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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: NEW 2 METER RADIO TO LAUNCH TO THE ISS
A new VHF ham radio system will soon be headed to the
International Space Station. At the July 17 ARISS
meeting Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, reported that his group is in
the final stages of preparing the flight certification for
of the replacement hardware for the degraded Ericsson 2
meter radio. That rig is part of the 2nd ISS amateur radio
station that is located in the Columbus module.
According to Ransom, they had been hoping to launch of the
equipment on flight 33-S on December 5th. Now however comes
word that the new radio could be carried aloft ob flight 49-
P that's slated to launch on November 1st. As such,
Ransom's group is trying to finish the certification process
in time for this earlier flight option.
The degraded Ericsson VHF radio may be returned on flight 32-
S in October. The team is very interested in trying to
determine what the problem has been with this particular
piece of gear. And we will have more space related ham
radio news later on in this weeks Amateur Radio Newsline
report. (ARISS)
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