[sarex] Good sigs from ISS sked

[MM <ka1rrw@xxxxxxxxx>]

The signal from ISS during todays school sked
was very strong.  The children asked some
good questions and the answers were just as good.

My temp station consisted of a old tri-band scanner
recieving antenna, Inside an attic.


--- "Scott  H. Stevens / N3ASA" <n3asa@amsat.org>
wrote:

> The next International Space Station's Expedition 11
> ARISS 
> school contact will be with students at the Matthew
> J. 
> Kuss Middle School in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
> on 
> Friday, 16 September 2005. The event is scheduled to
> begin 
> at approximately 18:27 UTC.
> 
> This contact will be direct between stations NA1SS
> and 
> W1ACT, so it should be audible to anyone in the
> northeast 
> United States and southern portions of  Ontario and
> Quebec 
> listening in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The
> participants 
> are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
> 
> "Matthew J. Kuss is an urban middle school located
> in Fall 
> River, MA. The school has a population of six
> hundred 
> sixth through eighth grade students. Seventy percent
> of 
> the population is low income. The staff consists of
> 80 
> teachers and paraprofessionals. A new principal,
> Nancy 
> Mullen, has just been appointed to lead the school.
> Kuss 
> was named one of the fifty original NASA Explorer
> Schools 
> in 2003. As part of the NASA Explorer School
> program, Kuss 
> started a HAM radio club with the support of The
> Bristol 
> County Repeaters Association, the local HAM radio
> club. 
> Four students and two staff members have received
> their 
> HAM Radio licenses. Other NASA Explorer school
> programs 
> include the GLOBE project in which students collect 
> environmental data and the Sun-Earth Connection
> program, 
> Radio Jove, in which students collect and track
> solar 
> storm data. Students have also participated in NASA 
> E-Mission simulations and distance learning events
> with 
> NASA scientists. In 2004, grade 8 students had an 
> experiment launched in a sub-sem rocket at Wallops
> Island, 
> Virginia."
> 
> Students will ask as many of the following questions
> as 
> time allows:
> 
> 1. How did you feel the first time you looked at the
> Earth 
> from space?
> 2. How does zero gravity affect your body?
> 3. Did you get your amateur radio license because
> you 
> wanted to or because your career required you to get
> it?
> 4. How long does it take your body to get use to
> micro 
> gravity in space?
> 5. In your free time what do you do for enjoyment on
> the 
> ISS?
> 6. Do you enjoy using amateur radio?
> 7. What amateur radio equipment does the ISS have on
> 
> board?
> 8. What made you decide to be an astronaut?
> 9. How much longer will it take to complete the ISS?
> 10. Can you see weather changes on the Earth as
> viewed 
> from the ISS?
> 11. What do you miss most about Earth?
> 12. How do you mentally and Physically prepare for
> going 
> into space?
> 13. Do you think a person with special needs could
> ever 
> work on the ISS?
> 14. What would you do if you ever encountered an 
> extraterrestrial during a space walk?
> 15. When you were in middle school did you ever
> think you 
> would be an astronaut?
> 16. What position do you sleep in? Is it difficult
> to 
> adjust to sleeping like this?
> 17. When the moon, planet, or any other object
> blocks the 
> sun, does that affect the amount of power you have,
> or the 
> amount you can use?
> 18. Was being and astronaut your first choice for a 
> career?
> 19. What kinds of experiments have you been working
> on?
> 20. Was it difficult learning how to move around in
> space?
> 21. What fields of science are you most interested
> in?
> 22. Does the Earth's weather affect the ISS in
> anyway?
> 23. What do you like most about being an ISS crew
> member?
> 24. Do you have any plans to upgrade your amateur
> radio 
> license to general or extra?
> 
> Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS will
> be 
> turned off prior to the beginning of the contact. It
> will 
> be returned to service as quickly as possible.
> 
> Upcoming ARISS events  can be found at 
>  http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
>   The 
> next scheduled event is with students at Sanderson
> High 
> School, Sanderson, Texas on 22 September 2005 at
> 16:08 
> UTC.
> 
> ARISS is an international educational outreach
> program 
> partnering the participating space agencies, NASA,
> Russian 
> Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the
> AMSAT and 
> IARU organizations from participating countries.
> ARISS 
> offers an opportunity for students to experience the
> 
> excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with
> 
> crewmembers on-board the International Space
> Station. 
> Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand,
> how 
> Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize 
> youngsters' interest in science, technology, and
> learning. 
> Further information on the ARISS programme is
> available on 
> the website http://www.rac.ca/ariss (graciously
> hosted by 
> the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Information about the
> next 
> scheduled ARISS contact can be found at 
> http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact.
> 
> Thank you & 73,
> Scott H. Stevens / N3ASA
> ARISS Team Member
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