA Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-05 10:06:53 UTC 58 deg Canada Science and Technology Museum Summer Day Camps, Ottawa, ON, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-08-09 18:39:36 UTC 22 deg (***) The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 740. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 723. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. 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, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-08-02 18:00 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-07-26 16:30 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 ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf **************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. **************************************************************************** Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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