ARISS News Release                                                                                             No.21-37

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSOffers More Fun to ARRL Field Day Operators

June7, 2021—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has decided tokeep its ARISS InterOperable Radio System (IORS) in crossband repeater modeuntil after ARRL Field Day ends. The IORS ham station is located in theColumbus Module of the International Space Station.

ARRL Hq Contest ProgramManager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, has confirmed that successful radio contacts madethrough the ARISS IORS, in crossband repeater mode, will count for an ARRL FieldDay QSO point, but also for Field Day bonus points! Another fun opportunity forpoints. Don’t forget the rule limiting stations to 1 QSO per any single channelFM satellite. On-orbit astronauts always have very busy schedules, but if a voice contact were to be made with them,it would count for QSO credit but not for satellite bonus points. Only an ARISScrossband repeater QSO qualifies for the bonus. Crossbandrepeater contacts are also valid for AMSAT Field Day for satellite operations,held concurrently with the ARRL event.

Frequencies for ARISS crossbandrepeater operation are as follows: 145.990 MHz up, 67 Hz tone and 437.800 MHzdown. If you haven’t used the ISS repeater yet, be sure to practice with itbefore Field Day (June 26-27, 2021). These contacts can be tricky, but hams canpractice right now…can you do it?

ARISShad planned a mode switch to APRS packet during the second week of June. Now,ARISS istargeting the switch by the astronauts to packet after the first ARISS schoolcontact following ARRL Field Day. In morenews for ARISS supporters: the astronauts will power down the ARISS radio station during USAspacewalks on June 16 and June 20, 2021.

ARISS– Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS

About ARISS:

AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture ofinternational amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support theInternational Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL),the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s Space communicationsand Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration ofscience, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS doesthis by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activitiestied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, seewww.ariss.org.

MediaContact: Dave Jordan, AA4KN

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