Thanks Bruce...
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > this has been discussed on the amsat-bb over the past week. there are no > bonus points and i believe that ARRL does not count it as a satellite > contact (i might be wrong). they have never considered the Shuttle, MIR or > the ISS as a satellite. AMSAT does count all contacts through the ISS. also > if the ISS is in voice mode and you work the astronaut, that is 1 point, > then if they turn on the digi, you can get more points off that. just keep > in mind that AMSAT field day only allows one contact per FM satellite per > mode. > > 73...bruce > AMSAT Director Contests and Awards > > > > On 6/26/2014 10:51 AM, Bob Hawkins via BVARC wrote: > > > I wonder if any of our satellite folks are aware of this. It could be > an interesting thing for field day. > > > Bob Hawkins > > > I do not know if there are any bonus points for this. > > > AMSAT News Service Bulletin 175.01 > >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. > DATE June 24, 2014 > To All RADIO AMATEURS > BID: $ANS-175.01 > > Possible ISS Voice Contacts on Field Day > David Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS Public Relations > > Current discussions between the ARISS team and NASA suggest the > possibility of voice contacts with the International Space Station > (ISS) during Saturday's ARRL Field Day activities this coming weekend. > > In a June 23 email, Kenneth Ransom, the ISS Ham Radio payload > developer, stated "I have received a response from astronaut (Reid) > Wiseman that he is willing to try and work some stations on Saturday. > Pass times begin very soon after the start of Field day." Wiseman > would operate under the call sign, NA1SS. Should Alex Gerst > participate, he would use the call sign, DP0ISS. > > If voice operation does occur, It will likely take place from the > Columbus (COL) module using the standard Region 2 uplink frequency of > 144.49 MHz and 145.800 MHz for downlink. It's expected that the packet > system will be operational on 145.825 MHz during periods when the crew > is not available. > > It's not clear whether any of the Russian crew would participate from > the Russian module, but if so, they would be directed to use 437.550 > MHz for any contacts using the call sign RS0ISS. The COL would also be > available to their crew using the VHF frequencies above, if Wiseman is > not operating. > > Listed below are approximate pass times and a chart showing ISS passes > for the Field Day weekend. The pass times shown are not definite, > scheduled times with the crew. They may or may not be able to support > these times. And, updates to this tentative plan will be released as > they become available. > > Saturday, June 28: > + N. America (18:11-18:33 UTC) > + Hawaii (19:36 - 19:47 UTC) > + N. America (19:48-20:10 UTC) > > This news release including a color map showing all ISS passes for > Field Day weekend for North America can be viewed on-line at: > http://www.amsat.org/?p=2860 > > [ANS thanks David Jordan, AA4KN, ARISS Public Relations for the above > information] > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing > [email protected]http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > > -- > > Bruce Paige, KK5DO > > AMSAT Director Contests and Awards > > ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE > > Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* > Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com > Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes > > Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org > > AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat > >
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