An International Space Station Expedition 17 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants from the Round Rock Texas Scout Pack #304 and Blackland Prairie Elementary School in Round Rock, Texas on 04 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:32 UTC.

The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and W5KA. The contact should be audible over central North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

Cub Scout Pack 304 consists of about 50 boys, most of whom are students at Blackland Prairie Elementary School in Round Rock, Texas. The pack and the school are participating in this contact as a joint educational project. The project reinforces what the Cubs have been learning in their Science class, and enables them to earn some of the requirements for their "Scientist" activity badge in Scouting. The Cub's radio station has been set up at the school.

Hello all

Im new to ISS communications and am running UI-VIEW32

I can communicate to local stations no problem

Can you anyone advise me if it is possible to detect ISS using UI-View and if so what configurations are needed as different sites show various unproto addresses and this is confusing to a new bie

Im using 50W FM ICom FM rig on 144.825 with TNC to a 2m vertical on the roof of my house

regards

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