INFORMATION ON THE ISS
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ will be operating Ham Radio from the
International Space Station beginning around Oct 14 thru Oct 22.
He could be using the callsign of NA1SS which is that of the ISS.
He will be contacting two local Space Camp Schools, Brownsburg
Challenger Learning Center on Thursday, Oct 16 at about 12:39pm
and the Indianapolis Challenger Learning Center on Friday, Oct 17
at about 11:30am. The Space Station WILL NOT be within direct
range of Indiana for this call, so the audio will be streamed via a
website; www.challenger.org There will be a link to the audio
posted on the Home Page for this event.
As for the JOTA, Richard will be contacting as many Boy Scout
groups as he can while circling the Earth on Sat - Sun, Oct 18-19
Richard will also be sending SSTV pictures from the ISS
throughout his time there as well. This will be done on
145.800MHz, using ROBOT 36 mode.
Follow these links below for more information about the ISS
Thanks to Mike N9FEB for this information on this page