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ARISS 25th Anniversary Event Mode Change
to V/U on January 3AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs and ARISS International Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO announced, "Twenty-five years ago this week, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, made history by being the first amateur radio operator to talk to hams from space. Owen's historic flight on the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission was launched on November 28 and landed on December 8, 1983. Owen's ham radio adventure on STS-9 ushered in a host of outstanding outreach activities that continue today with the ARISS program." >more...
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AO-51 Schedule 3 Jan - 4 Jan 2009
FM Repeater V/U
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.300 MHz
FM Repeater, V/U (ARRL Kid's Day, QSOs between or with kids ONLY)
Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM
ARISS 25th Anniversary story continued
Frank continued, "Many will recall that first set of contacts and downlinks with Owen. Those first contacts allowed each of us to share the excitement of space exploration through Owen's first-hand eyewitness accounts. Owen's ham radio legacy enabled space travelers that have flown on the Space Shuttle, the Space Station Mir and now the International Space Station to share their journey of exploration."
The ARISS team hopes you are all enjoying the diverse amateur radio opportunities that have occurred on the ISS over the past several weeks. We want to thank Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, for his outstanding support to the ISS Ham Radio community. His efforts have been phenomenal!
Specifically, the following is being planned in the near-term:
- December 29 - January 3 - This past week, the ISS Ham radio system was configured in the L/V crossband repeater mode. This configuration will continue through to Saturday when a school contact is scheduled around 10:35 UTC.
- January 3 - January 17 - After the school contact on Saturday January 3, ARISS plans to have Mike Fincke reconfigure the radio to support V/U crossband repeater operations.with a 145.99 MHz uplink frequency including PL tone of 67.0 Hz and a 437.80 MHz downlink frequency. All repeater operations are being performed in low power (5 W) mode.
- We are also considering follow-on experimental operations of the 9600 baud packet radio system and the L/V crossband repeater. Stay tuned for future updates.
We would like to remind everyone that ISS flight requirements related to EVA and vehicle activity may require the radio to be off for some portion of this schedule. And school contacts and general QSO opportunities by the crew will also preempt this schedule for short periods of time. (But remember that if you hear these, you still qualify for a commemorative certificate).
Frank concluded, "In the meantime, enjoy the ARISS ops on ISS! And congratulations to Owen Garriott, W5LFL, on the 25th anniversary of his historic flight!!"
ARISS Commemorative Certificate Information
If you have had two-way communications with the ISS on voice, packet (APRS), or through the voice repeater, or have heard the ISS from space in any of the ARISS operations modes (voice, SSTV, school contact, voice repeater, digital) between November 30, 2008 to January 15, 2009 you qualify to receive an ARISS Commemorative Certificate.
Please note on your QSL the ARISS mode of operation (e.g. SSTV, voice, school, etc) and whether the contact with you was one-way (receive only) or two-way. On the outside of the QSL envelope, please include the words "25th Anniversary Certificate" Make sure your envelope is big enough to accept an 8.5 by 11 inch certificate and includes the proper postage. Please refer to http://www.ariss.org for additional details.
ARISS QSL Addresses:
- USA: ARRL Headquarters, 25th Anniversary Certificate, 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111-1494 USA
- Canada: Radio Amateurs of Canada, 25th Anniversary Certificate, 720 Belfast Road, Suite 217, Ottawa Ontario K1G 0Z5
- Europe: F1MOJ - Mr CANDEBAT Christophe, ARISS-Europe QSL Manager, 25th Anniversary Certificate, 19 Chemin des Escoumeilles, 66820 VERNET les Bains, FRANCE
- Japan: ARISS Japan QSL, 25th Anniversary Certificate, JARL International Section, Tokyo 170-8073 JAPAN
- Russia: Alexander Davydov, RN3DK, 25th Anniversary Certificate, Novo - Mytishchinsky prospekt 52 - 111, Mytishchi 18, Moskovskaya obl., 141018, RUSSIA
- For other countries, please use the US or Canadian address above until such time as an address for your country is available.
Please note that ARISS will be sending your certificate to the volunteer distributors in bulk AFTER the event is over. It will take1-2 months after the event closes on January 15 to send out the certificates.
Updated: 03 Jan, 09 |
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SKN Nominations Are DueThanks in part to the AO-51 command team's support, activity in OSCAR SKN 2009 seemed at an all-time high. If you participated, please nominate someone you worked for Best Fist now, while you're thinking of it. Remember, your nominee need not have the best fist you heard, just the best of those you worked. Send your nomination to w2rs@amsat.org.
Thanks & 73,
Ray W2RS
Updated: 01 Jan, 09
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