January 2009 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Orbit boost to ISS?
by andy thomas 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

The V/U repeater is strong but HRD is tracking it late although I have forced an update to celestrak keps. I suggest this means an unexpected orbital boost. andy g0sfj

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Re: 2009-01-12 ARISS Status
by andy thomas 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

I think an earlier report said that there was to have been a telebridge this saturday? (with china?) I assume that's been delayed now? 73 de andy G0SFJ

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2009-01-12 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report January 12, 2009 1. Upcoming School Contact Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, Canada has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, January 20 at 18:01 UTC via telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium. A space club has been formed at the hospital and those children participating in the club have learned about the ISS via videos, the internet and guest speakers. They have learned to use correct radio protocol and have tracked and plotted the course of the ISS. They have also created artwork to be displayed during the contact. Media coverage of the event is expected. 2. Students in India Experience Successful Contact On Wednesday, January 7, youth from Axam Jatiya Vidyalaya in Guwahati, India spoke with Mike Fincke, KE5AIT on the ISS. During the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact, students asked 14 questions as 1000 students, parents and guests looked on. All Assam Students' Union (AASU) officials, Mr Brindaban Goswami and many other Guwahati dignitaries attended the event. The contact was facilitated by the telebridge station W6SRJ in California. The audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW servers and received eight connections including three link nodes and one repeater from five countries. The news was reported on television and in the newspapers. The Assam Tribune posted an article to its Web site: http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jan0809/at01 The headliner with photos may be found here: http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jan0809/main 3. ARISS Distributes Calendars Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) distributed International Space Station 2009 calendars to over 40 schools that have recently experienced or will be scheduled for ARISS contacts in the upcoming months. Calendars were also distributed to ARISS volunteers worldwide as a token of appreciation for their hard work and dedication to the program. Over five hundred calendars were distributed. 4. Article on ARISS Contact with Challenger Learning Center The Ohio Department of Education posted an article on the September 1, 2008 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with students at the Chal¬lenger Learning Center of Lucas County in Toledo. The article, "Students connect with International Space Station," may be found at: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&Top… 5. Technopolis Contact Video Posted On Saturday, January 3, students visiting Technopolis in Mechelen, Belgium experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact via telebridge station VK4KHZ in Australia. The video of this contact is now available on YouTube. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipy4isPtuKA

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-11 01:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 11 Jan '09

11 Jan '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-11 01:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for: Tue 2009-01-20 18:01:50 UTC 38 deg Crossband repeater and packet have been active! Don’t forget to do Doppler correction for the crossband repeater! Don’t forget the keyword here is Repeater. Repeaters have the FM capture effect. Strongest into the machine wins momentarily. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 398. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 14. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-01-11 01:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-01-07 19:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Exp. 18 on orbit: Michael Fincke KE5AIT Yury Lonchakov RA3DT Sandra Magnus KE5FYE ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://news.aol.com?ncid=emlcntusnews00000002)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-10 18:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 10 Jan '09

10 Jan '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-10 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2009-01-20 18:01:50 UTC 38 deg (***) Crossband repeater and packet have been active! Don’t forget to do Doppler correction for the crossband repeater! Don’t forget the keyword here is Repeater. Repeaters have the FM capture effect. Strongest into the machine wins momentarily. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 398. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 14. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-01-10 18:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-01-07 19:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Exp. 18 on orbit: Michael Fincke KE5AIT Yury Lonchakov RA3DT Sandra Magnus KE5FYE ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=htt… cemailfooterNO62)

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ARISS logo items at CafePress
by Will Marchant 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

The ARISS team is pleased to announce the availability of ARISS logo items through the http://www.cafepress.com/ariss online store. The ARISS logo is being made available as a courtesy to the members of the amateur radio community for personal use. Persons wishing to market items with the ARISS logo need to contact the ARISS Secretary Treasurer, Rosalie White, at k1sto(a)arrl.org to receive permission. AMSAT-NA receives 10% from sales through this store. These funds will be used to support the ARISS team activities. Neither ARISS nor AMSAT have any control over items ordered, or returns, through Café Press. 73, Will -- Will Marchant, NAR 13356, Tripoli 10125 L3, AMA 800142, FBIS kc6rol(a)amsat.org http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/will/

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-07 19:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-07 19:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Aaxam Jatiya Vidyalaya, Guwahati, India telebridge via W6SRJ Contact was successful: Wed 2009-01-07 08:41 UTC 20 deg (***) Crossband repeater and packet have been active! Don’t forget to do Doppler correction for the crossband repeater! Don’t forget the keyword here is Repeater. Repeaters have the FM capture effect. Strongest into the machine wins momentarily. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 398. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 14. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-01-07 19:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-01-07 19:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Exp. 18 on orbit: Michael Fincke KE5AIT Yury Lonchakov RA3DT Sandra Magnus KE5FYE ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-07 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-07 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Aaxam Jatiya Vidyalaya, Guwahati, India telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Wed 2009-01-07 08:41 UTC 20 deg (***) Crossband repeater and packet have been active! Don’t forget to do Doppler correction for the crossband repeater! Don’t forget the keyword here is Repeater. Repeaters have the FM capture effect. Strongest into the machine wins momentarily. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 397. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 14. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-01-07 07:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-01-03 19:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Exp. 18 on orbit: Michael Fincke KE5AIT Yury Lonchakov RA3DT Sandra Magnus KE5FYE ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

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2009-01-05 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report January 5, 2009 1. Upcoming School Contacts Axam Jatiya Vidyalaya in Guwahati, India has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, January 7 at 08:01 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Approximately 1300 students are enrolled at the school. All students are taught in Assamese with English taught as a compulsory second language. Tongfu Road No. 1 Primary School in Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, January 17 at 10:23 UTC. The school is over 70 years old with an enrollment of over 1000 students. An amateur radio club was established at the school in 2007 and during the same year a team from this school won the national youngster's amateur radio contest. Elective courses on amateur radio, space technology and ARISS are offered to the students. All grades have participated in essay and cartoon contests to prepare for the contact. Students have written letters to the astronauts and determined the questions to ask. Media coverage is planned with newspapers, television and the internet. 2. Technopolis Contact Successful On Saturday, January 3, students visiting Technopolis in Mechelen, Belgium experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact via telebridge station VK4KHZ in Australia. The students asked Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, 16 questions with time left over to exchange Season's Greetings. Approximately 100 students, parents and ham radio operators attended the event. Three television stations and two newspapers reported on the contact. The audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW servers and received 29 connections from ten different countries including the Ukraine and Romania. More information on the contact may be found on the ARISS-Europe Web site. See: www.ariss-eu.org/2009_01_03.htm 3. ARISS 25th Anniversary Special Event Update To celebrate the 25th anniversary of ham radio in space, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) commemorative event will be held during the month of December through mid January. A special certificate is being developed for those who communicate with the ISS, either 2-way direct (with the ISS crew, the digipeater, or cross band repeater), or 1-way reception of SSTV or voice downlink. For more information and an update on this event, see: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm under "Latest News."

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-04 19:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-04 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Aaxam Jatiya Vidyalaya, Guwahati, India telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Wed 2009-01-07 08:01 UTC 20 deg (***) Tongfu Road No. 1 Primary School, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R.China, direct via BY7KTO Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-01-17 10:23 UTC 24 deg Crossband repeater and packet have been active! Don’t forget to do Doppler correction for the crossband repeater! Don’t forget the keyword here is Repeater. Repeaters have the FM capture effect. Strongest into the machine wins momentarily. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 397. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 14. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-01-03 19:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-01-03 19:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Exp. 18 on orbit: Michael Fincke KE5AIT Yury Lonchakov RA3DT Sandra Magnus KE5FYE ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

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ARISS V/U over LU today
by Jorge Viaña 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

Very good return from the repeater in the orbit 58022,heard many stations LU and CX,plus some qrm. Yesterday work qso with CX1TH, 9+20db...woowwww!! 73 de Jorge LU1DA GF05ug

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Re: ARISS V/U over UK this morning
by andy thomas 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

Eastbound over the sea, from due West, obviously, sorry. G0SFJ --- On Sun, 4/1/09, andy thomas <andythomasmail(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > From: andy thomas <andythomasmail(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: ARISS V/U over UK this morning > To: "amsat" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>, sarex(a)amsat.org > Date: Sunday, 4 January, 2009, 10:38 AM > Heard myself very clearly on v/u as the ISS came in > Westbound over the sea (my favourite orbit)- but no one to > talk to circa 0530utc here in UK/Europe! As footprint came > over continental europe the ususal burps and hisses from an > FM repeater that's overdriven, copied RR in the flow. > > 0703 at low elevation much the same, talking clearly to > myself, missed a qso with HB9ICC at the end of the pass. > > XYL not impressed with my dedication...hi > > 73 de andy g0SFJ

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ARISS V/U over UK this morning
by andy thomas 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

Heard myself very clearly on v/u as the ISS came in Westbound over the sea (my favourite orbit)- but no one to talk to circa 0530utc here in UK/Europe! As footprint came over continental europe the ususal burps and hisses from an FM repeater that's overdriven, copied RR in the flow. 0703 at low elevation much the same, talking clearly to myself, missed a qso with HB9ICC at the end of the pass. XYL not impressed with my dedication...hi 73 de andy g0SFJ

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Uplink Correct?
by Phil - w2lie 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

Wow, I just could not get into the bird tonight. This is my first attempt to hit the ISS, but I have worked other birds via the 5w HT with a whip antenna... I am running 50w on the 2m uplink 145.990 pl 67.0 and listening to the 437.800 downlink with Doppler. I'm not using any elaborate setup.. Kenwood TMV71A with just a Diamond X200NA on the roof. I would have thought I could have gotten in. I'm going to try and put EggBeaters on the roof this spring, but would think that the Diamond would have gotten me in?!? I heard the bird come in loud tonight and was able to record the audio as I tried several times to put my call up. I was unable to hear myself on the downlink at all. Its 28 degrees outside, so I wasn't playing with my HT. If anyone wants audio, I have tonight's North American pass from approx 0510z to 0520z on Jan 04, 2009 located here: http://www.w2lie.net/download.php?view.349 <http://www.w2lie.net/download.php?view.349> I'll be trying again tomorrow morning if I can get up for the 1142z pass 73 - Phil - w2lie -- www.w2lie.net Long Island Live Scanner Feeds and Forums.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-03 19:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2000-01-03 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Technopolis, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium, telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact was successful: Sat 2009-01-03 10:35 UTC 76 deg (***) Aaxam Jatiya Vidyalaya, Guwahati, India telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Wed 2009-01-07 07:54 UTC 22 deg Tongfu Road No. 1 Primary School, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R.China, direct via BY7KTO (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2009-01-17 10:23 UTC 24 deg (***) Crossband repeater and packet have been active! Don’t forget to do Doppler correction for the crossband repeater! Don’t forget the keyword here is Repeater. Repeaters have the FM capture effect. Strongest into the machine wins momentarily. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 397. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 14. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2009-01-03 19:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2009-01-03 19:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Exp. 18 on orbit: Michael Fincke KE5AIT Yury Lonchakov RA3DT Sandra Magnus KE5FYE ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

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ARISS echolink thanks!
by andy thomas 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

My thanks to the ARISS teams at the ends of the Telebridge in ON and VK, and to the crews along the line, who realised this successful link with the ISS this morning. Here in Market Harborough UK, Colin G1IVG accessed the telebridge via his echolink system and members of the Welland Valley ARC throughout the town heard the whole operation through his 70cm link. The operation was fantastic and very impressive! Especially the heart stopping moment and quick recovery at the beginning, and Question 4, hi! 73 de andy G0SFJ

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Re: [amsat-bb] Active- ISS L / v Repeater 05.01utc UK / Europe Pass
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Hi David, Glad that you and others in the UK have been able to work via the repeater during this weeks experiment. The reason of course that it has been quiet over hear is due to the regression time into very early morning passes. Of course it is even worse this time of the year in view of the cold weather. Maybe perhaps the opportunity will come again in the future perhaps with a look at operations in Europe for day time passes. But not with pile ups Hi! I think that the same considerations of course may apply about crew contacts as they are of course still in rest periods during our overnight passes. Good Luck to the team for the New Year and all, thanks also to all for another step forward with progress for amateur radio. Ken Eaton GW1FKY

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Active- ISS L / v Repeater 06.36utc UK / Europe Pass
by David Barber 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Repeater active for 06.36utc UK / Europe Pass. Last UK pass of the day and L/v session. Peter, MW0CXH putting through a good signal, no access for me, too low and too far. It's been a great experiment. Thanks to all involved and thanks for reports, comments and contacts. David G8OQW

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Active- ISS L / v Repeater 05.01utc UK / Europe Pass
by David Barber 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Repeater active for 05.01utc UK / Europe Pass. Just Peter, MW0CXH and me again this pass. Hope NASA don't bill us for our air time! Downlink recorded. David G8OQW

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Active- ISS L / v Repeater 03.26utc UK / Europe Pass
by David Barber 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Repeater active for 03.26utc UK / Europe Pass. Just Peter, MW0CXH and me again this pass. Downlink recorded. David G8OQW

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Active- ISS L / v Repeater 01.50utc UK / Europe Pass
by David Barber 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Repeater active for 01.50utc UK / Europe Pass. Worked Peter, MW0CXH, many thanks, very good signal through repeater. It was worth getting up! No other stations heard. David G8OQW

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Active- ISS L / v Repeater 07.45utc UK / Europe Pass
by David Barber 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Repeater active for 07.45utc UK / Europe Pass. IW4DVZ calling CQ, no takers. Excellent signal. Anybody wanting to hear how it should be done should listen to Frank's signal. The audio and tracking is perfect. David G8OQW

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Active- ISS L / v Repeater 06.10utc UK / Europe Pass
by David Barber 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Repeater active for 06.10utc UK / Europe Pass. Max 38dg elevation here so marginal for my antenna. Excellent signal via repeater from IW4DVZ calling me, my reply very weak but I hope it got there. Thank you Frank. Recorded downlink. David G8OQW

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Re: [amsat-bb] ISS: L band repeater 04:40utc pass Europe
by David Barber 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Poor showing this morning for some reason, the worst result since 30 December. One brief burst of carrier and that was it. Henk - Happy to have tried and more than willing to try again tomorrow early morning. Thank you for copying my signal on the earlier pass. If anyone else wants a last try tomorrow let me know. I will listen next pass, 06.09, but elevation probably too low for my Tx antenna especially based on this mornings earlier results. Regards David G8OQW -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Henk, PA3GUO Sent: 02 January 2009 04:46 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS: L band repeater 04:40utc pass Europe 89 degrees elevation pass over Europe Nothing heared this time. I did not get over the L band uplink. Close to max elevation while TXing I heared squelch open/close but that was all. For G8OQW: Thanks a lot for joining me during these nighttime experiments David !!! Henk, PA3GUO (... now back to bed ) _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Active- ISS L / v Repeater 02.59utc UK / Europe Pass
by David Barber 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Repeater active for 02.59utc UK / Europe Pass. Poor access time, squelch setting seems higher. Only solid signal got through today where as yesterday access was maintained with a much weaker / scratchy signal into the box. No other stations heard. David G8OQW

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