The International space station ISS is active.
The old Mir space station splashed down in the pacific ocean after reentry in the earth atmosphere on march 23 2001...
Since december 16th, the fourth permanent crew is composed of :
Commander Yuri ONUFRIENKO : RK3DUO,
Flight Engineer Carl WALZ : KC5TIE,
Flight Engineer Dan BURSCH : KD5PNU,
LISTEN the service frequency : 143.625 Mhz...
FCC has given the ARISS station the following callsign = NA1SS
, which will be used by the crew, and the second callsign = NN1SS by the ground control ( GSFC ).
The following callsigns :
, and the personal calls may also be used : ( U5MIR and R0ISS ).
PACKET CALLSIGN : RZ3DZR
BBS CALLSIGN of the STATION : RZ3DZR-1
For Canada :
Radio Amateurs of Canada
ARISS QSL Expedition-2
720 Belfast Road, Suite 217
Ottawa Ontario
K1G 0Z5
Please include your QSL or report: date, time in UTC, frequency
and mode (voice, packet or sstv).
If you wish to receive a card, you must include a large,
self-addressed, stamped envelope with proper
postage or sufficient IRCs included.