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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Institut Florimont from the ITU amateur radio station 4U1ITU

A few nice Amateur Radio images I found:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Institut Florimont from the ITU amateur radio station 4U1ITU

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Student from Institut Florimont at the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Institut Florimont from the ITU amateur radio station 4U1ITU. © ITU/F.Scotti

NorCal Dummy Load PCB

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A close-up of the dummy load PCB. One column of resistors has been soldered on.

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Repeater site report Palomar Amateur Radio Club

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ARISS: Your Students Could Be Among the Next to Speak with the Space Station Crew via Ham Radio

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“Ham Video” Transmitter May Be Tested During ARISS Contact with German School

According to ARISS-Europe (ARISS-EU) Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, the digital Amateur Radio TV “Ham Video” transmitter may be tested during an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with a high school in Siegburg, Germany, on September 1. If so, this would mark the first time the Ham Video system is used for an ARISS educational event. The direct, 2 meter FM contact…

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ARISS School Contact ISS Downlink Should be Audible on US East Coast

An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with students at Zuni Hills Elementary School in Sun City, Arizona, will take place today (August 22) at 1747 UTC. This will be a “telebridge” contact between NA1SS on the ISS and club station K6DUE in Maryland, with audio relayed to the school in Arizona, and listeners on the US East Coast may be able to copy the 2 meter ISS d…

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Ian MacFarquhar, VE9IM, Appointed as ARISS Regional Representative

The Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) has appointed Ian MacFarquhar, VE9IM, to be the new Amateur Radio on the International Space Statiion (ARISS) Regional Representative, replacing Daniel Lamoureux, VE2KA.

“Canadian ARISS representatives have always been a huge benefit to the ARISS team,” said Rosalie White, K1STO, ARRL’s ARISS delegate and ARISS-International Secretary-Treasurer. “Not only have …

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ARISS International Partners Regroup at First In-Person Meeting since 2011

Representatives of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International partners met in person last month for the first time in 2-1/2 years to reassess the program’s direction and to consider new objectives. The European Space Agency (ESA) hosted the April 3-5 gathering at its European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in The Netherlands. ARISS International Sec…

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Streaming Audio Available for May 1 ARISS School Contact

Streaming audio will be available for a scheduled Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact, May 1 at 1628 UTC, with students at Hidden Oaks Middle School in Prior Lake, Minnesota. The event will last up to 10 minutes.

The direct contact between NA1SS and NR0T at the school will be audible over portions of the Midwest and Southern US on the 145.80 MHz downlink.

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Ice Pilots NWT TV Program to Include ARISS School Contact

The first episode of season 5 of the Ice Pilots NWT TV show will include video of an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact last May.

According to the description of the episode, “Cold Start,” the character Mikey “gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he’s invited to host a classroom discussion with Commander Chris Hadfield [KC5RNJ/VA3OOG], calling in from the Interna…

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ARISS Looks Forward to Installation of “Ham Video” on Space Station

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is hoping its “Ham Video” digital television transmitter, now stowed onboard the International Space Station (ISS), will be installed and commissioned this fall. US Astronaut Mike Hopkins, KF5LJG, who heads into space September 25, is scheduled to handle the tasks involved with getting the S Band Ham Video DATV setup on the ai…

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HamTV Project to Open “A New Era” for ARISS

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program hopes that an Amateur Radio digital TV system will be up and running aboard the International Space Station by later this year. A project initiated by AMSAT-Italy, HamTV would provide one-way video and audio from the ISS to complement the FM radio voice link used for ARISS school group radio contacts. According to an overview …

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COBRAWORXSHOPZ INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ISS ARISS APRS RS0ISS PACKET RADIO AX.25

Cobraworxshopz contacting the International Space Station’s (ISS, ARISS, RS0ISS-4, RS0ISS-11) Amateur Packet Radio Station, transmitting APRS & BBS AX.25 data on 145.825Mhz.

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