Astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS
The first Amateur Radio school contact by UK astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS from the International Space Station (ISS) will take place on Friday, January 8, 2016 at 0847 GMT with students at Sandringham School, St. Albans. The contact will be web streamed.
You will be able to listen to Tim by tuning to 145.800 MHz FM on your handheld. mobile or scanner (select wide deviation FM filter). Alternatively you can Listen Online by using the SUWS WebSDR radio at http://websdr.suws.org.uk/
Audio will also be available via amateur radio Echolink and IRLP nodes
• EchoLink *AMSAT* Server Node 101377
• IRLP Discovery Reflector Node 9010
Most Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) operations are split-frequency (each station uses separate receive and transmit frequencies). The downlink is the earth station’s receiving frequency. The uplink is the earth station’s transmitting frequency.
In ITU Region 1 should you be fortunate enough to hear an astronaut calling CQ on the 145.800 MHz downlink you should switch in your -600 kHz repeater shift so your reply is on the 145.200 MHz uplink.
You can follow the path of the space station on the ISS Dashboard https://principia.ariss.org/dashboard/
The contact will be web streamed from the school, watch live at https://principia.ariss.org/live/
Information on ARISS frequencies is at http://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
