Roy Neal, K6DUE, ARISS Commemorative Event
Starts November 29
 Roy
Neal, K6DUE, who died August 15 following heart surgery. He was 82. |
NEWINGTON, CT,
Nov 26, 2003--An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) NA1SS
special event to commemorate Roy Neal, K6DUE (SK), gets under way Saturday,
November 29, with an ISS pass over the US West Coast. ARISS International Chair
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, says ARISS has provided ISS Expedition 8 Commander Mike
Foale, KB5UAC, with a list of potential passes (see sidebar information on
frequencies and pass times) for the November 29-30 weekend.
"It is our
expectation that Mike will probably concentrate on a couple of passes over
North America and/or Europe this weekend, but we cannot be sure of this," Bauer
said today. "So our advice is to be listening wherever you live in the world."
Bauer said Foale
hopes to be on the air from NA1SS for the special event for about two passes
per weekend through December. "This, of course, is completely contingent upon
his schedule and other duties or issues that might crop up on ISS," he
cautioned.
ARISS earlier
this month announced the special event to honor the memory of Neal, who died
August 15. The Expedition 8 crew of Foale and Alex "Sasha" Kaleri, U8MIR, has
been asked to communicate from space with earthbound radio amateurs during the
November 29-30 weekend. ARISS has requested special event participants to keep
all contacts short.
Those contacting
the ISS by voice (NA1SS) or packet (RS0ISS) through the end of December will be
eligible for a special anniversary event certificate.
 Alex
Kaleri, U8MIR (left), and Expedition 8 crew commander Mike Foale, KB5UAC. [NASA
Photo] |
Bauer and Sergej
Samburov, RV3DR, of the ARISS Russian team credited Neal, a retired NBC news
correspondent, with having the vision to make Amateur Radio a permanent feature
on human spaceflight missions. Born Roy N. Hinkel, Neal chaired
the Space Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX)/Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station (ARISS) Working Group. Through his extensive NASA contacts, he
was instrumental in convincing NASA management to fly Amateur Radio onboard the
space shuttle.
November 28 will
mark the 20th anniversary of the first Amateur Radio operation from space by astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL, from the shuttle Columbia.
Amateur Radio communication from the ISS began three years ago this month, when
Expedition 1 crew members Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, and Bill Shepherd, KD5GSL,
spoke with R3K, the Energia amateur station in Russia, and with NN1SS, the ISS
ground station at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.
Bauer said those
working NA1SS should not request a certificate until ARISS releases QSL instructions.
"We are in the process of developing and printing the certificate, so please
hold off on sending in your QSLs until we give specific envelope size
instructions," Bauer advised.
ARISS
is an international project with participation and support from ARRL, NASA and
AMSAT.
ARISS Frequencies
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Worldwide
voice and packet downlink: 145.80 MHz
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Voice
uplink for Regions 2 and 3 (the Americas and the Pacific): 144.49 MHz
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Voice
uplink for Region 1 (Europe, Central Asia and Africa): 145.20 MHz
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Worldwide
packet uplink: 145.99 MHz
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ISS Pass Times
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US/North America:
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Nov 29:
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0727-0741 UTC (West Coast)
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Nov 30:
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0802-0811 UTC (West Coast)
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1816-1828 UTC (East Coast)
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1946-2003 UTC (Midwest and East Coast)
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21:21-21:39 UTC (Midwest and East Coast)
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Europe/Russia:
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Nov 29:
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1444-1500 UTC (East)
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1618-1635 UTC (Central)
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1755-1812 UTC (West, North, East)
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1932-1948 UTC (North)
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Nov 30:
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1345-1357 UTC (East)
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1516-1533 UTC (Central)
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1652-1709 UTC (West, North, East)
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1830-1846 UTC (North)
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Japan:
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Nov 29:
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0844-0856 UTC (North)
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1022-1032 UTC (North)
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1158-1209 UTC (North)
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1334-1345 UTC (Central)
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1511-1519 UTC (South)
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Nov 30:
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0741-0754 UTC (North)
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0920-0930 UTC (North)
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1056-1106 UTC (North)
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1231-1243 UTC (Central)
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1408-1418 UTC (South)
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Australia:
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Nov 29:
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1655-1712 UTC (East)
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1830-1840 UTC (West)
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Nov 30:
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1553-1610 UTC (East)
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1728-1745 UTC (Central)
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1905-1922 UTC (West &
South)
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Page last modified: 03:53 PM, 26 Nov 2003 ET
Page author: awextra@arrl.org
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