Spacewalk Could Return ARISS Ham Station in International Space Station back on the Air 03/09/2021 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) reports that efforts to determine what’s keeping the ham station in the ISS Columbus module off the air have been unsuccessful thus far. The radio equipment works, but no signal appears to be reaching the external ARISS antenna. The station, typically operated as NA1SS, has not […]
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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 Space Station (ARISS) US Delegate for […]
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 it are now underway. This first […]
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 Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA […]
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 living and working in space and […]