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.

27 JULY : ARISS contact planned for Peoria Riverfront Museum, Illinois, USA !

An International Space Station radio contact has been planned for Jeff Williams KD5TVQ with Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria IL USA. The event is scheduled Wednesday July 27, 2016 at approximately 19:59 UTC.
The amateur radio contact will be a telebridge operated by IK1SLD, located in Casale – Monferrato, Italy.

TELEBRIDGE udible only in Europe ....not in USA !
The downlink signal will be audible in Europe on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM.

ARISS contact planned for ESA Space Camp 2016, Lenk, Switzerland

An International Space Station radio contact has been planned for Takuya Onishi KF5LKS with ESA Space Camp 2016, convened in Lenk, Switzerland. The event is scheduled Monday July 25, 2016 at approximately 12:46 UTC.

Contact udible ONLY in USA not in Europe !

The amateur radio contact will be a telebridge operated by W6SRJ, located in Santa Rosa, California, USA.

Presentation:

This is why you should always record the audio of the ISS SSTV transmission!

This is from the July 2015 International Space Station (ISS) Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event, recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

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https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceComms1?sub_confirmation=1

First video from this series (ISS SSTV Image at 1 degree!):
https://youtu.be/5PJJixog12A

Second video from this series (Coolest ISS Slow Scan TV Image!):
https://youtu.be/g0st4GzyZb8

For more info on ISS SSTV see my "ISS SSTV Reception Hints" article:

Does anyone know if there is a schedule for future SSTV broadcasts from the ISS please, or is it on an as and when basis.

A telebridge via W6SRJ contact with students participating in Frontiers of Flight Museum's “Moon Day 2016”, Dallas TX, USA
is scheduled for Sat 2016-07-16 15:54:09 UTC 88 deg.
The scheduled astronaut is Jeffrey Williams.

un contatto in telebridge tramite W6SRJ con gli studenti che partecipano a Frontiers of Flight Museum di "Moon Day 2016", Dallas TX, USA è prevista per sabato 2016/07/16 15:54:09 UTC 88 gradi.
L'astronauta pianificato è Jeffrey Williams.

73 de IW2BSF - Rudy

Hello,

We are a group of Teachers and Students, currently in an Astronomy Camp. We would like to make contact with the crew from ISS, just to say hello and to wish them good luck. Does somebody know how can we get in contact with them? We don't have any high performance radio equipment, so we were thinking at an e-mail.

Thanks and have a nice day!

Dear OMs,

First, i may introduce myself.
My name is Horst and i am quite new to HAM radio and just got my licence a 4 month ago.

For APRS i use a Yaesu VX-8GE, usually tuned to 144,800Mhz. I am a bit familiar with the Digipath settings
and use either WIDE 1-1 (as Homestation) or WIDE 1-1 and WIDE 2-1 (as portable).

On 145,825MHz i am not sure about the Digipath i have to use, as there are plenty of options mentioned on the internet.