[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-07-21 06:00 UTC

Sat Jul 20 22:49:46 PDT 2013

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-07-21  06:00 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:

Boy Scouts of America, 2013 National Jamboree, K2BSA, Mount  Hope, WV, 
direct via K2BSA
Contact was successful: Sat 2013-07-20 15:34:46  UTC 41 deg (***)

Colegio Urugua, El Pinar, Uruguay, via  LU8YY
Contact was successful: Sat 2013-07-20 19:05:21 UTC 40 deg  (***)

Scuola Italiana di Montevideo (SIM), Montevideo, Uruguay,  telebridge via 
VK5ZAI
Contact is a go for: Mon 2013-07-22 11:39:46 UTC 84  deg

Simulation contact Radioclub of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, direct  via ON4CP
Contact is a go for Mon. 2013-07-22 approximately 18:30-19:30  UTC
This training session is with Alexander Gerst  KF5ONO.

Simulation contact Radioclub of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium,  direct via ON4CP
Contact is a go for Mon. 2013-07-22 approximately  18:30-19:30 UTC
This training session is with Reid Wiseman  KF5LKT.

ESA Space Camp 2013, Radstadt, Austria, telebridge via  VK4KHZ
Contact is a go for: Wed 2013-07-24 11:44:06 UTC 67  deg

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.

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Looking  for something new to do?  How about receiving DATV from the ISS? 
If  interested, then please review the document provided by Gaston Bertels  
ON4WF, the ARISS-Europe  Chairman.                                          

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/HamTV.pdf                           

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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  Out of date 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  2013-07-21 06:00 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 833. (***)
Each school counts as 1  event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 815.  (***)
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 2013-07-21 06:00  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

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

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2013-07-21  06:00 UTC