I thought maybe the repeater was on at first, thinking it was a rogue call (it did sound just like AO-51 some days), but then I realized it was in there only ahead of other transmissions.

BTW, I was just kidding. Tto those of us in the southern half of N.A., hearing a blind call of "Hola" is pretty common. If that really was a "secret" (I didn't know there was a secret word), I apologize for spilling the beans. 73, Jerry

-----Original Message----- From: Dave Webb KB1PVH kb1pvh@gmail.com To: K5OE k5oe@aol.com Cc: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sun, Jul 31, 2011 10:02 am Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 report

I was wondering if that was some local junk here.

Dave - KB1PVH

Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X On Jul 31, 2011 10:58 AM, "K5OE" k5oe@aol.com wrote:

Also received packet burst, voice message in several languages, and SSTV in South Texas at 1440. Was the special word "Hola"? It seems to precede every transmission :-) 73, Jerry

-----original message---- Recorded Greetings, message, US special word, and SSTV in FN43 at 1304-1307z on 145.950. Handheld and Arrow.

73, Scott N1AIA

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