This is from Newsline report #1718 www.arnewsline.org
Listen to the MP3 audio file just after break 2 at 19 minutes into recording.

HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ISS RANDOM CONTACTS BACK

After a seemingly long period when the astronaut and cosmonaut hams on
board the International Space Station seemed only to be making pre-
planned contacts with schools, random contacts are back. For several
days last week, Colonel Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC, took to the air from the
orbital outpost to talk to hams around the globe. Here's a time
compressed sample as supplied to us by Scott Avery, WA6LIE:

Brazilian Space Agency AEB has produced two videos about the International Space Station. The videos were recorded by astronaut Marcos Pontes and are the first videos showing ARISS activities in Portuguese. See:

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/user/PY1KCF#p/a/u/1/vilmCC7RRQ0
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/user/PY1KCF#p/a/u/0/GJll0WZfYmg

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.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Astronaut Speaks with Summer Camp via ARISS
3. ARISS Included in Brazilian Space Agency Videos

1. Upcoming School Contact
Cavett Kids Foundation's Camp Cavett, based out of OU Medical Center in Kingston, Oklahoma, has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, July 8 at 20:35 UTC. The mission of the Cavett Kids Foundation is to provide a forum of support through various camps, events, and programs for children with life-threatening and chronic illnesses while promoting character, coping skills, and connection. Using ARRL (American Radio Relay League) lesson plans, children will be introduced to the basics of radio wave propagation and local radio clubs will assist with demonstrations and hands on activities.

Lou McFadin, W5DID reported that ARISSat-1 is currently undergoing assembly and testing procedures in Orlando, Florida. In preparation for delivery of the ARISSat-1 flight unit to Russia in July continuous operation testing of flight components was started and has gone well.

The next milestone includes completing thermal vacuum testing followed by vibration testing at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia prior to shipping the flight version of ARISSat-1 to Russia for the ride up to the ISS on a supply mission.

The ARRISat-1 Guided Tour video produced at Dayton Hamvention 2010 and the latest photos and information can be viewed on-line at: http://arissat1.org/

SpaceDaily.com reported this week that ESA's Columbus module maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS)aboard the International Space Station was switched on. The AIS antenna, mounted externally on the Columbus module, was fabricated by AMSAT and ARISS member Lou McFadin, W5DID and the US ARISS team. The team has also fabricated a nearly-identical twin amateur band antenna for ARISS. The ARISS antenna will be used when the Ericsson amateur radio gear is activated in early 2011.

ESA reported receiving more than 90,000 Class A AIS messages during a 14 hour test between 1900 GMT on 2 June and 0900 GMT on 3 June. This generated a global view of maritime traffic as the ISS orbit crosses all major shipping lanes.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Japanese Club Talks to ISS via ARISS Contact
3. ARISS Web Page Links to DLN Module
4. ARISSat Safety Review to be Held
5. AMSAT Covers ARISS Antennas

1. Upcoming School Contacts
Summer camp "Astronauts in Forest," Perugia, Italy has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, July 2 at 19:50 UTC via telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium. The camp teaches youth why it is necessary to study and protect the environment. It explains that space research is very important for the future of our planet and younger generations and it also initiates the children in the use of scientific instruments.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. ARISS Contact Highlights WIA Centenary Event
3. ARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline

1. Upcoming School Contacts
Istituto Comprensivo Camaiore - Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado "M. Rosi," Camaiore, Italy has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, June 5 at 10:21 UTC. Students participating in the contact have learned about space science, principles of radio communications and the benefits of space exploration and have prepared to use English in a real life situation.

ISIS Andrea Ponti, located in Gallarate, Varese, Italy, has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Monday, June 7 at 09:40 UTC. The contact is the final event of several cross-curricular activities involving different school subjects including Science, History, Geography, Math, Information Technology and English. Students have learned about the solar system and its origins, the Space Conquest and its wide range of applications in everyday life (television broadcast by satellite, Internet, meteorological conditions) and scientific research.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. ARISS Contact for Pita Kallak School
3. ARISSat Presentation Available for Viewing
4. ARRL QST Covers ARISS
5. Astronaut Training Status
6. ARISS Presented at Scout-O-Rama

1. Upcoming School Contacts
The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) in Bayswater, Victoria, Australia has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, May 29 at 10:43 UTC via ON4ISS in Belgium. The WIA will hold a special dinner to celebrate its centenary and has invited students from local schools in Canberra to make an ARISS school contact on that evening. It is anticipated that this dinner will be a high key event with Australia wide coverage.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Successful ARISS Contact Held with Komoro Higashi Junior High
3. MAI-75 Experiment Activated
4. ARISS at Dayton Hamvention

1. Upcoming School Contacts
Pita Kallak School in Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, May 20 at 16:28 UTC via station ON4ISS in Belgium. The school plans to form a space club with participants from all grade levels. The students will learn about the ISS and radio protocol through video, the internet and guest speakers and will create projects (mobiles, posters, banners, murals) related to these subjects and display them in "Mission Control" (the gym).