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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">ARISS contacts on Echolink and IRLP <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the Breadalbane Academy, Aberfeldy, United Kingdom on Tuesday February 12th AOS is scheduled for 09:22 UTC
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ in California, USA. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On Wednesday February 13th the scheduled contact is with participants at Chief Peguis Jr. High, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada AOS is scheduled for 19:47 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK5ZAI in South Australia. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Radio amateurs in the footprint are asked to monitor the signals on the 145.80 downlink for signal strength as we are using the back up Erickson radio.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Audio from this contact will be fed into the:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call
to the ISS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please note that on Echolink there are automatic breaks of 1.5 seconds in the audio transmission. These occur every 2.5 minutes during the event. Breaks on IRLP are manual and occur approximately after every third question.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">* Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John AG9D<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ARISS Audio Distribution<o:p></o:p></p>
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