Radio Amateurs invited to participate
in a Russian Special Event
There will be a special commerative event over Christmas. The following
is from the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station)
website:
Russian delegate, Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, reports that a special
event is being planned for December 25 to commemorate the first
anniversary of the death of
cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov, U6MIR. Amateur radio operators are
invited to participate.
It is expected that Korolev and Star City stations will operate
shortwave and UHF. Two contacts with the ISS are planned for December
25 and December 26 at 20:00 UTC.
On December 26 - 27 the ISS Ham radio will be placed in repeater
mode, and cosmonauts at Energia and Star City may also participate
in the activities. Two thousand anniversary QSL cards with Strekalov’s
portrait have been printed for the event.
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#ARISS%20Status
Note: When the ISS has previously operated
in FM voice repeater mode the frequencies used were:
Uplink: 437.800 MHz
Downlink: 145.800 MHz
• AMSAT-UK
produce a quarterly newsletter "Oscar News" which is full
of Amateur Satellite information.
For membership details contact the secretary Jim Heck G3WGM
Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959
E-mail: g3wgm@amsat.org
Website: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
Online Satellite Pass Predictions:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/
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