Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the Group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station. (ISS)
The contact was live streamed by the GRHub Network onto Echolink (ZS1I-L), AllStar (49355) and the 145.550 Mhz Simplex Link in the Mossel Bay area as scheduled for May 20, 2022 at14h26 SAST
Twitter Notification:
Riccardo Rossi - IU4APB - @AstronautiCAST co-host
@RikyUnreal
Incoming @ARISS_status event @ESA astronaut @astrosamantha will speak with the students of the Forum Accademico Italiano e.V in Cologne, Germany 🇩🇪 cc @IICColonia
Telebridge via ZS6JON 12:26 UTC - downlink 145,800 MHz over South Africa 🇿🇦
Unfortunately from now on there will be no recorded audio file available on the Blog of the contact. I encourage radio amateurs to connect to ZS1I-L on Echolink or 49355 on AllStar to listen to future contacts.
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It was a telebridge contact via amateur radio and students took turns asking their questions to Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti amateur radio call sign IZ0UDF.
The downlink frequency for this contact was 145.800 MHZ and was heard live by Thys ZS1ITBP, Johan ZS1I and maybe others that were within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the telebridge station in the South Africa run by John ZS6JON.
The above video was received from Thys ZS1ITBP that was stationary mobile in Port Elizabeth during the telebridge contact. The voice of Samantha Cristoferetti can clearly be heard. A big thank you to Thys for the video as my hands were tied up in relaying the contact on the GRHub Network with one ear on 145.800 Mhz in Mossel Bay.
A big thank you to the following entities that made this contact and relay a reality:
- Samantha Cristoferetti IZ0UDF (On board ISS)
- Ferrario Gianpietro IZ2GOJ (Italy)
- ARISS
- John ZS6JON and his wife (South Africa)
- Thys ZS1TBP (Stationary Mobile Port Elizabeth)
- All the Students that asked over 40 questions
- All the other people that made this event possible and assisted in which ever way
More information on the Forum Accademico Italiano: Click HERE and HERE (Use translate)
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) and NASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before, during and after these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org .
