[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-04-03 16:30 UTC

Wed Apr 3 09:16:53 PDT 2013

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-04-03  16:30 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:

Stratford Academy, Macon, GA, telebridge via  W6SRJ
Contact was successful: Wed 2013-04-03 12:47:51 UTC 72 deg  (***)

ARISS is requesting listener reports for this contact.   Due to issues with 
the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present,  the Ericsson 
radio is going to be used for this contact.  ARISS thanks  everyone in 
advance for their assistance.

820 Chris Hadfield Royal  Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, Milton, Ontario, 
Canada, telebridge via  LU8YY
Contact is a go for: Sat 2013-04-06 20:25:52 UTC 41  deg

Sir George Simpson Jr. High, Albert, AB, Canada, telebridge via  IK1SLD
Contact is a go for: Tue 2013-04-09 20:00:45 UTC 53  deg

Innalik School, Inukjuak, Nunavut, Canada, telebridge via  IK1SLD
Contact is a go for: Fri 2013-04-12 17:30:20 UTC 36  deg

Due to continuing Space X operations, the above times are  subject to last 
minute changes or cancellations.

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  Out of date 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  2013-04-03 16:30 UTC. 
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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 806. (***)
Each school counts as 1  event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 789.  (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time  slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is  44.

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.

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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 2012 has already closed.  
Look for the window for first half 2013  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 at 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, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South  Dakota, Vermont, 
West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas  Islands, 
and the Virgin  Islands.
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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

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The  successful school list has been updated as of 2013-04-03 16:30 UTC.  
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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

ARISS School  Contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415

Successful  ARISS  contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448
Additional  Zoho links may be found at 
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.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.  34/35 on orbit
Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG
Roman Romanenko
Tom  Marshburn KE5HOC

Exp. 35/36 on orbit
Pavel Vinogradov  RV3BS
Aleksandr Misurkin
Christopher J. Cassidy  KF5KDR

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