Amateur Radio on the ISS ( ARISS ) is a volunteer programme which encourages students worldwide to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics through amateur radio communications opportunities with the ISS crew.
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His stay on the station improved operations in several areas, including transfer procedures for a docked space shuttle, " hand-over " procedures for long duration American crew members and " Ham " amateur radio communications.
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The basic certificate is awarded to those amateur radio operators who successfully complete and confirm amateur radio communications with land based amateur radio stations located in at least 100 different " entities " on the DXCC List.
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Where two-way amateur radio communication is authorized on 60 m, it has generally been within the frequency range 5250 & ndash; 5450 kHz, but the whole of this range is not necessarily available and allocations vary significantly from country-to-country.
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His stay on the station improved operations in several areas, including transfer procedures for a docked space shuttle, " hand-over " procedures for long-duration American crew members and " ham " amateur radio communications, and also saw two spacewalks to reconfigure the station's power grid.
