ISS – Chesapeake Amateur Radio Service

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Next In-person/Online General Meeting: Monday September 11th @ 7pm (moved due to Labor Day Holiday)

I was able to heard the ISS on my way to work this morning. I was able to capture a small portion of the QSO. I did not here the uplink but the downlink was loud and clear.

March 15, 2018 Michael Tromba

Ham-Astronauts Engaging in Series of Spacewalks; Two Heading Home Soon

March 30, 2017March 29, 2017 Admin

International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, will take one more spacewalk on March 30 before he heads back to Earth in a Soyuz MS-02 vehicle on April 10, joined by crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko. The spacewalks are aimed at preparing the station for the Read More …

Space Station Crew Uses HAM Radio to Call Earth

January 15, 2016January 13, 2016 Admin

ARISS contact planned for school in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

January 6, 2016January 6, 2016 Admin

On Friday, January 8, 2016 at approximately 08:47 UTC, an ARISS contact is planned for Sandringham School, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Amateur radio station GB1SAN, will operate the contact. The ARISS HAM radio station GB1SS on the board of the International Space Station will be operated by Timothy Peake Read More …