My audio recording/reception of Astronaut Kjell Lindgren talking to students from Dagget Montessori School in Fort Worth, Texas on October 29th, 2015 as heard in Raleigh, North Carolina. For continuity, I recorded myself reading the questions the students asked, and spliced them into this recording.

I make videos of these receptions too, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zixq5yyWH-k

I received answers to questions 4 - 10:

4.  How does the lack of gravity affect your blood flow?

5.  At what age did you decide to become an astronaut and what inspired you to do so?

6.  On Earth, we see one sunrise and one sunset a day.  How does it change your sleep-wake cycle when you see a sunrise or sunset every 45 minutes?

7.  Are there any mechanical or electrical changes in your equipment from Earth's gravity to microgravity? For example, results from the SoRGE.

8.  When you miss your family, what do you do to feel comforted?

9.  If someone has a critical medical emergency, such as appendicitis, what would you do?

10.  How does microgravity affect your digestive system?  For example, does your food float to the top of your stomach?

73, KG4AKV

Astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Dagget Montessori School contact reception

My audio recording/reception of Astronaut Kimiya Yui talking to students at West Michigan Aviation Academy as heard in Raleigh, North Carolina. For continuity, I recorded myself reading the questions the students asked, and spliced them into this recording.

I'll make a video of this eventually, like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmGMZPDXdbI

73, KG4AKV

West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, direct via W8ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH
Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-10-23 17:58:48 UTC 49 deg

3. So far during the twin study, what research has been recorded since Scott Kelly was sent up to the station?

4. What do you think of the liquid water on Mars? Do you think it would make it possible to colonize it earlier?

5. Waking up in space every day and seeing earth out your window, how has seeing this and having this opportunity changed your perspective on life?

6. Concerning the twin study, in order to remove variables from the research on gut organisms, will the twins have the exact same diet during the space mission?

7. Could you use a gyroscopic space station to simulate gravity so the astronauts can still maintain balance and bone strength?

8. What are the ways you blend your culture with the other cultures surrounding you at the station?

9. Do you always have enough food? If not, how is more food sent to you?

1. What courses did you take in high school that you find most relevant to your work at the International Space Station?

10. Being confined in that small area so far away from others, do you guys ever feel lonely? How are the group dynamics?

11. How does space positively or negatively affect your health?

12. What is the daily checklist for astronauts, in terms of safety inspections, instrument tuning, and/or incoming information?

13. What types of plants do you grow to study and what are the main differences between their growth in space and on earth?

16. I understand most astronauts stay in space for approximately six months, do you feel that astronauts should be kept in space for this long or should it be longer such as Russian astronauts who have been known to stay for a year?

14. What kind of emotional impact do you feel being selected out of thousands of scientists to be one of the few humans to venture into outer space?
answered at 8min

15. Does zero gravity affect your dreams?

17. In your opinion, do you think that commercial rocket companies such as SpaceX will help the space industry by exploring new realms of our solar system, or will the cheaper, reusable rockets hurt the industry by causing a fatal accident?

18. Does Scott Kelly have to do anything different while in space to gather data for the identical twin/effects of space study?

19. What does a lunar eclipse look like up at the space station?

ISS West Michigan Aviation Academy contact Reception in Raleigh, NC

My audio recording/reception of Astronaut Kjell Lindgren talking to students from Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School in Warson  Woods, Missouri, on November 12th, 2015 as heard in Raleigh, North Carolina. 

For continuity, I recorded myself reading the questions the students asked and spliced them into this recording.

I make videos of these receptions too, like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zixq5yyWH-k

I received answers to questions two through twelve, with ten seemingly skipped:

2.  Have you ever had any problems with the ISS?

3.  How long does it take you to get used to being in space?

4.  Does lack of gravity affect your dreams?

5.  What science experiments do you conduct in space?

6.  Do all the astronauts work together in the same experiments?

7.  What would happen if you light a fire in zero gravity?

8.  When you were a kid did you know that you would be an astronaut?

9.  What type of educational background helped you prepare for this job?

10.  Is it difficult to readjust physically upon returning to earth?
^ skipped
11.  Does infection spread at the same rate in space as on earth?

12.  What happens if you have a medical emergency?

For more information on this, see the press release from ARISS, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station:

Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson  Woods, Missouri,
direct via NØKBA
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to  be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
The contact is a  go for: Thu 2015-11-12 16:25:16 UTC 55 deg

http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2015-November/056004.html

73, KG4AKV

Space Station Ste. Genevieve Catholic Contact Reception in Raleigh, NC

Use this recording to make sure your SSTV app/software can properly decode SSTV transmissions like the ones the ISS sends. 

How to get email notifications for upcoming ISS SSTV events:

http://sats.wikidot.com/how-to-get-email-notifications-for-upcoming-iss-sstv-events

In preparation for upcoming ISS SSTV events you can use this recording to make sure your SSTV app/software can properly decode SSTV transmissions like the ones the ISS sends, which use the PD120 mode. This recording is also available on YouTube and as an mp3 download via Dropbox:

https://youtu.be/SffT9U8scBc

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gii8rytqrfch8q2/Space_Comms_PD120_SSTV_Test_Recording.mp3?dl=0

For more information on the upcoming ISS SSTV events see this webpage:

https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/iss-sstv-reception-hints/

PD120 SSTV Test Recording

In preparation for upcoming ISS SSTV events you can use this recording to make sure your SSTV app/software can properly decode SSTV transmission like the ones the ISS will be sending, which use the PD120 mode. This recording is also available on as an mp3 download via Dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgp5gtkzjdvm0m3/Space_Comms_PD180_SSTV_Test_Recording.mp3?dl=0

And on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/fGBmUTESnC8

PD180 SSTV Test Recording

PD0RKC provided this to me. I think it was recorded around the time of the April 2016 ISS SSTV event

ISS Russia 20160416 Cut Dead Air

This was from the  2016-06-09 21:09 UTC pass 

Local pass timings in Raleigh, North Carolina (FM05)
Time                Satellite              Azm  Elv  Mag Range S.Azm S.Elv
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
2016-06-09 17:09:52 ISS                  246.1  0.0  4.2  2369 272.8  37.8
2016-06-09 17:11:13 ISS                  250.8  5.0  3.5  1831 273.0  37.6
2016-06-09 17:15:13 ISS                  324.2 34.3  0.8   681 273.6  36.7
2016-06-09 17:19:14 ISS                   37.5  5.0  2.5  1839 274.1  35.9
2016-06-09 17:20:36 ISS                   42.2  0.0  2.9  2383 274.3  35.7

Astronaut Tim Kopra NA1SS Calling W4HNI and WZ9I During ISS SSTV Event

This was a telebridge school contact through K6DUE in Maryland at 4:11 AM local time. I left my car on top of the parking deck at my girlfriends apartment and left my audio recorder running all night hooked up to my Kenwood TM-261A and its Larsen 2m/70cm antenna. I got pretty good reception considering the setup. I had a clear view of the pass for most of the middle of the pass.

H.A.L. School, Lucknow, India, telebridge via K6DUE
The  ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is  Tim Kopra KE5UDN
Contact is a go for Option #7: Thu 2016-05-12 08:11:20 UTC  79 deg

1.  Is the atmosphere of Mars suitable for living?

2.  Did you ever see aliens in space?

3.  Have you measured the temperature outside of ISS during space walk?

Can start to hear the answer to this question
4.  What are your three favourite things about being in spaceship?

5.  What challenges have you faced in space?

Signal gets strong here
6.  How is the atmosphere of Mars?

7.  Did you find any adjustment problem during your journey?

8.  Which city (area) on the earth is most illuminated as you have seen from ISS?

9.  What do you want to do in future?

10.  What we should do to become an astronaut?

11.  What was your inspiration for being an astronaut?

12.  Have you seen solar / lunar / earth eclipse from ISS?

13.  How will the garbage affect the earth?

14.  Which type of antenna do you use to communicate with us?

Lose it after this
15.  Why do you wear special suits? What will happen if you do not use this suit?

16.  Does microgravity make your body tired or sick?

17.  What will happen if we fire a bullet in space?

18.  Do you bring your favourite items from earth?

19.  Have the astronauts of Apollo 18 seen any alien? Is this true or false?

20.  What do the stars look like from up in space?

Astronaut Tim Kopra and H.A.L. School, Lucknow India Contact

Busy Friday Night SO-50 Pass from Asheville, NC, EM85 - 2016-07-16 0136 UTC

This was received in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Rainbow Middle School, Rainbow City, AL, direct via K4JMC
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Wed 2017-01-04 17:29:40 UTC 80 deg

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Rainbow Middle School, Rainbow City, AL on 04 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:29 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between N4ISS and K4JMC. The contact should be audible over the state of Alabama and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

1.   What made you want to become an astronaut?

2.   How does it feel to achieve something as cool as being in space?

3.   Who did you look up to when you were young?

4.   What was the hardest thing you went through while training to become an

     astronaut?

5.   During blast off, did you feel any physical pain or sickness?

6.   Before launch what were you thinking?

7.   How does being in space affect blood pressure?

8.   Because it takes two days to get to the ISS, how do you eat?

9.  What was the hardest challenge for you to overcome knowing that you would

    be in space for a long period of time?

10.   How, and how often, do you communicate with your family while aboard

      the ISS?

11.   Now that you have been in space a while, what simulations on Earth did

      you find to be most helpful?

12.   What's the most fun thing you do for entertainment while aboard the

      ISS?

13.   Does the change in gravity cause your daily chores and work to be

      easier or harder?

14.   What happens if you were to get sick in space?

15.   Are the astronauts able to vote while in space?

16.   How do you wash your dirty laundry while aboard the ISS?

17.   While on ISS, do you miss Earth's ways of doing life?

18.   Is there a minimum age limit for space travel?

19.   What is one thing that you enjoy doing in space that you can't do on

      Earth?

Rainbow Middle School Alabama and Shane Kimbrough ARISS contact

Moore Square Magnet Middle ARISS contact mixdown

First contact is with W5PFG in Texas on the 2017-02-21 - 0349 UTC - SO-50 pass

All other contacts are from the 2018-02-25 - 1926 UTC - AO-91 pass

TI2CDA Costa Rica
XE1GZU Guadalajara Mexico
KB6LTY San Bernardino county California

After that it's a recording from 2016-07-15 - SO-50 - 2136 Eastern - Asheville EM85

Sample satellite contacts for broadcast radio interview

Sometimes people ask if CW is used on satellites. The answer is yes. Here is some. I don't know code so I can't tell what it is. A decoder I downloaded got this... seems off.

 T   UQE UT U L TRR  WA6ALR FBEWA ARAE EE E56 ARADE K F 0QS TU DM 79 DMTTS Q? B K    I  U T HERE  E B K K

This is from the 2019-01-23 - 0022 UTC FO-29 pass. Received in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, grid FM05.

CW heard on satellite FO-29

AO-27 is back. The transponder is on a timer. Schedule is here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U1bxpBHbQpwoTRx0KAf78VkJGsb2UQwUB7za8BC7hFw/edit#gid=328598742

AO-27- 2020-10-21 - 2236 UTC pass over Raleigh, NC

I'm John Brier, KG4AKV. This is a place for me to upload audio recordings of things I don't make videos of. Mostly I make YouTube videos documenting ham radio space communications: International Space Station(ISS) school contact receptions, two-way communications with other hams through our own satellites using voice and data, SSTV image receptions from the ISS, and how to and informational videos about the same.

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