With the spectacular launch of SpaceX-30 on March 21, 2024, the HamTV system is now back on it’s on its way to the ISS. Although it is not expected that the HamTV equipment will be activated for at least a few weeks, the British Amateur Television Club (BAT) has created a new wiki page which gives a lot of information on how to receive, decode and display the DATV signals from the ISS. See: https://wiki.batc.org.uk/HAMTV_from_the_ISS There is also a discussion channel available on the site.
[ANS thanks Graham Shirville, G3VZV for the above information.]
Bilingual Montessori School of Lund (Stiftelsen BMSL), Lund, Sweden, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html…
The scheduled crewmember is Marcus Wandt KJ5COO The ARISS mentor is ON6TI Contact is go for: Wed 2024-01-31 12:48:03 UTC 54 deg
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Update 2024-01-22 from SM0IFP:
Good news: the contact is a GO for Wed 2024-01-31 12:48:03 UTC= 13:48 your local time. The ground station will be VK4KHZ, located in Australia (Lat. 21.3584 S, Long.148.11227 E, Alt. 386 M)
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From ARISS we got the information that the swedish astronaut Marcus Wandt, KJ5COO, is scheduled to make an ARISS contact with Bilingual Montessori School of Lund (Stiftelsen BMSL), Lund, Sweden during their stay.
Stays tuned for more updates for exact date and time.
R4UAB reports that from October 3, 2023 to October 5, 2023 images will be transmitted from the International Space Station via the SSTV protocol as part of the “About Gagarin from Space” experiment. The topic of the program is the first artificial Earth satellite, amateur radio satellites, school satellites.
SSTV images will be transmitted on 145.800 MHz using a Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver. They are expected to use the PD-120 SSTV format.
The scheduled start of transmission is October 03, 2023 at approximately 14:40 UTC. The end of transmission is scheduled at October 05, 2023 at approximately 18:15 UTC. The date and time may change.
The “Russia ISS SSTV” diploma is awarded to radio amateurs (observers) for receiving SSTV (slow-scan television) broadcasts from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the space experiment (SE) “About Gagarin from Space.” To receive the “Russia ISS SSTV” Diploma, one must receive and decode three images transmitted over a radio channel from on board the ISS using the SSTV protocol only on the days of the SE . Each image must be at least 90% complete and of acceptable quality. Information on earning the certificate is available at https://r4uab.ru/diplom-iss-sstv/.
AMSAT Argentina is also offering a diploma for reception of ISS SSTV images. Learn more at http://amsat.org.ar/?f=9.
[ANS thanks AMSAT Argentina and R4UAB for the above information.]
This is the current ARISS status according to ANS-268 and Charlie Sufana, AJ9N.
ARISS Radio Status
Columbus Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS – Configured. Default mode set for cross band repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down).
* Powered OFF for Soyuz undocking on September 29. OFF Sep. 28 about 09:00 UTC. ON Sep. 30 about 12:30 UTC. * Capable of supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice repeater ops.
Service Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS – Configured. Default mode set for packet operations (145.825 MHz up & down)
* Powered OFF for Soyuz undocking on September 29. OFF Sep. 28 about 09:00 UTC. ON Sep. 30 about 12:30 UTC. * Capable of supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts, packet, SSTV and voice repeater ops.
Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The scheduled crewmember is Sergey Prokopyev
Contact is go for Mon 2022-09-26 08:20 UTC
New England Sci-Tech, Natick, MA, telebridge via ON4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The scheduled crewmember is Bob Hines KI5RQT
Contact is go for: Tue 2022-09-27 18:30:39 UTC 89 deg
Aznakaevo School TBD, Aznakaevo, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The scheduled crewmember is Dmitry Petlin
ARISS is pleased to announce that starting yesterday, August 11, simultaneous operations of the ARISS Voice Repeater and digital APRS communications on the International Space Station (ISS) is now a reality. Current ARISS operations include voice repeater transmissions with the JVC Kenwood D710GA in the Columbus module and APRS packet operation from an identical radio in the Service Module (Zvezda). Packet operations are on 145.825 MHz.
The ARISS Russia and USA teams have been working for several weeks to prepare the Service Module radio for APRS operations. ARISS Russia team member Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, led the effort, working with Russian mission controllers and the on-board ISS cosmonauts to configure the Service Module radio for APRS ops. On August 11, final checkouts were completed and the APRS packet mode was switched on for amateur radio use.
ARISS-International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO states, “Simultaneous operation of APRS and the voice repeater on ISS is transformative for ARISS and represents a key element of our ARISS 2.0 initiative, providing interactive capabilities 24/7 that inspire, engage and educate youth and lifelong learners—especially life-long learning in ham radio operations.” Bauer continues, “Our heartfelt thanks to Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, for making this crucial ARISS 2.0 initiative become a reality.”
The Columbus Module radio uses the callsign NA1SS and the new Service Module radio uses RS0ISS. Aside from the callsigns, the radios are identical and packet operations are the same as before. You can use RS0ISS, ARISS, or APRSAT as the packet path. Also, both radios are expected to be on full time, except during educational contacts, EVAs, and dockings or undockings.
You can find operational status and expected downtimes of the ISS radios at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.
[ANS thanks Dave Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS PR, for the above information]
