<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
ARISS contact on Echolink</h1><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, Minnesota, USA on Thursday May 1st. AOS is anticipated at 16:28 UTC</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a DIRECT between<span> </span><strong>NA1SS</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>NR0T</strong><span> </span>on site at the school. The contact should be audible over portions of the Midwest and Southern USA.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Audio from this contact will be fed into the:<br>EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377)</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Streaming Audio available at:<span> </span><a style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none" href="https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/</a></p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Audio is expected to begin approximately 15:45 UTC with a contact program there will not be the usual moderation as this is a direct contact not a telebridge.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">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.</p>
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* Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other maneuver, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
73,</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><em><strong>John - AG9D</strong></em></p></div>