AMSAT Information:
On November 28, 1983, the first astronaut to hold a ham radio license, W5LFL, flew aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia into space. The spacecraft included a specially customized Motorola MX-340 amateur 2-meter band transceiver and an antenna connected to the shuttle's window. On December 1, 1983, while approaching the U.S. West Coast, W5LFL on the Columbia began calling CQ at 02:38 UTC, which was answered by WA1JXN in Franktown, Montana. This was the first amateur radio QSO between an astronaut and a ground station. Several more QSOs were conducted before the Columbia returned to Earth on December 8. Over the following decades, communication between astronauts and ground stations gradually became an educational activity, primarily involving students in schools.
To celebrate the first communication between an astronaut and a ground radio station, ARISS teams around the world collaborated to organize an SSTV event. The SSTV signal from the International Space Station will be transmitted in PD120 format at 145.800 MHz. The planned start time is approximately 10:15 UTC on December 16th, and the end time is approximately 18:00 UTC on December 19th.
闽ICP备2021006864号-7
闽公网安备35020602002794号