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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> illinoisdigitalham@yahoogroups.com
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voice pass May 3<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><BR><BR>ISS Amateur Radio Status: May 1, 2008<BR>By Miles Mann
WF1F,<BR><BR>MAREX-MG News www.marexmg.<WBR>org<BR><BR>Manned Amateur Radio
Experiment<BR><BR>International Space Station, Voice link, May 3, 2008
Saturday<BR>Starting at 16:10 UTC<BR>Ending approximately at 16:10
UTC<BR><BR>(12:10 PM Boston time)<BR><BR>For the next few weeks the crew of the
International Space Station <BR>will be treating Short-Wave-Listener<WBR>s and
Amateur radio operators to <BR>live down links from ISS via the Amateur Radio
station on ISS. The <BR>crew will be conducting Weekly radio links to schools in
North <BR>America. Everyone is invited to listen to the down links.<BR><BR>See
Path below<BR><BR>This week Short-wave-Listener<WBR>s and amateur radio
operators will be <BR>able to listen to the ISS via amateur radio directly.
Listeners <BR>living within 500+ miles of one of the cities below should be able
to <BR>hear the signals directly with a simple scanner or other VHF receiver
<BR>(an outside antenna is recommended 0 dBd gain or better). ISS will <BR>be
transmitting on 145.800 FM (5 kHz deviation). You will only be <BR>able to here
one side of the conversation, since the school will be <BR>transmitting on an
undisclosed uplink frequency (VHF or UHF).<BR><BR>If you do not have a tracking
program, here is a live link to NASA <BR>that will show you where ISS is
located.<BR><BR>City Path:<BR><BR>Starting with the city of Fargo ND, ISS will
be flying from North <BR>West to South East, exiting over Virginia
Beach.<BR><BR>03May2008 1610 Fargo, ND<BR>03May2008 1611 Brooklyn Park,
MN<BR>03May2008 1611 Eau Claire, WI<BR>03May2008 1612 Wausau, WI<BR>03May2008
1612 Milwaukee, WI<BR>03May2008 1613 Portage, MI<BR>03May2008 1613 Findlay,
OH<BR>03May2008 1614 Wheeling, WV<BR>03May2008 1614 Charlottesville,
VA<BR>03May2008 1615 NW of Richmond, VA<BR>03May2008 1615 Virginia Beach,
VA<BR>03May2008 1616 Virginia Beach, VA<BR>03May2008 1616 Virginia Beach,
VA<BR>03May2008 1619 Hamilton, Bermuda<BR><BR>(Note: if you are using a Rubber
duck Antenna on your scanner, you <BR>will need to be within 500 miles of this
line. But,,, if you have a <BR>nice big 9 dBd gain antenna you can be 1200+
miles away and still <BR>hear the down link, Strap)<BR><BR><A
href="http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html">http://spaceflight.<WBR>nasa.gov/<WBR>realdata/<WBR>tracking/<WBR>index.html</A><BR><BR>Tips
on listening:<BR><A
href="http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/issvoicetips.html">http://www.marexmg.<WBR>org/fileshtml/<WBR>issvoicetips.<WBR>html</A><BR><BR>Link
to Audio files from Previous school schedules. All files <BR>recorded directly
off the air via a public Amateur Radio down link <BR>frequency.<BR><A
href="http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/issaudiofiles.html">http://www.marexmg.<WBR>org/fileshtml/<WBR>issaudiofiles.<WBR>html</A><BR><BR>Current
ISS Crew Members as of April 2008<BR><BR>The new crew #17 consists
of:<BR>Commander Sergei Volkov, <BR>Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko <BR>Garrett
E. Reisman and Gregory E. Chamitoff will serve as flight <BR>engineers during
Expedition 17.<BR><BR>Times listed in UTC time.<BR>To convert to Boston Mass
EDT, just subtract 4 hours.<BR>Starting at 12:10 PM EDT Boston.<BR><BR>3.
ISS<BR>UTC Date Time Azim/Elev Distance Direction Nearest City..<BR>03May2008
1610 293/ 0 18.6 km NW of Fargo, ND<BR>03May2008 1611 291/ 2 147.0 km NW of
Brooklyn Park, MN<BR>03May2008 1611 288/ 4 68.3 km NW of Eau Claire,
WI<BR>03May2008 1612 284/ 6 73.8 km SSW of Wausau, WI<BR>03May2008 1612 280/ 8
42.3 km NE of Milwaukee, WI<BR>03May2008 1613 274/ 11 15.5 km ENE of Portage,
MI<BR>03May2008 1613 266/ 14 30.3 km ENE of Findlay, OH<BR>03May2008 1614 255/
17 51.3 km West of Wheeling, WV<BR>03May2008 1614 242/ 20 121.1 km NW of
Charlottesville, VA<BR>03May2008 1615 226/ 21 10.5 km NW of Richmond,
VA<BR>03May2008 1615 211/ 20 56.3 km SSE of Virginia Beach, VA<BR>03May2008 1616
196/ 18 262.3 km SE of Virginia Beach, VA<BR>03May2008 1616 185/ 15 472.7 km SE
of Virginia Beach, VA<BR>03May2008 1617 177/ 12 558.9 km West of Hamilton,
Bermuda<BR>03May2008 1617 170/ 9 433.1 km WSW of Hamilton, Bermuda<BR>03May2008
1618 165/ 6 390.0 km SW of Hamilton, Bermuda<BR>03May2008 1618 162/ 4 453.7 km
SSW of Hamilton, Bermuda<BR>03May2008 1619 158/ 2 590.7 km South of Hamilton,
Bermuda<BR>03May2008 1619 156/ 0 762.2 km SSE of Hamilton,
Bermuda<BR>------------<WBR>---------<WBR>---------<WBR>--end of
pass--------<WBR>---------<WBR>---------<WBR>-<BR>--------<BR><BR>Orbital
Tracking Data from April 30, 2008<BR><BR>ARISS [+] <BR>1 25544U 98067A
08122.37703833 .00018130 00000-0 11836-3 0 4009<BR>2 25544 51.6431 257.6271
0007114 155.8336 233.4419 15.75913992541148<BR><BR>Subject: ARISS event -
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, <BR>USA, Saturday (May 03) at
16:10 UTC<BR>Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:12:00 -0500<BR>From: "Ransom, Kenneth G.
(JSC-OC)[BAR]<WBR>"<BR>To: <<A
href="mailto:sarex%40amsat.org">sarex@amsat.<WBR>org</A>><BR><BR>An
International Space Station Expedition 17 ARISS school contact has<BR>been
planned with participants at the National Air and Space Museum<BR>(NASM),
Washington, DC, USA on 03 May. The event is scheduled to begin<BR>at
approximately 16:10 UTC.<BR><BR>The contact will be a telebridge between
stations NA1SS and NN1SS in<BR>Maryland. The contact should be audible over most
of the Eastern USA.<BR>Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80
MHz <BR>downlink.<BR>The participants are expected to conduct the conversation
in English.<BR>Audio from the QSO is planned to be fed into the EchoLink *AMSAT*
(101<BR>377) and *JK1ZRW* (277 208) servers and the IRLP 9010 reflector
during<BR>the contact.<BR><BR>The Smithsonian Institution'<WBR>s National Air
and Space Museum maintains<BR>the largest collection of historic air and
spacecraft in the world. It<BR>is also a vital center for research into the
history, science, and<BR>technology of aviation and space flight, as well as
planetary science<BR>and terrestrial geology and geophysics. This ARISS contact
is part of<BR>the space day events celebrating NASA's 50th anniversary. This
event <BR>is<BR>made possible by the generous support of Lockheed
Martin.<BR><BR>Due to the live nature of this event, participants will selected
the <BR>day<BR>of the contact and no advance copy of the questions is
available.<BR>Participants will ask as many questions as time
permits.<BR><BR>Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found
at<BR><A
href="http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact">http://www.rac.<WBR>ca/ariss/<WBR>upcoming.<WBR>htm#NextContact</A>
. Packet is <BR>transmitted<BR>on 145.825 simplex.<BR><BR>Next planned event(s):
<BR>Armada Area Schools, Armada, Michigan, Fri 2008-05-09 13:39 UTC<BR><BR>ARISS
is an international educational outreach program partnering the<BR>participating
space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES,<BR>JAXA, and CSA, with
the AMSAT and IARU organizations from
<BR>participating<BR>countries.<BR><BR>ARISS offers an opportunity for students
to experience the excitement <BR>of<BR>Amateur Radio by talking directly with
crewmembers on-board the<BR>International Space Station. Teachers, parents and
communities see,<BR>first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can
energize<BR>youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning.
Further<BR>information on the ARISS program is available on the website<BR><A
href="http://www.rac.ca/ariss">http://www.rac.<WBR>ca/ariss</A> (graciously
hosted by the Radio Amateurs of<BR>Canada). <BR><BR>Thank you & 73,
<BR>Kenneth -
N5VHO<BR><BR>8888888888888888888<WBR>8888888888888888<WBR>88888<BR><BR>Pictures
of the Amateur Radio station on the International Space <BR>Station.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/radiohardware.html">http://www.marexmg.<WBR>org/fileshtml/<WBR>radiohardware.<WBR>html</A><BR><BR>School
Schedules:<BR>If you want to listen to ISS school schedules on the 145.800, then
<BR>you should check the ARISS web page to seen when the next time ISS <BR>will
be on the air in your part of the world. Listeners are <BR>encouraged to tune in
and listing to the ARISS School down links.<BR><BR>Information about the next
scheduled ARISS contact can be found at<BR><A
href="http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact">http://www.rac.<WBR>ca/ariss/<WBR>upcoming.<WBR>htm#NextContact</A>
.<BR><BR>Slow Scan TV:<BR>The Marex Slow Scan TV project, SpaceCam1 was
activated for a few <BR>weeks in August 2006. We hope to have it reactivated
some time in <BR>the <BR>future.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.marexmg.org/imagessstv/SpaceCamImages1.htm">http://www.marexmg.<WBR>org/imagessstv/<WBR>SpaceCamImages1.<WBR>htm</A><BR><BR>Marexmg
Web page<BR><A
href="http://www.marexmg.org">http://www.marexmg.<WBR>org</A><BR><BR>ARISS Web
page and other great Space projects<BR><A
href="http://www.rac.ca/ariss/">http://www.rac.<WBR>ca/ariss/</A><BR><BR>73
Miles WF1F MAREX-MG<BR><BR>Until we meet again<BR><BR>DOSVIDANIYA Miles
WF1F<BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email -->
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