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Today's Topics:
1. Office Closed (Martha)
2. Re: FINALLY -- STMsat-1 lack of signals explained (Bob)
3. Re: Firefox Error when connecting to Funcube Warehouse
(Wouter Weggelaar)
4. Re: FINALLY -- STMsat-1 lack of signals explained (John Brier)
5. Re: FINALLY -- STMsat-1 lack of signals explained (M5AKA)
6. Re: First linear sat (Dave Mann)
7. Re: Firefox Error when connecting to Funcube Warehouse (Comcast)
8. Upcoming ARISS contact with Essex Heights Primary School,
Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
9. Upcoming ARISS contact with Cradle of Aviation Museum and
Education Center, Garden City, New York (n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
10. A first contact on AO-85, last night...
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
11. Re: Upcoming ARISS contact with Essex Heights Primary School,
Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia (Andy Kellner)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 15:54:32 -0400
From: Martha <martha@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Office Closed
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The AMSAT Office will be closed Thursday, May 19th and Friday, May 20th If
you are attending the Dayton Hamvention, please stop by our booth
--
73- Martha
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 16:25:17 -0400
From: Bob <WB4SON@xxxxx.xxx>
To: John Brier <johnbrier@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FINALLY -- STMsat-1 lack of signals explained
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Of course I have no idea -- it may only be a shutdown command receiver.
I checked the ULS an there is no female ham in NC or VA with her last name
so no telling how technically accurate those "Anthropomorphic
STMsat-1" statements
are (She is listed on the faculty roster as a Kindergarten teacher at STM
School). There may well be some intentional obfuscation as well. Hearing
several days later the key information that there will be no TX was an
important bit of information that, had it been given earlier, might have
made folks more comfortable with not hearing anything.
Hopefully Joe Pellegrino or Matt Sammons will communicate some details as
they, no doubt, know the secret sauce that went into everything technical
on STMsat-1.
Clearly this is a wonderful educational program, and the more technical
information provided, the better for other schools that would like to
follow in their footsteps. Clearly technical information isn't necessary
for the audience they are reaching out to, so I don't suspect them to jam
their Twitter account with it, but adding some of those details would be a
wonderful thing to do in the future on their main website or facebook page.
Exciting time ahead, hopefully.
73, Bob, WB4SON
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 22:44:14 +0200
From: Wouter Weggelaar <wouterweg@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Firefox Error when connecting to Funcube
Warehouse
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>European open http sites are notoriously insecure.
Any http site is insecure, no need to insult my region here.
once you have switched to HTTPS with a valid certificate, firefox will
remember that and will not use http as long as that site is using
https.
so clicking on Daniels link may trigger the problem for others. *don't*
Wouter PA3WEG
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> It is not actually and error but part of Firefox's always on https
(secure) connection protocols. You can dis able it via the Firefox menu.
However if you are going to do an on-line financial transaction beware that
your card info will likely be compromised. European open http sites are
notoriously insecure.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 16, 2016, at 10:37, Rick Walter <wb3csy@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Anyone else getting this error with Firefox 46.0.1 running on a Windows 7
>> Premium version computer?
>> Your connection is not secure
>>
>> The owner of warehouse.funcube.org.uk has configured their website
>> improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not
>> connected to this website.
>>
>> Rick WB3CSY
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sent from Rick's gmail account
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 16:45:18 -0400
From: John Brier <johnbrier@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Bob <WB4SON@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FINALLY -- STMsat-1 lack of signals explained
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They're saying to try 437.000 MHz now:
https://twitter.com/STMSAT11/status/733020351018508288
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Bob <WB4SON@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Of course I have no idea -- it may only be a shutdown command receiver.
>
> I checked the ULS an there is no female ham in NC or VA with her last name
> so no telling how technically accurate those "Anthropomorphic STMsat-1"
> statements are (She is listed on the faculty roster as a Kindergarten
> teacher at STM School). There may well be some intentional obfuscation as
> well. Hearing several days later the key information that there will be no
> TX was an important bit of information that, had it been given earlier,
> might have made folks more comfortable with not hearing anything.
>
> Hopefully Joe Pellegrino or Matt Sammons will communicate some details as
> they, no doubt, know the secret sauce that went into everything technical on
> STMsat-1.
>
> Clearly this is a wonderful educational program, and the more technical
> information provided, the better for other schools that would like to follow
> in their footsteps. Clearly technical information isn't necessary for the
> audience they are reaching out to, so I don't suspect them to jam their
> Twitter account with it, but adding some of those details would be a
> wonderful thing to do in the future on their main website or facebook page.
>
> Exciting time ahead, hopefully.
>
> 73, Bob, WB4SON
>
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 20:44:01 +0000 (UTC)
From: M5AKA <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FINALLY -- STMsat-1 lack of signals explained
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STMSAT-1 ?@xxxxxxxx Tweeted:
Latest update from our #NASA #orbitalATK contact: try 437.0 MHz
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 15:13:18 -0500
From: Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Bryan KL7CN <bryan@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx Philip Jenkins <n4hf.philip@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] First linear sat
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Thanks for info. Very helpful. See you all soon.
73
Dave
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 18, 2016, at 14:48, Bryan KL7CN <bryan@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Hi, Dave!
>
> Welcome back.
>
> You have it right. But. Most of the time the link is already active on
SO-50. Usually you only need to send the 67 Hz PL tone when transmitting on
SO-50.
>
> The other 74.4 Hz PL tone activates a 10-minute timer. Usually, someone
else has done that.
>
> 73!
>
> -- bag
>
> Bryan KL7CN/W6
>
> On May 18, 2016, at 11:27, Comcast <cwo4mann@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> I'm starting up again after many years. I worked through AO-6 and the RS
birds when I was DA1BB. my understanding of postings is that once I select
the 2-m and 70cm FM frequencies, and the bird begins AOS I key in a tone to
open the link, then change the tone to use when transmitting. Am I
understanding protocols OK? I can hears many passes using my Yaesu FT-8800,
an automatic switching preamp for both bands, and a set of M2 helicals for
each band. Any advice is appreciated.
>
> 73
> Dave
> N4CVX, ex-DA1BB, ex-VP2EHF
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On May 18, 2016, at 12:52, Daryl - K4RGK <k4rgk@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Philip,
>>
>> Several of them are very rewarding and rather easy once you are
accustomed to linear birds.
>> FO-29 would be my recommendation for "easiest" in terms of consistent
behavior and high likelihood of successful contacts. "Easy" includes
finding several or more good operators on most passes.
>>
>> Daryl
>> K4RGK
>>
>>> On May 18, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Philip Jenkins <n4hf.philip@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I know the first/easiest path to sat communications is on the FM birds
>>> (which I agree with), but when someone is ready to "graduate" to the
linear
>>> sats, which would be the best/easiest one to start with?
>>>
>>> Philip N4HF
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 18:41:45 -0500
From: Comcast <cwo4mann@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Wouter Weggelaar <wouterweg@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Firefox Error when connecting to Funcube
Warehouse
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No insult intended, you have my abject apologies.
Sent from my iPad
On May 18, 2016, at 15:44, Wouter Weggelaar <wouterweg@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>> European open http sites are notoriously insecure.
> Any http site is insecure, no need to insult my region here.
>
> once you have switched to HTTPS with a valid certificate, firefox will
> remember that and will not use http as long as that site is using
> https.
>
> so clicking on Daniels link may trigger the problem for others. *don't*
>
>
> Wouter PA3WEG
>
>
>> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>> It is not actually and error but part of Firefox's always on https
(secure) connection protocols. You can dis able it via the Firefox menu.
However if you are going to do an on-line financial transaction beware that
your card info will likely be compromised. European open http sites are
notoriously insecure.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 16, 2016, at 10:37, Rick Walter <wb3csy@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone else getting this error with Firefox 46.0.1 running on a Windows 7
>>> Premium version computer?
>>> Your connection is not secure
>>>
>>> The owner of warehouse.funcube.org.uk has configured their website
>>> improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not
>>> connected to this website.
>>>
>>> Rick WB3CSY
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent from Rick's gmail account
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
Opinions expressed
>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 21:49:45 -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 Essex Heights Primary
School, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Essex Heights Primary School, Mount Waverley, Victoria,
Australia on 20 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:35
UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes
before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and
30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK5ZAI. The
contact should be audible over Australia 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.
Essex Heights Primary School is situated in Mount Waverley, an eastern
suburb of Melbourne. It provides a primary education of the highest quality
for children and is recognised as a school of excellence.
Children develop positive attitudes and acquire skills that equip them for
their future.
At Essex Heights, all children are valued and differences are accepted
within a supportive school environment. The curriculum caters for the needs
of all children and encourages each child to reach his/her potential in a
stimulating and challenging classroom environment. The various needs of
children with disabilities and highly able children are appropriately met.
At Essex Heights Primary School, the curriculum is designed around the
Victorian Essential learning Standards aimed at ensuring all students have
the capacity to:-
. Manage themselves as individuals in relation to others
. Understand the world in which they live
. Act effectively in that world
Whilst literacy and numeracy remain a key focus, students are prepared for
their future by being actively involved in learning programs covering a wide
range of domains:
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What different jobs do you do as work (on the space station)?
2. Do you prefer gravity or zero gravity and why?
3. How long does it take to get used to gravity again once back on Earth?
4. Why don't you run out of oxygen on the international space station?
5. Why is it important to conduct experiments in space?
6. What does a sunrise or sunset look like when you look through the windows
of the space station?
7. What is the most AMAZING thing you have seen through your window?
8. Why does food taste different on the space station and do you have
regular mealtimes together?
9. Why are you on your current mission and what do you hope to learn?
10. What was the thing you looked forward to the most when you were
preparing to go into space?
11. What do you do on a typical day?
12. Does your body react differently living in space?
13. Have you seen space junk, and how bad is the problem?
14. How many spacewalks have you and the crew done and was it scary?
15. Why can the International Space Station stay in orbit around Earth,
without falling?
16. What happens if you fall seriously ill on the ISS?
17. What do you like to read and is your book a real paper one?
18. How much spare time do you have and what do you do for fun?
19. How long and what sort of training did you do to become an astronaut?
20. What is the most interesting or surprising thing about being an
astronaut.
21. Why did you want to become an astronaut?
22. What is your favourite food to eat on the International Space Station
and what food are you missing the most?
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. Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, Garden City, New
York, telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ
Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-05-23 12:57:05 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: 9
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 22:22:04 -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 Cradle of Aviation
Museum and Education Center, Garden City, New York
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, Garden City,
New York on 23 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:57
UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes
before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and
30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The
contact should be audible over the state of California 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.
The Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center, located in Garden City,
New York, opened in 2002. The mission of the museum is to inspire students
with the spirit of discovery through the exploration of air and space
technologies, and to encourage them to consider careers in science,
technology, engineering and math. The museum is home to the Westbury Magnet
Academy at the Cradle of Aviation, the first magnet school to open on Long
Island. The Museum and Academy offer two summer STEM enrichment programs for
students entering the seventh and ninth grades. The ARISS event will be an
invaluable tool to supplement classroom instruction and research.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What do you do for entertainment when not working?
2. What do you plan to do with the knowledge gained from your experiments?
3. Do you have to go through any tests to be qualified for this job?
4. What do you do as a group when anyone becomes mentally or physically ill?
5. What is your daily schedule like when you are in space?
6. What type of medical testing qualifies an astronaut to be physically and
mentally fit for space?
7. Does the lack of communication or human contact affect you?
8. Is exploring space what you imagined it would be when you were a child?
9. If there is any kind of failure who do you first contact?
10. What is the best college to prepare you for a career in space
exploration?
11. Do you ever think about possible dangers you may face by being in space?
12. What colleges and majors do you recommend for students who want to do
what you do?
13. How do you handle a fellow astronaut who is in a bad mood?
14. How do your family and friends cope with missing you?
15. Does the lack of gravity have any effect on your body?
16. How do you cope with missing your family and friends?
17. How big is the chip on the ISS window?
18. Do you have any feelings of claustrophobia?
19. Do you bring plants with you for extra oxygen?
20. What is the worst part of being 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):
TBD
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.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 03:39:13 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] A first contact on AO-85, last night...
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Hi!
Going back to the hamfest I attended in Sierra Vista AZ on 7 May, I saw
Fernando NP4JV and his daughter, Yalitza - call her "Yali". They were at
the hamfest to see what was there, and so Yali could take her Technician
license exam. She passed the exam, and then the waiting began. Fernando,
proud father that he is, wanted to see Yali get on the radio as soon as
possible, once her call sign was issued by the FCC. Fernando and I began
checking the FCC database, waiting to see her call sign appear.
Fast forward to Tuesday (17 May)...
I had checked the FCC database in the morning, and still hadn't seen Yali's
name appear with a call sign. I received a message from Fernando in the
late morning...
"Good morning Pat. At what time you get home today? Can you work AO85 at
6pm today? Somebody wants to talk to you."
I figured that "somebody" wasn't Fernando, but a signal that Yali had her
call sign. I checked the FCC database, and there it was - KI7EJR, issued
on 17 May. The time in the message, 6pm (0100 UTC), was an AO-85 pass that
went very high over Arizona, passing almost directly over my head in the
Phoenix area and Nogales where Fernando and Yali are. We had made a plan,
that I would call Yali a few minutes into the pass.
When the AO-85 pass finally arrived at 6pm, Fernando, Yali, and I were
ready. I heard some activity early in the pass, working Ted K7TRK in Oregon
before the satellite was very high in the sky. Instead of making a call for
KI7EJR as planned, Yali called me. I answered her, and we made a quick QSO.
It may not have gone as we planned, but it worked. Yali had her first QSO
via AO-85.
During that pass, Fernando had someone take a picture of Yali on the radio.
Fernando was at the edge of the photo, taking care of the antenna as she
made her contact. Fernando sent the photo out using his @xxxxx Twitter feed
last night, and this has been a very popular tweet in the past 24 hours. If
you missed the photo, or don't use Twitter, you can see it at:
http://twitter.com/NP4JV/media
It's one thing to remember your own first radio contact, first satellite
contact, contact with an ISS crewmember, etc. It's just as fun to be part
of a first for someone else. Thank you, Fernando and Yali, for letting me
be a part of Yali's first contact on the radio. It's also easy to document
this "first", with photos and audio recordings of the contact. A QSL card
will go in the mail for Yali, and hopefully she starts using Logbook of
the World like her father... :-)
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 04:10:46 +0000 (UTC)
From: Andy Kellner <hawat1@xxxxx.xxx>
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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Essex Heights
Primary School, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
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Is that contact streamed somewhere ?
Andreas - VK4TH
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Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2016, 11:49
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Essex Heights Primary
School, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Essex Heights Primary School, Mount Waverley, Victoria,?
Australia on 20 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:35
UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes
before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and
30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK5ZAI. The
contact should be audible over Australia 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.
Essex Heights Primary School is situated in Mount Waverley, an eastern
suburb of Melbourne. It provides a primary education of the highest quality
for children and is recognised as a school of excellence.
Children develop positive attitudes and acquire skills that equip them for
their future.
At Essex Heights, all children are valued and differences are accepted
within a supportive school environment. The curriculum caters for the needs
of all children and encourages each child to reach his/her potential in a
stimulating and challenging classroom environment. The various needs of
children with disabilities and highly able children are appropriately met.
At Essex Heights Primary School, the curriculum is designed around the
Victorian Essential learning Standards aimed at ensuring all students have
the capacity to:-
.? ? Manage themselves as individuals in relation to others
.? ? Understand the world in which they live
.? ? Act effectively in that world
Whilst literacy and numeracy remain a key focus, students are prepared for
their future by being actively involved in learning programs covering a wide
range of domains:
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1.? What different jobs do you do as work (on the space station)?
2.? Do you prefer gravity or zero gravity and why?
3.? How long does it take to get used to gravity again once back on Earth?
4.? Why don't you run out of oxygen on the international space station?
5.? Why is it important to conduct experiments in space?
6.? What does a sunrise or sunset look like when you look through the windows
? ? of the space station?
7.? What is the most AMAZING thing you have seen through your window?
8.? Why does food taste different on the space station and do you have
? ? regular mealtimes together?
9.? Why are you on your current mission and what do you hope to learn?
10.? What was the thing you looked forward to the most when you were
? ? preparing to go into space?
11.? What do you do on a typical day?
12.? Does your body react differently living in space?
13.? Have you seen space junk, and how bad is the problem?
14.? How many spacewalks have you and the crew done and was it scary?
15.? Why can the International Space Station stay in orbit around Earth,
? ? without falling?
16.? What happens if you fall seriously ill on the ISS?
17.? What do you like to read and is your book a real paper one?
18.? How much spare time do you have and what do you do for fun?
19.? How long and what sort of training did you do to become an astronaut?
20.? What is the most interesting or surprising thing about being an
? ? astronaut.
21.? Why did you want to become an astronaut?
22.? What is your favourite food to eat on the International Space Station
? ? and what food are you missing the most?
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.? Cradle of Aviation Museum? and Education Center, Garden City, New
? ? ? York, telebridge via W6SRJ
? ? ? The ISS? callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
? ? ? The scheduled astronaut is Jeff? Williams KD5TVQ
? ? ? Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-05-23 12:57:05 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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