Excited to discover the possibility of contacting ISS staff! However i can not figure out if and when voice mode is active. When satellite approaches i can hear the packets on 145.825 and i use them as reference for satellite reception. Then i switch over to voice uplink, 145.200,and listen on downlink, 145.800 here in Europe. I have attempted to call several times but no response,i transmit portable on my yaesu 8900 with 50w. Maybe i can be lucky on repeater voice mode (437.800, 145.800) or repeater with PL 145.990 ENC?73
Kostas
SV1QZS

6 August ARISS contact planned for Space Jam 10, Rantoul, IL USA

An International Space Station radio contact has been planned for astronaut Kate Rubins KG5FYJ with Space Jam 10, Rantoul, Illinois,USA. The event is scheduled Saturday 6 August, 2016 at approximately 15:59 UTC.
The amateur radio contact will be a telebridge operated by IK1SLD, located in Casale Monferrato, Italy.

The downlink signal will be audible ONLY in Europe on 145.800 MHz

Hello there

I have a Yaesu FTM-100DR, with APRS working quite well terrestrially.

As I understand, to work the ISS, the digi path on the radio needs to be set to ARISS. Unfortunately, the only settings available on this radio is "OFF", "WIDE1-1" and "WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1". According to the owner's manual, there should be options to select PATH 1 to PATH 4, FULL 1 of FULL 2, so that the address can be manually entered. However, this seems to be missing from the APRS menu in the radio.