The Loyalist City Amateur Radio Club (VE9LC) in Saint John NB Canada will host an ARISS contact with Colonel Chris Hadfield.

The contact is confirmed for Thursday January 17th 2013 at 13:40 Z.

The webcast will start at 12:00 Z, with the formal presentation beginning at 13:00 Z, and the contact at 13:40 Z.

The URL for the contact is http://live.streamit.ca/?player=66 .

This same URL will also contain the archived version of the contact, for those not able to view the event as it is occurring.

For more information, please see http://www.lcarc.ca .

Regards,

Greg VE9GFI

Has anyone heard how long the Packet Radio will be turned off on the ISS. I have been away from the Radio for awhile and just getting back into it again? K8JMH

ISS Commander Sunita Williams KD5PLB made this video about the space station before she returned to Earth

Watch Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=doN4t5NKW-k

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2013/sunita_williams_kd5plb_tour...

An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact has been planned with participants at Royal Canadian Air Cadets- Newfoundland Cadet Detachment, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada on 12 January.

Sound artist Caroline Devine sends the show Between the Ears into orbit in this celebration of amateur radio and space exploration that will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Saturday, January 19 at 2130 UT.

I've heard the ISS making school contacts lately. When the ISS identifies as NA "i" SS instead of NA "one" SS, does that make a legitimate contact?