Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-04-12 04:00 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

John XXIII College, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact was successful: Mon 2011-04-11 07:17:46 UTC 56 deg (***)

Hopewell Ave Public School, Ottawa, ON, Canada, telebridge via WH6PN Contact is a go for: Wed 2011-04-13 16:10:29 UTC 32 deg

Istituto Sociale, Torino, Italy, telebridge via K6DUE Contact is a go for: Thu 2011-04-14 08:49:47 UTC 34 deg

Toyota Children’s Scientific Expedition, Toyota, Aichi, Japan, direct via 8N2T (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2011-04-18 10:05:45 UTC 45 deg (***)

Primary School “Dante Alighieri” De Neuquen, Neuquen – Patagonia, Argentina, direct via LU8YY (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2011-04-18 12:25:04 UTC 81 deg (***)

Istituto Comprensivo Dedalo 2000 – Scuola secondaria di Cingia de’ Botti (CR), Solarolo Rainerio, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-04-23 09:13:47 UTC 53 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 616. (***) 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 2011-04-12 04:00 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 2011-04-12 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 .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. 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