The ARSPEX Working Group is a specialised body of the IARU Region 1 for Amateur Radio Space EXploration.
The ARSPEX WG acts under the provisions of the IARU Region 1 Constitution and Bylaws and operates within the terms of reference .
News:
March 3, 2022: ARISS to Support Axiom Space Crew Members on First Private ISS Mission
September 2, 2020: First Element of ARISS Next Generation (Next-Gen) Radio System Installed in ISS Columbus Module
This opens up a new era providing regular voice repeater functionality around the world.
The first contact through the repeater was done on September 2nd 2020 between IK1SLD and ON7UX.
Next ARISS contacts in region 1 or audible in region 1 on 145.800 MHz (FM) unless specified otherwise (UHF: 437.525 MHz):
- Mon 2024-12-02 15:15 UTC Simferopol College of Radio Electronics, Simferopol, Russia
- Tue 2024-12-03 11:02:45 UTC Publiczna Szkoła Podstawowa im. Walentego Stefańskiego w Bodzechowie, Bodzechów, Poland, direct via SP7POS
- Wed 2024-12-04 11:47 UTC CEIP INDAUTXUKO ESKOLA HLHI, Bilbao, Spain, with Don Petit KD5MDTvia ON4ISS
- Thu 2024-12-05 11:00 UTC State Budgetary Educational Institution “Vorobyovy Gory” in Moscow, Russia
- Fri 2024-12-06 10:10 UTC Shchyolkovo, Russia
- Fri 2024-12-06 11:49 UTC Publiczna Szkoła Podstawowa im. Walentego Stefańskiego w Bodzechowie, Bodzechów, Poland, direct via SP7POS
- Mon 2024-12-09 10:58 UTC Chrześcijańska Szkoła Podstawowa Daniel, Warszawa, Poland, direct via SP5POT
- Mon 2024-12-09 09:30 UTC SWSU, Kursk, Russia, direct
- Tue 2024-12-10 09:07 UTC Scuola Secondaria di I Grado “F.Anzani”, Cantù, Italy via VK4KHZ
- 2024-12-16 to 2024-12-22 Zespół Szkół Łączności, Warszawa, Poland, direct
- 2025-01-20 to 2025-01-26 University of Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia, direct via OM25ISS
- 2025-02-03 to 2025-02-09 Public Primary School, La Laupie, France, direct via F5KLF
- 2025-02-17 to 2025-02-23 Royal Moroccan Air Academy, Marrakech, Morocco, direct via CN8ERA/CN8OSA
- 2025-03-24 to 2025-03-30 Canadian Elementary School Maple Bear, Sofia, Bulgaria, direct via LZ1KRN
- 2025-03-31 to 2025-04-06 Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium
- 2025-04-21 to 2025-04-27 Karabaglar Municipality Nasreddin Hodja Child Culture and Science Center, Izmir, Turkey
Projects:
- Amateur station on board of ISS
- Amateur Satellites
- Lunar Gateway
- W‑Band propagation study from space
- Education