[South Florida DX Association] ARLS005 ISS crew could be on the air for Field Day!

[Bill Marx]

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> QST de W1AW  
> Space Bulletin 005  ARLS005
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington, CT  June 16, 2005
> To all radio amateurs
> 
> SB SPACE ARL ARLS005
> ARLS005 ISS crew could be on the air for Field Day.
> 
> International Space Station crew members John Phillips, KE5DRY, and
> Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, may be on the air for ARRL Field Day, June
> 25-26. ISS Ham Radio Project Engineer Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, at
> Johnson Space Center, has reviewed potential ISS pass times, and he
> says a few are favorable for US stations--although some will occur
> during the very early morning hours. Phillips and Krikalev will use
> the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) radio
> gear aboard the spacecraft.
> 
> ''Hams on the ISS will try to be on for ARRL Field Day,'' Ransom said.
> ''The crew can make contacts anytime during the 1800 UTC June 25 to
> 1800 UTC June 26 period as time permits. Most activity will be over
> North and South America, but stations worldwide should be
> listening.''
> 
> Ransom says the pass times are only recommendations, and there is no
> guarantee that either Phillips or Krikalev will actually be on the
> air during any of them. Passes marked by asterisks (*) are
> recommended as desirable ones for voice contacts with Amateur Radio
> stations on the ground.
> 
>      Saturday, June 25
>      1826-1834          Hawaii
>      1852-1902          Southern Chile  Argentina
> 
>      Sunday, June 26
>      0743-0804          Canada and NW US
>      0847-0901          Central and eastern Australia
>      0919-0938          Southern Canada and NE US
>      1020-1035          Western Australia
>      *1053-1115         Alaska, SW Canada and eastern US*
>      *1110-1130         Caribbean, NE South America*
>      1211-1223          Eastern Japan
>      *1226-1248         Alaska, Western US*
>      *1246-1306         Central South America*
>      1346-1359          Western Japan
>      1428-1442          Central Argentina
>      1606-1617          Southern Chile and Argentina
>      *1715-1725         Hawaii*
> 
> Phillips will operate as NA1SS and handing out ''1 Alfa ISS'' for a
> report. If Expedition 11 Commander Krikalev gets on the air too,
> he'll identify as RS0ISS and give the same exchange. In the past,
> crew members have operated from both the Phase 1 and Phase 2 ARISS
> stations using 2 meters and 70 cm.
> 
> The standard ISS voice frequencies for contacts in ITU Region 2 are
> 144.49 MHz up and 145.80 MHz down, FM.
> 
> If the astronauts can't get on the air to make voice QSOs, the
> RS0ISS packet station should be on and available for ground stations
> to work each other via the packet digipeater using ''ARISS'' as the
> alias for the call sign in UNPROTO mode. Frequencies are 145.99 MHz
> up and 145.80 MHz down.
> 
> ARRL Contest Branch Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, notes that ISS
> voice or direct packet contacts with the ISS do not count for bonus
> satellite contact points because the ISS is not an ''Amateur Radio
> satellite'' as event rules specify. Packet contacts relayed via the
> ISS are valid.
> 
> ''The ISS contacts do not count for satellite credit, since they are
> point-to-point, whereas the traditional satellite QSO is a relayed
> Earth-satellite-Earth two-way contact,'' he explained. Field Day has
> no specific rules relating to ARISS operation because there's no
> guarantee that the crew will be able to get on the air for the
> annual exercise.
> 
> During Field Day 2004, astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, operated NA1SS
> on 2 meters, while Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, RN3DT,
> was on the air from RS0ISS on 70 cm. Between them, they racked up
> more than five dozen QSOs.
> NNNN
> /EX
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