[amsat-bb] ARISS school contact

[Stefan Wagener]

Yes, the use the new D710 in the Russian module.

Stefan

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 3:53 PM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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