On FM phonetic QSO with ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) you also need to be a little lucky. Although there are currently five radio operators aboard the International Space Station, they have other responsibilities and little time left for broadcasting. According to AMSAT Weekly Bulletin No. 313, Howard Long G6LVB received confirmation that Commander Mike Foale KB5UAC confirmed skeds with a mobile demonstration radio car GB4FUN, which will be at Kings School in Cantenbury. And at the end of November, there is still another event planned, where the radio amateur public will probably have more fun.
Schedules with GB4FUN are arranged for these flybys (applies to Britain, at our locations the ISS will rise above the horizon in all cases about 3 minutes later, west to east flyby):
| The date | UTC |
| November 25, 2003 | 18:50 |
| November 26, 2003 | 17:48 |
| November 27, 2003 | 16:46 |
| November 28, 2003 | 17:19 |
The second event is held in honor of Roy Neal K6DUE, who died on August 15. Roy's long-term vision was the presence of an amateur operation in space missions. This dream began to come true on November 28, 1983, when the space shuttle Columbia took off with astronaut and radio amateur Owen Garriot W5LFL, who heard from space after a few days.
In October 1988, a Russian amateur radio team led by Sergey Samburov RV3DR and Larry Agabekov UA6HZ/N2WW exported amateur radio equipment to the Mir space station. During the next AMSAT-NA symposium LEO Labutin UA3CR (SK) communicated with cosmonaut Musa Manorov U2MIR.
The history of radio amateur operation from the ISS began to be written just three years ago. On the thirteenth of November 2000, the then first crew consisting of Sergej Krikalev U5MIR and Bill Shepherd KD5GSL established contact with R3K and NN1SS.
Mike Foale KB5UAC and Alex "Sasha" Kaleri, U8MIR will be QRVs for ham radio stations during November 29 and 30, 2003. An annual certificate will be issued to those who establish a connection with them or establish a packet connection with RS0ISS by the end of December.
| The date | UTC |
| November 29, 2003 | 14:49 |
| November 29, 2003 | 16:24 |
| November 29, 2003 | 18:00 |
| November 29, 2003 | 19:36 |
| November 29, 2003 | 21:12 |
| November 30, 2003 | 13:47 |
| November 30, 2003 | 15:22 |
| November 30, 2003 | 16:58 |
| November 30, 2003 | 18:34 |
| November 30, 2003 | 20:10 |
The uplink is at the frequency of 145.200 MHz and the downlink at the frequency of 145.800 MHz +/- doppler frequency shift, which is usually a few kHz. There is a service channel on the frequency 143.625 MHz, on which the ISS communicates with the control centers. ISS can be heard very often on this frequency with an excellent signal (S9+).
American radio amateurs on board use the brand NA1SS, Russian RS0ISS or RZ3DZR. European stations can o QSL for the connection, ask at the address AMSAT-France, 14 bis, rue des Gourlis, Rueil Malmaison, 92500, FRANCE, if they send a QSL, SAX and 2IRC.