Hi all,
Below is my log so far of ISS contacts and SSTV pics from Oct 14 - Oct 16... received from my home in Hanna, Indiana (near Chicago). I have been using a computer VOX recorder since the beginning of W5KWQ's mission and have audio files for all the activity in my log. If you made a voice contact and would like a copy of the audio that I received, please email me off the reflector at w4sv at arrl dot net
Hope everyone is enjoying this special mission as much as I am (especially since I got a voice QSO at 1652Z today!). I also copied Richard's dad, Owen W5LFL, back in 1983, although I did not make a contact back then. You can hear an SWL copy of W5LFL (and the 2-way QSO's that I have made) on my website at http://www.mistymountains.us/w4sv/space.html . My QSO from today is not yet on the web, but I'll get it on there soon.
73 and Good Luck to all, Stan W4SV
14 October 2008 (times approximate but very close) 1423Z: N4AC, Randal, north side of Atlanta, GA - Richard acknowledges first QSO from space! 1427Z: W4TNJ, Warren, Virginia 1733Z: W8BYC, Matt, Sister Lake Elementary School - Richard acknowledges third QSO from space 1736Z: VA3H? (mobile?) 1737Z: N1MDZ 1737Z: N1QFY, Rick, Maine 1907Z: VE4MU - corrected to VE4AMU, Winnipeg 1915Z: WB3E
15 October 2008 (times approximate but very close) 1311Z: SSTV 1315Z: SSTV 1445Z: XE1AO 1446Z: NG9Y, Bob, southeastern Indiana 1448Z: W6SRJ 1449Z: SSTV 1452Z: SSTV 1620Z: SSTV 1624Z: SSTV 1628Z: SSTV 1757Z: School QSO in progress (Austin, TX) - no earth callsigns heard 1801Z: W8BYC, Valery 1802Z: N9CHA, Greg, Illinois 1803Z: K8YSE 1804Z: N1MDZ, (?) Middle School, Maine 1805Z: VE1AMA 1933Z: SSTV 1937Z: SSTV 1939Z: SSTV 1942Z: Richard asks, "Did I hear a call from Norway?" 1942Z: K8Y (Richard asks for rest of callsign)
16 October 2008 (times approximate but very close) 1336Z: K5MBH 1336Z: 5PTN 1337Z: Austin (Texas, I assume) 1337Z: ZWD0ACD, Austin 1338Z: Paul 1340Z: SSTV 1344Z: SSTV 1513Z: SSTV 1516Z: SSTV 1520Z: SSTV 1647Z: School contact in progress, Marika(?), Jane, Ricky or Rikea(?), Abby(?), comm check w/W6SRJ 1651Z: K9SM 1652Z: W4SV 1653Z: K3SZH, Joe, Pennsylvania 1654Z: KE5ATA or KA5ATA 1655Z: N8MS 1656Z: ZCF 1826Z: SSTV 1829Z: SSTV 2002Z: SSTV 2006Z: SSTV
Passes in range, but nothing heard: 14 Oct: 1553Z, 2042Z, and 2217Z 15 Oct: 2108Z and 2244Z 16 Oct: 2135Z only