Picture |
Object name
#NORAD |
Description |
Mission
Date |
|
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
 On February
1st 2008 the ham radio equipment
aboard ISS was switched to operate as a crossband FM
repeater. The uplink frequency is 437.800 MHz and the
downlink frequency is on 145.800 MHz. You can hear multiple
stations from Europe on the enclosed recording from
DD1US dated Feb 1st 20:15h
UTC.
|
Nov:
20th
1998
(Zarja module) |
At the
same day the downlink was also recorded by KF6KYI (February
1st 2008). |
Please note, that at other times
an uplink frequency of 437.050 MHz with the same downlink
on 145.800 MHz was used. |
|
ARISS
ISS crew #17
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
About 25 years after his father,
Dr. Owen Garriott W5LFL, operated the first amateur radio
station in space, his son Richard Garriott W5KWQ
visited ISS as a space tourist for 10 days in October
2008. He started his journey with the launch of Soyuz
TMA-13 on October 12th and
returned back to Earth with Soyuz TMA-12 on October
24th 2008. Richard dedicated
much of his time operating an amateur radio station
using his personal callsign W5KWQ as well as the callsigns
NA1SS and RS0ISS. Besides talking randomly to other
ham radio operators around the globe and having scheduled
contacts to 4 schools he also transmitted SSTV (slow
scan television) pictures from ISS back to Earth. |
Oct.
12th
2008
-
Oct.
24th
2008 |
Enclosed SSTV pictures which were
transmitted on 145.800 MHz on FM were received and kindly
provided by Nils von Storch.
|
Richard
Garriott was recorded using his personal callsign W5KWQ
on October 16th 2008 at 09:10
UTC by Nils. |
Richard
Garriott was recorded using the callsign NA1SS on October
16th 2008 at 13:53 UTC by Nils. |
This
scheduled contact with Budbrooke School in UK was recorded
on October 17th 2008 at 11:08
UTC by Nils. |
This
voice and SSTV transmission was recorded on October
18th 2008 at 11:34 UTC by Nils. |
On October
18th 2008 at 19:41 UTC Richard
had a number of contacts with stations in South America
(including PS8ML, PY4AJ, PS8RF). Recorded and kindly
provided by Piraja PS8RF. |
 This
contact of Richard Garriott (using the callsign RS0ISS)
with RK3BCB as well as enclosed SSTV picture using the
callsign NA1SS were received on October 19th
2008 at 12:04 UTC by Eyke DD1KE.
|
Finally
Nils recorded this transmission of Richard Garriott
on October 21st 2008 at 08:07
UTC. |
|
ARISS
ISS crew #18
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
Michael
Fincke (KE5AIT) used the callsign NA1SS when he had
a scheduled contact with pupils of Ecole & Collège
Jean XXIII, Pamiers, in France. They used the callsign
F0CUQ. Recorded on January 30th
2009 at 13:12UTC on 145.800 MHz by Nils. |
Oct.
12th
2008
-
April
8th
2009 |
|
ARISS
ISS crew #18
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
Astronaut
Sandra Magnus on board the ISS had a scheduled contact
with Pilton The Bluecoat Primary School in Barnstable,
England (callsign G0NPV). Sandra used the callsign OR4ISS.
Recorded on February 6th 2009
at 14:55UTC on 145.800 MHz by Nils. |
Nov.
14th
2008
-
March
28th
2009 |
|
ARISS
ISS crew #18
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
In 2009
space tourist Charles Simonyi KE7KDP visited ISS second
time after having been there already in April 2007.
He had a scheduled contact (using the callsign OR4ISS)
with Milwee Middle School in Longwood, Florida via the
gateway ON4ISS. Recorded on April 1st
2009 at 17:56UTC on 145.800 MHz by Andy G0SFJ.
 In
preparation to this contact Dave AA4KN created the attached
interesting slideshow in order to explain the pupils
the mission.
|
March
26th
2009
-
April
8th
2009 |
Enclosed
random contact of Charles with PD0RKC was recorded on
March 19th 2009 by DD1US. |
On April
4th 2009 Charles made a number
of random contacts with stations in Hungary using the
callsign NA1SS. Recorded on April 4th 2009 by DD1US. |
Charles
used the callsign NA1SS during this contact with a Technical
School in Hungary. Recorded on April 5th
2009 14:57-15:06 UTC on 145.800 MHz by DD1US (quiet
periods were cut out of the recording). |
|
ARISS
ISS crews #18,19,20
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On April
17th 2009 there was a scheduled
contact of Koichi Wakata with Ulvila Upper Secondary
School, Ulvila, Satakunta, Finland. Koichi-san used
the callsign OR4ISS while in contact with OH1F. Recorded
on April 17th 2009 on 145.800
MHz by DD1US. |
March
26th
2009
-
July
31st
2009 |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#20, 21
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On June
12th there was a scheduled
contact of belgian astronaut Frank de Winne (ON1DWN)
with Liceo Scientifico “A. Bafile”, L’Aquila,
Abruzzo, Italy. The contact with Frank (using the callsign
OR4ISS) was established via IZ6BAJ. Children from several
schools which were damaged during a large Earthquake
in April 2009 attended this special event. It was hoped
that the contact with ISS would re-motivate the students
and give them a wider look on their future. Recorded
on June 12th from 08:30-08:36
UTC on 145.800 MHz by DD1US. |
May
27th
2009
-
Dec.
1st
2009 |
On July
19th 2009 there was a scheduled
contact of belgian astronaut Frank de Winne (ON1DWN)
with Eichenlaubschule
Weiskirchen in Germany. Here are the questions
which he answered:
1. How did you feel during the
shuttle launch?
2. How does the earth look like
from the station and is it possible to recognize buildings
on Earth from the ISS?
3. Beside the sun, the earth,
the moon, what other planets can you see from ISS?
4. Can you take a bath or a shower in the ISS?
5.
Is it tiring to move at zero gravity?
6. Why do
the astronauts have to clean the ISS periodically every
week?
7. What was the hardest job you have done
at the station?
8. How is security provided for
oxygen supply?
9. What kind of space food do you
like best?
10. How do you deal with the garbage
in the ISS?
11. Where do you keep your dirty laundry?
12. Which standard time are you using in the ISS and
how do you know if it is day or night and when it’s
time to sleep?
13. Do you snore more or less in
weightlessness of Space than you do on Earth?
14.
What happens if someone in the station gets extremely
sick or severely injured?
15. What kind of experiments
are you making at the station and what is your mission
in the space station?
16. We know that you work
very hard in space. What do you do to relax and have
fun?
17. What did you astonish most in the space?
18. Do you get homesick in space? If so, how do you
deal with it?
19. How do you prevent your food from
flying away in zero gravity?
20. Has space garbage
crashed with the ISS?
Recorded on July 19th
from 17:55-18:07 UTC on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US. |
|
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
 On August
4th 2009 ISS transmitted SSTV
(slow scan television)  pictures
using the callsign NA1SS. The used format was Robot36.
The 2 audio files were received on August 4th
2009 at 13:35UTC on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US.
|
Nov.
20th
1998
(Zarja module) |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#19, 20
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On August
5th 2009 there was a scheduled
contact of US astronaut Mike Barratt (KD5MIJ) with the
United Space School in Texas/USA. The contact was a
telebridge via ON4ISS in Belgium while the space shuttle
was over Europe. Recorded on August 5th
2009 from 13:55-14:02 UTC on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US. |
March
26th
2009
-
Oct.
11th
2009 |
|
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
 On May
13th and 14th
2010 ISS made SSTV transmissions as part of its "MAI-75"
experiment. The used callsign was RS0ISS. Enclosed audio
recordings and corresponding  demodulated
pictures were received on May
14th
2010 from 15:50 to 15:57 UTC on 145.800 MHz in FM /
Martin 1 mode by DD1US.
|
Nov.
20th
1998
(Zarja module) |
 Here are
another 2 audio recordings and the
associated demodulated
pictures received on May 14th
2010 from 17:29 to 17:35 UTC  on
145.800 MHz in FM / Martin 1
mode by DD1US.
|
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#24. 25
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
Enclosed
random contacts of Douglas H. Wheelock using the callsign
NA1SS with ???ADL, ON4HF, DD1US and DG0OJG were recorded
on the downlink frequency 145.800 MHz on July 7th
2010 at 15:58 UTC by DD1US. Pauses in the downlink signals
were removed from the recording to compress the file. |
June
15th
2010
-
Nov.
26th
2010 |
I had
another nice contact with Douglas H. Wheelock NA1SS
on the same evening after a contact of Fabiano CT7ABD
in Lisbon. Recorded by DD1US on July 11th
at 20:45 UTC. Pauses in the downlink signals were removed
from the recording to compress the file. |
On August
25th 2010 Fabiano CT7ABD/PY5RX
received a very special birthday gift from the crew
of ISS: Douglas H. Wheelock, Alexander (Sasha) A. Skvortsov,
Michail (Misha) B. Kornienko and Fjodor N. Yurchikin
were singing "Happy Birthday" for him. The
recording of this special event was made on August 25th
2010 at 20:53 UTC by CT1EAT and kindly provided Fabiano
CT7ABD. |
On August
29th 2010 Douglas H. Wheelock
NA1SS made a number of random contacts over Europe.
Callsigns he confirmed were PE1PIX, DD7VW, ?AVR, UA3VR.
Recorded on August 29th 2010
between 19:40 and 19:45 UTC on 145.800 MHz by DD1US.
Pauses have been removed. |
On September
20th 2010 at 21:33 UTC Alex
KR1ST/m had a short contact with Douglas H. Wheelock
NA1SS. Alex had installed a turnstyle antenna on his
car. Recording kindly provided by Alex KR1ST. |
When the
crew in ISS is not active in phone then quit often they
activate the packet radio equipment. You can then hear
the downlink of the digipeater / mailbox on the used
simplex frequency 145.825 Mhz. Enclosed 3 minutes recording
of the packet radio signal was made on September 4th
2010 at 20:50 UTC by DD1US. |
On  June
11th 2011 I had the pleasure
to meet Dough Wheelock in person and hand him over my
QSL cards for the contacts which we had during his ISS
mission. During the 20 people get-together including
his German relatives in the Technik Museum in Speyer
he showed videos and told a lot of interesting and humorous
stories about his ISS mission.  He
also answered a lot of questions and during the more
than 2.5 hours meeting we had time for private talks
about ham radio and the famous "Happy Birthday
song" mentioned above. If you click on the pictures
on the right you will get larger versions. |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#26, 27
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On December 15th
2010 italian ESA-astronaut Paolo Nespoli (private callsign
IZ0JPA) started his 2nd mission
to ISS. This mission called "MagISStra" is
planned to last 6 months. Paolo returned safely to Earth
on May 24th 2011 using Sojus
TMA-20. |
Dec.
15th
2010
-
May
24th
2011 |
Enclosed
contact of Paolo Nespoli with a school in Italy was
recorded on the downlink frequency 145.800 MHz on January
15th 2011 at 09:04 UTC by DD1US. |
Enclosed
random contacts including EA1GGK, IW2EHJ, IL3JPN, I7PQD,
HB9OAB, I25BRW of Paolo Nespoli IR0ISS were recorded
on the downlink frequency 145.800 MHz on January 23rd
2011 at 11:05 UTC by DD1US. Pauses were removed to reduce
the size to about 30%. |
Enclosed
contact of Paolo Nespoli IR0ISS with a school in Italy
was recorded on the downlink frequency 145.800 MHz on
January 29th 2011 at 10:31-10:38
UTC by DD1US. Some longer pauses were shortened to reduce
the size. |
This is
another contact of Paolo Nespoli IR0ISS with the school
Scuola Media Statale "Francesco d'Assisi"
using the callsign IZ7RTN. The contact was recorded
on the downlink frequency 145.800 MHz on March 12th
2011 at 10:26-10:33 UTC by DD1US. |
This is
a contact of Paolo Nespoli IR0ISS with IW3QKU and IK0USO.
The contact was recorded on the downlink frequency 145.800
MHz on March 19th 2011 at 10:18
UTC by DD1US. Some pauses have been cut out. |
Enclosed
recording of the downlink signal from ISS was recorded
on May 14th 2011 from 09:07
- 09:13 UTC on 145.800 MHz. It is another school contact
of Paolo Nespoli IR0ISS with IK0USO. Recorded by DD1US.
Some pauses have been cut out. |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#26, 27
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
Catherine Grace "Cady"
Coleman KC5ZTH participated in two space shuttle missions
(STS-73 "Spacelab" in 1995 and STS-93 in 1999)
before she started her long mission on ISS from December
17th 2010 until May 24th
2011.
 Cady's
husband Josh Simpson is a famous artist creating glass
sculptures. I especially like his paperweight series
"inhabited planet" and have one of them here
in my radio shack (see picture on the right).
On February
2nd 2011 Cady at 06:32 UTC
KC5ZTH had a ham radio contact with Buehl Realschule
in Dornstadt/Germany using the callsign DN1WOL. During
the 8 minute conversation with students of the school
her downlink signal was received and recorded by Guenter
OE8GMQ. Thanks to Guenter for kindly providing the recording.
Catherine returned safely to Earth on May 24th
2011 using Sojus TMA-20. |
Dec.
15th
2010
-
May
24th
2011 |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#28
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
Enclosed
signal of russian language from ISS was received on
May 28th 2011 at 05:10 UTC
on 145.800 MHz in FM. I do not yet know who was the
Russian operator (maybe Commander Andrey Borisenko or
Flight engineer Alexander Samokutyaev) but will add
this information once available. Recorded by DD1US. |
May
24th
2011
-
about
Nov.
2011 |
|
ARISS
STS134
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
Michael
Fincke (KE5AIT) was also part of the space shuttle mission
STS134, which was also the final flight of space shuttle
Endeavour. During his stay onboard ISS he also activated
the ham radio station and used the callsign NA1SS. Based
on the poor signal strength I strongly suggest that
he used the ham radio equipment in the Columbus module.
He made a number of random contacts on May 28th
2011 at 08:20 UTC. Received and recorded by DD1US. |
May
16th
2011
-
June
1st
2011 |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#28
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On July
23rd 2011 Mike Fossum ( KF5AQG)
had a scheduled school contact with the European Space
Agency (ESA) Space Camp 2011 in Pisa/Italy. Mike used
the callsign OR4ISS while people at the space camp including
ESA-astronaut Paolo Nespoli were using the callsign
IQ5WR. Approximately 150 children from all over Europe
attended this camp to participate in a program of sports,
nature and science and space activities.
Received
and recorded on July 23rd 2011
at 09:46-09:53 UTC on 145.800 MHz by DD1US. |
June
7th
2011
-
Nov.
21st
2011 |
On October
31st 2011 Mike Fossum ( KF5AQG)
had a scheduled school contact with Kantonsschule Zug
in Switzerland.
Received and recorded on October
31st 2011 at 14:55-15:02 UTC
on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US. |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#29
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On September
17th 2011 I monitored enclosed
downlink signal in Russian language from ISS. I suppose
this is the voice of Sergei Volkov. Received on September
17th 2011 at 08:59-09:03 UTC
on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US. |
June
7th
2011
-
Nov.
21st
2011 |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#30
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On February
25th 2012 I monitored enclosed
downlink signal in Russian language from ISS. This is
most likely the voice of Anton Shkaplerov, one of the
three Russian cosmonauts. The other cosmonauts on board
were Anatoly Ivanishin and Oleg Kononenko. This was
a scheduled school contact with UFA State Aviation Technical
University in Ufimskiy, Russia. Received on February
25th 2012 at 14:47-14:50 UTC
on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US. |
Nov.
16th
2011
-
April
27th
2012 |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#30
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On February
26th 2012 at 17:00 UTC I monitored
on 145.800 MHz in FM enclosed downlink signal. You can
first hear Andre Kuipers using the callsign PI9ISS and
talking in Dutch with PD9FER. It is his second stay
on ISS. Later you can also hear one of the Russian cosmonauts,
probably Anton Shkaplerov, calling a station in Russia.
Long pauses have been removed, recorded by DD1US. |
Nov.
16th
2011
-
April
27th
2012 |
At the
same day during the next pass I monitored Andre Kuipers
PI9ISS again. He was calling CQ and then confirming
the callsign EA1JM. Long pauses have been removed. Received
and recorded February 26th
2012 at 18:35 UTC on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US. |
The next
day Andre Kuipers had a school contact with participants
of ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands. The following
schools were included: American school of the Hague,
International School of Amsterdam and The British School
in the Netherlands. Unfortunately my recorder did run
out of batteries and thus you will find enclosed only
a short snippet which was recorded on February 27th
2012 at 12:48 UTC on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US. |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#32
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On August
13rd 2012 at 11:25 UTC I monitored
on 145.800 MHz in FM enclosed downlink signal of Akihiko
Hoshide KE5DNI using the callsign OR4ISS while being
in contact with Megina Gymnasium Mayen/Germany using
the callsign DN1PU. Here are the questions he answered:
1. What is the best part of
being an astronaut?
2. How does your typical
day look like, do you have any rituals?
3. Do
you have free time and how do you spend it?
4. Do
you feel time, when there isn't night and day?
5.
What kind of food do you miss most?
6. Can
you imagine that a person without "NASA-training"
can live on the space station?
7. What is
the most difficult thing to get used to in microgravity
and for what reason?
8. Which experiments
are currently being conducted by the crew?
9. Is
there a special sleeping-room?
10. How long can
you stay outside the ISS doing repair works?
11.
What does it feel like to be in outer space?
12.
Is there any difference between observing comets or
falling stars from the ISS or from the earth's surface?
13. Is it possible to observe really strong thunderstorms
from the ISS?
Received and recorded by DD1US. |
July 17th
2012
-
Nov.
19th
2012 |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#32
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On September
7th 2012 at 08:52 UTC I monitored
on 145.800 MHz in FM enclosed downlink signal of Sunita
L. Williams using the callsign OR4ISS while being in
contact with Gymnasium Michelstadt/Germany using the
callsign DK0DK. Here are the questions she answered:
1.
What was the most interesting scientific
project you were involved in at the ISS?
2. Is
living in space living up to the expectations you had
on earth?
3.
Did some things in space surprise you
or were you prepared for everything by the training
on earth?
4.
What was the biggest accident or mishap
during your time on the ISS?
5.
Are you able to follow major sport events,
for example the super bowl?
6.
Is zero gravity fun or does it get annoying
after some time?
7.
How do American astronauts vote for the
president?
8.
Are there some things that are really
annoying on ISS?
9.
Do you miss things from earth on ISS?
10. How is sleeping at zero gravity?
11. How do
you spend your free time?
Received and recorded by DD1US. |
July 17th
2012
-
Nov.
19th
2012 |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#36 & #37
(International Space
Station)
#25544 |
On October
8th 2013 at 19:52 UTC Fabiano
CT7ABD/PY5RX made a very nice contact with ESA astronaut
Luca Parmitano KF5KDP who was using the callsign IR0ISS.
The recording was made and kindly provided by Fabiano
CT7ABD. |
May 29th
2013
-
Nov 11th 2013 |
|
ARISS
International Space Station)
#25544 |
In addition to the existing
VHF/UHF radio amateur station, it is planned that ISS
will host a S-Band video transmission station. This
new equipment will broadcast images from the ISS during
school contacts or other pre-recorded video images up
to 24 hours a day to allow ground stations tuning. It
is planned to transmit DVB-S2 QPSK signals in the 2.4GHz
ham radio band at either 1.3Msps or 2.3Msps, FEC=1/2,
NTSC format. The output power of the transmitter will
be 10 watts. The equipment will be installed in the
ISS Columbus module where the respective RHCP antennas
are already installed. The following frequencies are
planned:
Main frequency: 2422.0 MHz
Backup frequency:
2395 MHz
Auxiliary main frequency: 2369 MHz
Auxiliary backup frequency: 2437.0 MHz.
The
HamTV equipment was carried to the ISS on the Japanese
HTV-4 spacecraft which was launched on August 3rd 2013
and docked to ISS on August 9th
2013. |
Aug
9th 2013 |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#37 & #38
(International Space
Station)
#25544 |
 On
Saturday March 8th 2014 at
12:27 UTC the DATV (Digital Amateur Television) on ISS
was activated for the first time. Astronaut Michael
(Mike) Hopkins, KF5LJG, operated the equipment. The
transmission 2442 MHz in DVB-S2 1.3 Msps was received
by multiple stations in Europe and streamed via the
B ATV
server. Enclosed some screenshots from the BATV server
which show in parallel windows the DATV transmissions
received by multiple amateur radio ground stations.
Mike operated the equipment also the next day, Sunday
March 9th 2014 before he returned
back to Earth on Monday.
|
Sept 25th
2013
-
Mar 10th 2014 |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#40 & #41
(International Space
Station)
#25544 |
On May 29th
2014 a new crew consisting of German Flight Engineer
Alexander Gerst,
Commander Maxim
Wiktorowitsch Surajew and Flight Engineer
Gregory
Reid Wiseman reached ISS. Alexander Gerst
did grow up in Kuenzelsau/Germany very close to one
of my homes. His grandfather was the founders of the
local Ham Radio Club DARC P33 and that's one of the
reasons why Alexander got interested in science. |
May
29th 2014
-
Nov 10th
2014 |
On Saturday
June 28th 2014
at 12:08 UTC Alexander Gerst (KF5ONO) using the callsign
DP0ISS had a school contact with Gymnasium Markt-Indersdorf,
Bavaria, Germany using the callsign DN4OD. The contact
was short because there were initially some problems
at the ground station. The answers to the following
questions can be heard in enclosed recording:
1. What
made you want to become an astronaut?
2. How
did your family react about your plans to fly into space?
3. How
often do you have contact with family and friends?
Received on 145.800 MHz and recorded
by DD1US Matthias. |
On Wednesday
July 2nd 2014 at 12:05 UTC
Alexander Gerst DP0ISS had a school contact with DLR
Project Lab, Neustrelitz, Germany.
The downlink signal from ISS was quite
weak.
Received on 145.800 MHz and recorded
by DD1US Matthias. |
On Saturday
July 6th 2014 at 14:10 UTC
Alexander Gerst DP0ISS called Alfred DK9SV several times.
Unfortunately no contact got established. The downlink
signal from ISS was quite weak. |
On Saturday
August 16th 2014 at 16:25 UTC
Alexander Gerst DP0ISS had a contact with Alfred DK9SV,
Rudi DL5TQ and Hans DL5SEA all member of the DARC OV
P33 which was founded by Alexander's grandfather. Enclosed
recording of the contact was kindly provided by Hans
DL5SEA. |
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#42&43
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
Samantha Cristoforetti IZ0UDF
is Italy’s first female astronaut and left Earth on
Sunday, November 23rd 2014
at 21:01 UTC from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. Also on-board
were Terry Virts and Anton Shkaplerov. They arrived
at the ISS on Monday, November 24th
2014 05:00 UTC where they joined crew members Elena
Serova, Alexander Samoukutyaev and Barry Wilmore. |
Nov
24th 2014
-
May 16th
2015 |
 On December
18th and 20th
2014 the SSTV transmitter was activated.  Enclosed
audio recording and SSTV pictures were received on December
20th 2014 by DD1US.
|
|
ARISS
ISS crews
#41&42
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
Jelena Olegowna Serowa is a Russian
femal cosmonaut who started her first mission on September
25th 2014. |
Sept
25th 2014
-
Mar 12th
2015 |
 On February
1st 2015 the SSTV transmitter
was activated again. First the pictures were distorted
but during the next pass at 21:30 UTC enclosed audio
recording and SSTV picture was received on 145.800 MHz
in FM by DD1US.
|
Between
the transmission of the SSTV pictures was a 3 minutes
pause. During that time a female cosmonaut, possibly
Jelena Serowa, had a voice contact with another station.
She said twice "I am RS0ISS, copy you !"
then "Tamara Fedor Galya for you RS0ISS! Over!"
Enclosed the downlink signal which was received
and recorded on February 1st
2015 at 21:38 UTC on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US. |
 During
the next pass on February 1st
2015 at 23:06 UTC another SSTV picture was received
on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US.
|
 On
February 22nd2015 there was
another series of SSTV pictures transmitted by ISS.
Enclosed pictures were  oreceived
during ne path which started at 12:45h UTC on 145.800
MHz in FM by DD1US.
|
 During
the next pass on February 22nd
2015 at 16:00 UTC another SSTV picture was received
on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US. Besides the picture you
can find on the right  also
a spectrum plot and waterfall diagram showing the SSTV
transmission.
|
 Also
during the next pass on February 22nd
2015 at 17:32 UTC two SSTV pictures were partly received
on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US. 
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ARISS
ISS crew
#43
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
Expedition
43 crew members are NASA astronaut Terry Virts, commander;
along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, European
Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, Russian
cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly
and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, all flight engineers. |
Mar
11th 2015
-
June 11th
2015 |
 On April
12th 2015 the SSTV transmitter
was activated. Between the picture transmissions also
random QSOs from a Russian cosmonaut using the callsign
RS0ISS were made.  Enclosed
audio recording and SSTV pictures were received on April
12th 2015 starting 18:00 UTC
on 145.800 MHz by DD1US.
|
 During
the next pass on April 12th
2015 the SSTV transmitter was still activated. Enclosed
SSTV pictures and the audio recording of the second
 SSTV
transmission were received on April 12th
2015 starting 19:40 UTC on 145.800 MHz by DD1US.
|
 During
the last pass on April 12th
2015 the SSTV transmitter was still activated. Enclosed
SSTV pictures eere received on April 12th
2015 starting  21:20
UTC on 145.800 MHz by DD1US.
|
When the
crew aboard ISS is not active in phone then quite often
they activate the packet radio equipment. You can then
hear the downlink of the digipeater / mailbox on the
used simplex frequency 145.825 Mhz. Enclosed recording
of the packet radio signal was made on May 1st
2015 at 09:06 UTC by Francisco EA7ADI. |
 In
May 2015 blank test transmissions of the DATV (Digital
Amateur Television) transmitter on ISS were conducted
to allow the ground stations to optimize their setup.
On Saturday May 9th 2015 between
11:27 and 11:36 UTC, DD1US was able to receive the signal
on 2395 MHz in DVB-S2 at 2 Msps. Parameters used were
SR=2000, FEC=1/2, PIDVideo=256, PIDAudio=257, MPEG2.
I used a 2.3m dish with an Arabsatconverter downconverting
the signal from 2395 MHz to 1255 MHz. Demodulation and
decoding was done with a Technotrend TT S2-1600 PC-card
I was running Tutioune v0.6h with the parameters LowSR=y,
NoDoppler=y, LNB=13V, ISS=y.Enclosed picture shows a
screenshot of the constellation diagram and some more
parameters during the reception.
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|
ARISS
ISS crew
#44
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On August
8th 2015 at 17:00 UTC astronaut
Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS had a school contact with Space
Jam 9, Rantoul, IL using a telebridge via IK1SLD. All
24 questions got asked and answered. At Space Jam 9
about 1000 boy and girl scouts from 24 states came together
in an educational and fun format. Talking to the astronaut
on ISS was certainly the highlight of the camp. Enclosed
audio recording (pauses removed) was received and recorded
on August 8th 2015 starting
17:05 UTC on 145.800 MHz by DD1US. |
July
22nd 2015
-
September
12th 2015 |
On September
1st 2015 at 11:38 UTC astronaut
Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS had a school contact with Ulvila
Upper Secondary School in Finland. Enclosed audio recording
(pauses removed, first part received with FT-736, second
part with AR-8600) was received and recorded on September
1st 2015 starting 11:38 UTC
on 145.800 MHz by DD1US. |
|
ARISS
ISS crew
#46&47
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On May
9th 2016 at 09:26 UTC GB1SS,
operated by Timothy Peake KG5BVI aboard the ISS, had
a scheduled ARISS school contact with The Kings School,
Ottery St. Mary, Devon, UK. Recorded on 145.825 MHz
by DD1US. |
Dec 15th
2015
-
Jun 18th 2016 |
|
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
 On
August 15th and 16th
2016 ISS made SSTV transmissions as part of its "Inter-MAI-75"
experiment. The used callsign was RS0ISS. Enclosed recording
and demodulated picture was received  on
August 15th at 12:39 UTC and
another picture on August 16th
at 11:45 UTC on 145.800 MHz in FM / PD120 mode by Roland
Zurmely. Recording and pictures kindly provided by Roland
PY4ZBZ.
|
Nov.
20th
1998
(Zarja module) |
|
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
From July 22nd
to 24th 2017 ISS made SSTV
transmissions in memoriam of the 20th anniversary of
ARISS (Amateur Radio on ISS). Enclosed recordings and
demodulated pictures were received in the night from
July 23rd to 24th 2017 on 145.800 MHz in FM modulation.
In total 12 different pictures were sent in SSTV mode
PD120. I received 4 of them, please see below. |
Nov.
20th
1998
(Zarja module) |
 The first
picture was number 2 of 12 and was received on July
23rd at 21:24 UTC.
|
 The second
picture was number 12 of 12 and was received on July
23rd at 23:00 UTC.
|
 The third
picture was number 1 of 12 and was received on July
23rd at 23:05 UTC.
|
 The forth
picture was number 11 of 12 and was received on July
24th at 00:37 UTC.
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|
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On August 1st 2017
from 18:20-18:30 UTC a successful contact was made between
VCP-Bundeszeltplatz, Großzerlang, Germany and
Astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA who was using
the callsign OR4ISS. The contact was direct via DP9S.
The ARISS Mentor was Peter IN3GHZ. Received and recorded
by DD1US. |
July
28th
2017
-
Dec
14th
2017 |
  On
October 14th at 12:30 UTC I
received the DATV (Digital Amateur Television) transmitter
on ISS operated by Paolo Nespoli.  Enclosed
you can find the TS video stream (24 MByte) and3 screenshots
of the transmission. The reception was still not optimum
(many interruptions due to fading  and
non perfect automatic tracking) but I am working on
further improvements. Clicking on the lower left button
you can get an analysis of the video signal versus time.
|
On October 26th 2017
from 08:23-08:33 UTC Paolo Nespoli using the callsign
IR0ISS had a successful contact with Beaconsfield
State School, Mackay, Queensland, Australia. The contact
was made using a ,
telebridge via IK1SLD. Received on 145.800
MHz and recorded by DD1US. |
On October 30th 2017
from 11:20-11:28 UTC Paolo Nespoli using the callsign
IR0ISS had a successful contact with Primaria
e Secondaria di primo grado Istituto comprensivo Via
XVI settembre, Civitavecchia, Italy. Received
on 145.800 MHz and recorded by DD1US. |
On November 3rd 2017
at 09:30 UTC Paolo Nespoli using the callsign IR0ISS
had a successful direct contact with Liceo
Scientifico ‘Francesco Cecioni”, Livorno, Italy and Liceo
Artistico Melotti, Lomazzo, Italy. Received on 145.800
MHz and recorded by DD1US. |
On November 4th 2017
at 10:20 UTC Paolo Nespoli using the callsign OR4ISS
had a successful direct contact with Istituto
di Istruzione
Superiore “Leonardo Da Vinci”, Lanusei,
Italy. Received
on 145.800 MHz and recorded by DD1US. |
On November 28th 2017
at 18:45 UTC Paolo Nespoli using the callsign IR0ISS
had a successful contact with Huntley
Centennial Public School, Carp, ON,
Canada using a telebridge via IK1SLD in
Italy. Received
on 145.800 MHz and recorded by DD1US. |
On November 30th 2017
at 17:02 UTC Paolo Nespoli using the callsign IR0ISS
had a successful contact with Bishop Hendricken
High School and its sister school, St. Mary Academy
- Bay View,
Warwick, RI, using a telebridge via IK1SLD
in Italy. Received
on 145.800 MHz and recorded by DD1US. |
  On
December 6th 2017
at 15:07 UTC Paolo Nespoli used the DATV equipment in
the Columbus module of ISS for a random contact.
It is unclear which voice-downlink he was using at that
time. Received
on 2395 MHz and recorded by DD1US.  If
you click on the icon on the upper left corner you can
download the 61 MByte large video in .TS format. Followinf
the other icons you can get a screenshot of my PC screen
as well as
|
|
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On October 11th 2017
from 11:48 UTC a successful contact was made between
Elementary School "21st of
May" in Podgorica, Montenegro, and Astronaut Joe
Acaba, KE5DAR, who was using the callsign OR4ISS. The
contact with a downlink on 145.800 MHz was direct via
4O0ISS. Received and recorded by DD1US. |
Sept
12th
2017
-
Feb
28th
2018 |
On October 26th 2017
from 09:55-10:05 UTC Joe Acaba using the callsign OR4ISS
had a successful contact with Glanmire
Community College,
Cork, Ireland, direct via EI1ISS and Colegiul
National Calistrat Hogas Piatra
Neamt, Piatra Neamt, Romania, telebridge
via EI1ISS. Received
and recorded by DD1US. |
|
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On December 4th 2017
from 15:00 UTC Mark
Vande Hei
KG5GNP using the callsign OR4ISS had a
successful contact with School of Telecommunications
and Aerospace Engineering
(EETAC), Castelldefels, Spain, direct
via EG3UPC. Received and recorded by DD1US. |
Sept 12th
2017
-
Feb 28th
2018 |
|
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On April 19th 2018
from 12:05 UTC Ricky Arnold KE5DAU using the callsign
NA1SS had a successful contact with Kings High School,
Warwick, UK, direct via GB4KHS. Received and recorded
by DD1US. |
March 21st
2018
-
exp. Sept.
2018 |
|
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On June 27th 2018
from 10:30 UTC Alexander Gerst KF5ONO had a successful
contact with 2 schools in Germany. Alexander is on his
second mission called "horizons" aboard the
ISS space station. The schools he worked were Schickhardt-Gymnasium
in Herrenberg DL0SGH and Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium
in Leverkusen DL0IL. Here are the questions which he
answered:
1.
Yasna (11): Wie verändert sich der menschliche
Körper im Weltall?
2. Victor (11): Verändert
sich auch Ihr Biorhythmus im All und können Sie
gut schlafen?
3.
Eva (17): Stimmt es, dass man im Weltraum nicht rülpsen
kann?
4.
Tessa (11): Welche alltäglichen Dinge und Gewohnheiten
vermissen Sie am meisten?
5. Max (14): Kann man
eine Kerze in der Raumstation anzünden , wenn ja
wie sieht sie dann aus?
6. Roman (16): Sieht
man an Silvester das Feuerwerk von der ISS aus?
7.
Lena (16): Finden Sie die Idee Mond und Mars in naher
Zukunft zu besiedeln realistisch?
8. Lorenz
(16): Haben Sie schon einmal etwas außerhalb der
ISS verloren?
9.
Max (17): Was halten Sie von der Entsorgung von Müll
, z. B. von Elektroschrott , im Weltraum?
10. Sven
(17): Was würden Sie einen Astronauten fragen,
wenn Sie selber nicht Astronaut wären ?
11. Charlotte
(13): Wie sauber ist die Luft auf der ISS, muss man
Staubwischen ?
12.
David (13): Womit hat Ihr Assistent CIMON Sie am meisten
überrascht ?
13.
Linda (11): Wie fühlt es sich an, einen Raumspaziergang
zu machen?
14.
Lorent (11): Was war das Außergewöhnlichste
, was sie im All erlebt haben?
15. Anna (18): Wie
schwer ist es, sich nach einem längeren Aufenthalt
im All wieder an das Leben auf der Erde zu gewöhnen
?
Received and recorded by DD1US. |
June
6th
2018
-
Dec.
20th
2018 |
On July 3rd 2018
from 08:35 UTC Alexander Gerst KF5ONO had another successful
school contact, this time with Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium
in Bonn, Germany. Received
and recorded by DD1US. |
On August 14th 2018
from 13:00 UTC Alexander Gerst KF5ONO had another successful
school contact, this time with DLR_School_Lab Braunschweig,
Germany, direct via DN2DLR. Received
and recorded by DD1US. |
On August 25th 2018
from 09:55 UTC Alexander Gerst KF5ONO had another successful
school contact, this time with Friedrich-Franz-Gymnasium
Parchim, Parchim, Germany, direct via DC1RSN . Received
and recorded by DD1US. |
About
50 years ago the local ham radio club of Künzelsau
(DARC P33 Hohenlohe)  was
cofounded by the grandfather of Alexander Gerst. His
grandfather who is SK had the callsign DK1LC. On
August 26th 2018
from 12:38 UTC a team of radio amateurs around the club
station DK0KU in Künzelsau had a nice contact with
Alexander Gerst who was using the callsign DP0ISS. Operators
were Alfred DK9SV, Rudi DL5TQ, Markus DC1GN and Matthias
DD1US. Recorded
by
DD1US. |
On October
16th 2018 we had a successful
ARISS-Call with Alexander Gerst DP0ISS. The contact
was conducted with the callsign DN6SP from Carmen-Wuerth-Forum
in Kuenzelsau/Germany. About 1000 students and teachers
from 3 schools in Kuenzelsau (Ganerben-Gymnasium,
Georg-Wagner-Schule and Freie Schule Anne-Sophie) were
present when Alexander Gerst answered 14 questions from
students of his hometown. The ground station was prepared
and operated by members of DARC OV P33 (Hohenlohe) and
P05 (Heilbronn). Here are the questions Alexander Gerst
answered:
1. Nala: Sie
koennen die Auswirkungen des Jahrhundertsommers sehen.
Was muss aus Ihrer Sicht gegen den Klimawandel getan
werden?
2. Xenia: Gibt es neue oder ueberraschende
Forschungsergebnisse aus den Experimenten, welche Sie
bei Ihrem Aufenthalt auf der ISS durchfuehren?
3.
Julian: Warum ist es in Zeiten globaler Herausforderungen
wie Armut und Naturkatastrophen so wichtig, so viel
Geld für Raumfahrt auszugeben?
4. Lorena: Was
hat Sie als Astronaut am meisten beeindruckt?
5.
Nikola: Werden Pflanzen auf der ISS angebaut? Können
Pflanzen auf der ISS wachsen?
6. Sebastian: Im November
werden Sie den Photobioreaktor testen. Wird in der Zukunft
Leben im All moeglich sein, wenn Kohlendioxid erfolgreich
in Sauerstoff umgewandelt wird?
7. Pauline: Ist
Krafttraining in der Schwerelosigkeit genauso anstrengend
wie auf der Erde?
8. Amelie: Wie schnell kann man
die ISS verlassen, wenn es etwas schieflaeuft oder Schwierigkeiten
auftreten?
9. Mark: Ist es jemals vorgekommen, dass
ein Astronaut auf der ISS ernsthaft krank oder verletzt
wurde und wie wurde damit umgegangen?
10. Georg:
Welches sind Ihre deine drei wichtigsten Erfolgsregeln?
11. Jennifer: Man befindet sich mit wenigen Menschen
auf engem Raum. Gibt es auch einmal Streit und wie gehen
Sie damit um?
12. Emma: Welcher Ort oder Raum auf
der ISS wird am meisten genutzt und warum?
13. Timo:
Sehen Sie die Verschmutzung (Müll) im All und auf
der Erde?
14. Lucy: Haben Sie Probleme beim Schlafen
im Weltall bzw. in der Schwerelosigkeit?
 The contact
lasted 11 min and 23 sec starting and ending
with
an elevation of -1 degree. The downlink frequency
was 145.800 MHz and as you can see in the waterfall
display the signal strength was excellent. The signal
was recorded using an Airspy HF+ connected to the IF
output
(8.215 MHz) of the K3 transceiver which
was fed by a Kuhne transverter. On the waterfall display
you can also see the PR beacon of the ISS operating
in parallel on 145.825 MHz.
Here are some pictures from the event.
   
  
Finally we also got a nice QSL card
confirming our ARISS contact and Alexander Gerst kindly
signed a collage I prepared for the team:
.   |
On October
24th 2018 there was a succesful
ARISS contact with 2 schools in Germany, Liborius Gymnasium
in Dessau and MANOS Gymnasium in Dresden. They were
using the callsign DK0LG. The event was a huge success
with good media coverage.
  
Recording and picture kindly provided
by Jens DM4JH/DK0LG. |
On December
5th 2018 we had another successful
ARISS-Call with Alexander Gerst DP0ISS.  The
contact was conducted from 2 locations, Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium,
Heilbronn, Germany using the callsign DN1RMG and Realschule
& Gymnasium Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany using
the callsign DN2RV. Both locations had setup up their
own ground station. Alexander
Gerst answered 17 questions from the students.
 The ground
station in Heilbronn was and operated by members of
DARC OV P05 (Heilbronn) and OV P33 (Hohenlohe).
Here
are the questions Alexander Gerst answered:
1. Sie befinden
sich in Schwerelosigkeit in einem großen Raum
und haben keinen Kontakt zu einer Wand.
Wie bewegen Sie sich fort? Hilft Pusten?
2. Die Zeit im All vergeht langsamer als auf der Erde.
Fühlen Sie sich jünger?
3. Woher kommt
das Wasser/der Sauerstoff auf der ISS?
4. Dürfen
wir mit CIMON sprechen?
5. Wie verhält sich
kohlesäurehaltiges Wasser im Weltraum? Sprudelt
es dort auch?
6. Wie haben Sie das Leck auf der
Raumstation bemerkt, wie haben Sie darauf reagiert und
wie haben Sie es abgedichtet?
7. Wie gefährlich
ist der Weltraumschrott/die Strahlenbelastung und gibt
es Gegenmaßnahmen?
8. Wie definieren Sie einen
Tag auf der ISS?
9. Wie lange dauert es um auf drohende
Kollisionen zu reagieren?
10. Wohin zeigt eine Kompassnadel
auf der ISS?
11. Kann man von der ISS aus den Bodensee
oder sogar Weingarten sehen?
12. Wäre es technisch
möglich in einem Raumschiff/einer Raumstation künstliche
Schwerkraft zu erzeugen?
13. Können Sie Auswirkungen
der Umweltverschmutzung, z.B. den 'Müllkontinent'
im Pazifik, aus dem All sehen?
14. Wie finden Sie
'Cimon' das fliegende Gehirn? Ist er eine große
Hilfe?
15. Wie funktioniert der Antrieb der ISS?
16. Kann man auf der ISS überhaupt krank werden?
17. Denken Sie die immensen Kosten für die Raumfahrt
lohnen sich für die Menschheit?
 The
recording was made by DK2ZO at DN1RMG. We had in the
background a telephone connection to Weingarten. The
signal strength was excellent as you can see in the
spectrum and waterfall display enclosed.
Alexander Gerst kindly signed a collage
I prepared for the team:
|
 The
painting of Alexander Gerst to the right is from Eberhard
Marx. I got a signed reprint from him in 2022.
|
 |
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On August
22nd 2018
starting at 09:15 UTC a scheduled contact with school
children from the Novgorod Region, Russia, was not successful.
I heard only the Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Prokopjew
calling on 145.800 MHz. Received
and recorded by DD1US. |
June 6th
2018
-
exp. Dec.
2018 |
|
ARISS
on ISS
(International Space Station)
#25544 |
On November
24th 2018
starting at 19:05 UTC a scheduled contact of astronaut
Serena Maria Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT with students from
IMP Aerospace & Defence, Goffs, NS, Canada was telebridged
by IK1SLD. Received on 145.800 MHz and recorded by DD1US. |
June 6th
2018
-
exp. Dec.
2018 |
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