Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Successful Contact with Camp Cavett
3. ISS Makes General Contacts
4. MAI-75 Experiment to be Activated
5. Astronaut Training Status
6. ESA Covers ARISS Contact with Italian Campers
7. ARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline

1. Upcoming School Contacts
The Girl Guides of Canada have been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, July 16 at 17:47 UTC. Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, ages 12-17, are participating in the Guiding Mosaic 2010 which is being held July 8-17 at Guelph Lake, Ontario to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Girl Guides in Canada. The event focuses on girls doing program work in various fields including science and technology, sports, waterfront and arts and crafts. They have prepared for their ARISS contact by studying orbital mechanics and learning about the value of successful international partnerships.

i dont think that the iss should be "deorbited". i believe that when it is no longer fit for human habitation it should be boosted out of earth orbit it should be loaded with additional scientific instruments and sent to Mars . a coarse could be set to either orbit Mars or and orbit that will orbit between Earth and Mars. it would be a shame to just burn it all up ... n3aas ... pat ...

437.80 up / 145.800 down Repeater Use? When NA1SS is not operational?
I have not seen any activity posted since 2009 for using the 70 cm(437.80Mhz) uplink into the ISS repeater/ to the 145.800 Mhz voice down link. Is this cross band repeater mode still available or operational here in July 11, 2010? I would think it would be fun to make repeater contacts when Colonel Douglas Whellock is busy with work. I really appreciate hearing him from NA1SS making Amatuer radio contacts when flying over my and your QTHs.

So has anybody tried to call on the cross band repeater mode lately? I am still leargning to listen to ISS as they travel overhead.

I would greatly appreciate an audio file of the July 11 2152-2204 UTC West Coast pass. Please e-mail the file to dhart@kmob.com. Thanks and 73.