After experiencing issues with the Kenwood D700 on two consecutive
school contacts, ARISS will use the Ericsson radio on the Columbus
module for ARISS contacts until problems with the D700 are resolved.

Here are the times that you can expect to hear the SpEx Shadow beacon from the ISS over Australia. The Space Station is only visible for a little over 10 minutes as it travels over your location. If you are tuned into 145.825 with a packet radio decoder 1200 baud, you should be able to decode some signals that will translate into some text similar to this sample from a previous test over Europe.

G4HYG>BEACON,RS0ISS-4* :SpEx SHADOW 20:35:39 *GB* 13-10-2012/
G4HYG>BEACON,RS0ISS-4* :SpEx SHADOW 20:35:54 *GB* 13-10-2012/

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

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.

Bedford NS ARISS contact live on CBC

CBC News is planning to broadcast live an ARISS contact between Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, aboard the ISS, and the students at the Charles P. Allen High School, Bedford, NS, on Saturday Jan 5, 2013, at 18:54 UTC. See the CBC NS Web site www.cbc.ca/ns for details.

Daniel A. Lamoureux, VE2KA
ARISS Canada

NASA is now accepting proposals from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations -- individually or working together -- to host an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact between May 1, 2013 and November 1, 2013. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, NASA is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. Radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length. ARISS contacts are supported by the program’s US partners -- the ARRL and AMSAT -- and their member volunteers, as well as other international space agencies and Amateur Radio partners. Proposals are due January 28, 2013.

05.10.2012 Ariss school contac - SEV primary school izmir TURKEY- ISS Expedition-33 Sunita Williams (Commander ) QSO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsJ4aFccEVo&feature=relmfu

Izmir, Turkey School Hosts ARISS Contact

The receiver is located in KN37cp, at the Astronomical Observatory - Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania: http://websdr.opt.ro