Archive - Nov 16, 2005
Kenwood TH-D7a (g) HT Operations with ISS Help Thank You
Kenwood TH-D7a (g) HT Operations with ISS Help Thank You
ISS Radio Report
ISS Radio Report
ARISS Event -- 17 Nov. at 1034 UTC, Takatsuzki, Japan
The next International Space Station's Expedition 12 ARISS school contact will be with students at Takatsuki Education Center, Japan on Thursday, 17 November 2005. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:34 UTC.
This contact will be direct between stations NA1SS and 8N3A, so it should be audible to anyone in Japan and surrounding areas listening in on the 145.80 MHz downlink.
The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
ISS Radio Report
ISS Radio Report
Italian school contact video online
Now all media coverage about the November 9 ARISS contact between NA1SS and Istituto Comprensivo Negri is online.
Images, audio and video are here:
73's Claudio IK1SLD
ARISS Event - Hermann Middle School, Wednesday at 1859 UTC
Received from Kenneth, N5VHO:
The next International Space Station's Expedition 12 ARISS school contact will be with students at Hermann Middle School in Hermann, Missouri on Wednesday, 16 November 2005. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:59 UTC.
This contact will be direct between stations NA1SS and KC0JYV, so it should be audible to anyone in central parts of the United States listening in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Discovery Channel Produces ISS Documentary
ARISS-Europe member Howard Long reports that an ISS documentary has been produced by the Discovery Channel which will include footage taken during the August 6, 2003 ARISS- Neston Primary School contact (Corsham,Wiltshire,U.K.) with astronaut Ed Lu. The program may run as early as December 28 in the U.K. and will likely be shown in the U.S. and Canada in January, 2006.
Astronaut Training Status
Astronaut Mike Lopez-Alegria is tentatively scheduled for amateur radio license training classes on November 16 and 17.
The last 6 unlicensed astronaut candidates (Randy Bresnick, Chris Cassidy, James Dutton, Shane Kimbrough, Tom Marshburn, and Bobby Satcher) from the class of 2004 attended their first amateur radio license training session on November 10.