[sarex] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-04-29 17:30 UTC

Tue Apr 29 10:31:14 PDT 2014

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-04-29  17:30 UTC

Quick list of scheduled contacts and  events:

Aboshinishi Elementary School, Himeji-City, Japan, direct  via 8N3AB
Contact was successful: Tue 2014-04-29 09:05:15 UTC 80 deg  (***)

Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via  NRØT
Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-05-01 16:28:17 UTC 55  deg

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Starting  2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had 
to move 3  schools back to our long term waiting list.  We hope to get to 
them in the  fall of 2014.  There are also several other schools that are on 
the list  for possible postponement to the fall.  From 2014-05-12 to 
2014-06-15,  ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no 
hams  onboard.
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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.  Feel free to send your reports to 
aj9n at amsat.org or  aj9n at aol.com.

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Several  of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and 
not being able  to get in.  That has now been changed to  
http://www.ariss.org/

Note that there are links to other ARISS  websites from this  site.

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Looking  for something new to do?  How about receiving DATV from the ISS?   
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete  
details.  Look for the buttons indicating Ham  Video.                               

http://www.ariss-eu.org/    
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ARISS  congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 
schools:  

Gaston ON4WF with 117 
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 102  (***)
Francesco IKØWGF with  101

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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  Out of date 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  2014-04-29 17:30 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 903. (***)
Each school counts as 1  event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 882.  (***)
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time  slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is  46.

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 2014 has already closed.  
Look for the window for first half 2015  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, 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.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html 

ISS callsigns:  DPØISS,  NA1SS, OR4ISS,  RSØISS

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The  successful school list has been updated as of 2014-04-29 17:30 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

https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp.  38/39 on orbit
Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA 
Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT
Richard A.  Mastracchio KC5ZTE

Exp. 39/40 on orbit
Steve Swanson  
Aleksander Skvortsov
Oleg  Artemyev

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