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   ARLS004 Three Hams Scheduled to Head to ISS This Weekend   
      
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   Space Bulletin 004  ARLS004   
   From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington, CT  July 12, 2012   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB SPACE ARL ARLS004   
   ARLS004 Three Hams Scheduled to Head to ISS This Weekend   
      
   NASA will televise the launch and docking of the next mission to the   
   International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for 8:40 PM (CDT)   
   Saturday, July 14 (0140 UTC, Sunday, July 15). NASA Flight Engineer   
   Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, along with Russian cosmonaut Yuri   
   Malenchenko, RK3DUP, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency   
   astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI, are completing preparations as   
   they undergo their final Soyuz spacecraft fit. Live NASA TV coverage   
   of the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome   
   in Kazakhstan begins at 8:30 PM CDT on Saturday, July 14 (0130 UTC   
   July 15).   
      
   The trio will arrive at the station on July 16, joining NASA Flight   
   Engineer Joe Acaba, KE5DAR, and two Russian cosmonauts: Expedition   
   32 Commander Gennady Padalka, RN3DT, and Flight Engineer Sergei   
   Revin, RN3BS. Acaba, Padalka and Revin have been aboard the ISS   
   since mid-May. Williams, Malenchenko and Hoshide -- who also will be   
   part of the Expedition 33 crew starting in September -- will return   
   to Earth in mid-November.   
      
   A link with NASA TV's scheduled coverage is available at,   
   http://www.arrl.org/news/three-hams-scheduled-to-head-to-iss-this-weekend.   
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   Gentlemens' agreements ratified by IARU regions 1 and 2 have   
   designated a global "center of activity" frequency  in  each   
   of  the  international  hf  bands.  THese are similar to the   
   concept for weak signal calling and other center of activity   
   frequencies.  Three of these have been ratified worldwide.   
      
   THese  center of activity frequencies are where stations can   
   go to render or obtain emergency assistance.   
      
   WHen casually operating or  contesting  on  hf  please  make   
   yourself  aware  of  these  frequencies,  and give them some   
   space. Remember that often stations with emergency needs are   
   not  those  utilizing  high  gain antennas and maximum legal   
   power.   
      
   TO find out more, visit 14300.net or IARU web resources.   
      
      
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