[bars] Listen to the downlink from the ISS on Friday Feb 5 @ 12:40

Fri Feb 5 12:58:16 EST 2021

Hi Willie,

I changed antennas from my 10 element 2 meter beam to my X-300 and heard most of the ISS downlink very clearly, too.  I hope others had a chance to listen in.  There will be  another contact we can listen in on in the next few weeks.  The precise time hasn’t been announced, but I will share it when it is.

73,

Jon T

AC1EV

From: William Smith <w_smith at compusmiths.com> 
Sent: Friday, February 5, 2021 12:48 PM
To: Jon Turner <jontur at gmail.com>
Cc: bars at w1hh.org
Subject: Re: [bars] Listen to the downlink from the ISS on Friday Feb 5 @ 12:40

Wow, S9 here with a low-gain dual-band vertical.  

73, Willie N1JBJ

On Feb 3, 2021, at 11:02 AM, Jon Turner <jontur at gmail.com <mailto:jontur at gmail.com> > wrote:

Hi BARS members,

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An  <http://www.ariss.org/> ARISS contact is scheduled for this Friday, February 5th with students from the Ottawa Carleton District in Ottawa, ON, Canada.  The contact will be a multipoint telebridge contact hosted by Fred Kemmerer,  <https://qrz.com/db/AB1OC/> AB1OC.  The astronaut is Mike Hopkins, amateur radio call sign  <https://qrz.com/db/KF5LJG/> KF5LJG.

The pre-contact program will begin around 12:20 pm local time and the ISS will come over the horizon at about 12:40 pm local time. You can listen to the downlink from the ISS on 145.800 MHz FM and you can watch the pre-contact program and the contact on the ARISS YouTube channel via the following link –

 <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxm5Ca2y0HD_NxXlZWXv11A> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxm5Ca2y0HD_NxXlZWXv11A

I shared similar information of a past ARISS contact with BARS and heard the downlink myself in my mobile while on the road.  There are different frequencies for uplink and downlink so it is only possible for the public to monitor the downlink.  The ISS will be overhead in our area for this contact, so it will be easy to hear.  

One of the things I am doing now in ham radio is helping Fred Kemmerer, who is the President of the Nashua Area Radio Society, work with schools to make scheduled contacts with an astronaut on the International Space Station.  Fred is a designated ARISS mentor for the US.  ARISS is an organization that coordinates Amateur Radio activities on the International Space Station.  I am currently assisting Fred behind the scenes with testing and setting up the ground infrastructure and internet connectivity needed to have students who are remote to their school have successful contacts with the ISS.  We have a project underway with a school in Nashua for a contact in a few weeks.  

This is a link to the recent contact from RSU#21 in Maine

YouTube:  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN70OpJFMgs&feature=youtu.be> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN70OpJFMgs&feature=youtu.be

Here is a link to a report from a TV station about a contact from a few weeks ago with RSU#21 .

 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=013JxlionCU> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=013JxlionCU

Here are other links on the contact you may find interesting.

 <https://www.wabi.tv/2021/01/22/maine-students-talk-with-astronaut-on-international-space-station/> https://www.wabi.tv/2021/01/22/maine-students-talk-with-astronaut-on-international-space-station/

 <https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/education/kennebunk-students-have-an-out-of-this-world-experience-talking-to-an-astronaut-aboard-the-iss/97-1a7a7bb5-19f9-4dbc-b353-e30b13c9f475> https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/education/kennebunk-students-have-an-out-of-this-world-experience-talking-to-an-astronaut-aboard-the-iss/97-1a7a7bb5-19f9-4dbc-b353-e30b13c9f475

 <https://www.pressherald.com/2021/01/22/sea-road-students-chat-long-distance-to-astronaut-on-the-international-space-station/> https://www.pressherald.com/2021/01/22/sea-road-students-chat-long-distance-to-astronaut-on-the-international-space-station/

 <https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/york-star/2021/01/22/sea-road-school-students-talk-astronaut-space/4175367001/> https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/york-star/2021/01/22/sea-road-school-students-talk-astronaut-space/4175367001/

I hope you find this interesting and are able to tune in to hear Ham Radio From Space.  (Insert echo effect here).

73 and stay safe (sane, too)

Jon Turner

AC1EV

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