Please enjoy this short video by Jeff, N6WJT about pinging the ISS from his home in Columbia California.
Hams in Space
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From ARRL NEWS SpaceX Dragon capsule Resilience, carrying four radio amateurs, autonomously docked on November 17 at 0401 UTC with the International Space Station (ISS). A SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher carrying the precious payload went into space on Sunday, November 15, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. They comprise the ISS Expedition 64/65 crew. “Well, the ISS is loaded with hams now,” Amateur Radio on the International […]
On September 2 a cross band FM amateur radio repeater with a downlink on 437.800 MHz was activated on the International Space Station. The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announcement reads: The ARISS team is pleased to announce that set up and installation of the first element of our next generation radio system was completed and amateur radio operations with […]
Upcoming Contact with ISS, Listen from Central California on 145.800 Hand held and mobile radios can receive, use largest antenna you have. Listen at 09:49 AM (9:49 AM pacific) CORRECTED TIME Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA, direct via AA6TB (Ricky Arnold KE5DAU) Thu 2018-09-06 16:49:52 UTC 81 deg An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Mendez […]
A Live Conversation from the ISS Thursday July 26: 1:20 PM. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink from Sonora on any 2 Meter radio. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), a Space Station Explorers partner organization, will host a live radio contact with an astronaut on the ISS. Local students will ask the astronaut questions about […]