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Today's Topics:
1. Re: ISS SSTV - Orbit Boost (Joe Fitzgerald)
2. Re: ISS Beacons (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
3. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-04-20 08:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
4. Re: ISS Beacons (Robert Switzer)
5. Upcoming ARISS contact with STEM Trajectory Initiative with
Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico
(n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
6. Re: ISS Beacons (message - correction) (Robert Bruninga)
7. Upcoming ARISS contact with Wellesley House School,
Broadstairs, Kent, UK (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
8. Re: ISS Beacons (message - correction)
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
9. LL Grace - Kansas City Tracker/Tuner Satellite Antenna
Controller/Doppler CI-V (Joe Leikhim)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 21:23:43 -0400
From: Joe Fitzgerald <jfitzgerald@xxxx.xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV - Orbit Boost
Message-ID: <5716DA1F.8020008@xxxx.xxx.xxx>
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On 4/13/2016 10:09 AM, skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
>
>
> Can we reasonably assume that the AMSAT Pass Prediction page is
> appropriately updated? I'm not sure how that works.
>
>
The AMSAT Pass Prediction page is based on the same TLE's that appear in
nasabare.txt. Elements for ISS are updated daily based on TLE's from
the Johnson Space Flight Center. Other elements are updated weekly,
with new satellites added as soon as reliable data are available.
73 de KM1P Joe
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 04:13:01 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS Beacons
Message-ID:
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Hi Mark!
You can do a CQ over the ISS digipeater, or just send something like
an APRS position packet or a packet with your position and a short
comment. If you use APRS messages, you can use them to make QSOs.
I just did that tonight for the first time in a few months,
working two Texas stations with my TH-D72A HT and Elk log periodic
from my driveway. Using the ariss.net wen site, I could see my
packets and most of my two QSOs captured by Internet gateways,
and a missed QSO with a California station. My TH-D72A will store
and display APRS messages, but freeform twxt typed into a terminal
program won't be displayed on my HT unless the text is formatted
as an APRS message. For example, a station could type this and (if I
receive it) have it displayed on my HT's screen and saved as a
received APRS message:
WD9EWK-9 :hello from (grid, city/state, etc.)
On my HT, I'd see the call that sent this message, and the text following
the space and colon that trail my call. This makes it easy for stations
using the APRS-capable radios, as well as software like UISS, to make
QSOs and both sides seeing the QSO happen.
It tends to be rapid-fire, since you only have up to 10 minutes in
an ISS pass, and there could be a lot of activity coming through the
ISS digipeater - especially the further east you go in the continental
USA. Passes that only touch the southwestern USA are really easy
for the low-power stations (like me) to get through. I do OK on other
passes that cover more of the country, even with only 5W.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:23 AM, Mark Lunday <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx> wrote:
> <My first packet on an ISS pass always includes a CQ.>
>
> OK, call me ill-informed, I did not know you could do CQ and
> keyboard-to-keyboard QSO's. I thought you could only send short messages.
> Is that how you do it? The ISS pass is so fast...
>
> Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
>
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 04:07:26 -0400
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-04-20
08:00 UTC
Message-ID: <76e87.3890a61a.444892be@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-04-20 08:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
STEM Trajectory Initiative with Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque
New Mexico, direct via NM5HD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-04-22 17:32:37 UTC 83 deg
Wellesley House School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK, direct via GB1WHS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-04-23 12:10:50 UTC 62 deg
Watch for HamTV coverage
The Derby High School, Bury, UK, direct via GB1DHS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-04-25 12:02:27 UTC 49 deg
Istituto Comprensivo Statale ?Diego Valeri?, Campolongo Maggiore, Italy,
direct via IZ3YRA
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-04-27 08:42:41 UTC 66 deg; now postponed at
school's request. (***)
****************************************************************************
**
The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now
closed. The window was open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for
contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30.
Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website
http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details of future
proposal windows.
****************************************************************************
**
The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open.
The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts
between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30.
Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website
http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details.
************************************************
******************************
ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@xxxxx.xxx or aj9n@xxx.xxx.
****************************************************************************
***
All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted.
****************************************************************************
***
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.
****************************************************************************
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/
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
****************************************************************************
ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Gaston ON4WF with 121
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 117
Francesco IK?WGF with 116
****************************************************************************
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 2016-04-20 08:00 UTC.
(***)
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 1045.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1010.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47.
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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Arkansas, Delaware, Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin
Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-04-18 19:00 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
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************
Exp. 46 on orbit
Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP
Exp. 47 on orbit
Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
Oleg Skripochka RN3FU
Aleksey Ovchinin
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:10:50 +0000 (UTC)
From: Robert Switzer <rs2atmink@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "patrick@xxxxxx.xxxx <patrick@xxxxxx.xxx>, AMSAT BB
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS Beacons
Message-ID:
<308360604.3209863.1461165050780.JavaMail.yahoo@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Patrick,
Thanks, the other op has replied back and will upload to LOTW later today.
Rob KA2CZU
On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:06 AM, Patrick STODDARD
<patrick@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
Rob,
You just make sure replies go to amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx if you want them
to go back to the list. I think the list may be set up so simply
pressing Reply will reply to whoever posted the message.
I saw your post on the QRZ satellite forum, and I plan on posting
there as well. Nice job! Keep in mind that you can have a QSO, even
if the http://ariss.net site doesn't capture all of the transmissions
that make up your QSO. It's just like anything else - if both stations
make the exchange and consider it a QSO, it's a QSO.
73!
Patrick
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Robert Switzer <rs2atmink@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
(Not sure how to reply to the thread)
Got my first ISS contact on yesterday's 21:39z pass using a baofeng uv5r,
elk, mobilinkd tnc2 and a cheap droid ( non active ) phone.
The channel was very busy so I only got one contact through but the other op
was able to get 4 or 5,Based on the logs.
I didn't look for my info on arises.net later and saw you, but not sure if
or how I can poke back for earlier pass data.
73,
Rob KA2CZU
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
On Wednesday, April 20, 2016, 12:13 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
<amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
Hi Mark!
You can do a CQ over the ISS digipeater, or just send something like
an APRS position packet or a packet with your position and a short
comment. If you use APRS messages, you can use them to make QSOs.
I just did that tonight for the first time in a few months,
working two Texas stations with my TH-D72A HT and Elk log periodic
from my driveway. Using the ariss.net wen site, I could see my
packets and most of my two QSOs captured by Internet gateways,
and a missed QSO with a California station. My TH-D72A will store
and display APRS messages, but freeform twxt typed into a terminal
program won't be displayed on my HT unless the text is formatted
as an APRS message. For example, a station could type this and (if I
receive it) have it displayed on my HT's screen and saved as a
received APRS message:
WD9EWK-9 :hello from (grid, city/state, etc.)
On my HT, I'd see the call that sent this message, and the text following
the space and colon that trail my call. This makes it easy for stations
using the APRS-capable radios, as well as software like UISS, to make
QSOs and both sides seeing the QSO happen.
It tends to be rapid-fire, since you only have up to 10 minutes in
an ISS pass, and there could be a lot of activity coming through the
ISS digipeater - especially the further east you go in the continental
USA. Passes that only touch the southwestern USA are really easy
for the low-power stations (like me) to get through. I do OK on other
passes that cover more of the country, even with only 5W.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:23 AM, Mark Lunday <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx> wrote:
> <My first packet on an ISS pass always includes a CQ.>
>
> OK, call me ill-informed, I did not know you could do CQ and
> keyboard-to-keyboard QSO's.? I thought you could only send short messages.
> Is that how you do it?? The ISS pass is so fast...
>
> Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
>
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:42:19 -0400
From: <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <ariss-press@xxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-edu" <amsat-edu@xxxxx.xxx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with STEM Trajectory
Initiative with Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Message-ID: <81F9B30ED1304B12926C719901E20AE1@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at STEM Trajectory Initiative with Albuquerque Public Schools,
Albuquerque, New Mexico on 22 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at
approximately 17:32 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9
minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and NM5HD.
The contact should be audible over New Mexico, USA and adjacent areas.
Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The
contact is expected to be conducted in English.
Valley High School (VHS) is one of twelve high schools in the Albuquerque
Public School (APS) district. It is physically located at 1505 Candelaria
Road N.W., Albuquerque, New Mexico, and our elevation is 4976 feet. Valley
HS is one of the "oldest' high schools in Albuquerque, established in the
summer of 1954 with their first graduating class of 1955. "Back in the day"
students would walk or ride a horse to school as the HS had stables, an
active farm, and taught ranching along with the a variety of academic
programs.
Today, VHS is leading APS in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM). Our STEM programs include amateur radio, model rocket (both low and
high powered), underwater robotics, radio controlled aircraft, high altitude
balloon flights, and unmanned aerial vehicles (small drone helicopters).
Currently VHS has 1,371 students enrolled, 150 faculty on staff. Our school
colors are Maroon and Gold. Our mascot is the Scandinavian Viking.
On Friday, April 22nd 2016, APS along with VHS, West Mesa HS, Garfield MS,
John Adams MS, and Carlos Ray ES will make radio contact with the ISS using
an Amateur Radio station. The students and staff of all these schools with
to express our sincere thanks to NASA team, ISS crew, and ARRL for making
this radio contact possible. On behalf of the U.S. Air Force Junior ROTC
program, APS, and all our STEM students and staff we welcome this contact
with the Land of Enchantment.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What is the most interesting or amazing thing you have seen in space?
Would you relive the moment if you had the chance?
2. How many times a week do you exercise and what types of exercises do you
do to keep your body strong?
3. You have been testing how mice embryos react to micro gravity as they
develop. From these results, can a woman have a successful pregnancy in
these conditions?
4. How does being in space affect your ability to digest food and absorb
nutrition from your meals? Does micro gravity have any effect on
peristalsis and the normal function of the digestive system?
5. What kind of medical testing do astronauts go through to be physically
and mentally qualified as an astronaut?
6. What types of systems & procedures are available onboard to rescue a
crewman who becomes detached from tether while on an extravehicular
task?
7. What are the current priorities and scientific studies underway for
Mission 45? Are you working on studies that are crucial to the planned
Mars missions?
8. What procedures are in place in case of major illness or injury to a
crew member while on orbit? Is it possible to evacuate a sick or
injured crewman in an emergency?
9. Do you think the work you are doing is worth the risk of being in
space? If so, to what end are these efforts.
10. Is there any difference in radiation exposure between time spent in
EVA and your time inside the space station?
11. There are lots of debris in orbit from previous missions to space, and
space junk is real threat the ISS. What processes or procedures are in
place to protect the ISS from space debris?
12. How much of a chance is there for the ISS to get hit with a meteorite,
and what would you do if this were to happen?
13. What is the most interesting experiment that you are currently working
on?
14. How long can you stay in zero gravity before it affects your body?
What kind of effect does this have over time?
15. Once back on earth, how long of an adjustment period is needed for the
body to return to normal?
PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:
Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS).
To receive our Twitter updates, follow @xxxxxxxxxxxx
Next planned event(s):
1. Wellesley House School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK, direct via GB1WHS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-04-23 12:10:50 UTC
Watch for HamTV coverage
2. The Derby High School, Bury, UK, direct via GB1DHS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-04-25 12:02:27 UTC
ABOUT ARISS
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States,
sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration
of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by
organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard
the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the
help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with
large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these
radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about
space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see
www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.a
rrl.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:06:20 -0400
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS Beacons (message - correction)
Message-ID: <a589d3b3571b76d262e6ac8589bbb7a9@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Correction: The format for a manually typed APRS message to be captured
by an APRS radio's front panel is a colon, then a 9 byte callsign field
(padded with spaces) and then another colon and text. The example should
have been:
:WD9EWK-9 :hello from (grid, city/state, etc.)
This does not include a line number intentionally, because a line number
forces an automatic ACK and that just adds collisions and congestion on
the ISS digipeater channel. Bob, WB4APR
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Patrick
STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 12:13 AM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS Beacons
Hi Mark!
You can do a CQ over the ISS digipeater, or just send something like an
APRS position packet or a packet with your position and a short comment.
If you use APRS messages, you can use them to make QSOs.
I just did that tonight for the first time in a few months, working two
Texas stations with my TH-D72A HT and Elk log periodic from my driveway.
Using the ariss.net wen site, I could see my packets and most of my two
QSOs captured by Internet gateways, and a missed QSO with a California
station. My TH-D72A will store and display APRS messages, but freeform
twxt typed into a terminal program won't be displayed on my HT unless the
text is formatted as an APRS message. For example, a station could type
this and (if I receive it) have it displayed on my HT's screen and saved
as a received APRS message:
WD9EWK-9 :hello from (grid, city/state, etc.)
On my HT, I'd see the call that sent this message, and the text following
the space and colon that trail my call. This makes it easy for stations
using the APRS-capable radios, as well as software like UISS, to make QSOs
and both sides seeing the QSO happen.
It tends to be rapid-fire, since you only have up to 10 minutes in an ISS
pass, and there could be a lot of activity coming through the ISS
digipeater - especially the further east you go in the continental USA.
Passes that only touch the southwestern USA are really easy for the
low-power stations (like me) to get through. I do OK on other passes that
cover more of the country, even with only 5W.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:23 AM, Mark Lunday <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx> wrote:
> <My first packet on an ISS pass always includes a CQ.>
>
> OK, call me ill-informed, I did not know you could do CQ and
> keyboard-to-keyboard QSO's. I thought you could only send short
messages.
> Is that how you do it? The ISS pass is so fast...
>
> Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
>
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to
all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:21:24 -0400
From: <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <ariss-press@xxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-edu" <amsat-edu@xxxxx.xxx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Wellesley House
School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK
Message-ID: <EC49272B4D8142A1A91AC1D79F015380@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Wellesley House School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK on 23 Apr. The
event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:10 UTC. The duration of the
contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be
direct between GB1SS and GB1WHS. The contact should be audible over the UK
and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the
145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.
Wellesley House is a prep school with approx. 140 pupils. Our aim is to open
up a world of opportunity for girls and boys aged from 7 to 13. We are
primarily a boarding school with about one third day pupils. Our catchment
is vast, with international pupils as well as pupils from across the South
East.
Our ethos is that success follows success, whether in or outside the
classroom, and occurs naturally in pupils who are happy and motivated. All
pupils are encouraged to push themselves and made to feel secure enough to
take risks.
The school provided Space outreach for local schools in October 2014
following Science teacher Kerry Sabin-Dawson's attendance at the ESERO-UK
Space conference - the Primary Frontier in July 2014 in York. Inspired by
the initiatives and resources available she held a Space training session
for local primary teachers to encourage them to bring space education into
the classroom.
Fourteen local schools attended and it was a great success. There was a
representative from the Royal Greenwich Observatory, an education liaison
officer from the local company Pfizer Ltd, Canterbury STEM ambassador Becky
Vincer and John Hislop of the Monkton Stargazers, a local astronomy group.
The organiser of the theatre group Spacefund explained how she had written
the Team Tim show with the cooperation of Tim Peake, which was promptly
booked by some of the schools.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Today is International Marconi Day; how do you think Marconi would feel
about this radio communication?
2. From space, what evidence can you see that humans are having a negative
impact upon planet Earth?
3. We are planting seeds brought back by the Russian cosmonauts at
Ursuline. How do you think they will grow?
4. What happens to a compass in Space?
5. It is 400 years today since Shakespeare died. Which Shakespearean quote
do you think best describes your mission?
6. What is the biggest lesson you have learned whilst being in Space?
(Chartfield)
7. How do you think being in space has changed you? (River)
8. Do bacteria multiply at the same rate in a low gravity environment?
(Pluckley)
9. What do you need to do to acclimatize back to the Earth's gravity on
your return? (Garlinge)
10. Did you ever dream about becoming an astronaut when you were a child?
(St L Junior Acad)
11. What space exploration do you think we will be doing in 200 years?
(Smarden)
12. Have you played any jokes on your colleagues on the ISS? Scarlett
13. What is the first thing you are going to do when you get home? (St
Lawrence)
14. What was your spacewalk like? Elsie Meades (St Mildreds)
15. What's your favourite experiment to conduct, and why? (Bromstone)
16. What do you do if there is a fire on the ISS?
17. Have you ever seen any other objects go past you in space such as
comets or asteroids? (St George's C of E)
18. Will you be visiting schools when you return to Earth? And will you
please visit Wellesley House? (again)
19. How is time different in space?
20. Do you get a proxy vote if you are in space?
PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:
Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS).
To receive our Twitter updates, follow @xxxxxxxxxxxx
Next planned event(s):
1. The Derby High School, Bury, UK, direct via GB1DHS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI
Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-04-25 12:02:27 UTC
ABOUT ARISS
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venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States,
sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration
of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by
organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard
the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the
help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with
large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these
radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about
space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see
www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.a
rrl.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:33:11 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS Beacons (message - correction)
Message-ID:
<CAN6TEUfTn=LPOgY6cpwBM538vQ66qdGCJ2Kp3yLaA=0ZpMBtcQ@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Bob,
Thanks for the correction! I was not aware of the colon that goes
before the call sign. I have also corrected my QRZ.com page, to
include that colon. This allows anyone who uses a simple terminal
program to send APRS messages, and not just those using programs
like UISS or the APRS-capable radios like the TH-D72A I use (and
used last night for a couple of quick QSOs via the ISS digipeater).
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Correction: The format for a manually typed APRS message to be captured
> by an APRS radio's front panel is a colon, then a 9 byte callsign field
> (padded with spaces) and then another colon and text. The example should
> have been:
>
> :WD9EWK-9 :hello from (grid, city/state, etc.)
>
> This does not include a line number intentionally, because a line number
> forces an automatic ACK and that just adds collisions and congestion on
> the ISS digipeater channel. Bob, WB4APR
>
>
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:28:29 -0400
From: Joe Leikhim <rhyolite@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] LL Grace - Kansas City Tracker/Tuner Satellite
Antenna Controller/Doppler CI-V
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JLeikhim@xxxxxxx.xxx
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