[HamSat] ARISS Update

[larry fields,n6hpx/du1 manila]

  I was reading in the swm group that the ARISS is
open 24/7 now. Is this correct.

  Larry Fields,n6hpx/du1
--- Timothy Pickett <timp at speednetllc.com> wrote:

> 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," 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"." 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," 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," at: 
> http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/08/10/1/?nc=1
> 
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