[sarex] ARISS Contact Saturday

[John Spasojevich]

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

The Explorers Club, New York, New York, USA on Saturday October 25th AOS is
expected at 16:36 UTC

The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds and
will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD in Italy. The contact is
expected to be conducted in English.

The Explorers Club is an international multidisciplinary professional
society dedicated to the advancement of field research and the ideal that
it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore. Founded in New York City
in 1904, The Explorers Club promotes the scientific exploration of land,
sea, air, and space by supporting research and education in the physical,
natural and biological sciences. The Club’s members have been responsible
for an illustrious series of famous firsts: First to the North Pole, first
to the South Pole, first to the summit of Mount Everest, first to the
deepest point in the ocean, first to the surface of the moon—all
accomplished by our members.

 The Explorers Club actively encourages public interest in exploration and
the sciences through its public lectures program, publications, travel
program, and other events. The Club also maintains Research Collections,
including a library and map room, to preserve the history of the Club and
to assist those interested and engaged in exploration and scientific
research. The Club houses a radio room and amateur radio station K2XP.

 On Oct. 25, 2014 The Explorers Club will host a special all-day event
focusing on the history of human spaceflight at Explorers Club headquarters
in New York. This year’s venue will feature astronauts and space-flight
participants from several missions using the Cold War as a backdrop –
Apollo, Soyuz, Space Shuttle and SpaceShipOne. The day will include a mix
of straight-up talks, “Exploring Legends” interviews by Jim Clash, and
panel discussions. Among confirmed story-tellers so far are Gen. Charles
Duke, Apollo 16 moonwalker (and CapCom for the Apollo 11 lunarlanding);
Richard Garriott and Greg Olsen, both of whom flew aboard Soyuz to ISS;
four-time Shuttle/Soyuz veteran Leroy Chiao; Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7
Lunar Module pilot; Catherine “Cady” Coleman, who performed a live flute
duet with Ian Anderson aboard ISS (and who will play at the Club’s event);
and Brian Binnie, who piloted SpaceShipOne to win the Ansari X Prize in
2004. The ARISS contact and interview will be an integral segment of this
human-exploration experience and public discovery.

Audio from this contact will be fed into the:

EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) Server

IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector

Streaming on the web 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.

Due to changes with the AMSAT Server your connection may time out. If you
are listening on a computer set your timers to 0 ( open the echolink
program then click TOOLS - SETUP - TIMING and set the receive and
inactivity timers to 0 )  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