Space Station Contact

Dear Boy Scouts of the Phillipines radio stations,

Astronaut Bill McArthur (NA1SS) is very active with hamradio in the Space Station ISS.

We have a DXCC campaign group for NA1SS.
http://www.issfanclub.com/dxcc

For so far we know NA1SS did not have made a voice QSO with Phillipines yet.

McArthur is very active so a good chance that you can work NA1SS in voice!
The Space Station can also operate on 145Mhz (VHF).
If you have no VHF transceiver maybe you know some friends who have (pse let us know!).
With a very simple vertical antenna you can make contact with NA1SS, better
is to use a yagi.

Let me know if you (or your hamradio friends) are intrested to sign in for
the NA1SS DXCC caimpaign.
What station do you have?

My contact adres: isszarya@hotmail.com

GENERAL NA1SS INFO:
NA1SS is often voice active on hamradio!!!
The most intresting times is at the ISS crews eating, and -
presleep times!
The best chance is at the weekend, crew is off work (less duties!!!).
At these times NA1SS operate often in voice on hamradio.

On this link you can see ISS crew's work and sleep times:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/

NA1SS VOICE FREQUENCY! (region 1).
Region 1 = Europe * Middle East * Africa * North-Asia
RXdownlink: 145.800Mhz (FM).
TXuplink: 145.200Mhz (FM).

NA1SS VOICE FREQUENCY! (region 2 & 3).
North and South America * Caribbean * Greenland
South Asia * Australia * New Zealand * Oceania
RXdownlink: 145.800Mhz (FM).
TXuplink: 144.490Mhz (FM).

ISS WORLD WIDE APRS/packet (1200 baud) frequency:
RXdownlink: 145.800Mhz (FM).
TXuplink: 145.990Mhz (FM).
ISS APRS digipeater callsign: RS0ISS-3
ISS packet callsign: RS0ISS-11 (for bbs).


Here you can see voice reports from stations all over the world.
http://www.issfanclub.com/modules.php?name=Amateur_Radio&mode=voice

On these links you can see the ISS position:
http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/JTrack/Amateur.html
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html
http://space.cweb.nl/space3d_iss_globe_xp107.html

Be sure your computer time is accurate!!!

If you want to see pass predictions for the future you need trackings
software:
http://www.satscape.co.uk/
http://www.stoff.pl/


73's Cor PD0RKC
skyman@hetnet.nl
http://pd0rkc.ontwikkel.nl

Bill McArthur (ISS callsign NA1SS).