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ARRL Satellite Bulletin ARLS006 (2021)

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ARLS006 International Space Station to be in Cross-Band Repeater
Mode for Field Day

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Space Bulletin 006  ARLS006
From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington, CT  June 10, 2021
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS006
ARLS006 International Space Station to be in Cross-Band Repeater
Mode for Field Day

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
cross-band repeater will be available for ARRL Field Day, June 26 -
27. Contacts will count toward Field Day bonus points as satellite
contacts and Field Day contacts.

Field Day rules limit stations to one contact on any single-channel
FM satellite. Note that contacts made during Field Day by ISS crew
would only count for contact credit, but not for satellite bonus
points. ISS cross-band repeater contacts are also valid AMSAT Field
Day satellite contacts.

The ARISS cross-band repeater uplink is 145.990 MHz (67 Hz tone),
with a downlink of 437.800 MHz.

ARISS suggests that those unfamiliar with the ISS repeater may want
to practice with it prior to Field Day. ARISS had planned to switch
modes to the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) during the
second week of June, but this won't happen until after the first
ARISS school contact following ARRL Field Day.

The ARISS ham station will be off-air during spacewalks on June 16
and June 20.
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