The signal levels from ARISSat-1 should be similar to those expected from the AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1 satellite (and also from UKube-1) and the AMSAT-UK team are keen to discover what will be the minimum and best type of antennas for schools to use.
To encourage everyone to receive and report the ARISSat-1 145.920 MHz BPSK telemetry signals AMSAT-UK are offering a FUN reward for listeners!
For further details see the ARISSat-1 BPSK Reception Challenge at http://www.uk.amsat.org/archives/arissat-1-reception-challenge-2
Download the Windows and Mac versions of the free ARISSatTLM BPSK telemetry soundcard demodulator and display software from http://www.arissattlm.org/
How to receive ARISSat-1 http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/ARISSat/ARISSatHowTo.php
Read the ARISSat-1 article from QST magazine at http://web.me.com/clintbradford/Work-Sat/ARISSat-1_files/QST-ARISSat1.pdf
AMSAT-UK http://www.uk.amsat.org/
73 Trevor M5AKA