Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2009-03-17 04:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Alessandro Volta”, Mandello Del Lario, Lecco, Italy, direct and telebridge via I2JRY to IZ2PBM to I2JRY Contact is a go for: Fri 2009-03-27 14:03:42 UTC 32 deg
Cotswold School, Christchurch, New Zealand, via telebridge VK5ZAI (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2009-03-26 23:52:23 UTC 37 deg (***)
St. Joseph High School, Nepean, ON, Canada, telebridge via LU1CGB Contact is a go for Fri 2009-03-27 13:38:38 UTC 88 deg
Parkside Community College, Parkside, Cambridge, UK direct via GB4FUN Contact is a go for Mon 2009-03-30 17:00:49 UTC 80 deg
The Girl’s Middle School, Mountain View, CA via telebridge K6DUE Contact is a go for: Mon 2009-03-30 18:22:06 UTC 86
Marcelino Canino Canino Middle School, Dorado, Puerto Rico, 2009-01-27, direct via KP4RF Contact is a go for Tue 2009-03-31 15:36:19 UTC 74 deg
Milwee Middle School, Longwood, Florida telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for Wed 2009-04-01 17:55:42 UTC 33 deg
Carl Sandburg Elementary - Lake Washington School District, Kirkland, WA telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for Thu 2009-04-02 19:35:38 UTC 36 deg
Crossband repeater and packet have been active! Don’t forget to do Doppler correction for the crossband repeater! Don’t forget the keyword here is Repeater. Repeaters have the FM capture effect. Strongest into the machine wins momentarily.
Expedition 18 has now set the record for ARISS contacts by an expedition.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 417. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 22.
QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL%27s
ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS
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The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-03-16 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.txt
The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-03-04 04:00 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... tf
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. 18 on orbit: Michael Fincke KE5AIT Yury Lonchakov RA3DT Sandra Magnus KE5FYE
STS-119 on orbit and chasing the ISS: (***) Lee Archambault Dominic Antonelli Joseph Acaba KE5DAR Richard Arnold KE5DAU John Phillips KE5DRY Steven Swanson Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA (will be staying on the ISS)
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73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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