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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 255.04 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. September 12, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-255.04
1. Upcoming School Contacts
Kingston Community School in Kingston SE, South Australia has been
scheduled for an ARISS contact via the telebridge station, NN1SS. It
will take place on Friday, September 10, at 0752 UTC.
Aoyama Gakuin Elementary School in Tokyo, Japan will also experience a
contact with the ISS. It has been scheduled for Friday, September 17,
at 17:07 UTC.
2. ARRL Article on Pennsylvania School Contact
The ARRL ran a web story on the August 27 Upper St. Clair High School
contact.
The article provides a link to an audio of the contact. See “Life in
Space Fun, Challenging, Astronaut Tells Pennsylvania Students,ö at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/09/03/1/?nc=1
3. ARRL Article on New Kenwood Mode
The ARISS team successfully tested the Kenwood repeater mode during an
ISS pass on Saturday, August 28. The ARRL ran a web story entitled,
“ARISS Puts ISS Phase 2 Equipment to Use as FM "EasySat".ö See:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/08/30/1/?nc=1
4. ARISS Radios Cycled
The ARISS radio systems were turned off on September 2 at 1700 UTC in
preparation of Expedition 9’s fourth EVA. The spacewalk began on Friday,
September 3 at 1650 UTC, and ended 5 hours and 21 minutes later. The
crew turned on the radios before the end of the day, which was earlier
than anticipated, and the radio is now in packet mode.
5. ARISS Photos Displayed at Japan’s Hamfest
JAIA Ham Fair, Japan’s largest hamfest, was held at Tokyo’s Big Sight
International Convention Center on August 21 –22. Manufacturers and
dealers, as well as 170 radio clubs, all had exhibit booths at this
event. The ARISS U.S. team provided photographs of the ARISS radio
equipment in the Service Module to Hiroto Watarikawa, JJ1LYU. A
modified Kenwood D700E, which looks like the flight radio, and the ARISS
supplied photos were used as part of an exhibit in the Kenwood Booth.
More than 30,000 people attended the event.
6. Mike Fincke May Participate in Upcoming Events
Mike Fincke has expressed interest in participating in two upcoming
events. The first event, “The Long Night of the Stars,ö is an open
house at the control center of ESA ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany, which
will be held on Saturday, September 18. The second event is the Marina
Air Fair which will be held in Marina,California on Saturday, October
16. Should he decide to do so, Mike’s participation in these events
will be handled as informal dialog, similar to that of Field Day.
7. ARRL Sponsors Teachers Institute
ARRL sponsored its first Education and Technology Program (ETP) Teachers
Institute the second week of August. Mark Spencer involved the
participating teachers in hands-on activities for integrating wireless
technology, Amateur Radio, ARISS and other space-related activities into
math and science classrooms. By the end of the week, the teachers had
enjoyed themselves so much, that they said they weren't ready to go
home. See ARRL’s article, “First "Big Project" Teachers Institute Under
Way,ö at: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/08/10/1/?nc=1
[TNX SAREX Team for info]
73,
This week's ANS editor,
Dee Interdonato, NB2F - NB2F at AMSAT.org
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