Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-08-25 17:30 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

SPACE KAMP – Sterrenlab, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, telebridge via IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Tue 2014-08-26 11:36:32 UTC 65 deg

Winfree Bryant Middle School, Lebanon, TN, direct via WC4AR Contact is a go for: Tue 2014-08-26 16:12:47 UTC 24 deg

Dorothy Grant Elementary, Fontana, CA, direct via K6DGE Contact is go for: Wed 2014-08-27 18:31:28 UTC 83 deg

Gymnasium Siegburg Alleestraße, Siegburg, Germany, direct via DN6KW (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2014-09-01 13:12:54 UTC 88 deg (***) Current plans are to stream this contact via Ham TV. (***)

Evansville Day School, Evansville, IN, direct via TBD (***) Contact is a go for: Wed 2014-09-03 14:31:59 UTC 53 deg (***)

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From 2014-11-10 to 2014-12-07, there will be no US Operational Segment

(USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team.

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ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com.

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ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com.

**************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/

Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.

**************************************************************************** *** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.

http://www.ariss-eu.org/ **************************************************************************** *** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools:

Gaston ON4WF with 117 Francesco IKØWGF with 103 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 103

**************************************************************************** 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 The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2014-08-25 17:30 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

Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 918. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 897. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46.

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 2014 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2015 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@mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320.

The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, 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.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html

ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS

**************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-08-22 20:30 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

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 39/40 on orbit Steve Swanson Aleksander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev

Exp. 40/41 on orbit Maxim Suraev Gregory Wiseman KF5LKT Alexander Gerst KF5ONO

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