SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-305.01 SSETI on ESA Portal Page AMSAT News Service Bulletin 305.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 31, 2004 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-305.01 The SSETI Express team were very pleased to have made the front page of the ESA portal on the 19th October. The full article makes reference to the amateur radio contribution and to their future projects. If it has gone from the front page by the time you check, then it will be found at http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMKINZ990E_index_0.html [ANS thanks Graham, G3VZV for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-305.02 PCSat recovery AMSAT News Service Bulletin 305.02 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 31, 2004 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-305.02 PCsat continutes to work perfectly since recovery last weekend. And she should continue to do so as long as we dont suffer a reset. To use PCsat, just QSY your normal APRS mobile station to 145.825 during a pass. You should not have to change any parameters. PCsat digipeats the aliases of RELAY and WIDE just like terrestrial digipeating. [ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-305.03 Solar Minimum is coming AMSAT News Service Bulletin 305.03 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 31, 2004 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-305.03 Something strange happened on the sun recently: all the sunspots vanished. This is a sign, say forecasters, that solar minimum is coming sooner than expected. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/18oct_solarminimum.htm?list494233 [ANS thanks NASA Science News for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-305.04 AMSAT Awards Issued AMSAT News Service Bulletin 305.04 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 31, 2004 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-305.04 Congratulations go out to Brock Thomsen, W6GMT, for earning Oscar Satellite Sexagesimal Award #136. To see all the awards and a list of those earning the awards, visit http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html [ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-305.05 ARISS Status - 25 Oct 2004 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 305.05 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 31, 2004 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-305.05 1. Pori, Finland Contact Successful Students from Porin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu, Pori Senior High Shool, in Pori, Finland, spoke to taxi flight cosmonaut, Yuri Shargin, on October 19. They were able to ask 12 questions before the ISS went over the horizon. Students, teachers and members of the media, including radio, TV and newspapers, attended the event. ARISS delegate Gaston Bertels covered the contact in an article which is posted on the ARISS Europe website. “Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin Answers Questions of Finnish High School Students” can be found at: http://www.ariss-eu.org/2004_10_20.htm Another article, “Pori pupils talk with crew-member on the International Space Station,” can be found on the Helsingin Sanomat International Edition – Home website. See: http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/article/1076154287014 2. Zonnebloem Contact Successful On October 22, the Science Exhibition in Hasselt, Belgium welcomed guest students from the Zonnebloem (Turnsole) Primary School. At 08:38 UTC, Yuri Shargin, using the callsign RS0ISS, answered 13 questions put to him by the students via the telebridge station ON4ISS. This was the first time this telebridge station, operated by Philippe van Houte , ON5PV, has been used for a school contact. Approximately one hundred students and teachers, as well as radio and television stations, and two newspapers attended the event. An article on the contact, including a photo and a link to the audio is posted on the ARISS-Europe website. See: http://www.ariss-eu.org/2004_10_22.htm 3. Gdynia Contact Article Gdynskie Liceum Autorskie High School, one of the schools that took part in the Gdynia, Poland contact, posted an article and photos on its website covering the event. The story is written in Polish. See: http://www.gla.edu.pl/aktualnosci/?show_article=115 4.ARRL Article on New Russian Satellite Proposal The ARRL ran a web story on the new satellite, which has been proposed by the Russians, and conveyed to AMSAT and ARISS by ARISS Russia delegate Sergey Samburov, RV3DR. The satellite is to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. A spacesuit is to be used to house amateur radio equipment including slow scan television (SSTV). The article, “ARISS International Delegates Ponder "SuitSat" Possibilities,” can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/10/19/1/?nc=1 5. Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, Speaks to W5RRR JSC ran an article on Mike Fincke’s contact with the Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club (JSCARC), W5RRR. Mike thanked the group for his amateur radio training and let them know of the importance ham radio has played for him on the ISS. A link to a partial audio of the contact can be found on the site. “Amateur radio club talks with Mike Fincke,” is located at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/jscfeatures/articles/000000282.html 6. ARRL Covers New Crew on ISS On October 18, the ARRL ran an article on the successful docking of the Soyuz 9 with the ISS and of the Expedition 10 crew joining Expedition 9. The story, entitled, “Three hams now in space with arrival of Expedition 10 crew on ISS,” can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ 7. Debrief Questions Compiled Debrief questions for the Expedition 9 crew have been compiled and uplinked to Mike Fincke. Mike will review these questions while on orbit so that he can check on the ARISS hardware status, time permitting. 8. ARRL Article on Expedition 10 Crew Taking Command of the ISS The ARRL ran a web story on the Expedition 10 crew, Commander Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, and ISS Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, taking the reins of the ISS, as Expedition 9 crew, Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, and Gennady Padalka, RN3DT, ready themselves for departure. The article also covers Mike’s last contacts with Montaud, France, and Gdynia, Poland, as well as the Pori, Finland and Hasselt, Belgium contacts with Yuri Shargin. The article, entitled, “Expedition 9 Crew Ready to Leave; Expedition 10 Commander Ready to Vote,” can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/10/22/3/?nc=1 [ANS thanks Carol for the above information] /EX