Archive - May 9, 2007

ISS Radio Report

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11 years 33 weeks ago
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15H05 UTC Listenning NA1SS contact with "The Estarreja Secondary School in Central Portugal" José Manuel Núñez EB7AKC IM67MI. I heard very strong signal in Icom ic 910h.
EB7AKC – Wed, 2007 – 05 – 09 23:58

Solar Array Flare Spotted!

Hi,

This evening whilst watching the ISS passing over South Africa from 16:58 UTC, visability brightness
at familiar normal level - until suddenly at 17:00 UTC a brilliant flash lasting about 1-2 seconds. WOW!
I guess at least -10m.

Calculations show, at the time this occured:
Azimuth to ISS very close to Azimuth to Sun.
Elevation to ISS very close to -Elevation to Sun (From my location).

If someone wants to run the math, my grid is KG44BD.

Has anybody else seen this?

Is it possible to run predictions when to watch out for this - would of course depend on ISS attitude and

ZS6TW – Wed, 2007 – 05 – 09 15:43

ISS Radio Report

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11 years 33 weeks ago
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15H06 UTC Listenning NA1SS contact with "The Estarreja Secondary School in Central Portugal" Jean-Pierre de F5PMR SW France JN02IU
clement – Wed, 2007 – 05 – 09 15:23

ISS Radio Report

Date/Time: 
11 years 33 weeks ago
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1450utc Good audio S3 15 degree pass Ohio
N8XAY – Wed, 2007 – 05 – 09 15:14

ISS Radio Report

Date/Time: 
11 years 33 weeks ago
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Sunita in QSO 145.800 MHz downlink
g0isw – Wed, 2007 – 05 – 09 15:08

ISS Radio Report

Date/Time: 
11 years 33 weeks ago
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Status: 
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1450 UTC Suni in a school contact with students in Arizona. Good audio despite a 7 degree pass in Houston.
N5VHO – Wed, 2007 – 05 – 09 14:59
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