Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-17 02:00 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

Redmond High School, Redmond, Washington, telebridge via ON4ISS Successful Mon 2007-04-16 21:23 UTC 75 deg via ON4ISS (***)

Cedar Point Elementary, Bristow, Virginia, telebridge via VK5ZAI Tue 2007-04-17 19:12 UTC 67 deg via VK5ZAI Simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web(Discovery Reflector and Verizon).

Scuola Europea Varese, Varese Italy, telebridge via VK4KHZ Mon 2007-04-23 14:40 UTC 55 deg via VK4KHZ Watch for simulcast for Echolink, IRLP and Web (Discovery Reflector and Verizon)

Kingston Elementary School, Virginia Beach via direct via KN4KL Mon 2007-04-23 18:33 UTC 40 deg

Christian Life Elementary School, Rockford, Illinois, direct via N9SH Wed 2007-04-25 19:10 UTC 43 deg

Samuel-von-Pufendorf Gymnasium, D-09557 Floeha, Germany, direct via DL0GYM Sat 2007-04-28 14:04 UTC 77 deg

Total number of ARISS school contacts is 284. (***)

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, RS0ISS

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The schedule page has been updated as of 2007-04-17 02:00 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 2007-04-17 02:00 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 has been a rumor 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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Expedition 14 on orbit: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT

Expedition 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB

Expedition 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov

Expedition 15 future: Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Daniel Tani KD5DXE

Soyuz 14S/13S on orbit: Charles Simonyi KE7KDP/HA5SIK

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73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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