[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-05-13 04:00 UTC

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2011-05-13  04:00 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:


Tecnico Industriale Statale “Gerolamo e  Margherita Montani”, Fermo, 
I-63023, Italy, direct via I6KZR
Contact was  successful: Thu 2011-05-12 09:57:03 UTC 75 deg (***)

Exhibition  “Scientific and Technical and Innovation Achievements of Russia”
, Madrid, Spain,  direct via EA/RW3WW
Contact apparently was unsuccessful: Thu 2011-05-12 16:11  UTC (***)

English Estates Elementary, Fern Park, Florida, direct  via N4EH
Contact is a go for: Fri 2011-05-13 14:48:26 UTC 26  deg

Exhibition “Scientific and Technical and Innovation  Achievements of Russia”
, Madrid, Spain, direct via EA/RW3WW
Contact is a go  for: Fri 2011-05-13 16:35 UTC

Primary school “Pasquale Luisi”,  Castelluccio Valmaggiore, Foggia, Italy, 
and Secondaria Di 1° Grado “Virgilio”,  Castelluccio , Italy direct via 
IK0USO/7
Contact is a go for: Sat 2011-05-14  09:09:13 UTC 45 deg

Exhibition “Scientific and Technical and  Innovation Achievements of Russia”
, Madrid, Spain, direct via  EA/RW3WW
Contact is a go for Sat 2011-05-14 15:23 UTC

Saint  Petersburg, Russia, direct via TBD
Contact is a go for Sun 2011-05-15 11:10  UTC

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 636. (***)
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:  
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QSL  information may be found at:    
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html    
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's

ISS callsigns:  DPØISS,  NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS,  IRØISS

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The  complete schedule page has been updated as of 2011-05-13 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 2011-05-13 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

Exp. 27 on orbit
Andrey Borisenko
Aleksandr  Samokutyayev
Ronald J. Garan  KF5GPO

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