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HOW CAN I USE MY SHORTWAVE RADIO FOR NEWS AND INFORMATION ABOUT SAREX
AND TO EAVESDROP ON THE ASTRONAUTS?
[Ed. Note: This information is provided by the American Radio Relay League's
Educational Activities Department]
During a shuttle mission carrying the SAREX payload, news and Astronaut re-
transmissions are carried on these Amateur Radio stations:
Goddard Amateur Radio Club (Greenbelt, MD) Amateur Radio station WA3NAN, news
and re-transmissions on high frequency (HF) bands at 3.86, 7.185, 14.295,
21.395, and 28.65 MHz and on VHF at 147.45 MHz.
Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club (Houston, TX), Amateur Radio station
W5RRR, news bulletins on HF bands at 3.850, 7.227, 14.280, 21.350, and 28.400
MHz and VHF at 146.64 MHz.
ARRL (Newington, CT) Amateur Radio station W1AW, news bulletins (9:45 PM,
12:45 AM EST) on HF bands at 3.99, 7.29, 14.29, 18.16, 21.39, 28.59 and VHF at
147.555 MHz.
These stations, and several VHF and UHF repeater groups, will re-transmit the
signals on most amateur bands so that you and the students can hear the
communications. You will hear NASA Mission Commentary, frequent bulletins to
advise listeners of astronaut-planned transmissions, and amateur two-way voice
and amateur television transmissions with the shuttles. Using a simple
hand-held transceiver, you can open the world of science to hundreds of
youngsters. Students themselves can take part in the shuttle flight via a
packet message, and some will even be able to talk directly to the astronauts
in orbit.
Listen also to the ARRL Bulletins on W1AW (see the ARRL's monthly journal,
"QST", for Morse code and voice bulletins) on a daily basis; and to the AMSAT
International Satellite Nets on Tuesdays, 3.840 MHz, 0130Z to 0300Z, and on
Sundays, 14.282 MHz, 1800Z to 2100Z, +/- QRM.