[amsat-bb] ARISS school contact

[John Brier]

While we're talking about ARISS contacts, I have a question.

When the cosmonauts do these contacts, do they use the more powerful
Kenwood radio in the Zvezda Russian service module or do they use the
same setup that most other astronauts use in the Columbus Module?

Because I received a 7 degree pass [1] full scale on the S-meter with
Gennady Padalka and an Oklahoma group, where the ISS was even further
west from them, I believe over Colorado. Whereas today's 23 degree
pass for me I was only getting S-5 or S-7 at the most.

John, KG4AKV

1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-XIz5OUXn4

Note: do not call the ISS before, during, or after a scheduled
contact. You could confuse them or interfere. That was a mistake I
made.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:33 PM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> I heard the majority of it here in Raleigh, NC (FM05). People should
> consider listening even for ISS contacts in different states/areas. I
> received the entire contact with New York here in Raleigh once:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGFEanljOG8
>
> Last Saturday I even heard the tail end of a contact that was
> happening in Arizona. Granted I was on the Blue Ridge parkway in the
> Appalachian mountains, but still. Don't have that one on YouTube yet.
>
> Most impressively I heard the very beginning of a contact via a
> telebridge in Italy:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsaIN1R6LfY
>
> The only reason I heard that though is because Gennady Padalka started
> calling Italy 6 or 7 minutes early. I actually forgot about the
> contact and was in the middle of calling them for a random contact. I
> returned the call only because that's what I thought he was calling
> for, but you shouldn't call them when they are doing scheduled school
> contacts so as not to confuse them or interfere.
>
> John, KG4AKV
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 12:42 PM,  <skristof at etczone.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Webstreaming is a great idea!
>>
>> But, I believe that I am in the running for "Nerd of the Month" at my
>> school for standing in the parking lot with my HT and my Arrow antenna,
>> and with a voice recorder in my shirt pocket and the microphone clipped
>> to my tie.
>>
>> Steve AI9IN
>>
>> On 2015-08-27 12:18, AJ9N at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks George,
>>>
>>> It was an outstanding contact and was also webstreamed.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the report.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Charlie AJ9N
>>> ARISS mentor for Maconaquah Schools
>>>
>>> In a message dated 8/27/2015 9:16:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, gkcarr at go-express.net writes:
>>>
>>>> I, too, received excellent audio from the ISS in EM30.
>>>> George
>>>> WA5KBH
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: skristof at etczone.com
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 11:11
>>>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS school contact
>>>>
>>>> Had excellent reception (RS 59) horizon to horizon of the astronaut's
>>>> side of the QSO between the ISS and Bunker Hill School, Indiana.
>>>>
>>>> I am located at Ivy Tech Community College in Batesville, IN (southeast
>>>> corner of state, Grid EM79jg).
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much to the astronauts, the folks in Bunker Hill School,
>>>> and everyone who supports ARISS for making this possible.
>>>>
>>>> I did record it, but haven't checked my recording yet.
>>>>
>>>> Steve AI9IN
>>>>
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