Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-03-29 22:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Lehman High School, Kyle, Texas, direct via NN5RR Contact was successful: Tue 2011-03-29 17:40:10 UTC 38 deg (***)
Canterbury High School, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VE3TBD Contact is a go for: Wed 2011-03-30 14:56:55 UTC 55 deg
Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale “Leonardo da Vinci”, Pratola Peligna, I-67035, Italy, and Istituto Comprensivo Scolastico “G. Tedeschi”, Pratola Peligna, I-67035, Italy direct via I6IBE Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-04-02 08:34:19 UTC 35 deg
Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale “Enrico Fermi”, Lucca, I-55100, Italy, direct via IQ5LU Contact is a go for: Mon 2011-04-04 07:52:41 UTC 32 deg
Rosebud Secondary College, Rosebud, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Mon 2011-04-04 09:04:15 UTC 25 deg
Scuola Primaria III Circolo “Tiro a Segno”, Fermo, I-63023, Italy, and Scuola Primaria “Viale della Vittoria”, Montecosaro, I-62010, Italy direct via I6KZR Contact is a go for: Wed 2011-04-06 07:10:37 UTC 23 deg
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.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 608. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 40.
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.
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%27s
ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS, IRØISS
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The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-03-29 22:00 UTC. (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf (note change of file type)
The successful school list has been updated as of 2011-03-29 22:00 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
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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.
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Exp. 25 returned to earth on March 16, 2011. Well done everyone! (***) Alexander Kaleri U8MIR Scott J. Kelly Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Exp. 26 on orbit Dmitry Kondratyev Catherine G. Coleman KC5ZTH Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA
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73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors