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    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/TB24UXNLTS4F24Q7Q3YN3VX7BGIARSOB/",
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        "address": "tosca005 (a) umn.edu",
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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: Most hams in space at one time??",
    "date": "2010-04-15T20:19:44Z",
    "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/KXT3AJG2ZN55RAEGVYWQFHY2RQSX7VQS/",
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    "content": "Well, I'm so busy at work that I have not been able to keep up with the \nnews like I used to, but I seem to recall that the folks up there in space \nare kept awfully busy with scheduled activities, and that if that wasn't \nbad enough, they were talking about adding another EVA to fix a stuck valve \non a nitrogen tank or some such thing. So, they may simply be too busy to \nplay with the ham radio equipment that is up there.\n\nIIRC, there is also something of an issue with the particular radio that is \ninstalled up there being a little tricky to switch among the various \noperating modes like cross-band FM repeater, simplex, packet, etc., and I \nseem to remember some folks saying that they didn't want to mess with it \nfor fear of putting it into a mode that would render it unusable until \nsomeone who was really familiar with the Kenwood's operation was either up \nthere or able to talk an astronaut through the re-configuration process.\n\nPersonally, I think it's too bad that one of the astronauts couldn't sneak \nan FT-817 into their personal luggage allotmentm, and hook it up to the \nexternal omnidirectional antenna, and just start calling CQ on SSB simplex, \nand work the ensuing pileup. But, unfortunately, that's not gonna fly! \n(Rules are there for a reason. If the FAA is afraid of a radio transmitter \ndisabling an airliner, imagine NASA's fear of a non-vetted 5 watt \ntransmitter on board a spaceship where the nearest repair facility is \nunable to send anyone over to your location to fix things that break or get \nconfused by the RF.)\n\nNevertheless, thinking of the old adage, \"you catch more flies with honey \nthan vinegar\", instead of complaining to the astronauts \"Why don't you \ncall?\", we should perhaps take the approach \"Hey folks, we'd LOVE to hear \nfrom ya if you can spare a moment here or there from your busy schedule!\".\n\n73 de W0JT\n\nOn Apr 15 2010, Larry Teran wrote:\n\n>I'm with you Ed there are a lot of new satellite operators including my\n> self, that are willing to contact the ISS, I give them I try every once \n> in a\n>while since I get my satellite station , and no success.\n>\n>On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:42 PM, edward kacura <[email protected]> wrote:\n>\n>> I know this sounds negative, but with all these hams in space, why isn't\n>> anyone operating???\n>>\n>> Why can't I and all the rest of us earth bound hams contact the ISS with\n>> our handhelds and Arrow antennas????\n>>\n>> What good is it , to have all these hams up there, and not a one, can \n>> make\n>> contact with us poor souls on earth???\n>>\n>> ????????????????????????????????????????????  73 de Ed N7EDK ???????????\n>\n",
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