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Hope to hear you guys on the air DE W9NLS. There has never been a better time to get into it, with cheap 20 handheld radios and a dual band antenna system with a bit of gain, you can get in with regularity on any of the new Fox1 transponders. Students can fully engage in the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, or ARISS, contact by helping set up an amateur radio ground station at the school and then using that station to talk directly with the onboard crew member for approximately 10 minutes, the time of an International Space Station overhead pass. Kenwood radios customised for the ISS have been developed based on ARISS specifications. nickysielicki on Amateur satellite radio is extremely fun. The company’s TM-733E/A and TM-V7A models were employed on the Soviet space station Mir in 19 respectively, and provided packet communication and transmitting SSTV (slow scan television) services.Īnd TM-D700E amateur radio equipment was installed on the ISS in 2003 at the request of ARISS.ĪRISS was established to promote science, space and radio technology education through the operation of amateur radio equipment in space. This is not the first time Kenwood amateur gear has gone into space. The TM-D710GA will be used for communications between astronauts and school children participating in the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station ( ARISS) educational outreach program.
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The TM-D710GA was launched into orbit on 7 March aboard the SpaceX CRS-20 flight. A Kenwood TM-D710GA amateur radio rig will soon be installed for operational use in the European Columbus laboratory aboard the International Space Station (ISS).