ARISS US Hardware Manager Lou McFadin, W5DID says that all the teamwork and effort to expand the ARISS amateur radio station aboard the ISS were successful this weekend when the new dual band 2m/70CM antenna was installed on the outside of ESA's Columbus module.

Lou congratulated the team, "This is an example of what can be achieved by volunteer hams working closely with a space agency. This antenna project was funded entirely by AMSAT-NA and volunteers who built the antennas for both an ESA experiment and for ARISS. I am very proud of all the teamwork and effort that has gone into this project."

Hello All,

I have found an intresting new video (in 4 parts) wich is made
by Mike Fincke (KE5AIT) who was aboard till April 2009.
Mike Fincke takes you trough the ISS and shows you
life aboard the Space Station.
He will show you several ISS modules, equipment, toilet.
And look inside the Soyuz landing/lauch vehicle.
Beautifull earth view from the ISS window.
I saw at video part IV a few seconds the ISS kenwood
microphone (at 1:53 minute of the video).
You can find the 4 ISS tour video's on youtube, but it
is also shown one my websites (thanks to those who uploaded).

73's Cor PD0RKC