[sarex] ARISS Contact Saturday

[John Spasojevich]

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at

*Space Jam 8, **Rantoul Airport & Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL USA
- Saturday 2 August - AOS anticipated at 12:23 UTC*

The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The
contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ in Santa Rosa,
California, USA. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the
U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz
downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

Though primarily a weekend Scouting and STEM education event, we are open
to all interested youth. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Venturing Crews from
22 states and this year Canada have come together in an educational and fun
format to learn more about the life skills that will prepare them for the
increasingly complex technological future. While it is well known that
Scouting teaches pioneering skills like camping and wilderness survival,
the new pioneers and wilderness are in outer space and we are working hard
at 44 technology oriented Merit Badges and activities, plus some fun things
like the Duct Tape Merit Badge and experiencing 1/3 gravity. Talking to the
astronauts on the ISS is an unforgettable part of the experience at Space
Jam and that's next on our list. We will not know for many years whether
one of these youths becomes an astronaut themselves but it is certain that
they are all part of tomorrow's leaders.

Audio from this contact will be fed into the:

EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377)

IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector

Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/

Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes
prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the
preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station
call to the ISS.

Please note that on Echolink there are automatic breaks of 1.5 seconds in
the audio transmission. These occur every 2.5 minutes during the event.
Breaks on IRLP are manual and occur approximately after every third
question.

** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other
manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes
**

73,

John - AG9D

ARISS Audio Distribution